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In Bloom February 2019

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John Duncan – Thorsten Soltau Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson Erwin Van Looveren – Dominik ’t Jolle Stijn Wybouw – Fien Robbe Curated by Morbus Gravis

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23.02 GROEF

Groef, Leuven

C12, Brussels 01.02 Parrish Smith + Vladimir 23.02 DVS1 + Antal Ivkovic C12, Brussels 28.02 An evening curated by Nkisi

Vooruit, Ghent 02.02 Pill Charlatan, Ghent

02.02 Dilly Dally

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La Zone, Liège

02.02 Two Years Basic Moves

C12, Brussels

14.02 Queercore KASK Cinema, Ghent 02.02 Jerusalem In My Heart + 20.02 Western Cinematek, Brussels Slumberland Beursschouwburg, Brussels 22.02 Leave No Trace

Cinema Zuid, Antwerp 04.02 Jerusalem In My Heart

KulturA, Liège

07.02 Jerusalem In My Heart

Vooruit, Ghent

07.02 The Messthetics + Tuvalu

Magasin 4, Brussels

theatre / dance 01.02 Wachten op Gorro & 02.02 De Studio, Antwerp

07.02 Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson x 13.02 die Vernichtung

Fien Robbe Antwerp Art Pavilion 20.02 À travers l’autre 08.02 Bozar Electronic Series

09.02 Donny Benét

Bozar, Brussels Het Bos, Antwerp

09.02 Rhadoo

C12, Brussels

12.02 Bodega + Gong Gong Gong

Botanique, Brussels

Bourla, Antwerp

22.02 Het Huwelijk

Bourla, Antwerp

23.02 New Skin 24.02 Matisklo

C12, Brussels

22.02 Rare Akuma + K1D Volta, Brussels

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22.02 SCRPR x MONTAGE

La Vallée, Brussels

V36, Antwerp Bourla, Antwerp

expo

AB, Brussels

16.02 Monolake + Tobias

KVS, Brussels

19.02 Hamlet

15.02 7YRS : Birthday Party Beursschouwburg, Brussels 16.02 7YRS: Ouri

NTGent, Ghent

23.02 Museum Night Fever

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In Bloom A new month begins, the shortest of them all.

Fickle and strange, it stretches out interminably despite the brevity of its days. February looms like that. As the lost man once said, weather changes moods. While we could coalesce through our collective misery, we could also consider the gloom a cipher, both an emblem and a void. A perfect canvas for new buds to flourish, much like the primordial spark that set off years of life and wonder – which, like everything else, came from the abyss. Think of moonflowers and coleus, which blossom and glow as other plants slumber. Keep these in mind when the night feels endless; for even in the darkness, living things bloom.

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music Parrish Smith + Vladimir Ivkovic 1 Feb - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €10 free for members before 01.00 Parrish Smith doesn’t bind himself to genres or expectations. Whether he’s seamlessly switching between techno, ambient or industrial in one of his acclaimed DJ sets or performing with his live act Volition Immanent, which fuses punk with experimental electronic and techno, he always delivers. This evening he will be DJ-ing, and we’re very much looking forward to it. Also performing is Vladimir Ivkovic, another musical chameleon. He was resident at the infamous Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf for a long time, where, as Ivkovic puts it, ‘strange music is embraced and typical dance floor anthems scare people away’.

Pill 2 Feb - Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent 20.00 - €14 - free for members No, we’re not talking about that Pill (the legendary post-punk band fronted by Johnny Rotten), but the art-punk band who like to ask rhetorical questions such as, ‘Is this situation based on power?’

Admittedly, they somewhat embody Rotten’s PiLL legacy. Already fixtures in

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the Brooklyn DIY scene, Pill introduced themselves in 2015 with a self-titled EP that dropped via Andrew Savage’s Dull Tools label (the band has since signed to Mexican Summer). As with Savage’s band, Pill are careful students of rock history, but difficult to pigeonhole.

Dilly Dally + King Fu + Chastity

2 Feb - La Zone (PopKatari), Liège 20.00 - €8,5 - free for members It’s been a good year for women.

Festivals are acknowledging the fact that there need to be more women on stage, the global rise of #MeToo is finally holding people accountable for sexual harassment and assault, and there have never been so many women playing in bands. Eager to see the new women conquering indie rock?

Canada’s own Dilly Dally are coming to La Zone, Liège to promote their sophomore record, Heaven, in which Kate Monks’ singular voice comes to the fore as she riffs on themes of power, sex, confidence and self-care.

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International arts festival on decolonisation and identity

This startling film brings victims and perpetrators in the Congolese war before court.

TWO YEARS BASIC MOVES ft. Orphan Swords live + Pjay + Francis99 + Deg & Walrus 2 Feb - C12 (Basic Moves), Brussels 23.00 - €10 free for members before 01.00 Whoever said hip hop and electronic music aren’t a good match needs to visit C11 in Brussels some time. The up-and-coming rapper and producer Pjay, acclaimed for his electrical rhymes and fiery shows, will be doing a live set, featuring a groovy dance set by Francis99 and Deg & Walrus later in the evening. Deg is a renowned music fan and incredible record collector, continuously fixated on the true core of dance music: synth, wave music, jazz, funk and disco. You’d better get ready to break out some expert moves on the dancefloor with these bonafide Fuse residents.

The collaboration of prolific producer and composer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh with Canadian visual artist CharlesAndré Coderre is something otherworldly. Known for their extraordinary audiovisual approach to music – much like Animal Collective’s recent effort Tangerine Reef (2018) – Jerusalem in My Heart’s style clashes modern electronic music with Middle-Eastern instruments in melancholy and enigmatic soundscapes. On their latest record, Jerusalem in My Heart make music with an expanded scope, highlighting some of the best qualities of Moumneh’s solo producer skills as he mixes Western and Eastern in an exciting, genre-crossing mix.

