Subbacultcha Belgium Summer 2017 by Subbacultcha

Sunburned July & August 2017

s u b b a c u l t c h a e v e n t s in July & August expo

music 1-2.7 Fortune Collective Festival Le Brass, Brussels

— 23.7 Marthe Wéry BPS22, Charleroi

10.7 Hand Habits Museum Of Moving

— 16.7 Evidence by Roy Villevoye & Jan Dietvorst Argos, Brussels

Practice – Design Museum, Ghent

13.7 DJ Katapila Het Bos, Antwerp

— 16.7 STEP UP! Belgian Dance and Performance on Camera — Chapter 3 Argos, Brussels

18.7 Zwangere Guy Boomtown, Ghent

1.7 – A Temporary Futures 31.8 Institute M HKA, Antwerp

22.7 Rock Zerkegem

1.7 – The Still Point of the Turning 30.9 World — Between Film and Photography FOMU, Antwerp

Schooiweg, Zerkegem

28- Supervue Festival 29.7 Terril Piron (Superette), Liège

1 – 27.8 Manufactories of Caring Space-Time MSK, Ghent

29.7 R&S x Deep In House: In Order to Dance Kompass, Ghent

1 – 31.8 YO — Brussels Hip-Hop Generations Bozar, Brussels

4–5.8 Micro Festival Espace 251 Nord, Liège 26.8 Different Class 019, Ghent

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Danny Says Cinema Zuid, Antwerp

25.7 Gimme Shelter Cinematek, Brussels 4.8 The Taste of Tea Cinematek, Brussels 25.8 Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape Cinema Zuid, Antwerp

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BILBO RECOMMENDS 14,00€

18,00€

EQUAL IDIOTS

LONDON GRAMMAR

IMAGINE DRAGONS Evolve

Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

17,00€

15,50€

MAX RICHTER

J BERNARDT Running Days

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING Every Valley

Murder Of The Universe

14,00€

16,50€

12,50€

GRUPPO DI PAWLOWSKI

Trein Vuur Dageraad

Jupiter Part 2

Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid

And The Anonymous Nobody

17,50€

15,50€

PIXX

PERFUME GENIUS

Eagle Face BBQ

Truth is a Beautiful Thing

Behind The Counter

SPINVIS

In Inhuman Hands

RADIOHEAD

OK Computer (OKNOTOK 1997-2017)(2CD)

BLAUDZUN

ALGIERS

Age Of Anxiety

Underside Of Power

18,00€

16,50€

HALSEY

KEVIN MORBY

15,50€

KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD

B-sides and rarities

8,00€

City Music

DIE ANTWOORD

BEACH HOUSE

DE LA SOUL

No Shape

16,50€

15,50€

15,00€

16,50€

CODY CHESNUTT

LIARS

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT

Everything Now

My Love Divine Degree

TFCF

Nashville Sound

ARCADE FIRE

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Sunburned Like the white markings left by pressing fingers on red skin, summer blazes its way through our habitually pasty bearings and just as quickly ditches us with either a golden glow or a scorched back to remember it by. So no time to waste, because options abound: festivals in the city and in the middle of nowhere, rad kids connecting over pastis on the Ghent docks, sights to see, braincells to simultaneously enhance and ruin. Before you know it, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back to the old grind. So ignore the jetlag and ditch the lotion â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Â let the sunburn define you this time around. 5

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Sunburned

subbacultcha events 9—17 GAIKA 18—23 SMIB 24—27 Kedr Livanskiy 28—31 Blanck Mass 32—35 artists 36—41 style 42—45 book 46—47 recent finds 49—59 we visit you 60—61

CONCERTS FRI 22.09

THU 05.10

MOLLY NILSON / SKIING / PERERA ELSEWHERE Start new concert season with an avant-pop night deluxe!

