In 1976, the pianists Rob Franken en Jan Huydts both lived in Soest
(Netherlands). They hung out together a lot, and shared their love for
newly developed key instruments. Both of them were Fender Rhodes
electric piano pioneers. Rob Franken's piano virtuosity is to be
recognized on as many as four hundred records. In 1976, he had his own
trio and performed with the Dutch funk fusion formation ‘Scope’ from the
city of Zwolle. In this band, he met with drummer Henk Zomer, whom he
was very impressed with.
At the end of 1975, Rob Franken came to the idea to start a new
formation based on the combination of different consonance colors by
combining Fender pianos with synthesizers, string cabinets and other
electronic key instruments. Jan Huydts, who was experienced in making
experimental music through his formations ‘Basic Train’ and ‘Third Eye’,
thought this was a good idea. They decided to arrange their key
instruments in a circle during their performances and so the ‘The
Keyboard Circle’ was born.
1 Protuberans 8:17
2 Blue Bossa 8:45
3 Zomaar In Vieren 6:38
4 Six Seven Eight 10:15
5 Absorbed Love 4:24
6 For Eliane 7:05
7 Basic Train 7:35
8 Sound Circle / All About Us 8:56
9 Tamotua 7:30
10 The Kumquat Kids 7:30