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
Friday february 6 - RHIANNIN & Ramses3000 – human voice meets electronics - 8:30 PM ------ (minimum) € 8/4 students
In Pavilion Unheard Music, multidisciplinary artist RHIANNIN (Rianne Wilbers) and composer/producer Ramses3000 (Yannick Verhoeven) retreat for a few days for a unique collaboration.
RHIANNIN (Rianne Wilbers) started out in classical singing and developed her own hybrid musical idiom in which alternative pop, experimental electronics, and contemporary sound art come together. Her work sounds layered, physical, and visually charged: from clear vocal lines to distorted voice manipulation, often interwoven with live-controlled visuals and interactive technology. In projects such as Bodylanguage and The Space That Speaks, she combines singing, performance, and a sense of space into a comprehensive listening experience. https://www.riannewilbers.nl/
Over the past ten years, Ramses3000 (Yannick Verhoeven) has built an adventurous career ranging from mosh-inducing electro-chaabi to tranquil sound art. As co-founder of Cairo Liberation Front, he brought Egyptian street music to European stages and festivals such as Dour and Best Kept Secret. He later found a new direction in solo albums Nadja and Thalamus, which combine ambient, neo-classical, and mindfulness, presented as performances and installations at venues including Museum De Pont, ADE, and November Music. His work exudes cross-cultural curiosity, DIY aesthetics, and a pronounced urge for innovation.
https://ramses3000.bandcamp.com/album/thalamus-2
During their residency, these two worlds meet for the first time: the physical voice versus electronics, expressive movement alongside meditative sound, theatrical experience alongside club culture and sound art. In a few intensive days, they build material for a live concert in which the experiment is not the starting point, but the end point.
Monday February 9 - The Gentle Good - 8:30 PM ----------------------------------- entrance (minimum) € 8/4 student
Gentle Welsh folk
The Gentle Good is the moniker of Cardiff-based musician and songwriter Gareth Bonello. Gareth is known for his enchanting melodies, intricate guitar style and beautiful acoustic arrangements.
The Gentle Good’s new album ‘Elan’ is a psychedelic portrait of the Elan Valley in Powys, Wales. The album was written during a year-long residency in the Cambrian Mountains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQIw3gMXTW4
Wednesday, February 11 - RIZOOM LAB - 8:30 PM ------------------------- entrance (minimum) € 8/4 student
Rizoom Lab
POM, in collaboration with Rizoom, a country-wide research and development program for early-career makers who center their work on music and experimentation, invite you to an evening of discussions, presentations, performances, science, tech, music and collective sharing. Come listen and give four makers feedback on their newest projects: you will be able to try a newly developed musical instrument that extends the human voice or witness a performance that is a result of a collaboration between a mycelium and a performer - literally, grown in a lab - in the Rizoom Lab event. Come try things out with us!
Cosmic Bride
Cosmic Bride is developing a performance that establishes a exchange between a performers body and living mycelium networks through biosensors and environmental controls. (Mycelium network is the underground, web-like network of fungal threads that forms the “roots” of fungi.) Expect a performance where physiological signals influence the mycelium’s environment, while the organism’s electrical activity is translated into sound, creating a shared biological dialogue. Through contact-based sessions over time, both performer and organism adapt to one another, forming an evolving cross-species improvisational practice.
Myra-Ida van der Veen
"In my practice, I investigate the interactions between the body and its spatial extensions. I explore paths between vocal art, technology, the human senses, and interdisciplinary live performances. My research explores extending the anatomy of a vocal ensemble by finding ways to alter, expand, and visualize the voice. My first experiments during my time with Rizoom are focused on how machine-building and the human voice can collaborate physically. There are these sweet spots between technology and group vocal performances that I am still trying to find. At POM, I will show and talk about the design of an instrument that can tap the lips. We will have a small discussion and feedback session, and I hope to gather more ideas to go further with this research."
Laurence Gaudreau
Androgynous music, a short performance of semi improvised music and performance, creating a space between gender and sonic binaries. + open discussion about Laurence's concept androgynous music.
Saturday February 14 - Wooli Duo - 8:30 PM --------------------------------------- entrance (minimum) € 8/4 student
Asian avantgarde music from Norway
Wooli draws inspiration from East Asian traditional and folk music and the expressive freedom of free jazz. At the heart of the project is a desire to reinterpret and transform cultural heritage, engaging with tradition not as a fixed form but as a living, evolving force. Their music is shaped through improvisation, real-time dialogue, and a shared curiosity for sound- at once rooted and radically new.
Wooli is an avant-garde folk duo formed by Taiwanese pipa player Fan-Qi Wu and Norwegian drummer Michael Lee Sørenmo. Since their debut in Oslo in April 2024, the duo has performed across Europe. Their first album is scheduled for release in 2026.
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjjVLNjQEvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smyTWuVX-BE
Friday February 20 - TABULA SONORUM feat Jessica Pavone - 8:30 PM ------------------ entrance (minimum) € 8/4 student
Tabula Sonorum Duo brings together pianist Bart van Dongen and double bassist Gonçalo Almeida in a project rooted in curiosity, risk, and deep listening. Known for their work at the intersection of composed structures and open improvisation, the duo explores sound as a living system, where form emerges through interaction, texture, and time.
Their collaboration expands with the presence of New York–based violist Jessica Pavone, whose distinctive voice bridges contemporary composition and experimental improvisation. During a residency at POM, the three musicians developed new material through an intensive process of shared research, working with concepts, graphic scores and free improvisation. The result is music that is both deliberate and unpredictable: layered structures dissolve into spontaneous dialogue; written ideas collide with instinct, and individual languages merge into a collective sound world. This collaboration highlights a dynamic balance between composition and freedom, creating a performance that is exploratory, physical, and constantly in motion.
Jessica Pavone: https://youtu.be/FMAqRVJ2FUk?si=EVL5-dXGbS6P4loV
Tabula Sonorum:https://youtu.be/pKV7kLCl2a4?si=2OUOUu0QUrZLo-rr
Tuesday February 24 - SCP-055 - 8:30 PM-------------------------------entrance (minimum) €8/4 student
Prog improv from France - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=002Kg9uKACU
SCP-055 is a French progressive improvisation group inspired by bands like The Necks and King Crimson. The four band members are engaged in ongoing sonic exploration, incorporating electric and acoustic instruments, effects, and electronics, in search of narrative explorations and rhythmic trance.
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/scp-055-prog-improv-from-france-tickets-1980564189807?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thursday March 12 - Space Siren & Howrah & Fiep - 8 PM ---------------------------------------- entrance (minimum) € 8/4 student
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.
in collaboration with NEP and Musichub Brabant
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/space-siren-howrah-fiep-tickets-1981604356975?aff=oddtdtcreator