The Messthetics + Tuvalu

Jerusalem In My Heart 2 Feb - Beursschouwburg, Brussels 22.00 - €14 - free for members 4 Feb - KulturA (Go With The Flow), Liège 20.00 - €7 - free for members 7 Feb - Vooruit, Ghent 20.00 - €13 - free for members

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7 Feb - Magasin 4, Brussels 19.00 - €10 - free for members Hop on and don’t forget your seatbelt cause we’re heading to an evening of art-punk and psych. Ever heard of the band Fugazi? Well, Brendan Canty and

Joe Lally from The Messthetics were the rhythm section of that band! The Messthetics is the first band they’ve had together since then. They will be joined by Tuvalu, whose sound is said to make seeds sprout faster, greedy people sweat smell bad, and helps with baby birds’ digestion.

Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson x Fien Robbe

7 Feb - Antwerp Art Pavilion, Antwerp 20.00 - €8 - free for members Throughout February, The Frans Masereel Centrum investigates the relationship between sound and printed art by occupying the Antwerp Art Pavillion.

Antwerp’s finest Morbus Gravis is curating the sound programme, presenting a night with the renowned visual, sound and performance artist Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, also known as a member of the excellent Stilluppsteypa. New to the sound art game is Fien Robbe, who made the impressive Type Conductor last year; an installation that translates typography to sound. Tttwyyyppeeconduuuctooor!

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Bozar Electronic Series: Christina Vantzou + Steve Hauschildt 8 Feb - Bozar, Brussels 20.00 - €14 - free for members US-born Greek minimal composer, Christina Vantzou, performs in her current home, Brussels, alongside psych-noise musician Steve Hauschildt. Both of similar worlds, the precision and expertise Vantzou and Hauschildt deliver is profound. Further bringing these electronic contemporaries together is a shared appreciation of each other’s talents. With Hauschildt’s remix of Vantzou’s track ‘Stereoscope’ for the highly curated Boiler Room debuts series, a nice balancing act unfolds. Incorporating all collaborators who contributed to Vantzou’s last album, this unique evening promises special guests. Members need to make reservations with an online code. Mail us at memberships@subbacultcha.be to get yours.

Donny Benét

9 Feb - Het Bos, Antwerp 21.00 - €10 - free for members

Antwerp, brace yourselves ’cause Donny Benét is coming to town. The hero of all self-proclaimed beer-bellied playboys, wet dream of ’80s synth pop and outdated disco enthusiasts. He’s got it all: blazing saxophone solos, warm synth pads and a pumping disco beat. With this successful formula he takes cheesiness to the next level, and has earned quite a following in doing so. Donny Benét earned his stripes playing sexualised Tom Jones covers in the Airport Hilton Ballroom; now he’ll be playing for you at Het Bos. Make sure to keep your Freddie Mercury moustache growing to blend right in.

mercilessly critiquing life in the 21st century. From internet addiction to overpriced smoothies, Bodega manage to intrigue both intellectually and sonically. Because, well, they just sound like they’re having a blast on the rubble of Western culture.

In an undeniable Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks groove, Bodega effectively lay the groundwork for the future of garage, grunge and art-rock at the same time.

Rhadoo 9 Feb - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €10 free for members before 01.00 Romanian minimal house legend Radu Bogdan Cilinca, aka Rhadoo, is coming to our capital’s favorite club, C12, for a five-hour set. Get ready for some carefully selected, hypnotic and smoky tunes, all stylishly mixed together into one beautiful trip. A true craftsman.

Bodega + Gong Gong Gong 12 Feb - Botanique, Brussels 19.30 - €19 - free for members Bodega really aren’t sentimental types.

The New York art-rock quintet’s debut album, Endless Scroll, sees them

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7 years Subbacultcha: Birthday party 15 Feb - Beursschouwburg, Brussels 21.00 - €10 free for members before 23.00 Let’s celebrate our septennial anniversary together with some of the finest acts of the moment in non-convenient music at Brussels’ lovely Beursschouwburg venue.

First up is Subba’s favourite brit baby boy Lauren Auder who crafts moody, enigmatic soundscapes littered with anecdotes from his childhood spent in

France; a dark twisted fantasy for millenial pop omnivores. Following up is Quintano, a one-of-a-kind autotune cowboy from Brussels’ own Slagwerk. He will surely entertain you with his humourous approach to hip-hop, as he shows in his ‘shitape’: a mishmash of Baantjer-samples, EDM, vomit sounds, mumble trap singings and ambient assemblies. Behind the DJ booth: Lait de Coco, LIYO b2b bb.zip, Wu-Tangu b2b Golce Dabbana. One ‘woohoo’ for Subba!

7 years Subbacultcha: Ouri 16 Feb - AB, Brussels 20.00 - €12 - free for members Ouri’s been making a lot of heads turn in the electronic music scene over the last few years. Born in Paris and now based in Montreal, the classically trained pianist, cellist and harpist, DJ and producer makes adventurous pop à la Smerz and SASSY009, house-infused dancefloor fillers à la Four Tet and Yaeji, and electronic experiments à la Lotic and Amnesia Scanner.

Monolake live + Tobias. live 16 Feb - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €10 free for members before 01.00

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Tobias. is a household name in the techno scene. He started making music after working as an engineer in a high-end music studio in Germany. This knowledge drips through his music in the form of complex textures and gripping rhythms.

Throughout the years, he’s developed his own unique blend of acid, ambient and techno. Monolake is another knowledgeable player in the scene. He was one of the driving forces behind Ableton and mainly plays dub-influenced techno.

