Friday 5 June - Koffie & Ambacht X Vrooom #80 Goes To Church

Friday 5 June 2020

Koffie & Ambacht X Vrooom Goes To Church

┆PIERRE BASTIEN & GONÇALO ALMEIDA
┆GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO
┆PETER ZEGVELD

location: Oude Kerk Rotterdam Charlois – Charloisse Kerksingel 35, Rotterdam
doors: 20:30 / start: 21:00 end: 23:30 /
max capacity: 30 / entrance: 15 euro – PIN only!
for reservations contact: gilberty@xs4all.nl / attending this facebook event does not suffice.    
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Koffie & Ambacht and Vrooom are joining hands (figuratively, so don't summon the boa's) in an earnest endeavour to lift some spirits with fine live music. Place of action: the beautiful Oude kerk in Charlois, which will enable us to congregate with the latest Corona regulations in place.

This is a 'reservation only' show, limited capacity: max 30 visitors. Please send an e-mail to the address above for confirmation.

There will be no alcoholic drinks for sale, since this would require a permit for the type of event which are still prohibited from taking place.


┆PIERRE BASTIEN & GONÇALO ALMEIDA┆fr/pt/r'dam ­–  "Dois Deux"
Revered French musician, composer, and instrument builder Pierre Bastien began building his unique mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using metronomes, cymbals, and pulleys. In 1977, he composed music with Pascal Comelade for dance companies and in 1986 he created his own Mecanium orchestra comprised of Meccano machines. The mecanium plays various instruments such as the Chinese lute, Moroccan bendir, Javanese saron, koto, and violin. By the 1990s it consisted of up to 80 machine 'musicians'. Bastien has collaborated with e.g. Robert Wyatt, Jac Berrocal, Jaki Liebezeit, and released records on Lowlands, Rephlex, Tigersushi, and Alga Marghen.
Bassist / composer Gonçalo Almeida, originally from Portugal, has been making his mark as one of The Netherlands' most interesting bass players in the last decade. His projects involve collaborations with the cream of the crop of the Dutch and Portuguese jazz scenes, bridging modern jazz, free jazz, jazzcore, and free improvisation.
This night, Pierre and Gonçalo will present their first live collab as a duo, preceding their upcoming "Room Sessions" release on Almeida's Cylinder recordings.
https://www.pierrebastien.com | https://gonzobass.wixsite.com/gonzoalmeida

┆GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO┆it/be
Giovanni Di Domenico is a pianist from Rome. His music practise builts on an comprehensive understanding of techniques; rhythm, harmony and tone – a generational distinction he shares with many of the musicians he has crossed paths with: Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Arve Henriksen, Jim O’Rourke, Alexandra Grimal, Tetuzi Akiyama, to name but a few. Di Domenico also founded his own label, Silent Water, home of the eclectic and occasionally unclassifiable. At this event, Giovanni will freely improvise on the historic Hess church organ from 1784.
https://giovannididomenico.com

┆PETER ZEGVELD┆nl
Peter Zegveld is a Dutch visual artist and sound performer. He built a theater for cars moving on the highway, performed a concert on a beach which included explosives, designed a container in which the visitor could 'blow himself up', and made many perfomances for children, including one where babies were shot into an audience with a cannon. He also presented Villa Achterwerk, a famous Dutch children's television program. Tonight's show will involve his so-called "Plofkist", "stokkenbas", "bliksnaar", "ratelrad", and the "mechanische bliksnaar"... Rhythmic, romantic, symphonic, suspenseful music with visual garnish that can derail and cause a stir.
https://www.peterzegveld.nl



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This event is made possible with kind support of Popunie Rotterdam.