bandmembers 1981 - 1984
Henk Hofstede guitars, keyboards , vocals
Rob Kloet drums
Michiel Peters guitars, vocals
Robert Jan Stipskeyboards
tracklist OMSK
1. A Touch of Henry Moore
2. Unpleasant Surprise
3. Vermillion Pencil
4. Springtime Coming Soon
5. Tons of Ink
6. Jardin d'Hiver
7. Nescio
8. Walls Have Ears
9. Spirits Awake
10. Walter and Conny
11. The Cold Eye
12. Shadow of a Doubt
13. Indoor Painting (Outdoor Sketching)
14. Clean Shirt in Paris
15. Man of Straw
track 13,14,15 not on lp, cd only
1983
Stips introduces a lot of new synthesized sounds, and the record OMSK, released in march, has a much fuller sound. With NESCIO the Nits land their first Top 10 hit and they get their first 'Edison'award for the album. Growing confident through this success, the Nits release a successor in november, the mini-album KILO, that delivers again a
hit with SKETCHES OF SPAIN. The group faces their first appearance on the Danish Roskilde festival.
single : the vermillion pencil / clean shirt in paris
NESCIO
promo 7" england
single : nescio / man of straw
for OMSK, the band started to use all sorts of acoustic instruments. Here’s Henk playing the dulcimer.
String ensemble (from the Residentie Orkest, the Hague) for Omsk
single : Bild an Sonntag / Nickel & Wood
for Swiss tv / 1983
single : sketches of spain /
bild am Sonntag (vocal)
KILO
publicity card
Nits see something interesting on the right
the Edison is a major musical prize in the Netherlands.
we have four of them.
this is Henk with the first one, for OMSK
KILO tracklist
1 Sketches of Spain
2 Bild am Sonntag (As Usual)
3 Acres of Tintoretto
4 Dapper Street
5 Memories are New III
6 Your Next Tyres
Robert Jan and Rob giving autographs, while Aad is in a business meeting
backstage at de Koepelkerk in Purmerend.
photo Bert Molkenboer