Both have worked out a unique way of performing their music live: Tobias. with his favourite hardware, including his trusted Roland TR-808; Monolake with his custom-built Ableton controller.

Rare Akuma + K1D 22 Feb - Volta, Brussels 20.00 - €8 - free for members It’s no secret that Belgian hip hop is on the rise these days. From Antwerp to Brussels, young producers and rappers are trying their hand at one of the most exciting, widespread music genres – usually with success. Such is the case with Rare Akuma, Shyheim Newell’s project featuring biting raps and brutal bass – he calls it ragecore – which are not for the tender-hearted. K1D, A 26-year-old MC with Senegalese roots, is no stranger to anyone who has been following the Belgian hip-hop scene closely. His 808 beats and buzzing baselines complete this electrifying double bill.

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JERUSALEM IN MY HEART + SLUMBERLAND RELEASE SHOW

Experimental cave of wonders forged from Arabic tradition and punk-production.

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MONOLITHE NOIR EP RELEASE PARTY W/ ROMEO POIRIER + SIMON HALSBERGHE + ELSIE DX + SEBASTIEN FORRESTER Dancing to deep drones and dark melodies.

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FRONTAL: BLACK JOSH + DECO COMPREHENSION + VEGA & PROCEED

The clique is coming and you know that it’s about to go down!

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NOSE JOB: JOHN T. GAST + WEIRD DUST LIVE + RICK SHIVER The doctor (read: DJ Rick Shiver) will see you now in our Zilveren Zaal.

SA 23.02

LEFTORIUM: SASCHA FUNKE Left is right.

SCRPR x MONTAGE

talent Mélomane, UK-based DJ and smooth, playful house producer Native Cruise and one of Brussels’ best kept secrets ànd excellent selector, Tele Talks.

22 Feb - La Vallée, Brussels 19.00 - €6 - free for members

DVS1 + Antal

From 22 to 24 February, visual arts collective SCRPR organises their sixth exhibition, this time at La Vallée, where the focus is on the works of young artists, mostly working in media-arts. For the opening night, the collective has teamed up with alternative electronic dance music label MONTAGE to host a series of gigs that include épong and their recently released debut album, Oprichnik; Ghent-based and Subba-love Partners; noise rockers Youff; a back-to-back show by crat and Otis (Slagwerk); and ambient electronica from Anne Van De Star. The rest of the weekend will be a free-for-all with some ambient/experimental shows on Sunday afternoon!

GROEF // visual & musical arts [04] 23 Feb - Pastoor Legrandstraat 14 (Groef), Leuven - 20.00 - €6 - free for members Groef is making things happen in Leuven: get ready for a multidisciplinary party at a soon-to-be announced location.

On the art programme: exhibitions by Huub Damme & Jan Kuijken, Jolien van Dijk and Misha Demoustier & Jacob Schoolmeesters. On the musical programme: DJ sets by up-and-coming

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23 Feb - C12 (Crevette Records + Museum Night Fever), Brussels 23.00 - €10 free for members before 01.00 Nkisi is prepping an evening at Vooruit, and we can tell you that music geek John T. Gast is on the guestlist. The brilliant English producer continues to create a realm of mystery around himself; his precise identity remains unclear today. On stage, his soundscapes manage to put you in parallel worlds and sensations. Also called up to join, is Angel-Ho, known for being one of the founders of Non Worldwide, alongside Chino Amobi and Nkisi. The South African queer artist expresses through his music his fight against the post-colonial legacy and gender stereotype of his country. Fans of FAKA will definitely love this!

An evening curated by Nkisi 28 Feb - Vooruit, Ghent TBA - €TBA - free for members Nkisi is prepping an evening at Vooruit, and we can tell you that music geek John T. Gast is on the guestlist. The brilliant English producer continues to create a realm of mystery around himself; his

precise identity remains unclear today.

On stage, his soundscapes manage to put you in parallel worlds and sensations.

Also called up to join, is Angel-Ho, known for being one of the founders of Non Worldwide, alongside Chino Amobi and Nkisi. The South African queer artist expresses through his music his fight against the post-colonial legacy and gender stereotype of his country. Fans of FAKA will definitely love this!

with artists such as Bruce LaBruce, Silas Howard, Justin Vivian Bond and John Waters, Leyser portrays the movement and the implications of what the scene offered to the queer identity, which was ultimately about fighting the prevailing ideology and its structures.

films Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution

20 Feb - Cinematek, Brussels 19.00 - €4 - free for members

14 Feb - KASKcinema, Ghent 20.30 - €5 - free for members Yony Leyser’s documentary Queercore: How To Punk a Revolution traces the roots of queercore, exploring how a group of queer activists created their own scene by pretending it already existed, briefly partnering to the punk before becoming its own movement.

Using archive footage and interviews

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Western A team of German contractors travels to rural Bulgaria to build a hydroelectric plant. Meinhard (Meinhard Neumann), a newcomer to the team, likes to wander into the drowsy town nearby. He soon forms a bond with the locals. Some of the film’s features seem right out of a John Wayne’s flick from the ’50s: lonely men, wilderness, small town and natives. Sometimes, the viewer may think he knows where the story is heading, dreading tragedy or promise of reconciliation, but Western is as full of detours and hairpin bends as the arid hills its characters try to tame.

