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MiMa 66: Jon Collin

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MiMa 65: Million Brazillians + Lieven Martens Moana

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Mima 64: Jooklo and Riccardo Sinigaglia + Duke S.

September MiMa, welcoming the autumn but with summer still burning on our buns. We have two amazing acts lined up for you. Jooklo Duo & Riccardo Sinigaglia (IT) doing electro acoustic research that resonates echos of ancient rituals. Duke S. (010) with his quirky mix of synthetic exotica, sun ra-esque electro jazz and ambient with faux field recordings.

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Jooklo Duo & Riccardo Sinigaglia (IT) The duo Jooklo (Virginia Genta and David Vanzan) and Riccardo Sinigaglia (founder of the legendary Futuro Antico and Correnti Magnetiche) met in November 2015 in Milan, at a studio session organised by Black Sweat Records. The collaboration that grew out of this meeting is an ever-evolving electro-acoustic research which (according to the participants) invokes “ancient rituals, deeply rooted in improvisation and abstract structures aiming to a complete fusion of several sound sources.” Sinigaglia and Jooklo utilise Farfisa organ, synthesizers, reeds, and percussion to create harmonious but often challenging results. Expect “old and new dreams of Italy’s finest psychedelia and “new shapes (in) the realm of mystic music.” Duke S. (NL) Duke S. is the project of Étienne Baudet. Baudet’s sound is a quirky mix of synthetic exotica, Sun Ra-esque electro jazz and ambient, laced with “faux field recordings”[sic]. The feeling is both futuristic and outdated, evoking ancient Egypt as well as adventures in outer space. At times the sound has something of Finnish composer Pekka Airaksinen. Live shows are accompanied by 8-bit visuals and of course cactuses.

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MiMa 62: EEE! ! ! Experimental Electronic Music Extravaganza

MiMa presents the Experimental Electronic Music Extravaganza with six amazing acts!

MSHR (us) + Tomotonttu (fin) + Max Eilbacher/Duncan Moore (us) + Ro (dk) + Aqua Dentata (uk) + Piyojo (nl)

A big thank you to the Delta~Wave Festival in Het Bos, Antwerpen.

WORM Boomgaardsstraat 71 Door 19:00 Maximum pleasure: sharp start! Tickets: presale €6/9€ door

MSHR (us)

"Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy work at the intersection of digital sculpture, analog circuitry and ceremonial performance. Their physical projects revolve around analog light-audio feedback systems built from macro-arrangements of their sculptural synthesizers."

http://mshr.info/

TOMUTONTTU (fin)

"Multi-media artist Jan Anderzen from Tampere who's inspired by the multitudes of mold and microbial life. Abstract sound compositions but with a pop sensibility placed fully at its core. A confounding array of musical references such as folk, hip-hop and the colourful nexus of Yellow Magic Orchestra

www.kemiallisetystavat.com/tomutonttu

MAX EILBACHER / DUNCAN MOORE (us)

"Heavily manipulated and abstracted sonic quality with performance tending towards the theatrical side, using techniques such as grotesque facial gestures, physical comedy, and dance."

http://arsmedia.biz/headband.html

AQUA DENTATA (uk)

"Solo project of E. Nuttall, a London-based artist. Working primarily with electronic and acoustic devices, Nuttall creates a dense tapestry of hypnotic drones and surreal textures.

http://www.aquadentata.org/

RO (dk)

"Copenhagen-based Chris Shields' RO project toggles between extremely non-musical and string composition, computer music, field recording and custom homemade modular synth patchwork."

http://roweb.co/

PIYOJO (nl)

"Rik Möhlmann from Groningen. In his audio-visual live sets sounds from synths, drum machines and other electronics are sourced and stacked upon each other into constantly morphing rhythmic and non-linear juxtapositions.

https://soundcloud.com/piyojo

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MiMa 61: SOTU preview

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MiMa 60: Novoline + Twoonky

MiMa 60: electronic dance music deconstructions with

Novo Line (US/DE) - Listen

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Twoonky (IT) - Here

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March 21st 2017 WORM Boomgaardsstraat 71 Doors 20:30 / Start 21:00

