Saturday, January 10 - Space Siren & HOWRAH & FIEP - 8:00 p.m.!!.................................admission (minimum) €8/4 students
Postponed due to guitarist's broken arm! ---- Postponed due to guitarist's broken arm! --- Postponed due to guitarist's broken arm!
Space Siren
During its existence, Space Siren was a sharp band within the Dutch underground and formed the solid noise foundation of Subroutine Records for years. Even now that Space Siren has to stop, their influence lives on in fantastic bands such as WOLVON, The Sweet Release of Death, and (of course) HOWRAH. During the COVID years, forgotten recordings such as the EP DGDABE were released, once again demonstrating how unique Space Siren was: gritty, dreamy, and full of energy. Now they bring a mix of outtakes and old favorites to the stage—layered guitars, pedal violence, and pure joy of playing.
HOWRAH..., All CAPS, because they can and because they know how to make a real impact. They've made another good impression with their third album, Ends And Means. The unmistakable HOWRAH sound is fuller and tighter than ever, without losing any of its rough edges. The band, with roots in the Dutch underground (Zoppo, Seesaw, The Howl Ensemble, Space Siren), has developed a unique, compelling sound since its inception in 2016 and will also be playing one of their last concerts tonight. After January 23, both bands will be calling it quits.
The bands have two shows together in Germany this week, but are coming back especially for Eindhoven to say goodbye. The playful and quirky FIEP will be joining them on stage.
FIEP – the project surrounding musician and songwriter Veerle Suzanna Driessen – writes accurate indie rock songs that dig deeper than just a catchy hook and sharp melody. Veerle also reveals everything that lies beneath the surface of the proverbial iceberg: the restlessness, the doubts, the reflections, and the dreams. A surprising twist and a playful observation are always lurking.
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/space-siren-howrah-fiep-tickets-1978882262116?aff=oddtdtcreator
This evening is a collaboration between N.E.P. and POM and is made possible in part by Musichub Brabant.
Sunday December 18 - Mallet Collective - 8:30 PM ....................................................... admission (minimum) €8/4 students
Views from Dutch trains - Mallet Collective - Georgi Tsenov & Ramon Lormans - marimba
Mallet Collective takes the train on its new album, Views from Dutch Trains. All the pieces on the album are about or can be associated with train travel. Think of passing landscapes, crowded platforms, unexpected encounters, moments of reflection, or a compartment full of screaming children. Composers Anastas Paev and Jannum Kruidhof give their own vision on this theme in works written especially for this album. Composer Jacob ter Veldhuis wrote his Views from a Dutch train, which forms the basis of the album, back in 1992. Works by Anthony Fiumara and Jo, Antal, and Misha Sporck, which are also featured on the CD, will also be performed. The Mallet Collective plays in varying formations and consists of marimba players Ramon Lormans and Georgi Tsenov for this project.
Train journeys stimulate the imagination. You meet strangers, see constantly changing landscapes, and have time to reflect. But the train is more than just beautiful views. Sometimes you meet someone unexpected in your compartment. Sometimes you find yourself standing on a crowded platform with lots of other people. And sometimes you just manage to catch the last train home as evening falls.
The album itself: https://music.apple.com/nl/album/views-from-dutch-trains/1843068801
website: www.malletcollective.com/album
Saturday, January 24 - Trans-Atlantyk - 8:30 p.m.
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admission (minimum) €8/4
Marielle Groven - violin
Koen Nutters - bass, melodica
Gabriel Paiuk - piano
Gert-Jan Prins - percussion, electronics
Four composers/performers who create work that deals with:
the absence of:
any reason or rationale,
direct or indirect presentation,
with a strange power,
a twisted sense of humor,
the impossible tone,
determined “forever between Being and Not-Being.”
Dialectical dualism implies a tension between two opposing principles, for example: idea and matter, the individual and the collective. Here we have four composers/performers who create work that dances across a field, without any reasoning or rational decisions.
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/trans-atlantyk-avant-garde-impro-tickets-1979219216957?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thursday, January 29 - Addertje Oraal - premiere! - 8:30 p.m. .............................................
admission (minimum) €8/4
The performance is in Dutch!
Addertje is a collection of poems by Jolanda Kooijmans containing four narrative poems about evil, alienation, distortion, fear, losing one's way in the world, and crossing a critical boundary. In a multitude of forms and guises, the archetype of the devil is reborn, surprisingly different from what you might expect.
Jolanda: From a place of ‘existential despair’, I made a connection with a larger whole, namely the ‘Roman Catholic imagination’, which is so rich and which (despite my atheism) has shaped me. Current events with their false prophets were also a source of (unwanted) inspiration. Despite its dark themes, Addertje is a sparkling and subtle collection.
See website:
https://www.jolandakooijmans.com/addertje-oraal
An open and experimental collaboration with composer
Bart van Dongen has resulted in a special performance of these poems, entitled ADDERTJE ORAAL. It is an adventurous poetry recital that pays tribute to the devil's mischievous nature, to the many voices that populate the collection, and to the oral tradition of poetry.
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/addertje-oraal-premiere-tickets-1978961649566?aff=oddtdtcreator
Saturday January 31 - Plus Instruments - live recording! ................................................. admission (minimum) €8/4
Plus Instruments is the brainchild of Truus de Groot. Born in Eindhoven and based between the US and The Netherlands, Truus de Groot, has been an unsung hero of the experimental and underground music scene for decades. Often referred to as the “Queen of the Dutch Underground”. Since 1978, she has been the curator Plus Instruments: a project which has inspired innovation across the world of Electronic music alongside a wide range of collaborators. At the time, the sheer free will for a group such as Plus Instruments was almost unheard of: their performances were largely improvised and their sound captivating. Her profile is low key and Plus Instruments is ever changing. She explains the rotation and progressive nature of the group. "It always comes from my own initiative; I decide who to play with. I believe that gives it new life each time. I was always more into improvisation with a minimal approach, less structured, more groove." After a successful few years as a band member of cult classic Nasmak and as reigning Queen of the Dutch “Ultra” movement, Truus left The Netherlands in 1981 at the young age of 21.
She travelled to New York and began to immerse herself in the nightlife and clubs of the city that never sleeps. Within weeks she established a new Plus Instruments line up with David Linton (Rhys Chatham) and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), this yielded the timeless classic Plus Instruments “Februari-April ’81” which has been reissued numerous times over the years. Through the years Plus Instruments released a number of albums with a host of different collaborators from around the globe. Plus Instruments has been active on the stage and studio throughout these last (almost) 5 decades with no sign of stopping! In 2025 Truus will be joined by Richard van Kruysdijk to perform as a dynamic duo with Acoustic Drums, or she will appear solo with her extensive repertoire. New Plus Instruments album “Unnoticed” on Ransom Note will debut February 2026.
Live impressies: https://youtu.be/25dPi5_4lNI?si=aRDqLrJe5rrU7frQ
Bandcamp most releases: https://plusinstruments.bandcamp.com