Vrooom #5

THURSDAY 30 MAY 2013:

VROOOM #5:

LAMA TRIO (pt/ca) + PATO (es) + MORITZ GEREMUS (at) + dj DUCKFOOD (nl)
 
https://www.facebook.com/events/605479266130600/

location: Het Klooster
Hammerstraat 63, Rotterdam
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / end performances: approx: 23:00 / curfew: 01:00
damage: 5 euro

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LAMA TRIO (pt/ca)
This Portugese/Canadian trio plays excellent, chamber music-like electro-acoustic jazz, music that melds opposites into it's fluid sound; it can be both lyrical and abstract, deep but fluffy. Last year, the band caught the listener and critics' attention with it's highly rated debut “Oneiros” (2011), released on the quality Clean Feed label. The band recently put out a new album with sax player Chris Speed... Lama Trio consists of: Susana Santos Silva (trumpet), Gonçalo Almeida (double bass) and Greg Smith (drums).
http://lamatrio.wordpress.com/
http://lamatrio.bandcamp.com/album/oneiros
http://lamatrio.bandcamp.com/

PATO (es)
Rubén Patiño aka Pato is active in the field of computer music and installations. Originally from Barcelona, he is currently pursuing a master's degree in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he is blending aspects like sound spatialization, hybrid synthesis and early electronic music under a multidisciplinary approach. He released on Le Petit Mignon, Anòmia and the Free Software Series. He has collaborated with Roc Jimenez de Cisneros, Olivier di Placido and Seiji Motimoto. Together with MOHA's Morten J Olsen he forms the new duo Navngitt Mønster Opptog.
www.patooo.net

MORITZ GEREMUS (at / Random Creations)
Based in The Hague, Östereicher Moritz Geremus is a performance and audio/visual artist and founder of Random Creations. His work deals with the internet as a "sensitive micro-capitalistic source in the hands of an aimless hunger". His performances are mostly short and fierce.
http://www.randomcreations.org/about/

dj DUCKFOOD (nl)
Alter ego of Rotterdoom's own Torture Corpse aka Robert Kroos. Known for his good music selections. He will be basically spinning whatever he feels like fits this evening and we'll follow blindly.
https://soundcloud.com/torture-corpse

Quick update: our last two events before our summer break;

VROOOM #5: THURSDAY, MAY 30:
LAMA TRIO (pt/ca) + PATO (es) + RANDOM CREATIONS (at) + DJ DUCKFOOD (nl)

VROOOM #6: THURSDAY, JUNE 27:
DEAD NEANDERTHALS & COLIN WEBSTER (nl/uk) + MACHINEFABRIEK & ROEL MEELKOP (nl)

Stay tuned for more info!

Vrooom #4

THURSDAY 16 MAY 2013:

VROOOM #4:

AUDREY CHEN (cn/us) & PHIL MINTON (uk) + OTO.3 (nl) + SURPRISE ACT

https://www.facebook.com/events/147847295392610/

location: Het Klooster
Hammerstraat 63, Rotterdam
(around the corner of the other entrance – Ruivenstraat 81)
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / end performances: approx: 23:00 / curfew: 01:00
damage: 5 euro

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The 4th Vrooom event; in which Phil Minton and Audrey Chen plumb into the depths of their very own bodily instruments, Oto.3 will be plotting their own delicate musical plan, and act number three (whose name we are not to reveal for an element of super suspense) will be just as interesting as the aforementioned. Apart from this, as always there will be nice music and drinks before and after the Live performances.

De vierde editie van Vrooom alweer, ditmaal met drie Live acts; het improv/gecomponeerd en door Indiase muziek geïnspireerde trio Oto.3, het zonderlinge zang/stemkunst duo Audrey Chen & Phil Minton en een sensationele mystery guest waarvan de naam slechts op de avond zelf bekend gemaakt gaat worden. Voorts is er fijne muziek en drankjes tussen de bedrijven door.