Novo Line (US) Novo Line uses outdated equipment to create hyper-modern idiosyncratic destructions of Electronic Dance Music. His LP Movements was one of our favourite records of 2016 here at MiMa HQ. Highly recommended to fans of Lorenzo Senni, Actress, Lee Gamble, Theo Burt etc. “You’d have to be either a madman or a genius to make music with two obsolete Atari ST computers in 2016. But this kind of constraint is essential for the artistic approach of Nat Fowler, aka Novo Line, who likes to push old synthesizers an archaic software to their limits while imposing extreme musical restrictions to himself. It brings to mind the kind of electronic dismantling Theo Burt delivered with last year’s stunning Gloss, but Novo Line is carving a sound all of it’s own.” – Factmag Boomkat about his recent LP Movements (on Not Waving’s label Ecstatic Recordings): “Whilst at times it may recall the saltiest digital tone and gait of early Chicago house and Belgian new beat, there’s a futuristic funk and idiosyncratic ambiguity to Movement that entirely belongs to Novo Line. It really does make for one of the year’s finest and most addictive dancefloor mutations, bar none.” Twoonky (IT) Duo from Italy making improv dance music, with electronics, guitar and the occasional vocals. Loose, slightly psychedelic and playful. Results end up somewhere in between 80’s pop songs deconstructions and a more minimalist Black Dice.

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MiMa 59: Kaumwald + JSCA

MiMa 59 with:

Kaumwald (FR / Opal Tapes) "totally bugged out improv techno and electroacoustic burn out’s" https://soundcloud.com/opal-tapes/kaumwald-rapa-nui-clan JSCA (NL / Dehef) "Pulsating sine- and square waves, clattering synth noises and detached female vocals" https://soundcloud.com/jsca-3 !! FREE SHOW !! Tuesday February 7th Wunderbar (WORM) Boomgaardsstraat 71 Start 21.00

Kaumwald (FR / Opal Tapes) Kaumwald is the duo of Ernest Bergez and Clément Vercelletto from Lyon, France. On their 2016 LP “Rapa Nui Clan” (Opal Tapes) we can hear a suite of totally bugged out improv techno and electroacoustic burn out’s entitled. They’re a hard act to define, unifying the tabletop thrift attack of AMM or early Wolf Eyes against bold modular driven beats rich with crust. The duo’s machines interlace this time with more pronounced vocals often rendered in absurd pitches or drawn out into oblivious texture. As with any voyage there is a wealth of information to process, this is the sound of information frying in the pan as the ship readjusts it’s course. (Anost) JSCA (NL / Dehef) JSCA is a duo from Rotterdam. Named after a song by obscure 80’s act Monoton, they create repetitive electronic music with an eerie atmosphere. Pulsating sine- and square waves, clattering synth noises and detached female vocals.

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MiMa 56 & 57

Hop and on, number 56 with: ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE (us) Big tip for fans of ambient synth music, and the surreal works of Angelo Badalamenti for David Lynch's soundtracks. https://soundcloud.com/denovali/ensemble-economique-from-the http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17786-ensemble-economique-you-by-candlelight/ JUNG AN TAGEN (aut) Mind-melting, abstract, rhythmic electronics from Vienna. https://soundcloud.com/virtualvienna/sets/vielheiten http://editionsmego.com/release/EMEGO-229

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Couple a days later, MiMa 57 in collaboration with NZZN festival:

75 DOLLAR BILL (nyc) Duo of Rick Brown on percussion and Che Chen on electric guitar. They play big city blues filtered through a sahara desert blues lens, and vice versa. The jams are hypnotising, raw, minimal and free flowing. With mesmerising guitar patterns and polyrhythmic percussion, 75 Dollar Bill injects fresh energy into a century old genre, street musician style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwqcdgfK0Uw

MATT KREFTING(us) Matt Krefting is a composer, performer, poet and writer based in Easthampton, Massachusetts, who gained a formidable reputation for his tape based experimental work. Early micro-editions led to the critically acclaimed 'High Hopes' (for Open Mouth in 2013) and ‘Lymph Est’ (for Kye in 2014). Both LP's contain minimalist lo-fi audio collages of eerie drones, melancholic piano playing, field recordings, samples, and (tape)loops, executed in a very personal 'crude/sophisticated' way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjMMeK_F8E --- November 11th 2016 Koffie & Ambacht Ebenhaezerstraat 52a DOOR 20.00 / START 20.30 6,- FB ----

More info on the artists below.

