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New Wolter Wierbos and Jasper Stadhouders recordings

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Media

Bandcamp is offering to waive their fees on the first Friday of the month to help artists during the corona pandemic. We’re taking advantage of this offer to present to you two excellent recordings, available for the first time.

The VERY FIRST RADIO RECORDING OF WOLTER WIERBOS!!! is available for the first time since it aired in 1978. Duo Klei featuring Joep Maessan also features the only radio recording of Wolter on the baritone horn. A must have for collectors!

Solo.…

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Kaja Draksler Octet: Out for Stars – out now!

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

Kaja Draksler Octet – Out for Stars
Clean Feed Records CF534CD

Kaja Draksler has produced another magisterial work for her Octet, based on the poetry of Robert Frost.

From Clean Feed:

With the previous “Gledalec”, Slovenian pianist and composer Kaja Draksler found a gem to work on, and here is the continuation of that labour, now having the poetry of Robert Frost as both inspiration and feedstock, in the voices of Laura Polence and Björk Níelsdóttir. The ambiances of the music are pastoral, respecting the poems taken from “West Running Brook”, “A Witness Tree” and “In the Clearing”.

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no concerts – now what?

Bydoek News


At present many people can’t hear live music. Here’s a few suggestions for online watching and listening:
– The Doek Bandcamp page for a large selection of Doek releases on various labels
– Doek RAW, our second bandcamp page featuring pay what you want digital only releases
– The Doek You Tube channel
– Cafe Oto live streams
– Bimhuis TV
– Fight Corona Series Live streaming of concerts and [performances

Of course there are plenty more, but this should keep you going for a while.…

Space Is the Place & 2nd Stop is Jupiter – Friday 13 March – CANCELLED

Bydoek News


DE PARTICIPATING MUSICIANS HAVE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO PLAY TONIGHT – sorry for the late notice. Hopefully we can present this great line-up at a later date.

Friday 13 March, 21:00, De Ruimte.
€8 SITP ft Doek, €6 2nd Stop is Jupiter, €10 combined ticket
Space is the Place ft Doek
Blue Lines Trio with Wolter Wierbos
Michiel Scheen – piano
Raoul van der Weide – double bass
George Hadow – drums
Wolter Wierbos – trombone
Rave / Skoric / Renfrow
Ada Rave – tenor sax
Aleksandar Skoric – drums
Tristan Renfrow – drums

The 2nd Stop is Jupiter
Yodel Queen A young Amsterdam band with one foot in postpunk and the other in the confessional.…

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New Releases on Doek RAW

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Image, Media, News

Doek RAW has just released 3 new digital albums all featuring photography of Sara Anke Morris.

Ada Rave Trio
Live at Zaal 100
Ada Rave – saxophone, clarinet, objects
Nicola Hein – prepared guitar
Wilbert de Joode – bass

John Dikeman, Hamid Drake
Live in Chicago
John Dikeman – saxophone
Hamid Drake – drums

Sylla | Hoogland | Rosaly
Tea Spoon Suite
Mola Sylla – voice, m’bira, xalam, percussion
Oscar Jan Hoogland – electric clavichord
Frank Rosaly – drums, percussion…