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AUDREY CHEN (cn-us) & PHIL MINTON (uk)
With primary focus on the interplay between the uttered sounds of the mouth and vocal chords, Minton and Chen plumb the depths of their most inherent and bodily instruments. Their improvisations are fearless, fragile, hungry, passionate, riotous, ululating and animalistic, yet are also in all respects, human. They express, pronounce and intensely articulate (in their fashion) the many nuanced shades of their individual and collaborative conditions. Their album, 'By the Stream' was released by Sub Rosa earlier this year.
http://audreychen.com/
http://www.philminton.co.uk/
http://vimeo.com/64368571

OTO.3 (nl)
The music of OTO.3 is based on sound – rather than rhythm, harmony, melody. Dutch born, Chennai based saxophonist and composer Maarten Visser organised the structures, ideas and developments in sound, fine-tuned them with electric (bass) violinist Holger Jetter and drummer Robbert van Hulzen. Together they created music which offers ample space for the musicians to make their own musical plan, manipulate the score, improvise. It is music with a constant tension between sound and silence, notes and noise, between structure and freedom.
http://nocount.org/bands-etc/oto3/
http://nocount.bandcamp.com/album/oto-3-demo

Vrooom #3

VROOOM #3 took place on the 25th of April, 2013. This 3rd edition came together nicely as an impromptu solo performance mini special... with the exception of MMTHS & JOAK, who were essentially a duo act on this occassion. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/357265764382585/

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JOHNS LUNDS (dk / yoyooyoy) 
Copenhagen based Johns Lunds (Johannes Lund) is a composer / improviser and event organiser at the forefront of the contemporary Danish experimental music scene. He is one of the main members of both the Yoyooyoy music / art collective and the Mayhem concertspace in Copenhagen. Formerly a member of bands such as Slütspürt (with a.o. Anders Lauge Meldgaard of Frisk Frugt) and the 'bøllerock' duo Yoke & Yohs, Johns Lunds currently toots his alto sax in his new cosmic solo set.
http://www.yoyooyoy.dk/johns_lunds.htm
http://www.mayhemkbh.dk/
 
RORO (nl / toztizok) 
Amsterdam based Roro (aka Rogier Smal) will only be carrying a snare drum to Vrooom for his minimal percussion performance. Besides being a solo drummer, Roro is also a member of the Dutch improv group Dagora. He just completed tours with Mik Quantius (Embryo) and the Cinema Soloriens project; combining sound and vision of Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra), Daevid Allen (Soft Machine/Gong) and filmmaker James Harrar.
http://rogiersmal.blogspot.nl/

MICHAEL MORLEY (nz / THE DEAD C)Michael Morley sings and plays guitar, predominantly as Gate (not to be confused with The Gate who performed during Vrooom #2). Next to being a lecturer in drawing and painting, Morley is the guitarist and vocalist of the New Zealandic cult band THE DEAD C; the band that created a wandering, playful sense of experimentalism, adding a sincere sneer and a bit of punk nihilism to their unique sound. They opened the door for fuzzed-out free noise to become the sound of the underground for a generation to come.
http://www.myspace.com/dewline

BEBE BELIZ (tr/nl) 
Former Istanbul, now Rotterdam based performance artist / vocalist. In her intuitive performances, she seeks dialogue with (random) musical instruments, found objects and domestic devices between banality and luxury. She also does installations and photography.
http://bebebeliz.hotglue.me/

MMTHS & JOAK (at)
 Newly found duo from Vienna, temporarily located in Rotterdam to study life, signals and frequencies at Piet Zwart institute. The work of MMTHS (Matthias Hurtl) is mostly sample based, manipulated recordings combined with DIY instruments. At Vrooom he will be combining electrified vocals, a breeze of droning and harsh soundscapes, with realtime granular visualization courtesy of JOAK (Joseph Oliver Anton Knierzinger).
http://randomaccessmemory.at/
http://joak.nospace.at/

Vrooom #2

trio STADHOUDERS | GOVAERT | DE JOODE @ Vrooom #2
by Victor Snijtsheuvel

 

 

 

VROOOM #2 took place on Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - with New Yorkers THE GATE, trio STADHOUDERS | GOVAERT | DE JOODE and dj Jarra.

https://www.facebook.com/events/136534279853660/

THE GATE (us): 
"Point well struck between Kentucky doom gnarl and NYC jazz exactitude"(Blastitude)
● DAN PECK – tuba
● TOM BLANCARTE – upright bass
● BRIAN OSBORNE – drums

trio STADHOUDERS | GOVAERT | DE JOODE (nl):
● WILBERT DE JOODE – upright bass
● JASPER STADHOUDERS – guitar
● ONNO GOVAERT – drums

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THE GATE
Moving fluidly between freely improvised music and composition, their sound is an inhuman collection of snorts, groans, and demonic screams, described as “dark, plodding, and at times bleak” (All About Jazz). Tuba and bass combine to erode conventional notions of melody and harmony, marching to the rhythm of decaying ship hulls falling against each other, metal scraping against metal. Incomprehensible languages combine with layers of viscous noise to create a suffocating and unrelenting texture of doom.
http://thegateofcthulhu.com/
http://soundcloud.com/thegateofcthulhu
http://www.danpeckmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tomblancarte

