Year: 2015

  • Eddie and the Eagles @ OT301

    ByOscar Jan Hoogland News

    terrieEddie and the Eagles: beneath the pavement lies the beach.

    Hosted by Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Jochem van Tol.

    OT301
    Wednesday 15 april
    21:00 – 8 euro
    Facebook event

    Tuthola – Amsterdam based Indie Beatcombo
    The Paper Ensemble #11
    Three drummers set – Michael Vatcher, George Hadow, Onno Govaert
    Terrie Ex – solo guitar
    Daan Johan – sound installation Line
    DJ Alex Figueira – Voodoo Vintage
    Dancers – Birgit Gunzl, Raouxo Germano, Fabian Holle, Inge van Huijkelom
    Visuals – Yvo Sprey
    Hosts – Jochem van Tol + Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti…

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    Featured Artist – Oscar Jan Hoogland

    Bydoek Audio, Image, Video

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    Oscar Jan Hoogland piano, electric clavichord, etc

    Oscar Jan Hoogland, Amsterdam 1983, is an improviser, pianist, composer based in Amsterdam. From an article by Kevin Whitehead: “Oscar Jan Hoogland represents the so-called “fourth generation” of Dutch improvisers, in the lineage of Misha Mengelberg, Guus Janssen and Cor Fuhler―smart pianist/composers with an itch to make music that cuts across genres, who don’t take themselves so seriously, but whose whimsical music has real bite and brainpower.”
    He works within fixed bands and groups as well as in first time collaboration settings.…

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    Featured Artist – James Fei

    Bydoek Audio, Video

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    James Fei saxophone, electronics

    James Fei (b. Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the US in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been active as a composer and performer on saxophones and live electronics. Works by Fei have been performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, MATA Micro Orchestra and Noord-Hollands Philharmonisch Orkest. Recordings can be found on Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, Krabbesholm and Organized Sound. Compositions for Fei’s own ensemble of four alto saxophones focus on physical processes of saliva, fatigue, reeds crippled by cuts and the threshold of audible sound production, while his sound installations and performance on live electronics often focus on feedback.…

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    Featured Artist – De Bakfietsband

    Bydoek Audio, Video

    bakfietsbandThe Bakfietsband is a band in a bakfiets. Back in the 90’s some things were of great importance: Since a street band in Amsterdam could not play for more than half an hour in the same spot, and only acoustic music was allowed, the boys of De Bakfietsband had to make a few adaptations to their plans to conquer the world. All the instruments were put on one bike. The players inside the bak (box) of the fiets (bike) – Jochem van Tol, Oscar Jan Hoogland and Harald Austbø – had to go on a diet, as did Jappe Groenendijk, who was biking as well but on a very different diet.…

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    Featured Artist – Onno Govaert

    Bydoek Audio, Image, Video

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    Onno Govaert drums

    While still in high school Onno Govaert (1987, Kaatsheuvel, NL) was already playing with such well-known Dutch jazz musicians as Eric Vloeimans and Harmen Fraanje. He moved to Amsterdam to study jazz drums and graduated cum laude from the Conservatorium of Amsterdam in 2009.
    His playing has variously been described as ‘innovative’, ‘spectacular’, ‘relentless’, ‘possessed by the devil’ and ‘post Jim Black’. ‘Onno Govaert stokes the band’s fires with spazzy rumbles and unflagging motion’, commented Chicago Reader, and Volkskrant described his style as ‘full of initiative and uninhibited.’…

  • Doek @ zaal 100 March 29 – George Hadow and Yuan Liu

    ByJohn Dikeman News

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    Sunday 29 March
    20:00 – free entry!

    George Hadow
    Yuan Liu

    This month Doek has invited two wonderful artists to curate our monthly Doek @ Zaal night: percussionist George Hadow and visual artist, filmmaker Yuan Liu.

    Featuring musical performances – Raoul van der Weide solo
    George Hadow, Onno Govaert, Michael Vatcher percussion trio
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    “Biomaterial Screen Projection will include revamped YL special stock footage starring Saira M Huff Gea Philes Dominika Em Jessica Pavone Josh Hydeman Ava Mendoza Mark DeWitt Will Graefe Jeremy Gustin and hopefully in time for Aaron Lumley and Jasper Stadhouders” Yuan Liu…