09.01: Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio, Jü @ A38 Ship, 8pm Rodrigo Amado’s post-Rollins robust phrasing will be sided by the outstanding rhythm section of the “hydra-like” cellist Miguel Mira and monster drummer Gabriel Ferrandini during their first Hungarian performance. Before them, the trio of Jü will push their instruments, each other, and their compositions to the limit.
In the last few years, Rodrigo Amado’s Motion Trio has become a pivotalanddriving unit in Lisbon and Portugal’s forward-thinking music community. In this city and country, contemporary-jazz musicians are characterized by the work of the Clean Feed record label (which Amado helped create), promoting an intertextual, open-minded, and aggregative group of local musicians (from rock, punk, song forms, et al) and an outstandingly creative scene. During the trio’s first-ever concert in Hungary, the three musicians will surely provide a taste of their cultural heritage, as well as the musical influences that currently have a hold on them.09.02: Kassák, NARTcore @ A38 Ship, 8pm Four musicians and an actor cooperate in the Kassák project to present selected poems by Hungary’s famous avant-garde painter, poet, and editor Lajos Kassák in an unconventional way. Before them, NARTcore will unleash their bestial sonic attacks, which feel like a cosmic hug or a primordial struggle; you’ll have to decide for yourself what they sound like.
Kassák’s music faithfully follows the poet’s attitude, as he was generally known as a master of free verse. There are melodic, song-like structures among the musical pieces, as well as free improvisations based on the poems, and conceptual, avant-garde songs. The eclectic music of the band perfectly suits Kassák’s tense, controversial personality. Most of the poems are selected by singer Veronika Harcsa (also a member of Bin-Jip), who is also the project’s initiator.09.02: Peter Brötzmann Solo feat. Szilveszter Miklós, Budapest Improvisers Orchestra @ MU Theatre, 8pm Peter Brötzmann, the most outstanding tenor saxophonist in the history of European free jazz, returns to Budapest. Warming up the stage, the Budapest Improvisers Orchestra is a valiant effort of nine young musicians to wipe out the boundaries between contemporary classical and improvised music.
Peter Brötzmann is one of the leading figures of the free improvisational wave of the ’60s, important artist of the Fluxus movement, whose artistic interests do not recognize any restriction. Since releasing the record “Machine Gun” in 1968 (one of the most important albums in the history free jazz), to his noise rock and heavy-metal experiments in the ’80s, he made his mark in countless movements. This time, he will perform solo, with Szilveszter Miklós accompanying him on drums.09.03:
Róbert Benkő – Gergő Kováts duo, Dresch Quartet @ MU Theatre, 8pm Nobody has melted together traditional Hungarian folk music with the latest and bravest in jazz like Mihály Dresch did. Róbert Benkő and Gergő Kováts are two of the most important figures in the current local improvisation scene.
The songs of Mihály Dresch combine Coltrane’s powerful freedom of swing with sudden dynamic changes, traditional pentatonics with free jazz, and harshness with incredible lyrical elements. Beforehand, two figures from the growing community of local free-music artists, Róbert Benkő (on double bass) and Gergő Kováts (on saxophone), will team up for a duo performance.09.03: Krispel-Kern-Quehenberger Trio, Vár Be Q @ A38 Ship, 8pm Didi Kern and Philipp Quehenberger are the founders of bands like Bulbul, Broken Heart Collector, Fuckhead, and Wenzl Dnatek; they feel at home in almost any genre, from noise rock to free jazz. Before them, an up-and-coming jazz-pop-funky band, Vár Be Q, will perform.
During the trio performance of Didi Kern, Philipp Quehenberger, and Markus Krispel, everything can happen – from skull-crashing noise blasts to dark, stomping electronic music. All three members play in a lot of bands, and they also have their own solo projects, but don’t expect a classic setlist-based concert! This performance will be about everything but following the rules.09.04: István Grencsó – Barnabás Dukay duo, Leimgruber-Demierre-Lehn trio feat Péter Ajtai @ MU Theatre, 8pm. This time, István Grencsó gives a duo performance with Barnabás Dukay, one of the most unique contemporary composers in Hungary. The other trio on Sunday’s bill is constituted by three improvisers, who give special attention to the space in which the sounds are being made.
The notoriously versatile and experimental István Grencsó will perform with Barnabás Dukay, whose musical world can be characterized by his compositions constructed and performed with measured precision. At the same time, the real-time composition and improvisation have an important part of his work also, since time plays a fundamental role in Dukay’s music. Before them, the aforementioned trio will perform, supported by an important figure of the radical young generation, the A.M.P. founder Péter Ajtai on double bass.09.05: Föllakzoid, Makrohang, Törzs @ A38 Ship, 8pmFöllakzoid delivers huge, looping riffs that stretch across deeply repetitive percussion, creating an atmosphere somewhere between trance and stupor. The trio has always been deeply inspired by the krautrock genre, powered by motorik drum rhythms, steady rooting bass, echoing guitar scrapes, and warbled vocals, all swirling around the ether like a sandstorm.
Föllakzoid is a Chile-based cosmic band. They began seven years ago as a trance experience between three childhood friends from Santiago, Chile. Heavily informed by the heritage of the ancient music of the Andes, the band has learned to integrate this influence with contemporary sounds of their times, creating a rich yet minimal atmosphere. Their latest album is a four-part minimal sound voyage in which you can hear Föllakzoid’s musical language developing into something more upbeat, obscure, and sharp, yet even simpler in terms of elements.
