Author: arvind
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Vietnam smell and sound
Tomorrow City Hands and I drive to Munster for a very special evening at B-Side where we both perform with a self-built installation inspired by Vietnam. I’ll set up a smell-and-sound sensation inspired by the hectic traffic and amazing cuisine, can’t wait to see what the Pads came up with .. my first performance installation…
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Weekend!
Tomorrow (friday) I’m playing a show at Dutch Tapes in Dordrecht, with Kutwyv and Phantom Chips. See the facebook event for details. And saturday at the EAP Lab here in Den Haag, together with the duo of David Maranha & Helena Espvall, who dropped one of the best records I’ve heard in years this january,…
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April
On friday april 10 Soft Is played a show at OCCII. Felt great to play with Thale, Helena and Rogier again. Too bad I forgot to announce the show here .. but I’m just in time to announce two shows here in Den Haag: tomorrow (wednesday 22) I’m playing a set at the first edition…
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Château Bourglinster
Saturday I’m driving to a castle in Luxembourg for an improvisation session with dancers Annick Pütz and Yuko Kominami, and musicians Elisabeth Flunger and Tomás Tello. Really looking forward to this, these are really amazing artists and the location must be beautiful! See this facebook event for more details.
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November
November was quite a blast. First I played in Paris, solo and with Cathy Heyden, and then Luxembourg. Then I did a duo with drummer Onno Govaert at the Volkspaleis here in Den Haag, where we played on the massive speaker installation built by Konrad Smoleński. Such a pleasure to play with such a great…
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Paris et Cessange
Off to Paris tomorrow .. I’m playing solo at La Guillotine on sunday (see the facebook event for more info), followed by a short duo with the incredible Cathy Heyden. There are three more acts that sound very interesting so this will be well worth it if you happen to be in the neighborhood. Then…
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King Champion Sounds
Tomorrow I’m playing at the Groote Weiver in Wormerveer, opening for King Champion Sounds who will present their second lp. Also playing is Selma Peelen. Most diverse line-up of the year, this will be cool!
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… And Again
Another review of the Saraswati tape, over at the great Raised By Gypsies blog: “(..) this is also a sound all of its own. I’ve always been a fan of music when you can’t quite place what the instrument is but you have ideas, as well as the equally neat feeling of hearing a sound…
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Saraswati reviewed
New tape Saraswati got a real nice review in Vital Weekly #948: “(..) His guitar is played in an improvised manner, with sometimes objects and sometimes an effect. This is not easy improvised music, but in all its acoustic approach, quite a noisy one; or actually ‘raw’ is a better word. Arvind Ganga plays sometimes…
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Incubate
Friday I’m playing at the Incubate festival in Tilburg! Pretty proud to be a part of this .. I’m playing at NS16, together with Purging Light, Ramleh, and Purple & Green.