Ensemble Economique (US) California-born artist Brian Pyle, the mastermind behind the project Ensemble Economique, describes his own music on his Facebook page “as if day and night are colliding”. Through his use of dark, sawing bass complemented by glimmering bright synths Pyle conveys an austere solemnity countered by hints of uplifting discovery, delicately holding the clash of contradiction on a precipice in his work. Big tip for fans of ambient synth music, and the surreal works of Angelo Badalamenti for David Lynch's soundtracks. Jung An Tagen (AUT) Mind-melting, abstract, rhythmic electronics from Vienna. Jung An Tagen is the latest alias of Stefan Juster, formerly known as Cruise Family (Not Not Fun) and Stefan Kushima (Blackest Rainbow), etc. He creates carefully sculpted and ever-changing modular rhythms where repetitive figures & polyrhythmic textures circulate around distinctive timbres, resulting is a vision of morphing movements between high energy and zero gravity states. New record 'Das Fest Der Reichen' out on Editions Mego. https://soundcloud.com/virtualvienna/sets/vielheiten http://editionsmego.com/release/EMEGO-229

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MiMa 54: France + Eklin

MiMa 54: France (fr) Repetitive pulsating rhythms, with pounding overtones created by the overdriven hurdy-gurdy. Live at KRAAK: https://youtu.be/mdIL_MSUC8M Eklin (nl) Newly formed collaboration between Michiel Klein, Arvind Ganga, Robert Kroos and Ma Verbiesen. ---- OCTOBER 2ND 2016

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France (fr) Imagine Tony Conrad & Faust reincarnated as a French punk trio in 2016, using only a minimal drum kit, bass guitar and hurdy-gurdy to drone you into another dimension. The set-up is simple but the results are mind-blowing. Repetitive pulsating rhythms, with pounding overtones created by the overdriven hurdy-gurdy. Obviously this stuff works best in a live-setting, with the amps cranked up to 11. France are loud, deep and trance-inducing. https://soundcloud.com/mentalgroove/france-do-den-haag-church Eklin (nl) Shapeshifting collective around M. Klein. Eklin started as a fairly abstract instrumental electronix trio in 2009 but evolved into a five piece band that produced a strange hybrid of atmospheric dreampop with female vocals and dubbed out trance rock as heard on their full-length Onwa. Nowadays Eklin seems to be operating mainly as a live unit with an ever changing line-up, chunking out improvised instrumental jams that focusses on their trance rock aspect. Line-up during this concert: Arvind Ganga (Every Bolt Rumbling): guitar Robert Kroos (Duckfood, Torture Corpse, Tharpa Jigme): drone instrument Marijn Verbiesen (Red Brut, Sweat Tongue): drums Michiel Klein: (Sweat Tongue, Lewsberg): bass guitar

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MiMa 53: Pierre Berthet {be} & Rie {jp} + Janneke van der Putten {rot}

Back at Koffie & Ambacht with two wonderful acts ! Pierre berthet & Rie “Dead Plants & Living Objects” http://www.rienakajima.com/_work/_collaborationsetc/PierreBerthet.html Janneke van der Putten Hypnotic noise, remixes and dream-songs https://soundcloud.com/jannekevanderputten/aurora-jacaranda August 25th Koffie & Ambacht Ebenhaezerstraat 52 Door: 20.00 Start: 20.30 - we start in time to keep the peace in the hood Entrance: €6 - all proceedings go to the artists

