SATURDAY 19 MARCH 2022

1. THE PLANTASTIC ROCKSTARS

 

THE PLANTASTIC ROCKSTARS (rotterdam) make pop smash hits with an educational slant. _their first song is an epic love song about photosynthesis, the chemical reaction that makes life possible for all of us

anne kolbe | voice & keyboard

rowan van as | voice & keyboard

aswin van as | percussion

 

2. CIRCULAR BED

CIRCULAR BED is the duo of austéje žvirblyté (lt) - voice & trumpet, and jorrit westerhof (nl) - guitar & fx. _jorrit's creative use of electronics adds textures and layers to the music, austeja's not-so-orthodox trumpet playing adds the organic component. _adventurous improvisations turn into melodic stories and vice versa. _the general mood constantly escapes all limitations and attempts to describe. _it's a mix of futuristic soundscapes, heartfelt cries and musical hide-and-seek

austéje and jorrit both studied at the prince claus conservatory but only met much later, just before the start of the pandemic, at each other's concerts. Those encounters were the beginning of a musical and romantic relationship. _since then, the duo has recorded many hours of music in varying line-ups. _one day as a duo on guitar/drum, the next they played Japanese folk on turntables with improvised opera. _after exploring the ins and outs of each other's musical synergy, they started a trumpet/guitar duo and called it 'circular bed'

soon to expire (excerpt from a live performance in ms stubnitz, hamburg)