Glice + Kleefstra|Bakker|Kleefstra

Saturday, December 12, 20:30, €6

A lo-fi, dreamy soundscape double bill!

The music of Glice might be characterized as a soundtrack for non-existent science fiction disaster movies. Striving for a sound that is experimental, but never pretentious, Glice is not concerned with fixed meanings. Mainly using lo-fi equipment, the musical approach is improvisational, but highly focused, free, but with a keen ear for detail. Glice is as much music for the mind as it is music for the gut. No ego, just ears.

Their EP 51433213 was released in April. An album will follow this december.

“A band that thrives in the self-expression of their instruments, but […] controlled in the execution of their music to avoid the basic effect of self-absorbed indulgence.” – The Formant

“Glice klinkt als een uit de dood herrezen prehistorische sjamaan: onheilspellend en duister en stokoud, maar zo spannend dat de nieuwsgierigheid het met gemak wint.” – Theo Ploeg, Gonzo (circus)

The trio Kleefstra|Bakker|Kleefstra (KBK) combines improvised dark-ambient with spoken word and consists of the experimental guitarists Romke Kleefstra and Anne Chris Bakker and poet Jan Kleefstra. After their debut album ‘Wink’ in 2009 the group played throughout Europe and Japan. They worked together with musicians like Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, Greg Haines and Machinefabriek.

Expect dark, dreamy soundscapes that tend to burst. Or like magazine The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music wrote abou the trio: “Two guitarists construct an icy enclave out of frozen drones and amplifier crackle, a veritable Fortress Of Solitude whose isolation is further emphasized by the poet’s intimately close-miked tones and distant echoes, giving an acute impression of expanses and depths both internal and external.”