2012 


KRAAK & LES ATELIERS CLAUS present
JAMES FERRARO
DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE
deep explorers of the modern dimension - wed 8 feb - 20:00 - 8€
PRESALE via FNAC or tickets@kraak.net

Hypermimetic soundtrack of life continously referring to the current iPad-, videogame- and advertising culture. Best record of 2011 according to WIRE magazine, supermarket muzak according to others. See/hear/feel/smell for yourself ... (read more)

 

SUB ROSA & LES ATELIERS CLAUS present CROWN #2
 GHEDALIA TAZARTES+JAC BERROCAL+DAVID FENECH
THE CATAMITES (STEPHEN O'MALLEY + CHRIS BROKAW)
french avant garde - sat 11 feb - 20:00 - 10€ PRESALE
Vocals from another planet. They play flute on human bones. Guitars sound like rubber and steel. Expect the unexpected! Afterwards Sunno))) mastermind Stephen O'Malley presents his new band with Codeine legend Chris Brokaw ... (read more)

 

Conférence Pierre Deruisseau: Afro Black Mythology
AFRO HAIRCUT MYTHOLOGY
AUDIO/VIDEO LECTURE - wed 22 feb - 19:00 SOUP - 20:00 LECTURE - 5€

A lecture (in French) with plenty of videos and sounds on astro black mythology, fifth episode is about one of the most famous symbols of afro culture: the afro haircut ... (read more)

 

SUBBACULTCHA & LES ATELIERS CLAUS present
GAUNTLET HAIR
SQUEAKY LOBSTER
REVERB DAMAGED ART POP - fri 24 feb - 20:00 - 8€

Agitated pop tunes for reverb punks. Craig & Andy make blissful shoegaz-y art pop in the vein of thrilling bands such as Liars, Battles, Foals & Sleigh Bells to name a few ... (read more)

 

ULTRA
MINNY POPS + YOUNG LIONS + HAROLD SCHELLINX ANIMATED BOOK PRESENTATION
80s Amsterdam Cult - wed 7 mar - 20:00 - 8€
An evening traveling back in time to the infamous Ultramoderne evenings in Amsterdam... (read more)

 

AUDREY LAURO CURATES
WOLVES STORIES
MAGGIE NICOLS + MIA ZABELKA + MAJA JANTAR + JUDITH KAN + ANN EYSERMANS + ISABELLE SAINTE ROSE + PAK YAN LAU + LAZARA ROSELL ALBEAR + YUKO OSHIMA + AUDREY LAURO
WOMEN IMPROV SCENE - sat 10 mar - 20:00 - 8€
Free music, noises and sounds traveling around crazy story telling, sound-poetry and strange short movies, with some key players of the female improv scene... (read more)

 

CHAD VANGAALEN
MAYBESHEWILL + HOWARD JAMES KENNY
RECLUSIVE CANADIAN ON THE RISE - mon 12 mar - 20:00 - 8€ PRESALE / 10€ DOORS

Every so often, Chad VanGaalen emerges from his bunker in Calgary (CAN) to perform his idiosyncratic songs about death and revenge. Sweet folksongs punctured with rustling electronics and brilliant guitar riffs by one of the most exciting songwriters in recent years ... (read more)

 

STEPHAN MATHIEU & TASHI WADA
play revenant
ELECTROMAGNETIC VIRGINAL MINIMALISM - wed 14 mar - 20:00 - 8€

First duo performance of "Revenant" - a piece written for virginals and electromagnets. Beautiful electroacoustic minimalism ... (read more)

 

holger & les ateliers claus present
GALA DROP
BEPOTEL
PORTUGESE DISCO KRAUT - thu 22 mar - 20:00 - 8€

Gala Drop is the wonderful combination of portugese summer vibes & german kraut rock. They manage to join the dots between Jon Hassell, King Tubby, Liquid Liquid, Shackleton, Can, disco and African rhythms while still doing their own unique thing ... (read more)

 

DISAPPEARS
JUSTICE YELDHAM + BRUITAL ORGASME
 MOTORIK PSYCH ROCK - fri 30 mar - 20:00 - 8€ PRESALE

Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, distortion, delay and repetition, Disappears play minimal rock music inspired by everything from Kraut to American gospel to punk. Now with Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley as a full time member ... (read more)

 

PUTA MADRE BROTHERS
MEXICAN SPAGHETTI WESTERN - sat 14 apr - 20:00 - 8€

Listening to the PUTA MADRE BROTHERS gives you the idea you're watching a Mexican western with a soundtrack made by Ennio Morricone while riding the waves on a Sixties' surf board. Strumming mariachi rhythms, reverb soaked guitar licks, gritty, vintage and rock & roll ... (read more)