TRIO STADHOUDERS / GOVAERT / DE JOODE
Stadhouders/Govaert/DeJoode improvise. The trio emerged from Amsterdam’s thriving improv circuit and unites two generations of improvisers: the young, up-and-coming Onno Govaert and Jasper Stadhouders with ‘old dog’ Wilbert de Joode. All three currently play in many and various (inter)national line-ups. They dip into that rich source of experiences and ideas to produce music that is both urgent and extremely flexible. Music that’s not tied to any particular style – music of the next moment.
http://wilbertdejoode.me/
http://jasperstadhouders.com/
https://soundcloud.com/onnogovaert

Vrooom #1

VROOOM #1 took place on the 6th of December, 2012. It featured improv, electroacoustic, experimental music and tactile noise with:

LONBERG-HOLM | SIMONIS | ALMEIDA | VAN WIJCK + ANDRE CASTRO + dj CODEX 

https://www.facebook.com/events/537636719598852/

- FRED LONBERG-HOLM (us) - cello and electronics
- LUKAS SIMONIS (nl) - guitar and effects
- GONÇALO ALMEIDA (pt) - doublebass
- FRISO VAN WIJCK (nl) – percussion

- ANDRE CASTRO (pt) - noise boxes
- dj CODEX (nl)

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FRED LONBERG-HOLM
Chicago based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has played and studied music in a variety of situations, from the Juilliard School to the gutter. A former student of Anthony Braxton, Morton Feldman, Bunita Marcus and Pauline Oliveros, his primary projects are his Valentine Trio and The Lightbox Orchestra. He is also a member of a number of ongoing collective projects The Boxhead Ensemble, The Friction Brothers, The Flatlands Collective, Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens as well as participating in numerous one-offs or frequently convening ensembles. He currently plays in groups led by Joe McPhee, Peter Brötzmann and Ken Vandermark. Improvisors he has worked with include John Butcher, Axel Dörner, Mats Gustafsson, Peter Kowald, Jim O'Rourke, etc. He has contributed cello sounds to numerous recording projects by rock groups including Smog, Superchunk, US Maple, Wilco and many others.
http://www.lonberg-holm.info/
http://www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm

LUKAS SIMONIS
Head honcho Lukas Simonis has his roots as an instrumentalist and musical 'activist' in the industrial music and noise rock of the Eighties. Being a part of the Rotterdam jazzbunker scene (that consisted of punk druggies, free jazzers, early electronic artists and pre-postrock combo's) he discovered and revelled in the unlimited world of improvisation. This resulted in the forming of a shitload of interesting bands and various activities in different organisations that are imprinted in the collective mind of many Rotterdammers.
http://lukas.home.xs4all.nl/

GONÇALO ALMEIDA
Around a decade ago, Gonçalo traded the Lisbon sun for the cloud ridden skies of Rotterdam. Meanwhile, with a Codarts master's degree under his belt, Gonçalo aka Gonzo Almeida plays bass in (and composes for) a variety of interesting projects that swing from modern jazz, free jazz and jazzcore to free improv music. He has shared stages with improvisers like Chris Speed, Wilbert de Joode, Jasper Stadhouders and others. Almeida also has a knack for seeking out interesting collaborations with multi media artists, modern dancers, poets and theater makers. He's currently a member of a.o. Heinz Karlhausen & The Diatonics and Albatre.
http://gonzobass.wix.com/gonzoalmeida
https://www.facebook.com/goncalo.almeida.5686

FRISO VAN WIJCK
From the late eighties until now, Friso made his mark with his versatile, A-class drumming in bands varying from jazz to free improvised music, blues, alternative pop and metal, amongst them: Insomniac’s Lullaby, The New Earth Group and Heinz Karlhausen & the Diatonics. Recently he has been very active as a composer in the field of contemporary / composed music (a.o: Asko/Schönberg Ensemble, Mondriaan Kwartet, Doelen Ensemble, etc.).
http://www.myspace.com/frisovanwijck

ANDRE CASTRO
Media artist from Lisbon who tends to employ DIY and exploratory strategies in his practise, to investigate less visible layers of media and technology, in an attempt to understand, appropriate and recontextualize them. André is currently studying at the Media Design and Communication Master’s Program at the Piet Zwart Institute.
http://www.andrecastro.info/

DJ CODEX
Mr. codex is known for his tireless work as a curator and lovely host for his very cool 'Textuur' concert series at the Poortgebouw. He'll play music that will serve as a nice contrast to the Live performances.