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Dead Plants & Living Objects by Pierre Berthet and Rie Nakajima We saw these two perform at Basel. Truly amazing. Think they described themselves the best, so here’s to it: “Tin cans, whistles, locomotive suspension springs,porcelain bowls, compressor top bells, ping pong balls,agave dry leaves, sponges, steel wires, branches,paper foils, plastic bags, silver papers, pink gloves,piano, balloons, buckets, feathers, water, scraps, peebles,flower pots, guitar, metal tubes, paulownia tree seeds, pearls,bamboo sticks, logs, bones, stones, filter queens... RN and PB have been creating various ways to vibrate thingsso that their acoustic shadows dance around: invisible air volumesthat reshape constantly, move in the space, enter in the most secret places and inside ourselves.A way to get closer to things inherent spirits is to listen to them.Eventually encouraging them to produce sounds and resonate by various means:to hit, caress, shake, beat, scrape, scratch, claw, boil, clap, rattle, rock, throw, move,magnetize, clamp, cook, pinch, galvanize, motorize, bow, blow, pluck, heath up, let flow, freeze,drop, drip, connect, roll, mix, extend, sing…” Janneke van der Putten “Janneke is hot!” (private source) What more do we need to say? Other than this: “Aurora is the new music project of Janneke van der Putten, with hypnotic noise, remixes and new dream-songs with voice, keyboard, field recordings and effect. Aurora premiered at the SOTU festival in Amsterdam last April and is preparing an album for next spring, to be presented at Labor Sonor in Berlin, March 2017. Listen here to a sketch version of the song ’Aurora Jacaranda’.”

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MiMa 52: Pelada - New, CA + Carrageenan - Bubruitavecl'âme, Be

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PELADA (New, CA) MONTREAL TECHNO DUO, IN THE SPIRIT OF EBM, PUNK, AND MORE AGGRESSIVE FORMS OF SUBVERSIVE DANCE MUSIC Rising stars of the Montreal electronic scene, Pelada have resonated with audiences for their unique blend of Chicago house, Detroit techno, and fierce Spanish vocals. The duo, comprised of vocalist Chris Vargas and producer Tobias Rochman, recontextualize dance music in the spirit of EBM, punk, and more aggressive forms of subversive music. The resulting balance creates a sound without computers, combining a patchwork of sequenced analogue synths, drum machines, and samplers that is both urgent and powerful. As a result, their live sets are living and breathing entities, energetic and combative. They grew out of the city’s infamous underground afterhours warehouse scene, performing alongside DJs, punk bands, and experimental sound artists. These large parties are often illegal, populated by an eclectic mix of punks, club kids, and freaks, promoting a spirit of inclusiveness and open-mindedness. Pelada embraces this diverse crowd united by a shared interest in letting loose, unsatisfied by what is being offered in mainstream clubs. After more than a year of live performance, including shows with Pharmakon (Sacred Bones), Pelada dropped their first EP ‘No Hay / Ten Cuidado’ on January 1st. The material was produced by Pierre Guerineau of Essaie Pas (DFA) and released by Rochman’s record label NEW, accompanied by a remix from Jock Club (Ascetic House). Their minimal output has already been embraced by the international underground electronic music community, becoming a fixture of late night sets around the world. The EP has been celebrated as “a perfect distillation of their raw live energy” by THUMP, and regarded by Club Fonograma as “nothing short of exhilarating”. Silent Shout have been “completely blown away – menacing hard-hitting tracks that do not let up for an instant.” After touring Europe this July, Pelada will put finishing touches on their first full-length LP and continue taking their direct, combative, energetic sound to the people. https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-the-montreal-techno-duo-who-are-getting-punks-dancing https://soundcloud.com/new-514/sets/new002-pelada-digital-ep ----- CARRAGEENAN (Bubruitavecl'âme, Tanzprocesz, Golden Lab, BE) Carrageenan is the solo project of Brussels based parisian Matthieu Levet (Vermisst Susi, Pizza Noise Mafia), in which he explores the simplicity of an analog drum machine. His live performance often turns the venue to a black hole of abstract percussions, bubbling, scraping, drowning the audience in a splurge of electronic tonal and atonal dribble. After a debut on Golden Lab, he released « The Golden Beast » on french Tanzprocesz (Opera Mort, Smegma, Ghedalia Tazartes…) and «At the Corner» on belgian Honneur De La Police. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Carrageenan https://soundcloud.com/carrageenan ----- + Dj Limited Ambition

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At Koffie & Ambacht   Rotterdam Friday the 24th of June 2016

© 2016 Photo: CJ de Rook 

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MiMa 51: Bird People [aut] / Pandelidino [arg] / Harry Hoogstraten [nl]

MiMa 51 at Koffie & Ambacht:

Serving drone-based jams with strong Indian and Middle-Eastern flavours by Bird People and Pandelindio. Topped off with some poetic justice from Harry Hoogstraten.

