Adventurous music and things

Concerts archive 2025

12/01/2025
De Studio

Incendiary new quartet of Mariam Rezaei, Mette Rasmussen, Gabriele Mitelli en Lukas Koenig, drawing elements of jazz, noise, hip-hop, techno and new music to create a thrilling sonic maelstrom that is beyond category or convention.

6/02/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

Surprising blend of sounds from the Swiss-Lebanese duo The Mad Laboratory of Anti-Matter and a fresh approach to composition and improvisation by the young wolves Adia Vanheerentals, Simon Beeckaert, and Hendrik Lasure.

9/02/2025
Café Central

First Belgian concert of the stunning Dietrichs – the noise duo of Don Dietrich, legendary Borbetomagus saxophonist, and his classically trained daughter Camille on cello – in a triple bill with Jef Mertens solo and Mascletá a solo project of Yves Botz.

11/02/2025
Multatuli

Antwerp stop for the stunning Dietrichs, featuring legendary Borbetomagus saxophonist Don Dietrich and his classically trained cellist daughter Camille, in a double bill with Mascletá, one of the compelling incarnations of French noise guitarist Yves Botz.

12/02/2025
POM Eindhoven

European debut of the stunning Dietrichs – the noise duo of the legendary Borbetomagus saxophonist Don Dietrich and daughter Camille on cello –  in a triple bill with a solo taishogoto set by Jef Mertens and Mascletá, one of the incarnations of French noise guitarist Yves Botz.

13/02/2025
OCCII

Amazing qaudruple bill with the stunning Dietrichs – Borbetomagus saxophonist Don Dietrich and his daughter Camille on cello –  Jef Mertens solo on taishogoto, noise guitarist Yves Botz solo as Mascletá, and a solo by local cosmic explorer Bhajan Bhoy.

23/02/2025
De Studio

An inspiring encounter featuring the virtuosic rhythm section of Tatsuya Nakatani (drums) and Peter Jacquemyn (bass), the legendary drummer Paul Lytton, and the innovative reed player Georg Wissel.

6/03/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

Celebrating 50 years of Dave Rempis in style—stellar sounds with the Outskirts: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Rosaly, and Marta Warelis, plus Adilia Yip blurring lines with AI alongside Chiara Percivati, Giusy Caruso and Umut Eldem.

19/03/2025
De Singer

With a new release coming up at Rat Records drummer Teun Verbruggen takes his all star quartet Blind IO featuring Ikue Mori, Ingrid Laubrock, Bram De Looze to the stage.

 

3/04/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

The fascinating world of the West African Kora, translated into a sizzling live experience through two harps and an electric guitar by Jenna Vergeynst, Marjolein Vernimmen, and Haroun Iqbal and an inspiring dance and percussion duo by Ilaria Orlandini and Andrés Navarro García.

6/04/2025
Dropa House

Exclusive Dropa House sneak peek with Key players Daniel Levin, Grégoire Tirtiaux & Ornella Noulet, Bart van Dongen and eager newcomers Stanzi Cresens and Marieke D’hose…

1/05/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

Suprising ways of combining strings, reeds and flutes by one of the worlds most solid adventurous music duos, Ab Baars and Ig Henneman, and local muso Deyne pushing freefloating piano and minimal electronics to the edge in this new Oorstof/Klankhaven collab at Rataplan …

9/05 - 11/05/2025
Dropa House

Tashi Dorji and De Vlaamse Primitieven get a chance to explore, record and collaborate during their short Dropa House residency

10/05/2025
POM Eindhoven

New explorations of the acoustic guitar by Tashi Dorji and a freely improvised set by De Vlaamse Primitieven.

17/05/2025
STUK

Final concert of the Hear Here Live Festival with the international supergroup ØKSE (free jazz meets hip-hop turntablism) and noise cellist Leila Bordreuil.

12/06 - 19/06/2025
Dropa House

New wave of artists from Chicago’s alternative music scene Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson set out for a seven day Dropa House residency.

12/06/2025
AB Club

Multi-instrumentalists Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson present their brand new releases on ubiquitous Chicago labels International Anthem (Stewart) and Drag City (Kohl & Johnson)…

15/06/2025
POM Eindhoven

Multi-instrumentalists Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson present their brand new releases on ubiquitous Chicago labels International Anthem (Stewart) and Drag City (Kohl & Johnson)…

18/06/2025
OCCII

Multi-instrumentalists Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson present their brand new releases on International Anthem (Stewart) and Drag City (Kohl & Johnson), Mariellle Groven presents a brand new violin solo and the Sound System dj’s provide some musical contrast before, in between and after…

19/06/2025
Trix

Dreamy soundtrack for illustrated debut by Kikagaku Moyo’s Tomo Katsurada, surprising debut by Macy Stewart on piano for the ubiquitous International Anthem, and powerful debut by the string duo Lia Kohl & Whitney Johnson for the Iconic Drag City.

