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71 min

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Le groupe néerlandais The Nits fête ses 50 ans d’existence en 2024. Cet épisode fait la part belle à des entretiens avec des journalistes, musiciens et autres professionnels francophones de la scène musicale ; tous connaissent bien les Nits

32 min

Piano Percussion Stone

Dutch band The Nits are turning 50 this year – a time for celebration. This episode leads back to 1992. After the very colorful «Giant Normal Dwarf », the band return is marked by makes an about turn with two albums of the year: «Ting» and «Hjuvi».

40 min

On telephone lake

Dutch band The Nits are turning 50 this year – a time for celebration. This episode leads back to the year 1990 and a very colorful album that follows the years of big success. « Giant Normal Dwarf » is the second album recorded as a trio.

41 min

Imagine a mountain

The Nits celebrate their 50 years of existence in 2024. In this episode, we revisit the year of their biggest success: song and album "In the Dutch Mountains" turn the NIts into a European household name, the mini-album "Hat" in 1988 and the live album "Urk" confirm their growing confidence.

46 min

Fiets in hoofd

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. A time for celebration! In this seventh episode, we go back tot he year 1986. This marks an important turning point in the life of the Dutch popband. The album «Henk» and a compilation album «La Grande Parade » organized by Henk Hofstede show new possibilities for the band is down to three members in the studio.

35 min

Mixtape one

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. A time for celebration! In this sixth episode, we invited some guests to the party and hand over the microphones to non-members of the Nits, to fellow musicians, friends, collaborators and admirors. On this updated version of a mix-tape, you will hear people from the Netherlands express their thoughts on the Nits.

34 min

From a train window

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. In this fifth episode, we turn back to the year 1984. This is a pivotal time once again. The band is on the verge of becoming big in a commercial sense. They work at a big studio, with a name producer – but the success of both the album and the singles didn’t measure up to expectations.

53 min

Jardin d'hiver

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. In this third episode we visit the year 1983, a major turning point in the musical life of the Dutch band. Alex Roelofs, the original bass player, has left and was replaced by Robert Jan Stips, an experienced pianist and keyboard-player. A change which stears the band into a new territory.

41 min

Mondriaan Pop

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. In this third episode, we retrace the first steps of a band that has become professional, sort of. They have a contract with a major company and they record three albums that fit into the musical style of the day.

35 min

Ready Steady Go

The Nits are turning 50 in 2024. In this second episode we go back in time to back to the beginnings in 1974. Three founding members talk about their meeting and bonding over the music of the Sixties that ignited their wish to play music. From rehearsing in attics to AIR studios, George Martin’s home base in London – the first steps of the Nits.