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PAST EDITIONS
#6 Tzara the Machine/ Newt/ MiMu
JUNE 20
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Tzara the Machine
"Tzara The Machine is the solo project of Amsterdam-based Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Björk, Animal Collective and Bon Iver, Tzara creates a fresh organic sound mixing sampled acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Their music deals with themes of mental health, the struggle of understanding our own patterns and dealing with the nonsensical nature of our thoughts."
NEWT
"NEWT is a brand new project of writer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Bob Hoving. Get swept by energetic beats with influences from indie, hip hop and experimental pop. His songs are about self-discovery and observations from NEWT’s perspective. "
MiMu
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#5 Tzara the Machine/Pedro Kastelijns/
Kina
SECRET LOCATION
MAY 30
Tzara the Machine
"Tzara The Machine is the solo project of Amsterdam-based Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Björk, Animal Collective and Bon Iver, Tzara creates a fresh organic sound mixing sampled acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Their music deals with themes of mental health, the struggle of understanding our own patterns and dealing with the nonsensical nature of our thoughts."
Pedro Kastelijns
"Pedro is a versatile artist, mastering drawing, painting, sculpture, music, performance, and installation. His distinct style blends cartoonish characters, brushwork, and geometries, reflected in both his visual and musical creations.
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#4 Ana Stefan/Eb and vloed/ Antek
Cholewinksi
Ana Stefan
It's very interesting how an artist can play with language and melodies in a way that transports the listener to an unknown story. Yet, the story still somehow resonates with them.
Ana is trying to explore the complexity of human emotion to create the space of understanding ourselves and others through sincere storytelling and heartfelt melodies. The lyrics conveys an emotional depth that enables fostering empathy among the audience. Afterall, a stranger's story is another stranger's story." "
28/04/2024
EB EN VLOED
"EB & VLOED plays Dutch folk, building bridges between poetry and music. An intimate world of sound where you can drift away in their delicate lyrics and waves. "
ANTEK
Antek Cholewiński (who is an academically educated composer and cellist) on the new Pawlacz Perski release under the clickbait and post-humanist title „Kotek" (polish for Kitten), expresses his fascination with speech synthesizers. The author gives them poetry to recite, and with the help of music he builds invisible scenery. Melancholy, restlessness, decadence. Lonely voices in an empty room filled with futuristic furniture on the 30th floor of a skyscraper. Electronic actors seem to be soaked up with the atmosphere of Antek's artistic vision, as in some synthetic Stanisławski system.
#3 Tzara the Machine/Carolina Gemmell/ MiMu
02/02/2024
Tzara the Machine
"Tzara The Machine is the solo project of Amsterdam-based Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido. Francisco has been supported by the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation for 7 years. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Björk, Animal Collective and Bon Iver, Tzara creates a fresh organic sound mixing sampled acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Their music deals with themes of mental health, the struggle of understanding our own patterns and dealing with the nonsensical nature of our thoughts. Vulnerable lyricism and sonic experimentation make Tzara The Machine a captivating and unique musical act."
Carolina Gemmell
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MiMu
"Jazz saxophonist Micheal Murray grew up in rural County Donegal in a musical family. Both he and his brother Conor found a passion for jazz in their early teens and have been mentored since the age of 16 by MOBO Award-nominated drummer David Lyttle. In 2015 he moved to Glasgow to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with saxophone icon Tommy Smith where he went on to perform in many of Scotland’s jazz clubs with some of the country’s top musicians."
#2 Perpetual Bike Crash/Flatland Prayer/
Escarteen Sisters
Perpetual Bike Crash
"Perpetual Bike Crash is a project that connects the voices of Francisco Garrido (Guitar and Composition), Micheal Murray (Alto Sax) and Joshua Lutz (Piano and Keys) taking influence from jazz, minimalism, ambient, electronic and film music. The group unites in order to create unique soundscapes and lead the listener into an ambient journey"
31/10/2024
Flatland Prayer
"Flatland Prayer is two-part: the first refers to the landscape in which bassist and bandleader River Adomeit grew up, first the midwests in the United States and then the flat landscape in Amsterdam. Prayer refers to to the yearning quality of the trio’s music, which is both homey and disquieting at times and dark yet optimistic."
Escarteen Sisters
"They are 2 sisters, two female voices that are accompanied by violin and cello. The result, a string quartet because they play and sing at the same time. This is the main game. The Sisters grew up in the countryside of Spain in a farmhouse between vineyards. From that silence, their songs are born. Their music has the influence of nature that has surrounded them from when they were small, that is why it is neither of one colour nor of another , nor of one temperature or another, it is organic and ineffable. With touches of folk and jazz, the duo was born composing songs only in order to communicate with their grandfather, who lived in Belgium.Their music is about intimacy and the abyss of approaching the unknown. The circle of this imaginary world closes with two other concepts: the number 4 (4 strings, 4 members, 4 languages, 4 symbols) and the voyage, influences of music from different places on this earth."
#1 Melqui/Tzara the Machine/Sir Frances
Melqui
"Melqui is a new Amsterdam band led by Argentinian composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lau Hochman The band's previous experiences in Jazz, Free-improv, Latin and Classical music provide the group with a unique approach to arrangement and production. Melqui released their debut EP last year with Bloomer Records, with a Show in Paradiso"
15/08/2023
Tzara the Machine
"Tzara The Machine is the solo project of Amsterdam-based Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido. Francisco has been supported by the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation for 7 years. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Björk, Animal Collective and Bon Iver, Tzara creates a fresh organic sound mixing sampled acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Their music deals with themes of mental health, the struggle of understanding our own patterns and dealing with the nonsensical nature of our thoughts. Vulnerable lyricism and sonic experimentation make Tzara The Machine a captivating and unique musical act."
Sir Frances
"Under the moniker SirFrances, Sara covers sensitive subjects like class issues, divorce, abuse, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Sara’s music, both wild and exposed, celebrates life's fluctuations by crafting chaotic landscapes of sound and color. Rooted in rock and enriched by her exposure to jazz and improvisation, her compositions captivate with a fusion of styles. Moreover, it's the infusion of American storytelling's dramatic essence that truly captivates her audience during her performances. Sara's musical resonance echoes PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, and Portishead."