John Dikeman: alto & tenor saxophone
Jasper Stadhouders: guitar and bass
Onno Govaert: drums

Recorded 12.12.2012 at Seizures Palace, Brooklyn, NY

BIOGRAPHY
Based in Amsterdam, this fire-breathing improvisational trio is comprised of bassist/guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, drummer Onno Govaert, and American-born saxophonist John Dikeman. The band plays a take-no-prisoners, high-energy brand of free jazz strongly influenced by the likes of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann at their most intense (they also claim that their music includes elements of Delta blues, Japanese noise, and no wave). Cactus Truck self-released an eponymous CD-R in 2011 and followed that up with a 2012 cassette release (featuring Terrie Ex from the Ex) entitled Macho Sex; their first “official” album, Brand New for China!, arrived in March of 2012 on the Public Eyesore label. In late October through mid-December of that year, Cactus Truck stormed the United States with a massive 37-date tour that saw the trio tearing it up across the country, up the East Coast from Atlanta to Boston, across the Midwest and West, down the West Coast from Seattle to Los Angeles, and finally wending their way back east for three final dates in New York City. Selections from the tour (recorded at Squidco Records in Wilmington, Delaware with guest trombonist Jeb Bishop; Astro Black Records in Louisville, Kentucky; and the final show at JACK in N.Y.C. with guest trumpeter Roy Campbell) were featured on the Live in USA album, released in March 2013 by the band’s Tractata Records imprint in collaboration with the eh? label.
by Dave Lynch, AllMusic

REVIEWS
“It becomes apparent that the furious combination of free jazz and improv punk has been perfected.”
“It just might be that “Brand New For China!” reaches legendary status in the history of Dutch improvised music.”
Herman te Loo, JazzFlits

“It’s easy to see why The Ex’s Terrie Hessels described Cactus Truck as the discovery of the year in The Wire’s 2011 Rewind a few months b.......
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JazzPRESS; 2014-10
(. . . ) Muzykę zespołu, w skład którego wchodzą saksofonista John Dikeman, perkusista Onno Govaert i grający na gitarze elektrycznej i basie Jasper Stadhouders, można w skrócie określić jako fuzję muzycznej spuścizny Alberta Aylera i Petera Brötzmanna z punkowo-hardcore’ową furią i noisem.

… ryk saksofonu na tle ściany perkusyjno-basowego hałasu … znakomite transowe solówki na bębnach Onno Govaerta … giatara preparowana Jaspera Stadhoudersa … mocarne uderzenie! (. . .)
autor: Rafał Zbrzeski


BIOGRAPHY
Based in Amsterdam, this fire-breathing improvisational trio is comprised of bassist/guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, drummer Onno Govaert, and American-born saxophonist John Dikeman. The band plays a take-no-prisoners, high-energy brand of free jazz strongly influenced by the likes of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann at their most intense (they also claim that their music includes elements of Delta blues, Japanese noise, and no wave). Cactus Truck self-released an eponymous CD-R in 2011 and followed that up with a 2012 cassette release (featuring Terrie Ex from the Ex) entitled Macho Sex; their first “official” album, Brand New for China!, arrived in March of 2012 on the Public Eyesore label. In late October through mid-December of that year, Cactus Truck stormed the United States with a massive 37-date tour that saw the trio tearing it up across the country, up the East Coast from Atlanta to Boston, across the Midwest and West, down the West Coast from Seattle to Los Angeles, and finally wending their way back east for three final dates in New York City. Selections from the tour (recorded at Squidco Records in Wilmington, Delaware with guest trombonist Jeb Bishop; Astro Black Records in Louisville, Kentucky; and the final show at JACK in N.Y.C. with guest trumpeter Roy Campbell) were featured on the Live in USA album, released in March 2013 by the band.......
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