Tickets 100/80 kr
Doors: 19:30 1st set: 20:00
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description:
If the Festivus pole is an alternative for the Christmas tree,
the upcoming Easter Eve presents the perfect alternative for those in need of a different type of dish.
Coming up this April 16th is an unexpected free jazz noisy Easter,
an event heavy on bass with 3 double bassists, each different in their own way:
Joe Williamson (CA/SE), Mats Sverker Gustafsson (SE), Laurentiu Cotac (RO).
On top of these ominous low end frequencies, come along Stockholm’s Isak Hedtjärn - clarinet sabouteur - from coooooljazz to extreme tinnitus, together with Diana Miron (RO) - leading vocalist and string spectralist. Ståle Liavik Solberg (NO) and his percussion arsenal will ambush the intertwined textures, winds and vocals, undistinguishable from each other or contradictory.
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bios:
Ståle Liavik Solberg
Ståle has established a base for himself as a central part of Oslo's thriving improvised music scene. Working with ensembles VCDC, Will it float? (with John Russell, Steve Beresford & John Edwards), Silva-Rasmussen-Solberg trio and in duos with Fred Lonberg-Holm and John Russell his open and attentive drumming has received many positive responses from musicians and audiences in both Europe and the USA. Solberg is also known as one of the driving forces behind the series Blow Out! in Oslo, and he curates the festival with the same name together with fellow drummer / percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love.
Joe Williamson
A native of Vancouver, Canada, Williamson has been living in extended periods in London. Berlin, Amsterdam and Stockholm and is well established and appreciated on the experimental scenes in all those mayor cities, having played with, among others Han Bennink, John Butcher, Rudi Mahall, Tony Buck, Tobias Delius etc.
Isak Hedtjärn lives and grew up in Stockholm, he can be heard on clarinet and saxophone in groups such as Grismask, the Swedish Folk Jazz Quartet, Fire! Orchestra and Maurice Louca's Elephantine, and has collaborated with a large number of musicians around the world.
Laurențiu Coțac is a romanian doublebass player and sound artist, living in Bucharest. His activity shifts between performing in the avantgarde and the punk circuit and recording/mixing material for other notable leftfield acts, field location sound for documentary, sound design, installations and studio production. He is a member of the Hyperion Ensemble led by Ana Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu and has toured throughout Europe several times.
Currently living and working in Bucharest, Diana Miron is an artist with a long classical/contemporary music background, looking to manifest a new space with each piece. Her projects include (solo/collective) improvisation and performance, soundtrack composition and sound design for theater shows, film, vocal coaching, music workshops, video art and performative installations. Diana Miron uses instant composition through the phenomenological lens of Romanian Hyperspectralism, as she is since 2015 part of Hyperion International Ensemble. She performs in different countries around the EU and festivals such as CTM Berlin, City Sonic Brussels, Sacrum Profanum Krakow etc.
Mats Sverker Gustafsson is a bass player and composer based in Stockholm. As a composer of both contemporary chamber music and improvised music / jazz, MSG incorporates elements of classical composition methods, such as 12-tone-themes and ”medievalish” counterpoint with free improvisation and live electronics. The album Au Contraire was recently released on Periferi Records.