Artists
AVA Trio
KORHAN FUTACI
AVA Trio
Founded in 2015 in Groningen, the Netherlands, AVA Trio navigating through rich and diverse sonic surroundings of the Mediterranean, under the erudite and virtuosic guidance of Giuseppe Doronzo, Esat Ekincioglu, and Pino Basile . Their destinations need no justification; their music is timeless. With three critically acclaimed albums, and over 120 concerts across Europe and China, AVA Trio continues touring extensively with their upcoming album "The Great Green", released in March 2024.
ON TOUR IN MAY - JUNE. -JULY - AUGUST
KUHN FU
KORHAN FUTACI
AVA Trio
Not only the band name is martial. In their "paranoid prog-punk-jazz performance", the band KUHN FU of guitarist, composer and master of ceremonies, Christian Kühn, turns everything through the improvisational wolf. Zappa meets cabaret, surf sounds and metal riffs ride the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, while Shakespeare, Brecht and Monty Python are the godfathers.
On tour since 2012, with almost 400 shows in 23 countries and counting.
ON TOUR IN MAY-JUNE - AUGUST - OCTOBER - NOVEMBER
KORHAN FUTACI
KORHAN FUTACI
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Korhan Futacı is an Istanbul-based saxophonist, composer, producer, singer and songwriter. A renowned name in Turkey’s alternative music scene, Futacı, is currently focused on his solo project with his brand new all-Turkish quartet . He has collaborated with numerous internationally acknowledged musicians such as: Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Thurston Moore, Marshal Allen, Eric Truffaz, Ken Vandemark, Joe Mcphee, Akira Sakata, William Parker, Otomo Yoshihide, Alan Wilkinson, Alexander Hawkins; having played at Jazzfest Saalfelden, Sant'anna Arresi Festival, A'larme Festival, Roskilde Festival.
ON TOUR in SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Dutch Mountain Tribe is the brand new project of the award-winning Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer, instrument collector Koen Boeijinga.
The tribe is a collective of the best Dutch improvisers of the new generation and can be booked as a solo to septet.
The new album - commissioned by Keep an Eye Foundation - will come out on ZeneZ Records in January 2024.
ON TOUR IN MAY - JUNE - AUGUST
SPINIFEX
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Oddgeir Berg Trio
Amsterdam-based Spinifex, named after a tough Australian species of grass, celebrates their 20th year on tour. An exciting combination of progrock, hardrock, krautrock, free jazz and ancient cyclical rhythms from Turkish and Indian musical cultures; the band is a perfect representation of the Dutch creative music scene. Their new album ‘Undrilling The Hole’ will be released in October 2024 - and the band celebrates their 20th anniversary in 2025
Oddgeir Berg Trio
Dutch Mountain Tribe
Oddgeir Berg Trio
«..This is a piano trio to get truly excited about, a trio for the new millennium.»
-Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
Electroacoustic jazz with one leg in melancholy and the other in ecstasy. A fantastic piano trio from Oslo, Norway.
On tour worldwide in 2024.
Esat Ekincioglu's Turkish Pumpkin
Esat Ekincioglu's Turkish Pumpkin
Esat Ekincioglu's Turkish Pumpkin
Psychedelic free groove from the Afro-Anatolian continent. Nomadic drones meet a wild Turkish wedding. From delicious Ayler-ian chants to Moholo Moholo-esque dances.
Esat Ekincioglu’s Turkish Pumpkin improvises Near-Eastern wedding and funeral music. Lead by Turkish-born bassist Esat Ekincioglu, the band conjures trances and chants about lovers, heroes; in grief and joy. Receiving the VNJJ Week van de Jazz composition commission in May 2022, the band presented new music featuring Turkish vocalist Sanem Kalfa.
ON TOUR IN JUNE