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"The shape of free jazz to come! Jooklo Duo have been orbiting the sun for almost 20 years now. Melding psych-punk aesthetics with unfettered sax squall like Albert Ayler baptised by This Heat or Brötzmann raised by the Grateful Dead."
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A gig held at Crofters Rights on Wednesday 10th August. The event starts at 19:30.
MUSIC TO COME is back with an exclusive evening presenting the incredible JOOKLO DUO warming up before their performance at Supernormal Festival and, as they have a big heart, they will be delivering their fire for the unlucky ones who won’t be able to go and see them there! Opening the night will be the (not that) newcomers on Bristol scene, EX AGENT to please us all….and DJ Infinite Spirit Music on top of this already amazing line-up.
Doors at 20.00 Music starts at 20.30 on the dot. Early event curfew at 22.30
***JOOKLO DUO
It's pretty undisputed at this point that the Jooklos (Virginia Genta and David Vanzan) bare the torch for unabashed third eye opening, cosmic energy sourced, 21st century fire music. Their various incarnations and groupings explore free jazz, psychedelia, and punk with such ferocity, passion, and power that listening to the music can border on transcendence.
(Nick Metzger, Free Jazz Blog)
Blowing minds all over the world since 2004 with hundreds of charming performances and some cult records, Jooklo Duo (Virginia Genta on reeds, flutes, piano, percussion and David Vanzan on drums) keeps spreading their powerful and uniquely vibrant sound, deeply rooted in free jazz avant-garde but heavily influenced by traditional folk music, and at the same time open to extreme sound experiments.
Over the years the perpetual research for new and challenging combinations has led Genta and Vanzan to form a large variety of ensembles and to collaborate with artists as Bill Nace, Chris Corsano, Thurston Moore, Dror Feiler, Hartmut Geerken, Makoto Kawabata, Sabu Toyozumi, Tamio Shiraishi, and many others.
The duo has also been working with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company alongside John Paul Jones and Takehisa Kosugi, performing for “Nearly Ninety” in Madrid (April 2009, Teatro del Canal), and in London (October 2010 at the Barbican Centre).
“It is like the roaring energy of punk meeting the possibilities of improve or like watching someone microwave jazz until it explodes all over the window in a yellow paste.”
(Was Ist Das)
***EX AGENT “Sitting restlessly between post-rock and free-jazz, Ex Agent throw together dissonant symphonies of sax and piano alongside frantic guitars, drums, and haunting vocals. Combining elements of gonzo journalism, post-punk, and jazz, the five piece sprinkle a taste of noir into a salty No Wave cacophony.” (credit picture Simon Holliday)
***DJ Infinite Spirit Music, residents on NOODS Radio, Lionel has proven that DJing means firstly listening, expect an unconventional mix. (credit picture Simon Holliday)
Entry requirements:
Doors at 20.00 Music starts at 20.30 on the dot. Early event curfew at 22.30
***JOOKLO DUO
It's pretty undisputed at this point that the Jooklos (Virginia Genta and David Vanzan) bare the torch for unabashed third eye opening, cosmic energy sourced, 21st century fire music. Their various incarnations and groupings explore free jazz, psychedelia, and punk with such ferocity, passion, and power that listening to the music can border on transcendence.
(Nick Metzger, Free Jazz Blog)
Blowing minds all over the world since 2004 with hundreds of charming performances and some cult records, Jooklo Duo (Virginia Genta on reeds, flutes, piano, percussion and David Vanzan on drums) keeps spreading their powerful and uniquely vibrant sound, deeply rooted in free jazz avant-garde but heavily influenced by traditional folk music, and at the same time open to extreme sound experiments.
Over the years the perpetual research for new and challenging combinations has led Genta and Vanzan to form a large variety of ensembles and to collaborate with artists as Bill Nace, Chris Corsano, Thurston Moore, Dror Feiler, Hartmut Geerken, Makoto Kawabata, Sabu Toyozumi, Tamio Shiraishi, and many others.
The duo has also been working with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company alongside John Paul Jones and Takehisa Kosugi, performing for “Nearly Ninety” in Madrid (April 2009, Teatro del Canal), and in London (October 2010 at the Barbican Centre).
“It is like the roaring energy of punk meeting the possibilities of improve or like watching someone microwave jazz until it explodes all over the window in a yellow paste.”
(Was Ist Das)
***EX AGENT “Sitting restlessly between post-rock and free-jazz, Ex Agent throw together dissonant symphonies of sax and piano alongside frantic guitars, drums, and haunting vocals. Combining elements of gonzo journalism, post-punk, and jazz, the five piece sprinkle a taste of noir into a salty No Wave cacophony.” (credit picture Simon Holliday)
***DJ Infinite Spirit Music, residents on NOODS Radio, Lionel has proven that DJing means firstly listening, expect an unconventional mix. (credit picture Simon Holliday)
Entry requirements:
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