VOORUIT & DE CENTRALE PRESENT

KASAI ALLSTARS

Heroes of Congotronics do Balzaal in collaboration with De Centrale

THU 12.10

GAUSSIAN CURVE (VISUALS BY HELEEN BLANKEN) VISIBLE CLOAKS (VISUALS BY BRENNA MURPHY) + AFTERPARTY WITH YOUNG MARCO / HELENA HAUFF / BAFANA

Exclusive Belgian show by ambient supergroup in collaboration with Film Fest Gent & Springstof

THU 19.10

FELIX KUBIN PLAYS ‘TAKT HIELE (VISUALS BY GABRIELA GONZÀLEZ)

DER ARBEIT’

First ever Belgian performance of new soundtracks for vintage communist propaganda shorts in collaboration with Film Fest Gent & Springstof

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subbacultcha events in July & August

music film theatre/dance expo

King Khan & The Shrines Micro Festival 4-5 Aug â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Espace 251 Nord, LiĂ¨ge free for members with reservation

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Fortune Collective Festival

bill are Kane West, Bad Gyal and DJ Marcelle. The second day brings the tropical pop of Subbacultcha favourites Le Colisée and the blend of winsome electronics and lush orchestrated pop of Tape Tum.

Hand Habits

ft. Palmbomen II + Kero Kero Bonito + Kane West + Bad Gyal & more

10 Jul – Museum Of Moving Practice – Design Museum, Ghent – 20.00 exclusively for members and their +1 You might have unsuspectingly seen Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy as Kevin Morby’s bass player. She’s not just a spinoff, but craftswoman in true American tradition. Her hazy folk-rock reminds of artists like Kurt Vile and Sharon Van Etten; guitar music to drift off to, while her lyrics penetrate your consciousness.

DJ Katapila 1-2 Jul – Le Brass, Brussels 20.00 – €10 – free for members Fortune Collective is a gang from Brussels whose sole mission is to put stars in your eyes. With the line-up of their eponymous festival they’ll surely fill your ears with good vibrations. Headliners are Kero Kero Bonito, a London group who smash together J-pop, dancehall and videogame music into hyperactive, futuristic gems, and Palmbomen II, the alias of Dutch lo-fi house producer Kai Hugo. Also on the

13 Jul – Het Bos, Antwerp 22.00 – €5 – free for members

For its second edition, the weekly summer concept « Ice Cream Party » offers you to embark on a compulsory dance journey at Het Bos. Curated by Antwerp beat makers DTM Funk, you can expect some wild exotic beats mixed with electronic dance music, all brought to you by Ghanaian DJ Katapila and his awesome tapes from Africa!

Dr. Guy. ‘’t Is op het gevoel als je weet wat ik bedoel, we doen het cool maar tegelijkertijd ook zwoel.’

Rock Zerkegem ft. White Fang + le Villejuif Underground + Mountain Bike + Moar & more

Zwangere Guy

22 Jul – Schooiweg, Zerkegem 15.00 – €10 – free for members Somewhere deep in the West Flanders countryside is located the small town of Zerkegem. On 22 July for its tenth edition, Rock Zerkegem will once more fill the air with a wave of psychedelic, indie-style garage bands and legendary cheap beers. The line-up will deliver yet again a handful of experimental and joyfully messed-up bands, with White Fang, The Memories, Bonzo, le Villejuif Underground… but also Mountain Bike, Budget Trash and Moar.

18 Jul – Boomtown, Ghent 21.40 – €5 – free for members Zwangere Guy, together with Roméo Elvis the current MVP of the Belgian hip hop scene and all round el sympatico, will no doubt light up the stage of Boomtown with beats and rhymes straight outta Bxl. Listen to his mixtape, Zwangerschapsverlof vol. 3, in preparation, put on your Daddy’s outfit and be ready to spit the lyrics in unison with

Supervue Festival

the dancefloor with raw noise and saturated chopped-up beats, while exploring psychological and mythological themes - live. Finally R&S founding father Renaat himself will be behind the decks as well followed by Deep In House resident Kafim.

28-29 Jul – Terril Piron (Superette), Liège – 14.00 – €15 for one day, €23 for two – free for members Located on a picturesque site in Liège, this festival has an incredible view and an equally amazing line-up. After a first successful edition last year, Superette (a Liège-based collective) will now expand the festival to three stages during two days. Immerse yourself in the surreal universe of Supervue featuring artists like: Bonnie Banane, Roger 23, Tolouse Low Trax, Yann Gourdon, Choolers Division, Cantenac Dagar, Ok Lou, Chris Imler and many more.

