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This Saturday December 3rd Oorstof in collaboration with kc BELGIE and Motives for Jazz will close off the season with the second edition of the Winteroor Festival at kunstencentrum BELGIE, Hasselt. Paal Nilssen-Love, Tommi Keränen, Ketil Gutvik, Jakob Warmenbol, Laurens Smet, Kristoffer Alberts, Thomas Johansson, Per Åke Holmlander, Niels Van Heertum, Mats Äleklint, Jon Rune Strøm, Viktor Perdieus, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Tamaya Honda, Michiyo Yagi, Joachim Badenhorst, Julie Kjær, Klaus Holm, Andreas Wildhagen and Christian Meaas Svendsen will take you on a challenging musical journey presenting 5 unique shows topped by Large Unit as the ultimate headliner.
The Winteroor festival starts at 14h15 (doors 13h30) and on general request will end at 22h00 so people who come by train can enjoy the whole festival and still catch the last train back to Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, … As of 13h30 and throughout the festival we serve fresh and home made food – from light lunch to hearty dinner (also vegetarian) and dessert. There will be extended record and merchandise stands with the latest releases by the artists and Dropa Disc goodies. More info and a detailed time table you can find here. Online tickets (print at home) you can find on this ticket link, and for people who experience problems getting their tickets online you can make a reservation by mailing us at: reservations@soundinmotion.be
New Oorstof events for 2017:
– Fred Van Hove at 80 > 3 & 4 Febr 2017 deSingel (i.c.w. deSingel)
– Urge Trio with Keefe Jackson, Tomeka Reed & Christoph Erb + Rotazaza with Rudi Mahall, Nicola L. Hein, Adam Pultz Melbye & Christian Lillinger > 23 Febr 2017 ZPH
– This is Our Language with Rodrigo Amado, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Chris Corsano > 1 March 2017 De Singer (i.c.w. de Singer)
– Nakama with Adrian Løseth Waade, Ayumi Tanaka, Andreas Wildhagen, Christian Meaas Svendsen > 4 May 2017 DE Studio
For the second event of this fall season Oorstof moves to DE Studio on Thursday October 6th for a unique triple bill presenting the world premiere of Mars Baars – the captivating duo of reed players Mars Williams and Ab Baars, the Belgian debut of the Norwegian trio Momentum with drummer Andreas Wildhagen and bass player Christian Meaas Svendsen – both part of Large Unit – and reed player Jørgen Mathisen, and a solo piano set by Ka Baird (Spires That in The Sunset Rise) touching on Alice Coltrane, Cecil Taylor and Arvo Pärt. If you mail us at reservations@soundinmotion.be you can enjoy this fantastic line up for only 10 EUR…
Just 5 days later on Tuesday October 11th again at DE Studio it’s time for renowned players Ken Vandermark (reeds) and Terrie Ex (guitar) in an explosive duo. Opening this adventurous double bill will be Nystagmus, the noisy improv duo of percussionist Tom Malmendier and bass player Farida Amadou. Same deal here, mail us at reservations@soundinmotion.be to get the 10 EUR pre-sales price.
Next Up:
Fri 4 Nov
TOM CARTER (CHARALAMBIDES) + AMEEL BRECHT (RAZEN) > Huis 23/AB – free entrance
Tue 8 Nov
KARKHANA feat. MICHAEL ZERANG + TOM CARTER > Zuiderpershuis
Thu 24 Nov
KEIJI HAINO – TEUN VERBRUGGEN – JOZEF DUMOULIN > DE Studio
Fri 25, Sat 26, Sun 27 Nov
VOORUIT – KRAAK – OORSTOF present
EASTERN DAZE FESTIVAL III > Vooruit
Sat 3 Dec
OORSTOF – MOTIVES FOR JAZZ – KC BELGIE present
WINTEROOR FESTIVAL II > kc BELGIE
Info and reservations/tickets go to: soundinmotion.be
Once again the Oorstof funding file is judged as good instead of very good. This means the Flemish Government will not support Oorstof and all the artists involved. So much for the support that committee members always pretended to have, thanks guys. We do value all the encouraging words of support we are getting from artists and visitors alike but a negative impact it will have this time. Not least for the young artists for which the support is very much needed and asked for in the first place.
We are of course proud that last August about 400 people showed up for the Dropa Disc label launch. And if you haven’t already you can get the 2 lp’s and the book we released at one of the upcoming Oorstof shows starting on Thursday September 29th at Het Bos with Mike Watt (Minutemen), Eve Libertine (Crass) and GW Sok (the Ex) who will bring respectively Il Sogno Del Marinaio, King Champion Sounds and Baby Fire to show how relevant they still are. On October 6th we move to DE Studio for the world premiere of the stellar duo Mars Baars (Mars Williams & Ab Baars), the Momentum Trio with members of Large Unit and a piano solo touching on Alice Coltrane and Cecil Taylor by Ka Baird.
And there’s more to come this fall. Take a look at our brand new web site soundinmotion.be, get your pre-sale price reservation and we hope to see you all in large numbers, Oorstof and all the artists involved need your support more than ever …