Leave No Trace 22 Feb - Cinema Zuid, Antwerp 18.00 - €5 - free for members Will (Ben Foster) and his 13-year-old daughter Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) rough it in the luxuriant jungle of Forest Park in Portland. Hiding in the clammy ferns, breaking camp regularly, they seem somehow to live a

peaceful existence on the fringes. But Debra Granik’s film isn’t a manifesto for outdoorsy life. Will, a veteran to an unnamed war, is unable to adapt back into the society he seems to have sacrificed so much for. As for Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) she’s coming of age herself and coming to terms with the fact her father’s life doesn’t have to be hers.

theatre / dance Wachten op Gorro 1 & 2 Feb - De Studio, Antwerp 20.00 - €12 - free for members In Wachten op Gorro (Waiting for Gorro), the history of hip hop and spoken word comes alive through rhythmic texts.

Interpreted by the hip hop collective NoMoBS (No More Bullshit), an Antwerpbased group comprised of various cultural backgrounds, the performance blurs societal lines. Through observing contemporary hip hop culture, NoMoBS both critiques and pushes the genre’s core identity. With a transient sensibility, the name Gorro comes from Moroccan culture and represents a life devoid of geographic attachment. All these elements shine through in NoMoBS’s show.

die Vernichtung 13 Feb - NTGent Minnemeers, Ghent 20.00 - €20 - free for members

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‘The difference between active selfdestructors and their bomb-belts and these passive self-destructors with their professed hedonism is not as great as they would like it to be.’ The young, celebrated German director Ersan Mondtag delivers a piece about the Western project of self-determination. This enfant terrible of the German theatre scene combines in his work performance, visual arts and theatre and is deeply fascinated by horror. Above this, the stage shots of Die Vernuchting look crazy impressive.

Kuiperskaai and Lisaboa Houbrechts present: Hamlet 19 Feb - Bourlaschouwburg (Toneelhuis), Antwerp 20.00 - €16 - free for members After several previous plays, Lisaboa Houbrechts has proven that she likes risky business. In collaboration with Kuiperskaai, this time she’ll be confronting Hamlet. She uses a genuine family (Lauwers -Barkey) to play the Hamlet family. In this play, she sets the perspective of the woman in the spotlight and focuses on the destructive relationship Hamlet has with his mother and Queen Gertrude and his ‘loss of innocence’. This performance will be held in Bourlaschouwburg Antwerp and is free for members.

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PILL + ILA

CHARLATAN

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BOROKOV BOROKOV

CHARLATAN

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DEZ MONA

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ASPHALT: VLADIMIR IVKOVIC

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KOSMO SOUND

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LAWIJT: LA JUNGLE, CROWD OF CHAIRS, TSAR BOMPA, WHORSES

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HUNASOUNDS: DJ MARCELLE, RAFAEL ARAGON

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ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE

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BRENDAN PERRY (DEAD CAN DANCE) SOLO TOUR

MINARD AMIGO CHARLATAN DE CENTRALE AMIGO TREFPUNT HANDELSBEURS

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ELIZA

05.03

FORNET

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GEPPETTO & THE WHALES + WALTHER

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DANNY BLUE & THE OLD SOCKS + BUDGET TRASH

CHARLATAN TREFPUNT VOORUIT TREFPUNT

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STADT, KEL ASSOUF

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MADISON MCFERRIN

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AND THEY SPOKE IN ANTHEMS

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YURT, UMM

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CRAYON SUN

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VITO

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URAL THOMAS & THE PAIN

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MDC III

CHARLATAN

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EVIL EMPIRE ORCHESTRA

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DE KOER TREFPUNT MINARD HANDELSBEURS CHARLATAN MINARD TREFPUNT

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NUBIYAN TWIST

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ISBELLS

VOORUIT

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FADED: SAN HOLO

VOORUIT

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À travers l’autre

20 Feb - KVS, Brussels 19.30 - €9 - free for members Twins Doris and Nathalie Bokongo Nkumu, who call themselves Les Mybalés, will perform their latest project, A Travers à l’autre, at KVS. It’s not be the first time the hip hop dancing sisters will perform here. For this project they want to explore the true meaning of ‘twinship’ in different cultures. All of this emerges in a beautiful performance that takes you on a trip into the world of these cool twins.

Timeau De Keyser and Tibaldus present: Het Huwelijk 22 Feb - Bourlaschouwburg (Toneelhuis), Antwerp 20.00 - €16 - free for members

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Tibaldus presents Het Huwelijk as a sequel to previous play Yvonne, in which the prince rebelled against the court and married repellent Yvonne. It didn’t work out well and Yvonne died. In Het Huwelijk the prince keeps on rebelling and wants to become king himself.

He wants to ensure his position at the court and arranges a marriage. In the meantime there’s a war in the village, or not? Melodies of the Flemish Polyphony will ensure the finishing touch of this piece. Don’t miss it.

New Skin

23 Feb - V36 (Toneelhuis), Antwerp 20.00 - €16 - free for members New Skin is about determination, anger and love. It’s about the connection Hannah De Meyer feels with the young generation of anti-racist writers, climate activists and economists who stand up for what they believe in.

This piece is about people born into a broken world and who are angry about it. The situation forces young people to find alternative ways for success and prosperity, and De Meyer admires the anger that comes with it.

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07.02 JERUSALEM IN MY HEART / SLUMBERLAND NEW ALBUM BY AUDIOVISUAL ELECTRONICA DUO

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22.02 SAME SAME NIGHT I: JAHA KOO / ARIAH LESTER / LARA STADMAN / CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY (dj-set) & more

in the frame of SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT

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electronica / psychedelic

In association with CAMPO & NTGENT

party / electronica

28.02 SAME SAME NIGHT II: COLD WAR (NKISI & JOHN T. GAST ) / ANGEL-HO & more

in the frame of SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT

electronica / #resident

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01.03 SAME SAME NIGHT III: DUR DUR BAND / OTIM ALPHA + world music / disco / funk afterparty with KAMPIRE (NYEGE NYEGE)

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23.03 OUT THE FRAME 2019 with LOTIC, LAFAWNDAH, CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY, DVTCH NORRIS & many more!

in association with ALL EYES ON HIP HOP

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hip hop / electronica

05.04 LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD / support (tbc)

in association with COURTISANE & METADRONE

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EXPLORE THE UNFOLDING UNIVERSE OF HIP HOP

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MINIMAL, DREAMY DESERT BLUES FROM TWO NIGERIAN COUSINS

desert blues / melancholic

ZWERM / FRED FRITH A UNIQUE DOUBLE BILL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND INTRIGUING IMPROVISED GUITAR MUSIC experimental guitar / free impro

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Matisklo 24 Feb - Bourlaschouwburg (Toneelhuis), Antwerp 20.00 - €16 - free for members

free voucher. Mail us at memberships@ subbacultcha.be to get yours.