R&S x Deep In House: In Order to Dance ft. Peter Van Hoesen + Unknown Archetype live + Renaat + Kafim

29 Jul – Kompass, Ghent – 22.00 TBA – free for members until midnight This time the Deepin’ boys collaborate with legendary label R&S Records, which has been releasing internationally relevant dance music since 1984! Together they invite Antwerp born gloomy technoman Peter Van Hoesen. Duo Unknown Archetype will be flooding

Micro Festival

ft. Uniform + Blanck Mass + King Khan & The Shrines + Mario Batkovic + Phoenician Drive & more 4-5 Aug – Espace 251 Nord, Liège All day – €15 for one day, €20 for the pass – free for members with reservation: memberships@ subbacultcha.be before 28 July The cosiest festival to come out of Liège’s pastures will delight your ears and soul with up-and-coming and established international bands. Friday’s line-up will welcome, among others, UK punk band Bad Breeding, Brooklyn’s most famous hardcore duo Uniform, as well as OSICA, Blanck Mass, Suiker Zuiker and Crows. King Khan & The Shrines will join the party to add their mix of soul and rock garage to that festive mayhem. Saturday will bring you to the crossroads of psychedelic music and Middle Eastern culture with Israeli DJ Tropikal Camel, combining traditional Arabian music and electro, but also Turkish psych-folk band Altin Gün and Phoenician Drive’s mesmerising zither tunes. They’ll be joined by Mario

Kedr Livanskiy

Batkovic, an accordion player bridging classical and experimental music, but also K-X-P, Ginger Bamboo, Ulrika Spacek, Usé and Joasihno.

Different Class

Her artist name meaning Lebanese Cedar, her real name being Yana Kedrina, Kedr Livanskiy makes airy and melancholic dance-poptunes inspired by MTV and artists like Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada.

26 Aug – 019, Ghent 16.00 – free for members

There’s a group of independent creators turning heads in Amsterdam: SMIB Worldwide. They’re an industrious collective dropping EPs, mixtapes, merchandise and clothing lines – all without breaking a sweat. They riled up devoted crowds at Appelsap festival and have become an act you can’t miss live or online.

SMIB

Different Class, formerly called Wastelands, is back on track with a cherry-picked selection of artists for your greatest pleasure:

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Danny Says

GAIKA

This Brixton-born underground artist makes a mix of dancehall, R&B, grime and hip hop with the ferocity of a robot and the dark aestheticism of artists like Mykki Blanco, with whom he collaborated last year. He’s a fan of FKA Twigs, Tricky and the Melvins, and generates music equally unfit for definition. 7 Jul – Cinema Zuid, Antwerp 20.00 – €5 – free for members

Marching Church

Iceage frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s solo-to-full-band-project Marching Church is a reincarnation of the early Birthday Party infused with the kitsch of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Last Shadow Puppets.

A documentary about the life of Danny Fields, who’s played a major role in 20th-century music since the Sixties. A Harvard Law School dropout, Fields went on to work with The Doors, Cream, Lou Reed and acted

as manager for The Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones. The story of one of history’s major punk pioneers who made the underground mainstream and whose influence is felt to this day.

Gimme Shelter

family’s weird hijinks in rural Japan. A hypnotist father, an unconventional housewife, an eccentric grandfather and a brother-and-sister combo respectively battling puberty and a house-sized version of herself make up this touching and humorous tableau that often feels more like a dream than a film.

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

25 Jul – Cinematek, Brussels 21.00 – €6 – free for members Often named rock’n’roll’s own Zapruder film, this portrait centred on the ill-fated Rolling Stones Altamont Free Concert 1969 captures the debauchery that put a shocking footnote to the post-Woodstock summer of love vibrations. A testament to the sordid side of the counterculture captured with all the vibrancy of one of the most singular eras of our time.

The Taste of Tea

25 Aug – Cinema Zuid, Antwerp 20.00 – €5 – free for members After vinyl, the humble tape is also making a comeback. Tracing the steps of Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette, Zack Taylor and Georg Petzold’s documentary traces the medium’s role in the democratisation of music and the way sound has been conceived and recorded ever since. With interventions from spearheads like Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore and Damien Jurado that will take you back to one of the most nostalgic and effervescent ways of consuming music.

