In the Dutch book Onder stroom (Under electric charge) Jacqueline Oskamp depicts the history of electronic music in the Netherlands. Although we find dictatorial personalities at work in France and Germany as from the 1950s, in the Netherlands we find an anarchistic jumble of professional and private studios occupied by a number of flamboyant talents.

In six colourful portraits of pioneers - including Ton Bruynèl, Dick Raaijmakers and Michel Waisvisz – Jacqueline Oskamp engagingly describes the developments in electronic music.

Onder stroom – Geschiedenis van de elektronische muziek in Nederland (“Under electric charge “ – History of electronic music in the Netherlands)  is a publication of publishing house Ambo, ISBN 978 90 263 2324 9, bound, illustrated, 224 pages, price € 22,50. Contact: www.amboanthos.nl

This book came into being partly with the support of MCN and others.