Bird People http://bird-people.bandcamp.com/

Pandelindio https://pandel.bandcamp.com/

Harry Hoogstraten http://harryhoogstraten.tumblr.com/

Friday June 24th Starting at 20:00 sharp Entrance 6 Euro, all of which go to the artists Koffie & Ambacht Ebenhaezerstraat 52a, Rotterdam

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Bird People are a drone band formed in 2010 by Ulrich Rois. Solo and with a host of collaborators Rois has since explored various forms of extended tone music, often influenced by drone-based folk music, Hindustani music and early minimalism. Bird People have toured extensively throughout Europe and have shared the stage with MV+EE, Sylvester Anfang II, Hellvete, Head of Wantastiquet and Rhys Chatham, among many others. Recently Bird People have performed in a band line-up focussing on predominantly acoustic free drone music. Pandelindio is a self-described "solo and collective project of experimental and ritualistic music" from Argentina, founded by Federico Fossati. On "Fuego y Soma", Pandelindio create a unique blend of drone-based jams with strong Indian and Middle-Eastern flavors, comprised of field recordings, box tambura, didgeridoo, violin, shehnai, bansuri, harmonium and chanting. Harry Hoogstraten is a Dutch beat poet and visual artist who has been a key figure in the European underground poetry scene of the last few decades. He edited the literary magazines Mandala and Abracadabra, organised the One World Poetry festivals in Amsterdam and worked with Steve Lacy, James Koller and Franco Beltrametti. Hoogstraten writes in Dutch, English, German, Italian etc: working with breath and sound being the most important which gives his poetry a musical quality. 'His readings are sometimes almost chanting, sometimes in machine-gun bursts of lines out of which he would often break into a quiet and lyrical passage.’

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MiMa 50! Guttersnipe (uk) + JSCA (rot) + Self Indulgent Asshole (rot)

Sunday June 5th  Doors: 20:30 Location: Roodkapje SUB Teilingerstraat 110-130 Entrance: 5 euro

Guttersnipe (uk) Wild disruptive noise/rock duo from Leeds, UK.

JSCA (rot) Repetitive industrial electronics created with Korg MS10 synthesizer, tapes, sine waves, effects and vocals.

Self Indulgent Asshole (rot) ..visual and performance artist, hard-mouthed opinion maker and self proclaimed Self Indulgent Asshole.

With DJ Lijkvocht spinning the wheels.

Guttersnipe (uk) Wild disruptive noise/rock duo from Leeds, UK. New Wave of British Hysterical Mania (- Cafe Oto- ). Drums, guitar, synth and vocals. Ear piercing six strings and bowel shattering sub basses to psychedelic effect. Seriously these youngsters kick arse big time. Probably THE best show we saw at Kraak Festival this year. Highly recommended to fans of Lighting Bolt, Arab On Radar, Ex Models, The Hospitals circa Hairdryer Peace… well you get the idea. See you in the pit. JSCA (rot) The duo of Mi and Ma. Repetitive industrial electronics created with Korg MS10 synthesizer, tapes, sine waves, effects and vocals. Their recent European tour with Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides saw them moving to a more restraint, cinematic sound. Their recent diet of late night horror movies will push their new sound even further into new realms of the unknown. Self Indulgent Asshole (rot) Master of Ceremony at Charlois based coffeehouse Koffie & Ambacht (together with the lovely Lies of course), visual and performance artist, hard-mouthed opinion maker and self proclaimed Self Indulgent Asshole. Always in battle with his instrument of choice and sound itself. Never a dull moment.

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MiMa 49: Max Eilbacher (us) + Die Reihe (us) + Falafel Biels (nl)