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• In the midst of the 1980's a bunch of very young hippies gather together in a small container on an industrial site. at the south part of Rotterdam, generating an immense untuned cacaphonia of sound & chaos. From it emerged the hippie freak rock group "Mistic dawn". Starting out as a 10 piece orchestra, the "Dawn" soon decimated to a trio with Wally Dijksman ('62) on guit and vocals, Moniek de Boer ('65) on bass, and Peter Faber ('62) on drums. With their first demo tape they achieved in booking concerts in local bars and clubs. It brings forth, a small cult status. Early nineties, Peter F. leaves the trio. The name changes into Distract vibes and Ron Verbeek ('57) is added as new impuls. Powerhitter Ron's impact on the musical structures leads to extreme hard-core & noise patterns. Their debut album "the Fury" (lp,91) enforces a modest break-through in the European alternative circuit. It isn't untill their second release "a Brand new nightmare" (cd,'93) before things really start to roll. The next year they spend touring Europe intensively.
  Free-jazz tenor saxophone veteran Arthur Scova Rhigini is, after seeing them at a live show, tempted to boost the Vibes harmonics with his precence in 1994. Now a four piece, the music becomes a composition of free-jazz and noise with more room for improvisation. This development makes way for concerts out of the hard-core underground circuit and more into theatres, art-centers and jazzclubs.
• In 1995 drummer Ron quits the project leaving the Vibes with a major decision to make, taking another drummer, or go on as a trio. After carefull thought they decided to go for option two and at the same time introduce electronics into the Vibes spectrum. Obscure complex sequencer rhythm-tracks overlayed with heavy noises, pulsating bass tracks and hysterical saxophone screams where packed on the cd "No more". Recorded in the legendary jazzclub "the jazzbunker" in Rotterdam, spring 1995.
• Due to the constant search of new ways to expres themselves, and the open mind to other forms of expression and art, Wally & Moniek found themselves in producing a music/theatre performance called "Symbiology" ('97,video). A raw audio/visual show about people in the outskirts of urban civilisation. It opens ways to bigger European theatres, ending up with an invitation for the prestigious "Kyk-art" jazz festival (1998) in St Petersburs, Russia.