29/06/2025
De Blikfabriek

New York downtown luminary Peter Zummo (Arthur Russel, Trisha Brown, …) and International Anthem recording artist Bex Burch blur the lines further between atmospheres and genres…

28/08 - 30/08/2025
Trix

Festive 10th edition of the Summer Bummer Festival with an extra festival day: Thursday 28, Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August at Trix…

28/08/2025
Trix

Day 1 of the festive 10th edition of the Summer Bummer Festival at Trix…

29/08/2025
Trix

Day 2 of the festive 10th edition of the Summer Bummer Festival at Trix…

30/08/2025
Trix

Day 3 of the festive 10th edition of the Summer Bummer Festival at Trix…

14/09/2025
Dropa House

First of 3 Dropa House Sundays to discover what the creative sonic hub Dropa House (residencies, recording projects, tour support) is all about. Curated by Klankhaven.

21/09/2025
Dropa House

Second of 3 Dropa House Sundays to discover what the creative sonic hub Dropa House is all about. Curated by Eggspace and Klein (Joachim Badenhorst & Bei Wen Tan)…

28/09/2025
Dropa House

Third of 3 Dropa House Sundays to discover what the creative sonic hub Dropa House is all about. Pre-release Listening party Praed Orchestra: Dictionary of Lost Meanings, SiM Sound System djs, slow food, drinks, hang out…

30/09/2025
STUK

New albums presented by Alan Licht (Haven) and Elisabeth Klinck (Chronotopia) in a sublime double bill.

2/10/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

Adventurous solo harp and elusive solo electric guitar is what SiM and Klankhaven have on offer for this inspiring double bill.

15/10/2025
Pilar

Striking new trio featuring Núria Andorrà, Lotte Anker, and Fred Frith, in a double bill with Chicago/New Orleans guitarist, improviser, and organiser Steve Marquette.

16/10/2025
De Blikfabriek

Striking new trio featuring Núria Andorrà, Lotte Anker, and Fred Frith, in a double bill with Chicago/New Orleans guitarist, improviser, and organiser Steve Marquette.

31/10/2025
Het Bos

First European tour of New Zeeland’s free noise trio, Surface of the Earth and the first Rosy Parlane shows on the continent since 2009 at Radio Centraal’s 45th Anniversary. Also appearing live are B O I, Kiara & Ilvana and djs Trans-4M, SNOF, Miss TigraBytes and more…

2/11/2025
Kaap - Thermae Hotel

First stop of this dynamic Danish-Norwegian quartet, back for a string of highly anticipated concerts staging provocative, mind-blowing and emotionally engaging music.

3/11/2025
POM Eindhoven

Second stop of this dynamic Danish-Norwegian quartet, back for a string of highly anticipated concerts staging provocative, mind-blowing and emotionally engaging music.

5/11/2025
STUK

Sound in Motion, Orange Factory and  STUK present a smashing double bill with two of the best bands from the Scandinavian alternative scene.

6/11/2025
Klankhaven / Rataplan

Third stop of this dynamic Danish-Norwegian quartet, back for a string of highly anticipated concerts staging provocative, mind-blowing and emotionally engaging music in a double bill with MLŽI joined on stage by Anton Lambert.

12/11/2025
De Singer

New all-star quartet of bass player Pascal Niggenkemper with the great drummer Gerald Cleaver, the very creative keyboardist Liz Kosack, and the rising star of contemporary jazz, saxophonist Sakina Abdou…

17/11/2025
Dropa House

American-Belgian duo back for another live session at Radio Centraal, celebrating 36 years of Freakscene and broadcast for a live audience at the Dropa House studio, free/gratis!

13/12/2025
Rataplan

Second Interlinie event cross-pollinating Dutch and Belgian adventurous music with the all star band Old Adam on Turtle Island, guembri player Imane Guemssy and the ever changing  g a b b r o presenting a brand new  release GROUNDSPEED.

Vlaanderen Stad Antwerpen DEStudio AB Salon Het Bos TRIX Les Ateliers Claus Rataplan B&B Hotel Antwerpen Centrum VIERNULVIER Kraak De Singer WPML STUK Miry KAAP