LOOK AT ME

In Matisklo, Bosse Provoost and five other theatre producers seek the limits of the pronounceable and imaginable using Paul Celan’s poems, outrageous costumes and animated material. Celan, a survivor of the Holocaust, goes to the limits of poetry with his work. The performance is an eclectic but intense experience. Matisklo is an invitation to look at the black stars and you can do that for free this month.

expo Museum Night Fever

Until 28 Apr - Argos, Brussels 11.00-18.00 - €6 - free for members In the exhibition, the alternation of photos and audiovisual installations sets a dialogue between different kinds of portraiture, styles and time periods, but at the same time it tells us something about the persons depicted in front and behind the camera.

23 Feb - various locations Brussels TBA - €16 - free for members Major exhibitions, performances, DJs, dance, film, eccentric animations, guided tours, an electro-beat filled after-party: February means museum night fever in Brussels. On Saturday, 23 February, the vibrant city of Brussels invites you to watch about a thousand young talents to give you a night you’ll never forget. Interested people should keep a look out for future announcements, as artists and performances will be revealed soon. Members need to make reservations to get their

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music

Gong Gong Gong While the name may be unfamiliar to some, Gong Gong Gong have been on the Beijing music scene for quite some time. Their blend of psychedelic and Krautrock influences sounds at once hypnotic and raw with their songs having an improvised and live feeling. Despite this, the duo take pride in taking the time to develop their music, a sound that they have been working on for many years. Having recently wrapped a two-part tour of the US we caught up with the band in New York before they begin their European invasion to chat about their songwriting process, the Beijing music scene and the origins of the band.

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Interview by Sasha Ermakov Photos shot by Richard Perez in New York City, USA

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How did you guys start playing together?

Josh: Everything my previous band did was either recorded by Tom, or he did the mixing. So we’ve known each other for a long time, and used to play music together and hang out.

When I was thinking of moving back to Beijing, Tom’s previous band had stopped playing and we were always talking about how we should do something together, and try to play.

So in 2013 we started working on stuff, and then gradually we started to have a couple of songs. The first show we played was decided on the day of. We were practicing at my apartment and it felt good, and

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there happened to be a big show happening at this bar that hosted a lot of experimental music and weird rock stuff and it was their closing party, as they were shut down. I messaged my friend asking if we could play and he said sure, ’cause people knew our previous two bands and had never seen us play before.

So we got on a scooter and brought our guitars to the venue and that was our first show.

S: What’s your songwriting process like?

J: There’s space to feel it out, but there are just these different cycles and repetitions going on so it’s always very locked in. It’s

‘The way you write lyrics in Cantonese and Chinese is by making rhymes between the sentences’ not formalist jamming. It’s quite structured, we have to know where we are at each point. And that’s how you’re able to bring out things that aren’t there.

S: What’s the music scene like in Beijing?

Tom: It’s changed quite a lot.

When I moved to Beijing in 2009, I was lucky enough to arrive at the best time of the music scene there.

There were a lot of good bands playing regularly in five different venues in the city, with a large audience.

And then, people started getting old, and a lot of people in the bands got more stable jobs, so they stopped playing. And that was 2011. And then

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the main venue, called D22, closed as well, so it feels like all of a sudden everything just stopped.

J: Around 2005, 2006 there was kind of this explosion of bands forming, doing a lot of pretty interesting and exciting stuff. It was very raw, and it was in that scene that I started to play music. Up until that time if you wanted to do anything in art and culture, you had to move to Beijing. Over the past five or six years, all of the people who were part of that wave of music happening, which we were also a part of in our own way, mostly kept doing the same stuff, and there weren’t that many new people coming on to the scene. It became very stagnant.

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Now you don’t really need to be in Beijing to be in a band and do cool stuff because you can just record yourself. So much stuff takes place on the internet now, no one would move to Beijing to be a part of the scene any more.

S: Tom, what was your process for writing lyrics on your song Siren?

T: Because I’m singing in Cantonese you can’t really change the tone of any word you say. You have to speak with the exact tone in order for it to make sense. The melody was already fixed, so I had to find the right word with the right meaning and the right sound to fit with it. The way you write lyrics in Cantonese and Chinese is by making rhymes between the sentences, so if you read the lyrics separately it almost feels like a poem. It’s hard to fit in the right sounding words while having the right meaning, so sometimes it has to be fragmented, I can only fit certain vocabulary in the lyrics to make it meaningful.

S: Are you guys beginning to bloom?

J: We’ve known each other for a long time, we’ve been playing music together for a long time, we’ve been existing in the Chinese music scene and releasing our own stuff, organising our own tours. There’s a bit of a weird feeling of two worlds going on. On the one hand in a Chinese context we’ve established ourselves

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aesthetically and in terms of our goals, but for Europe or America it’s as if we just appeared out of thin air, which is an interesting state to be in, to feel on the one hand totally solid or already open to the world, and then on the other side it seems like it’s just starting but there’s all this stuff that precedes it.

