James Harrar's CINEMA SOLORIENS featuring MARSHALL ALLEN (SUN RA ARKESTRA) + SHELDON SIEGEL

Take Note! During the 8th Vrooom edition we're welcoming James Harrar's CINEMA SOLORIENS featuring MARSHALL ALLEN (Sun Ra Arkestra). Support will be SHELDON SIEGEL; this fresh free improv / instant music band hails from in and around Antwerp and features acclaimed (performance) artist Gerard Herman. Hope to see you there! Date: 15-11-2013.

 
https://www.facebook.com/events/264202730404963/

Upcoming!

Got some news for ya! Recently we've confirmed the show for December 21 with PATRIC CATANI and KARL MARX STADT through our facebook page. This show will be organised with kind support by Goethe Institut Niederlande, check it out here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/583279095042619/

And now this just in: James Harrar's CINEMA SOLORIENS featuring none other than MARSHALL ALLEN of SUN RA ARKESTRA, will be performing Friday, November 15th. So reserve these dates, major stuff coming up!

22.10.2013: Clipping + Terugklap + Ruwedata @ Roodkapje / Rotterdam

Recommended: another event organised by one of the Vrooom programmers, taking place tomorrow at Roodkapje in Rotterdam:

Clipping, who make music at the intersection of rap, musique concrète and noise, will play their only NL date tomorrow, October 22nd. Their set will be preceded by a performance of Terugklap from Amsterdam; in-your-face beat wizardry descending into stuttering conondrums of sound. Local support by dj Ruwedata. Find more info here:
 
https://www.facebook.com/events/351115331691608/
and/or here: 
http://roodkapje.org/worm-presents-clipping-us-and-terugklap-nl-22-10-2013/

Sculpture in NL

Last minute recommendation, be sure to check out Sculpture tonight and this Saturday!

20 Sept @ worm, Rotterdam (11.30pm)
21 Sept @ Incubate Festival - De NWE Vorst, Tilburg (8:45pm)

...an incautiously assembled amalgam of mutated techno forms, analogue electronics, tape cuts and digital sampling, gleefully twisted psychedelia. It's a take on computerised music production that rejects tired badges of 'quality'. It's fast and cheap, unexplained, joyful, strange, it loves trash and mess and mistakes and too much energy, and revels in accidental collisions. A must for A/V freaks!

 

Vrooom #7

  




FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 2013:

VROOOM #7:
ROBERT CURGENVEN + ISTANPOOL + RICHARD FRANCIS + ALBERT JONGSTRA + ROWAN VAN AS + MARIT SHALEM
https://www.facebook.com/events/322477827897329/

location: Het Klooster
Hammerstraat 63, Rotterdam
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / end performances ca. 23:00 / curfew: 01:00
entrance: 5 euro (all proceeds go to the artists)  

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The kick-off to our fall/winter program. What we got in store for you: the delicately textured, immersive drones of Aussie Robert Curgenven and New Zealander Richard Francis, a Live set by the Turkish/Dutch/Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft of Alban Lotz, Akinci, Gürkal and La Berge. One can expect some impromptu installations and/or audiovisual interventions by the likes of Albert Jongstra and Rowan van As, and if all this isn't enough, there's a screening of the short film 'Frozen Hope' by Marit Shalem. This is the first Vrooom edition to take place on a Friday, btw, so take note!        

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►ROBERT CURGENVEN (au)
Robert Curgenven spans immersive resonances via turntables and custom-made vinyl, instrumental harmonics, pipe organ and tone generators through to detailed field recordings from remote areas where he lived for many years. He draws on the physicality of sound - not just the physical impact on the body but the way in which the auditory can shape our perception of space and the flow of time. The Wire surmises that “behind the music lurks such presences as Alvin Lucier, King Tubby, Murray Schafer and Eliane Radigue.” Over the past ten years Curgenven has performed at festivals and venues across Europe and Australia as well as releasing on labels such as LINE, The Tapeworm and Winds Measure.
http://recordedfields.net
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Robert-Curgenven/167491949958897
https://soundcloud.com/recorded_fields
http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2013/07/robert-curgenven/

►ISTANPOOL:
– MARK ALBAN LOTZ (de/nl) – winds
– ŞEVKET AKINCI (tr) – guitar
– GIRAY GÜRKAL (tr) – guitar
– ANNE LA BERGE (uk) – flute
Mark Lotz is a skilled flutist, a unique voice exploring a wide range of musical contexts. Raised in Thailand and Uganda, his appetite for musical adventures sent him globetrotting for new experiences. In Istanbul, he pacted with Şevket Akinci and Giray Gürkal, both guitarists of Islak Köpek, Turkey’s longest-standing free improvisation ensemble that paved the way for other musicians to boldly perform freely improvised and experimental music in Istanbul. Veteran flutist, composer and improviser Anne La Berge will join this trio to complete this alternate line up of the IstanPOOL project.
http://sevketakinci.com/
http://www.lotzofmusic.com/lotz/
https://soundcloud.com/giraygurkal
https://soundcloud.com/markalbanlotz
http://annelaberge.com/

►RICHARD FRANCIS (nz)
Richard Francis is an New Zealandic sound artist using field recordings, modular synths and computer to compose and improvise sound works. He has released solo and collaborative albums on e.g. Korm Plastics, Aufabwegen, Last Visible Dog and his own record label CMR. He has been working with Mattin, Jason Kahn and Francisco Lopez.
http://www.richardfrancis.net.nz/

