Featured Artist – Onno Govaert
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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.’…
Cactus Truck is releasing their second cassette tape, Scattered Ghosts, January 17. It features two live performances, one from the Young VIP tour concert in Dordrecht featuring Peter Jacquemyn on bass, and another from the 12 Points festival in Ireland. For this performance at Factor 44, Cactus Truck will be biggified with the addition of Peter Jacquemyn, Gerard Herman, Tom en Cel Overberghe, and more tba