Michael Moore

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Doek Composes – Passage by Kaja Draksler

Doek Composes for solo improvisers, a new and ongoing series on Doek RAW featuring original artwork by Lena Czerniawska

The second publication in this series on Doek RAW is composed by pianist Kaja Draksler. She wrote a piece called Passage. When we asked her to write a short text to accompany her composition, she created a poem by combining definitions from the Cambridge dictionary.

Passage

A way of escape.

The passage of time- the process of time going past.…

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Doek Composes – Enkhuizen by Eric Boeren

Doek Composes for solo improvisers, a new and ongoing series on Doek RAW featuring original artwork by Lena Czerniawska

The first publication in this series on our Bandcamp label Doek RAW is composed by cornettist Eric Boeren. He wrote a piece called Enkhuizen, which is a small town on the coast of the Ijsselmeer in the province of Noord-Holland in The Netherlands. Eric is, amongst many other things, an avid cyclist, and this is Eric’s explanation of how this composition came about:

“With my composition Enkhuizen I have tried to bring one of my theories into practice.…

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Mixcloud baby – It tastes fishy – michael moore


Doek is up on Mixcloud and we’re getting on with the groove of Michael Moore. He made this literal mixtape 20 years ago and had to transfer it from an old DAT.

Be sure to subscribe to the Doek Mixcloud channel as we’re going to keep bringing you great mixes from all the Doek artists as well as the occasional guest.…

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Michael Moore Fragile Quartet tour, new releases

January 16 Bimhuis, Amsterdam
January 17 Toonzaal, Den Bosch, NL
January 18 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
January 19 Pletterij, Haarlem
January 25 AMR, Geneva, Switzerland

Michael Moore – clarinet, alto saxophone
Harmen Fraanje – piano
Clemens van der Feen – bass
Gerry Hemingway – drums

Michael Moore’s Fragile Quartet has existed since 2007 and, as could be expected by the name, presents his music in the most intimate of settings. With every tour for the quartet, Michael composes new material and these concerts will explore compositions from the latest quartet album, “Cretan Dialogues“.…