A fantastic new release on Doek RAW, Swimming to Zaal was improvised at one of Zaal 100’s famous Tuesday night concerts byJasper Stadhouders, Nora Mulder, Aaron Lumley and Onno Govaert. The purest stereo recording by Aaron Lumley gives you a great representation of what this ensemble actually sounded like in the room. Photography by Sara Anke Morris.…
photo Vera Marmelo
John Dikeman, Luis Vicente, William Parker and Hamid Drake will be on the road again in July. The trio Dikeman, Parker, Drake has existed since 2014 when John Dikeman invited them to join him for the Doek Festival. Since then they have released a number of albums and toured throughout Europe. As part of a tour in 2019, Luis Vicente joined the group for a number of dates in Portugal creating this quartet and the album Goes Without Saying, but It’s Got to Be Said on the Portuguese JACC Records.…
“It all offers further proof that Draksler is one of the most potent musical minds of our times.”
The Quietus, Peter Margasak
In Otherness Oneself is the latest solo album by Kaja Draklser released by the Amsterdam label Unsounds. Here she explores the possibility of inventing and maintaining musical languages, and how those exist in the proximity of each other. Moving from composition to improvisation, freely using voices and electronics, Draksler delivers a gorgeous album with a powerful concept.
Buy now on Unsounds!…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjZgBCFMOs
Wannes Lacompte is a brilliant visual artist based in Brussels. Different Pieces is a series where Wannes invites different musicians to improvise while he does dishes. For the Brussles festival Wunderkammer #2 Wannes invited Mofaya!. Film by Reinhart Cosaert…
February 26 – Jasper Stadhouders
March 20 – John Dikeman
Splendor
2 sessions: 11-13.30 and 15-17.00
€20 / €15 for students
We’re finishing up our series of Doek Workshops in Splendor. Some of these have been rescheduled a few times, well hopefully these dates will stick.
The daylong workshop will comprise two sessions (11-13.30 and 15-17). Cost of the workshop is €20 and €15 for students. There is a maximum of 10 students per workshop.
We will follow all COVID-19 regulations and precautions that apply at the time of the workshop.…