Joshua Burkett + jeugdbrand + mira matthew
monday 25 september 2023
doors 20:00 - 12€
les ateliers claus, crickxstraat 15 - 1060 sint-gillis
JOSHUA BURKETT (us)
“Joshua better exemplifies the original free-folk impulse than any of his more celebrated contemporaries. And while he may not be doing four page fashion spreads in 'underground' style bibles, he remains *the* keeper of the flame.”– David Keenan Wire Magazine/Volcanic Tongue
Burkett has been recording & playing live in the states for 20+ years. He has played in the following groups/collectives: Vermonster, Tower Recordings, Shrinnirs, Parrotprobe, Borb, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Wormdoom, & Tarp... & has played solo sets on bills with folks like: Charalambides, Michael Hurley, Jack Rose, Dredd Foole, Chris Thompson, Ed Askew, Michael Chapman, Cherry Blossoms, Steve Gunn, John Fahey, Corsano/Flaherty, Ghost, Daniel Higgs, Red Favourite, Sun Ciry Girls, Ralph White, Son Of Earth, Bobb Trimble, Big Blood, Six Organs Of Admittance, Valley Of Ashes, Fursaxa, Thurston Moore, Circle, George Stavis, Michael Yonkers, & more.
In recent years J Burkett released an lp with Tucker Zimmerman, released a short novel and another solo lp ' If You Can’t Wander The Waffle, Wonder In Drizzle'.
“Joshua Burkett is one of the rock’s of the New England rock underground. He got his start in the Bimbo Shrineheads at just 16 years old, playing bass and saxophone. Burkett later played sax and served as cover artist for Vermonster, Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar’s outlet before Major Stars. Beginning in the mid 1990s, he released solo material on his own Feather One’s Nest label, including the masterpiece Gold Cosmos, which featured both Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Pat Gubler of P.G. Six. Spirit of Orr Records recently reissued Owls Leaves Rustling, Burkett’s 1995 solo debut, along with testimonies from Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano and Wolf Eyes’ John Olson.” – Dusted Magazine
https://joshuaburkett.bandcamp.com/album/gold-cosmos
jeugdbrand (be) (Jeroen Stevens / Dennis Tyfus)
jeugdbrand is the duo of percussionist Jeroen Stevens and piano virtuoso Dennis Tyfus. They recently released their debut LP on Lieven Martens' Edições CN label and are presenting their new LP on Feeding Tube Records with a theatrical live concert at Les Ateliers Claus.
https://edicoescn.bandcamp.com/album/siamese-dream-team
https://youtu.be/hF4kXZxoqow
MIRA MATTHEW (be)
Hyena Women (radiophonic piece by MIRA MATTHEW)
Born in 1991 MIRA MATTHEW grew up in South Africa. At 17 she left for India, following her yoga teacher. She studied yoga, tantra and permaculture there. At 20 she moved to Brussels and studied editing. She edited Juanita Onzanga’s film, The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do during her undergraduate studies. She then completed a masters degree in audio-visual art at Luca School of Art with her first short film, Resident Alien. In parallel she continued her somatic experimentation with yoga and tantra, also touching on practices such as Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis and Authentic Movement. In 2022 she completed her first radio piece, Hyena Women. MIRA is also a photographer and is a mother.