Author: arvind
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Vrijhaven at Maakhaven
This saturday I’m playing at a Vrijhaven night at Maakhaven here in Den Haag. Also playing are krautlegends Mik Quantius and Thomas Hopf, with their new band Frankenstein’s Ballet, and the inimitable DJ Urine. This night will be wild! See the facebook event for details.
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On the road
I’m going on tour with City Hands and Hexeneiche! We have a very nice route to the east and back: Vienna, Bratislava, Krakow, Warszawa, Poznan, Berlin, Bremen and Groningen. Eight shows in nine days, and visiting some places where I’ve never been .. really looking forward to this! See the Shows section for details.
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El Otro
Modern Flamenco changed its name as people took it way too serious, which was kinda funny at first but quickly became annoying. From now on Manuela and I are playing as El Otro. Three dates coming up to celebrate: friday at VLLA in Amsterdam (facebook event), sunday at Blikopener festival in Delft (facebook event), and…
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Soft Is debut show
Sunday is the debut of my new band Soft Is at OCCII, with Rogier Smal on drums, Helena Sanders on voice & electronics, and Thale Rosien on guitar. We’re playing kind of improvised space rock, or as Helena puts it: “our drummer doesn’t like playing recognizable beats, one guitarist plays his instrument with a brillo-pad…
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Destroy Cloud
Saturday june 28 Rogier Smal, Jongkag Park and I do the music at Leyya Tawil‘s dance performance Destroy. It’s a very physical and intense performance, with Leyya and Manuela Tessi dancing and our music I’m sure it will rock hard. Looking forward to see you! Starts at 20:00, at Cloud in Den Haag.
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OCCII
Tomorrow I’m playing a solo set at OCCII in Amsterdam, together with the duo of Dylan Carlson (of Earth) and Rogier Smal, and Robert Millis. A guitar extravaganza, so to say .. hope to see you!
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Antarctica
Tomorrow Manuela and I play with our Modern Flamenco duo at Antarctica in Amsterdam. Also playing is the futuristic chamber ensemble Von Nohrfeldt. This will be a very special night in a very special place, so come down and hang out!
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KRoki reviewed
The Help Me To Crash performance at the KRoki festival in Krakow last march got a real nice review over at taniec Polska: “This improvised, international quartet of two dancers and two musicians is a fascinating, unpredictable experience, borderline from sound and movement. The body becomes here a musical subject, uttering sounds and knocks, but…
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Berlin
Off to Berlin for about a week! Manuela and I will be working on our Modern Flamenco duo at the Lake Studios in Berlin for five days, and play two shows this weekend: on Saturday at the Tatwerk Festival, and sunday we join a stellar line-up of musicians and dancers at the Mime Center there.…
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Sonology Show Lab
This monday I’m playing at Sonology Show Lab 7, a monthly night at De Vinger here in Den Haag. These nights are always very interesting, with all kinds of creative uses of new technology. I expect to be kind of out of place with just a guitar, a few effects and some objects, but that…