Space is the Place: Jorrit Dijkstra solo + TOC

Saturday, November 7, 20:30, entrance € 8

JORRIT DIJKSTRA SOLO
The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra (Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1966) draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and cultural borders in order to express a strong, evolving personal vision. He spent his formative years in Amsterdam’s vibrant improvisation community playing jazz, free improvisation, and world music. Since moving to the United States in 2002, Dijkstra has deepened his affinity with the experimental forces of American music, while staying in touch with his Dutch musical roots.

Downbeat: “Dijkstra hears the stylistic diversity within the networks that link his cohorts, and gives it space not just to breathe, but also occasionally to snort, howl and laugh riotously. Still, the music has a discernable Dutch tinge, which is alternately audacious and austere.”

Jorrit Dijkstra: alto saxophone/lyricon/analog synthesizer

TOC
Free hypnotic pop punk, post-rock, jazz-core. Disturbing, orgiastic and communicative, TOC is unclassifiable, but shakes the feet and heads. Playing with the volume and energy of rock, drawing its influences from Stravinsky to Sonic Youth, The Necks, Godspeed, TOC is constantly looking to create a sound in which the identity of instruments disappear, allowing the hollowness to appear as texture. They accept, or even provoke, surprise and disturbance.

Jérémy Ternoy: fender Rhodes / elektrische piano
Peter Orins: drums
Ivan Cruz: guitar