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See you at the market – the stalls

Bydoek News

Only a couple of days to go until Doek Festival 2019, The Market, begins in the Bimhuis. Friday morning we’ll be taking out all the seats and building market stands. On Friday you can buy CDs, LPs, drawings and cardboard art, watch card tricks, make cut-out art, even order a sound studio. On Saturday, besides buying CDs, LPs, merch and drawings you can also have your fortune told, get married or consult a high priest. You can put all your goodies into a fabulous Doek IMPRO bag!…

doek@Anton de komplein

Bydoek News

At the end of this week, 14 and 15 June, Doek will be bringing The Market to the Bimhuis. In May we brought the concert hall to four markets in Amsterdam. Number four was the Anton de Komplein, with Wolter Wierbos, Jasper Stadhouders and Onno Govaert. Film: Elsie Vermeer.…

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See you at the market: Bacchanalia – La Orquesta

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

See you at the market: Bacchanalia – La Orquesta

Bacchanalia, which first began as part of the Second Stop is Jupiter series at De Ruimte, has been taking over the Dutch scene with its fiery free improvisational approach to Cumbia music. The band’s performances are chaotic and exhilarating, and inspire no small amount of dancing. Their inspiration comes from Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy, all of which we will have in abundance at Sexyland for the closing performance of the festival.…

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See you at The Market: Wilbert de Joode

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

See you at The Market: Wilbert de Joode

Wilbert de Joode is widely regarded as one of the foremost bassists in improvised music. He plucks, prods, bows and scrapes his bass with impeccable intuition and a vast vocabulary drawing from all corners of improvised music. Completely self taught, his approach to the instrument and improvisation in general is wholly unique. Wilbert is also one of the most attentive listeners around, which ensures phenomenal tone regardless of setting. Whether playing fiery free jazz with the likes of Charles Gayle and the late Sunny Murray, sensitively negotiating abstract sonic landscapes with Christine Abdelnour and Le Quan Ninh or mischievously coaxing singing timbres out of a wine glass at a fine Italian eatery, quality of sound is always of utmost importance.…

Doek @ Dappermarkt

Bydoek News

In less than a week, on 14 and 15 June, Doek will be bringing The Market to the Bimhuis. In May we brought the concert hall to four markets in Amsterdam. Number three was the Dappermarkt, with Wolter Wierbos, Jasper Stadhouders and Onno Govaert. Film: Elsie Vermeer.…

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See you at The Market: Oscar Jan Hoogland

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Media, News, Video

See you at The Market: Oscar Jan Hoogland

The enfant terrible of the new Dutch impro scene, Oscar Jan Hoogland sprung onto the Amsterdam landscape approximately a decade ago, at the forefront of the latest group of improvisers to arrive and simultaneously uphold the tradition of New Dutch Swing even while tearing it apart. He is currently on faculty for the composition department at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague and the Mime department for the Academie voor Theater en Dans in Amsterdam.…