Saturday 22 October - Vrooom #90: Kleefstra Bros & Michał Jacaszek, Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland, Lucija Gregov & Pietro Figrato

 

Vrooom #90

┆ KLEEFSTRA BROS & MICHAŁ JACASZEK
┆ LUCIJA GREGOV & PIETRO FIGRATO
┆ ZEA + OSCAR JAN HOOGLAND

location: Klooster Oude Noorden – Ruivenstraat 81, Rotterdam
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / end: 23:00 / €10
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Vrooom #90: sounds from the forests. Cello, guitar, keys, and violin playing. Poetry, improvisation, electroacoustic, and indie. Three live sets with eight different artists performing together in various iterations. Curated by Lukas Simonis. 

┆ KLEEFSTRA BROS & MICHAŁ JACASZEK ┆ (NL/PL) – 'IT DEEL I', with special guests Anne Bakker & Nina Hitz
This live show presents the 'IT DEEL I' project initiated by The Kleefstra brothers, in collaboration with Popfabryk in Leeuwarden, a culmination of a multi-day residency with electroacoustic music composer, producer and sound artist Michał Jacaszek from Gdansk, Poland. The Kleefstra Brothers are poet Jan and guitarist Romke, who are also known for their involvement in e.g. Piiptsjilling, The Alvaret Ensemble, CMKK, and Tsjinlûd. Using poetry, music and film, they want to create awareness of the universal connection between man and nature. They reflect on the theme of environmental degradation, in particular with regard to the Frisian landscape and the Oranjewoud. The Kleefstra Bros: “Trees are pre-eminently the example of life forms that are predestinated to a fixed place. This spot is where they have to survive. For tens, to hundreds of years they are bound to this specific spot, surrender to it. With untouchable patience, many of the trees in Oranjewoud (an old forest in Friesland) have seen many generations of people pass by. But still we claim as if we can decide over their lives and let them suffer with all our interventions in their environment."
https://itdeel.bandcamp.com/album/it-deel-i | jacaszek.com

┆ PIETRO FIGRATO & LUCIJA GREGOV ┆ (HR/IT)
Pietro Frigato is a guitarist, composer, improviser and teacher from Italy, currently based in Rotterdam. He focuses on the concept of borders in music, the edge of perceptions, and the distortion and compression of the signal as a poetic, aesthetic and conceptual tool. Since 2018, he has been the artistic director of the Cataclisma Improvisation Festival.
Lucija Gregov is a Rotterdam-based cellist, improviser and sound artist from Croatia. She has been developing projects in the field of classical, electroacoustic and experimental music, as well as noise, improvisation, radio/sound art, and community art. Through interdisciplinary collaborations, she seeks to push the boundaries of traditional cello playing.
pietrofrigato.com | lugregov.com

┆ ZEA + OSCAR JAN HOOGLAND ┆ (NL)
Zea (the solo project of singer/guitarist Arnold de Boer; see also: The Ex) plays together with improvising electric clavichord wizard Oscar Jan Hoogland. Oscar is adding (or opposing, if you will) a unique sound to Zea’s signature songwriting, which makes their music as a duo tense, erratic, bold and high-spirited. Their recently released collaboration album "Summing" is the result of a series of back-and-forth invitations, between indie and impro.
http://www.zea.dds.nl/ojh/



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