Although adviced positive, not getting the structural fundings nor project fundings from the Flemish Government made 2016 a very hard year for SiM/Oorstof. Thanks to the support of Stad Antwerpen, District Antwerpen, all the venues and artists involved and especially you, we managed to move forward against all odds and produced, give or take, 134 artists – 26 Oorstof events – 3 festivals – 3 residencies – 2 European tours, started the Dropa Disc label and released 2 lp’s and 1 book and launched the new website soundinmotion.be. These numbers might seem impressive, but quantity is by no means a focus of Sound in Motion, the Oorstof series and Dropa Disc. It just shows there’s a big necessity and a big dynamic going on music wise of which we only scratch the surface by giving exposure and support to artists that aim at the highest artistic quality in whatever they set out to do. It goes beyond saying that coming to the Oorstof events and Festivals and buying the Dropa Disc releases is crucial to be able to continue what we do. So if your looking for a late Christmas gift get yr Dropa Disc goodies here ! And before we all are getting ready to enjoy Christmas and say goodbye the an extremely turbulent year we just wanted to share some of the plans we have with Dropa Disc and Oorstof for 2017:

Dropa Disc:
– Dropa Disc #004 Evan Parker – John Edwards – Steve Noble (cd edition of 500)
– Dropa Disc #005 Ballister: Low Level Stink (lp edition of 300) a back to back release with Ballister: Slag cd on Aerophonic are set to be released in early 2017.
You can pre-order them by mailing us at: dropadisc@soundinmotion.be

– Oorstof shows spring 2017:
3 & 4 February 2017 – deSingel
Fred Van Hove at 80 > Celebrating Free Music and Minds
Fred Van Hove,  Evan Parker, Hamid Drake, Paul Lovens, Els Vandeweyer, Martin Blume, Sarah Gail Brand, Steve Beresford, Mark Sanders, Ernst Reijseger, Lisa Ullén, Elsa Bergman, Isak Hedtjärn, Erik Carlsson, Seppe Gebruers, Gino Coomans, Niels Van Heertum, Walter Hus, Christian Leroy, Wilbert de Joode, Peter Jacquemyn, Wim Ensemble & guests…

1 March 2017 – De Singer
Rodrigo Amado, Joe Mcphee, Kent Kessler, Chris Corsano
Giovanni Di Domenico, Gonçalo Almeida, Balázs Pándi19 March 2017 – record(s) release show – venue t.b.c.
Ballister: Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love4 May 2017 – DE Studio
Nakama: Agnes Hvizdalek, Adrian Løseth Waade, Ayumi Tanaka, Andreas Wildhagen, Christian Meaas Svendsen

More info at: soundinmotion.be