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Bioluminus – Rave, Lumley, Govaert on Doek RAW

Ada Rave – saxophones
Onno Govaert – drums
Aaron Lumley – double bass

“Bioluminus is a combustion machine of musical ideas and interaction. Ada Rave’s tenor playing has always boasted a voluminous tone and great control over extended techniques, but this trio with bassist Aaron Lumley and drummer Onno Govaert allows her to emphasize her melodic and harmonically based playing which is full of grit and vigor, to say nothing of the swinging, breathing rhythmic interplay amongst these three equal musical partners.…

Changing of the guard

After 20 pleasurable years working for Doek, Carolyn decided to pass the baton on to someone with new ideas and new energy. And that person is Sara Tompkins. Welcome Sara! Carolyn and Sara have been having fun with the hand over, going through the Doek archives and looking into the future. Stay posted.…

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Swimming to Zaal out now on Doek RAW

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.…

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Dikeman, Vicente, Parker, Drake tour in July

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.…

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­KAJA DRAKSLER – IN OTHERNESS ONESELF

“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!…