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4 Aug – Cinematek, Brussels 21.00 – €6 – free for members Like a surreal version of Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander, Katsuhito Ishii’s quiet masterpiece follows the Haruno

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Dutch artists Villevoye and Dietvorst make videos that explicitly distance themselves from the purposeful aspect of documentaries. Evidence is their first major solo exhibition featuring ‘Evidence and Showcase’, a double projection that consists of scenes from existing movies and new fragments. The fragments are shown in no particular order and without narrative or causality, to create a feeling of instantaneousness. The projection focuses on two major themes: the memory of World War I and the encounter with the Asmat people in the Papua province of Indonesia.

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Marthe Wéry

until 23 Jul – BPS22, Charleroi 11.00-18.00 – €6 – free for members Belgian painter Marthe Wéry (19302005) was famous for her geometric, monochrome works that test the strength of light and of colour. Today the ‘carolo’ museum BPS22 — which, by the way, basically stands for the location of the building — holds the largest collection of works, documents and research by the artist. So come to bâtiment provincial (boulevard) Solvay (numéro) 22 to discover some of her most famous paintings as well as some previously unseen ones.

Evidence by Roy Villevoye & Jan Dietvorst until 16 Jul – Argos, Brussels 11.00-18.00 – €6 – free for members

STEP UP! — Chapter 3 until 16 Jul – Argos, Brussels 11.00-18.00 – €6 – free for members STEP UP! provides an exciting selection of Belgian works at the intersection of dance, performance and visual arts from 1970 to 2000. The choreographers range from JacquesLouis Nyst and Lili Dujourie to Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus. The collaborations between choreographers and filmmakers led to a wave of creative films in which the camera, editing and evolving technology play important roles. At the same time, groundbreaking video art performances took place. STEP UP! offers an overview of 30 years of Belgian artistic production.

A Temporary Futures Institute

The Still Point of the Turning World — Between Film and Photography

1 Jul-31 Aug – M HKA, Antwerp 11.00-18.00 – €10 – free for members While crystallomancy, palmistry and I Ching divination are funny diversions, nobody is able to predict the future with complete certainty. But imagining possible, probable and desirable futures is a clear way to a better understanding of the past and the present. In this spirit, M HKA brings together futurists and artists to reflect critically on what lies ahead of our times and abandon anachronistic visions of the future. Curated by Anders Kruger and Dr Maya Van Leemput, the exhibition combines visual displays and artworks by, among others, Michel Auder, Agence Future and Stuart Candy.

1 Jul – 30 Sep – FOMU, Antwerp 11.00-18.00 – €8 – free for members from 1 July until 30 September ‘Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.’ There’s no second guessing which of the two artistic media Jean-Luc Godard preferred when he uttered this aphorism, but what he certainly didn’t want is to place a wall between photography and cinema. Neither do the filmmakers and shutterbugs included in this exhibition. Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall, Jason Dee and Mekhitar Garabedian show that beauty can be found on the dividing line between the still and the moving image.

YO — Brussels Hip-Hop Generations

Manufactories of Caring Space-Time

1-31 Aug – Bozar, Brussels 11.00-18.00 – €10 – free for members

1-27 Aug – MSK, Ghent 09.30-17.30 – €8 – free for members MSK presents the culmination of two years of their collaboration with the 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine in Metz and the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona. From 2015 to 2017, three artist collectives investigated the possibilities of collective and more sustainable art practices. Working with broken objects and neglected sources of knowledge, they tried to stir up depleted economic models and art circuits. The final exhibition presents the work of Patricia Esquivias, Grace Ndiritu, Oriol Vilanova, Slinkachu and Manoeuvre alongside their conclusions.

Brace yourselves, hip-hop lovers. BOZAR has cooked up a summer exhibition paying tribute to 35 years of hip-hop culture in Brussels, from its origins and evolution to its current scene. Divided into four central pillars of hiphop culture — rap music, breakdance, graffiti and DJ-ing — the exhibition features a handful of archives, including photos, videos projections, original documents, but also graffiti workshops, artist talks and dance battles. Thanks to the help of youth clubs and neighbourhood centres in the event organisation, an ‘urban programme’ is emerging all around Brussels, so expect more of that good stuff to come.

