PANTROPICAL x VROOOM @ Roodkapje
- WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
with:
- LOS PIRAÑAS (co)
- DICK EL DEMASIADO (nl/ar)
- DØG (br/nl)
20:30 – 01:30 (live sets before midnight!)
entrance: 7 euro
Location: Roodkapje - Teilingerstraat 128
https://www.facebook.com/events/913259352078611/
With heavy support from Vrooom, and this time at lovely Roodkapje
Rot(t)terdam, Pantropical is proud to present the first ever concert of
the magnificent Colombian trio Los Pirañas on Dutch soil, and a special
live set of Dick El Demasiado with local musicians!
■ LOS PIRAÑAS (co)
This band is formed by the holy trinity of Colombian tropical music
innovators. Its members are known for their highly creative output:
guitarist Eblis Álvarez is the frontman of the inimitable MERIDIAN
BROTHERS, bassist Mario Galeano did
tireless crusader work in cumbia scenes spanning South America, and
leads FRENTE CUMBIERO, and ONDATROPICA, and drummer Pedro Ojeda also has
his own stellar band called ROMPERAYO. These guys have been exposed to
Latin American tropical music culture for about two decades and fused
their combined experience into Los Pirañas; an instrumental encounter
between cumbia, champeta, african sounds (like Konono's distorted
trance), surf, and rock. This is the Southamerican psychedelic sound of
the XXI Century!
https://www.facebook.com/lospiranasmusica
http://lospiranas.bandcamp.com/
■ DICK EL DEMASIADO y su conjunto patatas (nl/ar)
El Demasiado is also known as Dick Verdult: independent filmmaker,
visual artist, and radiomaker. At the turn of the millennium his focus
started to shift towards music. He then branched out to the Southern
Hemisphere and developed his experimental “cumbia lunática” in
Argentina, became an underground pop Icon in South America, and now
still makes culos quiver to his angular style. For this Pantropical
edition, Dick will team up with Rotterdam locals to flesh out an as of
yet unseen version of his live show. Percussionist Chris Bruining from
Gallowstreet, and La Banda Fantástica is one of the musicians joining
him.
http://www.dickeldemasiado.com/
■ DØG (br/nl)
Brazilian DØG divides his time in Holland between geeking out with A/V
installations (as 'ehCaetano'), and über-dancable DJ sessions. He will
serve up a high-octane mix of funk carioca, tecno brega, brazilian bass.
Heavy beats from the south american suburbs of the planet.
http://dogdogdogdogdog.org/
Made possible with the support of Popunie Music Support Rotterdam and Fonds Podiumkunsten
VROOOM #30 @ Wolfart - SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
with:
– KOMOREBI (jp)
– MARK ALBAN LOTZ / ALAN GUNGA PURVES (de/uk/nl)
– CATHY HEYDEN & ROGIER SMAL (fr/nl)
Unboxing #30: stillness like the rustling of leaves vs eruptive improv
from Komorebi, soli and duets by Alan Gunga Purves and Mark Alban Lotz,
free French sax and Dutch drums explorations by Cathy Heyden &
Rogier Smal. This time at Wolfart, check it out & enjoy!
location: Wolfart projectspace – Wolphaertstraat 23-25, Rotterdam
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / entrance: €6
https://www.facebook.com/events/526514437503272/
https://www.facebook.com/wolfartprojectspace
http://cargocollective.com/wolfart-rotterdam
■ CATHY HEYDEN & ROGIER SMAL DUO
Parisian Cathy Heyden is an autodidact sax improviser who keeps true to
her own ideas, performing all over the world with musicians, dancers,
comedians, poets: Faust, Ganguru, Geoff Leigh, etcetera. Originally a
hardcore/punk drummer, Rogier Small's quest for liberty brought him to
places far beyond. He has been fortunate to play with artists from an
ever expanding musical spectrum; from Earth's Dylan Carlson to Sun Ra's
Marshall Allen.
http://rogiersmal.blogspot.nl/
http://cathy.heyden.free.fr/
■ KOMOREBI (jp)
Komorebi is a duo consisting of Shizuku Aosaki and Morihide Sawada.
They combine drums, harp and vocals in an unusual way, and with great
attention to detail. Sawada started playing drums in various bands circa
1980 and collaborated with biggies such as Faust, Damo Suzuki, Chris
Cutler, and Keiji Haino. Like the delicate celtic harp playing of his
music partner Aosaki, Sawada's music is strongly influenced by
traditional folk music and minimalism. Komorebi's music as a unit is
never really unsettling or really calm, but rather somewhere inbetween.
http://www.snaredrumsolo.com/
http://www.shizukuaosaki.com/
■ ALAN GUNGA PURVES / MARK ALBAN LOTZ (de/uk/nl)
The pairing of flutes and drums might be one of the oldest musical
combinations ever, tried and tested on many battlefields, now revived in
a new and exciting form by this duo. Multi-flautist Mark and
self-proclaimed “squeekologist” and percussionist Alan are true
individualists on top of their game. Both expatriates (Germany and
Scotland respectively) live and work in the Netherlands, refining their
skills in the Amsterdam music scene, creating unique sound palettes of
their own.
http://www.lotzofmusic.com/lotz/bands-2/lotz-purves/