►ALBERT JONGSTRA (nl)
In an economy based on information, time and money, most online networks and corporate adds contain invitations to participate in one way or another. Everyone wants something from someone. Jongstra does not want to force participation on people with his work, but tries to inspire people into creating something from their own ideas.
http://www.klemtoondesign.com/

►MARIT SHALEM (nl)
Marit Shalem makes short, slightly rough edged and humorous experimental films. The scenarios refer to the world of capital economy but also popular culture and literature. It is Shalem’s intention to set deep rooted conceptions under a new light. A great deal of the projects is realized in collaboration with Lenno Verhoog under the name SpOp.
http://spop.nl/

►ROWAN VAN AS (nl)
http://rowan.hotglue.me

Vrooom #6

THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013:

VROOOM #6:
DEAD NEANDERTHALS & COLIN WEBSTER (nl/uk) 
CHRS GALARRETA (peru) 
MACHINEFABRIEK & ROEL MEELKOP (nl)
+ installation by Bart Koppe (nl)

https://www.facebook.com/events/480614018674193/


location: Het Klooster
Hammerstraat 63, Rotterdam
doors: 20:00 / start: 20:30 / end performances ca. 23:00 / curfew: 01:00
entrance: 5 euro (all proceeds go to the artists)

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Last Vrooom before our looong summer break! We'll have two special combi sets; Dead Neanderthals who team up with Colin Webster from London, and a duo set from Rotterdam homeboys Machinefabriek and Roel Meelkop. Bart Koppe will be presenting his 'stubborn sound machine' installation. Apart from this you can witness a rare solo performance by Peruvian Christian Galarreta, from Peru, a pivotal figure and activist in the South American experimental music and sound art scene.

De laatste (!) Vrooom avond voor de zomerpauze is er wederom een met veel afwisseling op het programma. Zo hebben hebben we naast een solo performance van de Peruaanse Christian Galarreta de welbekende Nijmeegse free jazz necro's Dead Neanderthals die het semi-akoestisch zullen doen met de Londense saxofonist Colin Webster. Intense muziek die zal afsteken tegen de grondtonen, glitches en ruis van Rotterdammers Machinefabriek en Roel Meelkop; electronische luistermuziek van het allerfijnste soort. Bart Koppe presenteert z'n 'stubborn sound machine'.

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►DEAD NEANDERTHALS & COLIN WEBSTER (uk/nl)
Nijmegen's Dead Neanderthals are a two piece drums & saxophone assault that deal in long and short blasts of music that bring grinding avant greats to mind such as John Zorn's Painkiller, Borbetomagus, MoHa, etc. This evening they're going to team up with Colin Webster, an improvising saxophonist from London, for a special, more acoustic trio set.
• Colin Webster – tenor & baritone Saxophones
• Otto Kokke – tenor & soprano saxophones
• Rene Aquarius – drums
http://deadneanderthals.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/DEADNEANDERTHALS
http://colin-webster.blogspot.nl/
https://soundcloud.com/colinwebster

►MACHINEFABRIEK & ROEL MEELKOP (nl)
Machinefabriek's music combines elements of ambient, modern classical, minimalism, drone and field recordings. His pieces unfold as ‘films without image’, with a sharp ear for detail. Besides his vast sound palette, he graphically designs, makes music for films, builds installations and often collaborates with other wellknown (inter)national performers.
Roel Meelkop is no slouch either. With the Dutch group THU 20 as his springboard in the early eigthies, he went on to create music with Goem and Kapotte Muziek, and continues to work on his body of work in the small but dedicated world of sound art.
http://www.machinefabriek.nu
http://machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/
http://r0m.nl/

►CHRS GALARRETA (pe)
Operating from Lima, Chrs Galarreta has a pivotal role in the current experimental music and sound art scene in Peru. He runs Aloardi – the label and main hub for local Peruvian, other South American artists. Peru hasn't got much of a reputation for experimental music but Christian changed that by filtering the sound of Peru / South America to the outside world through his many activities. His performances center upon the usage and mixing of broken electrical appliances, homemade audiovisual instruments, field recordings, feedback systems, music instruments, etc. He makes almost imperceptible physical phenomena audible and creates experimental (song) de-compositions in the process.
http://aloardi.org/
http://archive.org/details/aloardi
https://soundcloud.com/chrs-galarreta
http://aloardicontacto2008.wordpress.com/
sajjra.net

►'A SMALL STUBBORN SOUND MACHINE' – installation by Bart Koppe (nl)
Bart Koppe has been active as a do-it-yourself media artist since 2005. He mostly develops his creations from re-used, low-budget material, making use of existing techniques and DIY manuals. His works seem to mirror the social aspects of technological progress. 'A Small Stubborn Sound Machine' is a sound device that is 'alive', dreaming up it's own compositions that can be manipulated by outside influences.
http://a-bort.org/

Guardian Alien in Rotterdam (Tuesday, June 4)

Endorsed by Vrooom and hosted by one of your humble programmers: 

Guardian Alien; a whirlwind of insane psychedelic rock propelled by the drums of ex- Liturgy and current Zs bandmember Greg Fox. Think: a cross between Liturgy, Amon Duul and Indian ragas. The Rotterdam all-star project Mike McCartnie will be supporting. More info here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/442349669185784/
http://www.worm.org/home/view/event/6404