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GAIKA Two self-released mixtapes and one EP on Warp have made GAIKA one of the most exciting prospects in modern electronic and pop music. His solo work stands out because of its daring emotionality, sound design and mix of registers. He is an outspoken interviewee who, just as his music, likes shifting where normal is or is supposed to be. An interview about influences and artistic perspectives.

Interview by Rafael Severiâ&#x20AC;&#x2030;/â&#x20AC;&#x2030;Dj Sensu Photos by Guillaume Blondiau shot in London, UK 19

Your music is often defined as dealing with issues of race and masculinity. I find it often transcends those things. I do not really fit into a box so people that interview me ask me about identity politics and I then say how I feel the world is today, not how I feel the world should be or how I want the world to be. I try to make art that is utopian or ideal, but my philosophy is not caught up in identity politics. I make my music to be transcendent to those things, but in doing so it then means I have to have a conversation about them. In

interviews they then ask me about race and masculinity. Of course I have a political opinion, but that is not all I have to say. Is there a science fiction influence on your work? I think I make music that is a reflection of my reality. I am not a science fiction nerd. My dad was a scientist so I am more interested in science fact. I do dream of tomorrow. My work is kind of based in a speculative world, but that does not mean science fiction. Most of my music is made on analogue equipment and on real world

There is something very unashamedly romantic about your music. My music is unashamedly romantic and that is because I am. With my music I try to represent who I am and what I do. I am out in the world. I have my loves and losses, we all do. And what about grunge having an influence on you? I only try and make stuff that takes me back to that pure feeling of being young with everything being new and incredibly intense, as if I am trying to recreate the feeling I have

instruments when it comes to percussion for example. I do not have the newest plug-ins. I do a lot with my voice which I then manipulate into textures just to give it humanness. What I am not into is that really perfect pop music sound. To me that is science fiction and it terrifies me. It is about frequencies that are supposed to have an effect on your body but that do not actually mean anything. Given that I use quite old school equipment, the fact that I often get asked about science fiction I find quite ironic.

‘My music is unashamedly romantic and that is because I am’ when watching this movie about my life, about my prepubescent and teenage years. Sometimes some of those influences come out. It is definitely there. I do not necessarily know where it comes from.

doing a show. I want to engage with people, stimulate them and make a point. An artist functions as society’s conscience. If not it would be simple self-indulgence, which is something many mainstream artists of today do. I want to do stuff that is musically interesting with lyrics that matter. I do not know if I have been successful but that is my aim.

Do you remember the very first music having an impact on you? That would have been Berlin with ‘Take My Breath Away’ from the movie Top Gun. Or Roxette with ‘It Must Have Been Love’. I have been pretty much making that record over and over again. [Laughs] Shabba Ranks with ‘Ting-ALing’ was also one of those first pieces of music that impacted me. Those are the things I grew up with, the things my parents listened to or that people would play at family parties. When you are a small kid and you watch Top Gun, you have no idea whether the music is cool or not. It just has a big emotional impact. Overblown rock ballads and the beginning of dancehall, those are things I remember. There is more to GAIKA than just the music. For me there has to be more than putting a record out and then

GAIKA – Different Class 26 Aug – 019, Ghent free for members

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SMIB There’s a group of independent creators turning heads in Amsterdam: SMIB Worldwide, made up in 2014 by GRGY, Ray Fuego and KC, later joined by Tads Thots, GHQST, Dess Finesse, Fosa YG and Kut Mug. They’re an industrious collective dropping EPs, mixtapes, merchandise and clothing lines — all without breaking a sweat. They riled up devoted crowds at Appelsap festival and have become an act you can’t miss live or online — check out their beats on Soundcloud, Squad TV on YouTube, style on Tumblr — plus they’ve been known to venture into the local art scene in A’dam.

