The days are getting shorter again so no better time for another Lunar fever dream with a double bill in the Gouden Zaal.
Use Knife and Grid Ravage both have new work ready: conjuring eastern tribal postpunk with live visuals and a whimsical whirlwind full of jazzy electronica, all laced with sequencers and synthesizers.
presale: 16€ - doors: 20€
This is a concert with a standing audience
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Grid Ravage: Gino Coomans cello | Louis Evrard drums | Yves De Mey electronics
Use Knife: Stef Heeren | Kwinten Mordijck | Saif Al-Qaissy
GRID RAVAGE
Grid Ravage is Yves De Mey (aka Eavesdropper), drummer Louis Evrard and cellist Gino Coomans. On their debut album, the trio seems to explore and unravel every nuance of that one-minute silence before the storm over eight chunks of tantalizing beauty. As the cello threatens and the electronics indulge in jazzy unpredictability, drum brushes lead the band along whimsical paths, where sparking suspense, intoxicating repetition and subtle surprises constantly alternate.
Live, they are a musical tornado that swallows you whole: the pumping basses, electronic and acoustic beats that are ubiquitous live are perfectly filtered on the record until what remains is a slightly paranoid, brooding film noir vibe towards dub that proves extremely suitable as a soundtrack for your imagined nighttime strolls through the city.
USE KNIFE - albumrelease 'The Shedding of Skin'
'The Shedding of Skin' is the first album for Use Knife, the new musical project of Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck and Saif Al-Qaissy, in which they merge Western underground music with traditional Arabic music into a true melting pot with a unique musical sound. Their music is built around driving electronic rhythms, ricocheting sequenced melodies & samples as well as lively Arabic drum rhythms. Use Knife is the trio's musical vehicle to explore and express hallucinatory, free-thinking visions of contemporary global life.
'The Shedding of Skin' will be released on Sept. 30, 2022 by VIERNULVIER records. (Co-production with STUK, Wilde Westen, Trix, De Grote Post, AB and nona.)
