For Sound in Motion, Oorstof and Dropa Disc 2016 was a very productive year. We wish you all a fantastic new year and will start 2017 appropriately with a two day festival, two new Dropa Disc releases and a spring programme that hopefully makes you looking forward to it just as much as we do.

But let’s, sort of, start at the beginning:
The Belgian pioneer of free improvised music Fred Van Hove turns eighty this year. We celebrate this memorable birthday together with national and international guests during a two day festival – concerts, reception, expo, food, drinks, record stand .. – at deSingel in Antwerp on February 3rd and February 4th 2017. Newcomers and renowned players will honour not only his very rich musical past and but together with Fred will look forward to the future. More info on the programme and tickets you can find here !

We are also very proud to be able to already announce two new Dropa Disc releases:
Dropa Disc #004 > Evan Parker – John Edwards – Steve Noble: PEN cd (February)
Dropa Disc #005 > Ballister: Low Level Stink lp/dvd (March)
you can pre-order these releases by mailing to dropadisc@soundinmotion.be

Check the Oorstof Spring programme 2017

3 & 4 February – deSingel, Antwerp
Fred Van Hove at 80 ‘Celebrating Free Music & Minds’
Evan Parker, Hamid Drake, Steve Beresford, Sarah Gail Brand, Mark Sanders, Festen, Ernst Reijseger, Wilbert de Joode, Peter Jacquemyn, Walter Hus, Paul Lovens, Christian Leroy, Els Vandeweyer, Martin Blume, Seppe Gebruers, Gino Coomans, Niels Van Heertum, Luc Mishalle, Paul Vlaeminck, Mike Goyvaerts, Ivo Vander Borght …

16 February –  Het Bos, Antwerp
Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes
Dropa Disc label night at Closet of Records (Bos Bar)

18 February – Artenova, Mechelen
Oorstof & grambacht present:
Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes
more t.b.c.

23 February –  deSingel, Antwerp
Urge Trio > Keefe Jackson, Tomeka Reid, Christoph Erb
Rotozaza > Rudi Mahall, Nicola L. Hein, Adam Pultz Melbye & Christian Lillinger

1 March – De Singer, Rijkevorsel
Oorstof & De Singer present:
Rodrigo Amado, Joe Mcphee, Kent Kessler, Chris Corsano
Giovanni Di Domenico, Gonçalo Almeida, Balázs Pándi

19 March –  DE Studio, Antwerp
Ballister > Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love
Record release show

4 May – DE Studio, Antwerp
Nakama > Christian Meaas Svendsen, Andreas Wildhagen, Agnes Hvizdalek, Adrian Løseth Waade, Ayumi Tanaka
g a b b r o > Hanne De Backer & Marc De Maeseneer

3 June – Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp
Oorstof & Kraak present:
AUSTRALIAN OPEN III
Adam Cadell
Kraig Grady
Tim Catlin