Gong Gong Gong 12 Feb – Botanique, Brussels free for members

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Donny Benét

Donny Benét: the man with the budgie smugglers packed with a drum machine and a moog synth, ready to spurt Italo disco funk at you in the heat of the moment.

The Don is a warm-blooded mammal animated by the vocation of producing sexual ballads that will make you blossom across the seasons, even when at your lowest.

If you’re wondering what this mysterious loverboy sounds like, just think of yourself sitting on a beach on the Italian Riviera, an ice-cold rosé by your side, watching the blaze of a golden sun dashing crystals on the surface of the water. When we were told he was embarking on tour numero dos across Europe, we decided in a heartbeat to catch a glimpse of the life of this casanova from Don-under in his natural habitat.

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ouri Born in France, Ouri is an electronic music producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist based in Montreal. She was just a kid when she took her first steps in music, studying the piano, the harp and the cello, which became her preferred instruments. She’s come a long way since the conservatory, now producing sensual electronic music blending classical and avant-garde, warm and cold, pop and underground. Her new EP, We Share our Blood, was released in late September last year. In this project, unlike her previous collaboration with Mind Bath, she uses her own voice on top of much darker beats. With influences ranging from trip-hop to techno and slow breakbeats, Ouri showcases an exceptionally wide variety. We talked influences, Montreal and identity so you can get to know her a bit before her performance on 16 February at AB for the second half of our seventh b-day bash.

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Interview by Souria Cheurfi Photos shot by Fatine-Violette Sabiri in Montreal, Canada

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How do you think your classical music background influences your music today?

O: I don’t know if I follow any of the classical rules I learnt, but there are some tools I can decide to make use of. I’m working on a lot of different musical projects and I have to adapt every time. To be fair, I found it hard having to follow all those rules at the conservatory while I believe music is about expressing yourself, and that’s exactly what makes it powerful.

S: What are you willing to share with the audience with your music?

O: I want my music to be a subtle, liberating experience. I believe there’s definitely something very emotional about what I’m trying to convey. That said, I don’t believe in the concept of identity anymore so I’m simply sharing my own experience through music. So many things influence us, without us even realising. I think defining identity can be superficial and not always pertinent.

It’s just a bunch of things, an endless accumulation of impressions from society and what surrounds us. I listen to a lot of different things and I don’t only focus on the style, the aesthetics or the artist. I had a lot of trouble finding my own place in this world and I feel like sometimes words fail to express things reliably.

Music does.

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You were born in France and moved to Montreal when you were 16. How do you think the city influenced your music?

O: I feel like Montreal gives you more access to experimentation.

There’s a huge concentration of artists. It’s very open-minded and free; you can really find yourself without having to follow some sort of way of thinking or rules to make music, compared to France where I feel like there’s much more pressure. That said, although I used to love the winter here in the first

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place, I came to realise how much loneliness and depression it causes to the city.

S: So the seasons truly have an impact on the city’s creativity… Then Montreal must be blooming in spring?

O: Montreal in the summer and Montreal in the winter are two extremes. It’s like a bipolar city.

During winter, you can really find the time to get into your own pain and transform it into your art, but I’d love to experience something a bit more stable. Then when spring comes back, everyone becomes crazy energetic. It’s really something!

S: You released We Share our Blood in September. What’s the story behind this EP and its title?

O: I was at a point of my life where I needed to start a new life, have some space and intimacy. I needed to regain the confidence I’d been losing. And at the same time, I was trying to dedramatise these human experiences and instead, focus on a general blood-sharing that happens all over world, be it love or hate.

S: But your EP does have a more dramatic vibe than your previous project with Mind Bath. Is it a direction you’re consciously taking?

O: Yes, I love to play with the dichotomy between the title and the music! There are times where I want to play light music to feed people

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with uplifting vibes and positivity, but it’s also nice to recognise vulnerability and sensitivity and express those feelings so people can embrace them and accept themselves. So I should keep doing both.

S: So you keep in mind what people will feel while producing music?

O: I want to bring something out of them, although they won’t always be open to it. I’ve been trying to hide my true self my entire life, but it’s simply impossible. I realised every time I’m inspired by someone it’s because they let out their true self so I’m just going to do the same while hoping to inspire others.

7 years Subbacultcha: Ouri 16 Feb – AB, Brussels free for members

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In an increasingly high-paced world, the intricate and painstakingly handcrafted textile artworks of Klaas Rommelaere seem all the more exceptional.

Consciously stepping away from the fast and furious fashion industry, his unique pieces can take several months to complete. With his eclectic designs and contemporary themes, Rommelaere demonstrates that traditional crafts like embroidery and crochet are anything but boring.

Interview by Yente Vaneerdewegh Photos by Tiny Geeroms shot in Antwerp

Y: You have a background in fashion. What made you switch to textile art?

K: After graduating, I did some internships with Raf Simons and Henrik Vibskov. They showed me that fashion and art are not necessarily separate entities but can also be intertwined.

But at the same time, I felt like everything in fashion had already been done before and became aware of its restrictions. Say you have to design a sweater. You can

get creative and put a hole in it, but that’s about it. Your creations are always confined within the boundaries of wearability and commercialisation. It’s all very practical. I also found it difficult being dependent on others. I prefer to work alone, at my own pace, with Netflix or a podcast playing in the background.

Y: Can you tell us about your creative process?

K: I start from drawings in my sketchbook, which are simple outlines without any colours or details. Because it takes so long to finish a piece, while working on one I can think about what do to next so a drawing is just a thing to reference. I then transfer them on to fabric and work piece by piece. It’s a slow process but it gives me time to reflect and reconsider, and allows me to make new decisions day after day.

