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Doek LIVE! Images Part 1 Cristina Marx

ByJohn Dikeman Image, News

Doek Festival LIVE! presented numerous challenges for us as an organization but we are very proud that we were able to present a wide variety of fantastic live music in a responsible way. The festival was smaller, and not as many people traveled from abroad to perform or attend, but the spirit was soaring among those who were there.
Here’s a collection of images from the festival, shot by members of the audience.
Part 1 features photography of our dear friend Cristina Marx, #Photomusix.…

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Wollo’s Brass Blast

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, Video

Day 1 of Doek LIVE! at the Peepshow Palace, created by De Warme Winkel, in De Brakke Grond. That’s right, the stage is spinning! And the audience is comfortably seated in their beautiful, individual cabins.

Wollo’s Brass Blast, the quintet trombonist Wolter Wierbos especially put together for the Peepshow Palace, featuring Eric Boeren (cornet), Salvoandrea Lucifora (trombone, sousaphone), Joost Buis (trombone) and Partick Votrian (trombone, tuba, sousaphone).
Excerpt from Train Ride, by the late, great Sean Bergin.…

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Hupata! Microclimates out now on Astral Spirits

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Media

Hupata! has just released their first album as a digital pre-order on the fantastic American label Astral Spirits. Hupata! is a trio of Marta Warelis, Ada Rave and Yung-Tuan Ku and is also one of the most recent additions to the stable of Doek groups.

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DOEK Festival 2020 – Doek LIVE!

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Image

Yes folks, there will be a LIVE Doek Festival this year! There are limited audience numbers and you need to book in advance – so don’t delay! De Warme Winkel, in collaboration with De Brakke Grond, have created a special performance space, the Peepshow Palace. Every night at 22:30, from 28 – 31 July, you can see a Doek band from your own special cabin. At the Bimhuis we have two special concerts on Saturday 1 August. Only 61 seats available, so get in early.…

Fresh off the press: Ada Rave Trio and Bacchanalia Orchestra

ByJohn Dikeman Audio

We’ve got two more titles on the quickly expanding Doek RAW page. More are in the works, so be sure to subscribe to our page!

Ada Rave Trio, Live at Kaleidophon Festival in Ulrichsberg
This fantastic trio of Ada Rave, Wilbert De Joode and Nicola Hein perform purely improvised music at the highest level. Fresh sounds from deep listeners!

Bacchanalia Orchestra live at Sociëteit SEXYLAND
The final performance of last years Doek festival, this concert was packed, both on stage and off.…

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Kaja Draksler – La Mia Bocca

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Media

Kaja’s new mix has just dropped! Didn’t notice? Subscribe to our Mixcloud, then you’ll be informed instantly with every new mix.

La Mia Bocca

The mixtape features some of my favourite vocal music. There are pieces from the contemporary classical music repertoire, such as “XII”, from Psalms of Repentance, a beautiful mixed choir work by Alfred Schnittke- this is the last and the longest psalm, part of an hour long sequence. I included two of the Recitations for solo voice, an intriguing work by the Greek composer Georges Aperghis.

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