Friday 12 June 2015, 8pm
The all-female band Selvhenter is part of the bustling and sprawling Copenhagen underground. In a controlled eruption of two drumkits and distorted trombone, violin and alto saxophone they kick against rationalism and the homogeneity of welfare society – and show us that passion doesn’t have to be sung, but can flourish as collective instrumental cramps.
“An absolute rockin' Danish outfit using material from extreme noise, free jazz and creative rock to build a sound and energy that is giving new perspectives on alternative music! Gushing and pumping drums that interacts with the distorted trombone and lays the fundament for the sax to move and create within. Inyourface and without compromises - using poetic beauty and complex structures as building blocks for their music.” – Mats Gustafsson
Selvhenter are part of the art collective eget værelse and have already been active for seven years, performing with influential outfits like the Swedish-Norwegian trio The Thing and Japanese drummer Yasuhiro Yoshigaki’s Orquesta Libre.
Selvhenter honed a sound all its own - an uncompromising, boundless energetic one that blends the aesthetics of experimental rock, the sophistication of improvised free jazz and the aggressiveness of punk, noise and metal, all performed with passion and humor, sometimes even as music fit for dancing.
Blood Music is sonic artist and poet Simon Pomery. He has released post-punk, taiko-acid, electro-acoustic and spoken word on FLUF, Takuroku, Diagonal, dingn/dents, and The Wormhole. He uses drums and percussion, guitars, strings and synthesis to investigate the auditory potential of the insides of the body. Forthcoming releases are on The Tapeworm and Superpang, and his own Sonic Poetics. He has played in festivals including Berlin Atonal, Les Urbaines, Incubate, Wysing Polyphonic, and venues like Soup, Club Stomp, Les Atelier Claus, Cafe Oto, and a water tank in Lewisham.
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