This is why my works are always very detailed and profound, but without over-doing or -thinking it. Nothing is premeditated, it just kind of grows organically.

Y: So how do you manage all the meticulous manual labour that goes into your work?

K: Since everything is handmade and I refuse to use machines, it’s impossible to do everything on my own. So I’ve teamed up with a group of senior citizens for about five years now. I give them a piece

of fabric; they decide on the colours and work their magic. It’s fantastic. We’re still making stuff together; I see them every week for a whole afternoon.

Y: I can imagine it might be difficult to entrust your own creations to the hands of others, no?

K: There’s a great amount of mutual trust. When they hand me back a finished piece it’s never the way I would have done it myself, but that makes it such a refreshing and spontaneous interaction. I’ve had a few interns in my studio and noticed that they really want to make something beautiful or fashionable, like matching pastel tones. I understand that, when I was an intern I did the same. The seniors I work with have a completely different vision and taste. They aren’t concerned with what’s ‘hip’ or ‘trendy’ but simply and sincerely go with what they like themselves.

And I find it interesting to see my drawings – which can be a bit odd – being interpreted by others.

Y: Does your work revolve around any specific themes or subjects?

K: There are many references to films and television shows that I grew up with. As a 12-year-old I used to make scrapbooks about Tim Burton or series like Friends, that’s how fascinated and fanatical I was. So I think of it as a tribute.

I also integrate events from my

personal life. Recently there was a finissage where I was asked to explain my work, but it felt like I had to read my diary out loud to strangers. I’m also inspired by ethnic cultures, but in any case I make sure to only incorporate elements that are coherent with the message I’m trying to convey. Each piece really has to tell a story.

Y: What have you been working on recently?

K: There are currently about 60 pieces of my work on display as part of the exhibition Soft?

Tactile Dialogues at the MoMu in Antwerp. I’m also creating two large pieces for the Germanbased Galerie Zink, which is relocating from Berlin to the small town of Waldkirchen. The new site is still under construction, but it’s scheduled to open in April this year. In the meantime, I’ll continue to keep working the same way I’ve done before. I’m completely content with what I’m doing at the moment.

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Background painting Š Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels / photo: J. Geleyns Design : Pam & Jenny

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by Isa line R aes

Nora Turato: Diffusion Line / part of NORMAL SCHNORMAL Beursschouwburg, Brussels Until 23 March – free entrance beursschouwburg.be

Nora Turato, the Zagreb-born, Amsterdam-based artist with roots in punk music and graphic design who recently took Manifesta 12 in Palermo by storm, is heading off to Brussels to set the Beursschouwburg on fire with a solo show including video, installation and performance art. Turato’s strongest artistic weapon: her voice. Unlike many other female performance artists she embraces female hysteria and brings it into the open. So don’t expect sexy, soft-spoken words. Turato spits out disruptive text bites drawn from literature, daily conversations, the internet, movies and advertisements at a rapid-fire pace that is comparable to that of our infosphere. Her snappy stream-of-consciousness monologues are striking observations of the here and now that challenge our social and artistic conventions. Provocative verbal vomit to some; vanguard soundscapes blurring the lines between punk music and performance art to others. Prepare to be blown away by her dizzying spoken-word salvos.

Neighbours Vol.8 – Artist Collections’ Group Show RIOT, Ghent Until 20 April – free entrance riot-ghent.org

Our beloved downstairs neighbours from gallery and bookshop RIOT are hosting ‘Neighbours Vol.8’, a group show curated by artist Manor Grunewald. He selected about 80 artworks by renowned as well as emerging visual artists hailing from different countries and backgrounds. By stacking them closely together on one monumental wall — a little nod to the Paris Salons — the pieces dialogue with one another and we’ll get to discover the mutual links between them. Thanks to RIOT and Manor Grunewald, the artworks that were once far friends become good neighbours for three months. Grab your chance to meet them.

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Alesandra Seutin / Vocab Dance  28.02.2019  AFTERTALK  DORRIE WILSON

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‘a moving, confusing, and ultimately scathing dance-performance based on a journey through Rwanda’

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Gafacci soundcloud.com/gafacci

Ghanaian producer Gafacci initially tried to sound like Pharrell but Accra’s street music infiltrated his work. A cross-platform sound somewhere between hip hop and afrobeats, called Azonto, was born. Azonto went mainstream and Gafacci became the go-to producer of major Ghanaian artists.

Simultaneously, UK Funky became popular in West Africa. The genre shared uptempo drum patterns with Azonto, and Gafacci was quick to notice. By linking up with UK producers such as Bok Bok, Famous Eno and Mina, he finally found his prefered place in underground club culture. Since then he’s released tracks on Enchufada, Mixpak and his own JOWAA imprint. Gafacci will play a sweaty DJ set at Bonnefooi on 8 February.

Astrid Gnosis soundcloud.com/astridgnosis

Gabber still reigns in 2019 and today Astrid Gnosis is definitely one of its most exciting preachers. While occasionally infusing gabber with new wave, industrial and trance, she does not refrain from using her own vocals. At the end of last year, Gnosis summarised the annus horribilis on EP Heady through consolidating her ferocious energy for live performance. The EP is more hostile than earlier work: ‘Heady is not about criticism of ignorance, but about the joy in collapse.’ Her alter ego Gnosis is derived from the feminine Greek noun ‘knowledge’, from which Gnosticism takes its name. That ancient religious idea encompasses the insight into humanity’s real nature as divine, leading to the deliverance of the divine spark within humanity from the constraints of earthly existence. Astrid Gnosis is unleashed and about to reveal her otherworldly form.

