Osdorp Tapes (Barış Akardere and Jurriaan Pots) presents the musical sounds that have become part of the Dutch soundscape since the arrival of Moroccan and Turkish guest workers in the Netherlands in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
We collect these sounds on cassette tapes, and investigate the stories behind their popularity. The tapes we play are part of our personal collections, consisting of cassettes bought on family trips to Turkey, or found on flea markets, online, and in the many small shops in Osdorp.
GIGS 2023 Peer to Peer - 'The Cassette Underground Live' @ KHM Glasmoog Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Cologne) - link Echobox x Diaspora Radio Fundraiser @ De School (Amsterdam) Radio TNP Fundraiser for Turkey & Syria @ Skatecafe (Amsterdam) 2022 IMAI @ Salon des Amateurs (Düsseldorf) 2021 Museumnacht @ New Metropolis Nieuw-West (Amsterdam) Anadolu Ekspres presents: A journey into Turkish "Gastarbeiter" Music @ Sonsbeek 20-24 (Arnhem) 2020 Radio TNP 'Durma Dans Et' @ Cinetol (Amsterdam) 2018 Eurabia ADE @ Tolhuistuin (Amsterdam) Planet Oedipus Festival (Amsterdam) Strange Sounds from Beyond Festival (Amsterdam) Other Futures Festival @ Sugar Factory (Amsterdam) Pantropical x Anadolu Ekspres @ Worm (Rotterdam) 2017 Tuin FM @ Tolhuistuin (Amsterdam) Botel Anadolu @ Eureka! (Rotterdam) De Zomerdag @ De School (Amsterdam) Night Tales w. Omar Souleyman @ Marktkantine (Amsterdam) Eurabia ADE @ Paradiso (Amsterdam) Shourai Sessions @ Radion (Amsterdam) 2016 Museumnacht @ FOAM (Amsterdam) Opening World Cinema Festival - 'Turkey Now!' (Amsterdam)
