A new Amsterdam/Berlin collective of creative musicians playing open, melodic, pieces in a Cage/Oliveros informed spectrum of improvised strategies and open-ended compositions, giving homage to the Chicago tradition of AACM music as well as giving praise to progressive thinking in society, highlighting people such as Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, Audre Lorde and composers like Anthony Braxton, Eva-Maria Houben, and Bill Dixon whose names, along with the names of band members have been used as the structural seeds of each composition.

Shaped by the ideas of critical music, listening and sounding practices and the position of the post-musical, the group combines playing musical material with reflections on public space, society, and the world of ideas at large. For now the music revolves around the open-ended compositions and arrangements of Koen Nutters which serve as a conduit for each member’s personal and musical expressions. Each member being a composer in their own right is invited to start contributing material to the band’s repertoire in due time.

Seamus Cater - harmonica | Germaine Sijstermans - clarinet | Jeroen Kimman - guitar | Koen Nutters - double bass