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recent finds Sanam Khatibi: The Murders of the Green River Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels until 23 Feb - free entrance rodolphejanssen.com

Animals have figured in our mythologies since the human mind first inclined toward understanding its own existence. An ancient relationship which comes alive in Sanam Khatibi’s work. The Belgian-Iranian artist depicts flora and fauna among nymph-like female creatures under the vibrancy of pencil and oil on canvas. It’s a work she continues on different mediums: embroidery, sculpture and print. What makes Khatibi’s work doubly impressive is her bright-burning ode to Persian poetry and ancient tapestry. Her enchanting worlds explore a tender tango of primal impulses and power dynamics with a sense of humour. Non-human creatures are imagined in scenarios with provocative titles like ‘to save her I will murder the world’ or ‘he hit me and it felt like a kiss’. Animals are seen as wildly different representations of men.

What emerges is a dialogue between nature and culture, men and women, power and freedom.

Harara soundcloud.com/hararahaifa

Music to rebirth culture and identity. Founded in August 2017, Harara (‘heat’ in Arabic) is the first Palestinian music label for electronic, techno and experimental. Created to give a platform to current artists and to help the next generation, Harara’s signature lays in the inherent political sound of its different artists. Members of the label come from Ramallah, Haifa, Jerusalem, Jaffa and Palestine Diaspora. ‘The producers who are in the scene create music which is very inspired from here. It’s a very political sound. It’s a sound of oppression, it’s a sound of rage and anger,’ says Shares Ayed Fadel, promoter and venue owner. Among the Palestinian artists who have released on the label are GOM, a planetary intersection between drone, experimental and techno, and ODDZ, who is also featured in the Boiler Room documentary ‘Palestine Underground’. Harara’s next release has been announced for Spring 2019, a 15-track VA.

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recent finds Der Kreislauf / A Handful

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For the sixth edition of this biannual festival, De Imagerie presents local filmmakers who focus on political, experimental and documentary cinema.

While De Imagerie still has its homebase at Het Bos in Antwerp, this year curator Eva van Tongeren is planning to take VISITE Film Festival on a tour with programmes at Bozar, Beursschouwburg, CIAP and KASK Cinema. And as an amuse-bouche, De Imagerie invites filmmaker and contemporary artist Marine Hugonnier for a VISITE SPECIAL prior to the festival.

Since there are many highlights in every edition, it’s really difficult to choose one screening. We’re excited about the collaboration between filmmaker Gitte Le Bruyn and musician Joachim Badenhorst, and we’re counting down the days to the screening of Michiel Robberecht’s fascinating short film Peer Gynt. But if we had to pick one film, it would be Der Kreislauf / A Handful by Katrien Vermeire. It’s a documentary about a unique game that began in the 1920s and is still played today on Belgium’s beaches in the summer. When the weather’s good, one can find colourful flowers made of paper in small, impromptu-built shops. Der Kreislauf / A Handful is an exploration of the game and takes an intimate look at the young players. We’ve had an eye on this film for some time, and we’re very excited that Katrien will be present at the festival!

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VISITE Film Festival #6 by De Imagerie Opening at Beursschouwburg Brussels on 14 Feb 15-23 Feb – Het Bos, Antwerp deimagerie.be

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Name Hortense Van den Brande Age 24 Zodiac sign Aries website reshapemanagement.com instagram @h.o.r.t.e.n.s.e_ Subbacultcha member since 2016

Tell us, what do you do in life?

H: I’m finishing my degree in music management at PXL Music, but I’m already managing two artists.

This year I want to further establish myself as an artist manager focused on leftfield electronic music. One of the artists I work with is BOLT RUIN. Fans of destructive electronic music take note. At the moment it’s all hands on deck for the release of his debut EP. I also co-organise QUIVER, which aims to create an immersive experience of dark electronic music and arts.

What do you like best about your place?

H: I live in a huge ‘Belle Époque’ mansion near the Citadel Park in Ghent, which had been abandoned for ten years. Now we temporarily occupy it until the owner finds a new purpose for it. The magnitude of the place (17 rooms) and its faded glory make it the perfect place for creative projects. Our 360 sqm garden – totally overgrown by bamboo – is the ideal setting for video- or photoshoots.

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What kind of music are you listening to at the moment?

H: Recently, I’ve been checking out the 2019 artists from SHAPE, a European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art.

It consists of 16 festivals and art centres that aim to support and promote aspiring musicians and interdisciplinary artists with an interesting sound. It’s a goldmine for discovering new music! Among the alumni are Amnesia Scanner, Pan Daijing, SKY H1 and M.E.S.H..

What’s the first record you bought?

H: I didn’t really buy my first record.

Let’s just say that I permanently ‘borrowed’ the self-titled debut of Crystal Castles from Mechelen’s public library. I only had to pay a lost items fee. This record was definitely the kickstarter for my passion for leftfield electronic music.

What’s your favourite pastime?

H: I’m someone who likes to learn something every day. Therefore I mostly watch documentaries instead of movies or series. I really enjoy learning about the process behind different arts and crafts. If you’re interested in

Photo by Bibi Euse shot in Ghent

the production process behind a ballet show, I can recommend the behind-the-scenes clips of the Royal Opera House.

Any guilty pleasures?

H: Going to places not a lot of people know about. A recent favourite is the indoor botanical garden of the university of Ghent.

A real hidden gem!

What’s the worst/best birthday present you ever received?

H: Impersonal and useless gifts like ‘Happy Birthday’ mugs are the worst. They’re often very ugly and clutter up my space.

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Have you experienced any regrets recently?

H: In an attempt to speed up my Mac, I accidentally deleted all my bookmarks. Three years of interesting finds – gone.

Which future Subbacultcha show are you looking forward to?

H: SCRPR x MONTAGE @ La Vallée, Brussels

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