Jukwaa

Sun 28th
Apr
20:30
Jukwaa

Nils Vermeulen - contrabas

Laurens Smet - contrabas

Sigfried Burroughs - drums

Elias Devoldere - drums

Thijs Troch - piano

Jukwaa is not about to settle for a comfortable existence in which things remain as they are. While the band functioned as a more or less traditional piano trio on their eponymous debut album (2014), things were radically overturned for follow-up album Harbinger Of Imminent Ruin (2015), a tense and jarring affair for which the core trio – Thijs Troch (piano), Nils Vermeulen (bass) and Sigfried Burroughs (drums) – invited Otto Kokke (sax) and Jonas Vandenbossche (guitar) into their ranks. It already hinted at the band’s refusal to be pigeonholed as just another improvising band.

A few years later, the third album finally arrives, and once again, the musicians have taken a turn. This time they invited two other musicians from the fertile Belgian scene – bassist Laurens Smet, drummer Elias Devoldere – to join them for a 4-day residency at Ghent’s famous music center De Bijloke. Two days of discussions, followed by recording sessions and a concert eventually led to Cushion, a six-part album for which only some basic outlines/instructions were used.

The result is an album that has the loose feel of a short story collection, with the separate stories functioning as connected parts, which nevertheless never rely on related ideas. Like the Fabergé eggs, they are all distinct, yet bearing the signature of the same creator(s).

Doors: 20.00 Start concert 20.30

www.pomeindhoven.nl

Paviljoen Ongehoorde Muziek. Ruysdaelbaan 106. Entrance around the corner at Kempensebaan
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