Photos by Tony Alvarez shot in Amsterdam

‘We started spelling words backwards, like a sort of slang. That’s when Larry (manager) came up with SMIB, that’s “bims” backwards, it stands for Bijlmer. Where we’re from’

SMIB – Different Class 26 August – 019, Ghent free for members

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Kedr Livanskiy

There are some artists out there that easily fit into a specific mould. Be it hair-metal, powwow step or Muzak, everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a genre they like to call home. Which is why when an artist like Kedr Livanskiy comes along, all bets are off. Combining her love of pop, electronic and the avant-garde, Kedr swirls her influences together, creating an idiosyncratic sound that would be impossible to duplicate. Her EP January Sun shows a musician that is traveling on an artistic trajectory, one that allows her to explore herself and to express her personality to the world. We sat down with the Russian musician, to look back at some of her past, and discuss what the future holds for the ever-growing Lebanese cedar.

Interview by Alexandre Ermakov

Photos by Sasha Mademuaselle shot in Moscow, Russia

When did you first start playing music? When I was 17, me and a friend formed a sludge metal group. I played drums. Then when I was 18 or 19, I assembled a poppunk group that played in Russian. We even released an album, our band was called Hesburger. What made you transition from punk to more electronic-based music? I mostly listened to punk during my teenage years and at one point I realized it was sort of the only thing I was listening

to. And so I began to sort of see the limitations of the genre. Film school changed my perception of what music can be. Whilst studying, I learned that film is essentially built through editing. I started to relate this idea back to music — that music is made through editing, particularly electronic music. I began to see a completely different approach to making music. Are there any similarities between Kedr Livanskiy and your earlier bands? I was a completely different person back then, my aims were different. With Kedr, it’s a much more personal thing; where it’s just me and my music, and me trying to understand myself through my music. For your most recent music videos (e.g. Otvechai Za Slova (Keep Your Word)), did you film them yourself or did you work with someone else? Me and my friend filmed the latest music videos. We didn’t really approach it with a screenplay or with a concrete plan, and sort of approached shooting it in a documentary style. Now I feel like I want to create something with a story, with continuity, something much more structured. But I enjoy both styles equally, and I want to

‘It’s sort of like you’re floating in this ocean and you slowly start to find the melody and the movement’ mix them up. The locations are mostly places near where I live or ones I see when I’m travelling. If I see something that speaks to me, I make a note of it and when it comes time to shoot a video, I think back to that place and head over there with a camera. What is your recording process like? I like to start to just jam out and look for musical patterns or specific synth sounds. It’s sort of like you’re floating in this ocean and you slowly start to find the melody and the movement. You start to realize that this pattern speaks to you. Once I get a feel for the song, and what it’s going to be about, I start to add vocals. It’s hard writing lyrics. It’s easy to do a text that’s just a phrase, like six words on a loop. Most of my older songs are like that. With my newer material, I’ve started to approach the vocals in a more structured format. It’s been challenging, causing a bit of a block. I don’t want my words to interfere with the rest of the song, I want it to fit phonetically.

Do you find that you’re influenced by things outside of music when writing your songs? Yeah, I find that visual art and movies tend to influence me. I find that you can find influence in a multitude of different things. But also in terms of music, I find that my influences tend to change. I’ve currently gone off ‘90s electronic music and started exploring ‘80s music. Recently, I’ve particularly been getting into a lot of Russian groups, like NII Kosmetiki. Are you considering a switch from electronic music to something else? I don’t really think in terms of genres. I don’t want to be labeled as “Techno Kedr” or anything like that… and like to keep people guessing. I’m making what I like in the moment, and what works for me.

Kedr Livanskiy – Different Class 26 Aug – 019, Ghent free for members

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Blanck Mass The beats are brutal, noisy and hypnotizing on World Eater, the latest effort of Benjamin John Power with his project Blanck Mass. Yet, Benjamin, also one half of Drone band Fuck Buttons, balances it with soundscapes of serenity, making this record your best bet if you have a curiosity for electronic noise music but want to start it off chill. Like Ben Power who likes to raise the bar when experimenting with electronic music, we like to raise our photoshoots above sea-level, closer to that burning sun. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we sent our bud Igor to wander with Ben around Carlton Hill in Edinburgh and capture a few stills. Photos by Igor Termenon shot in Edinburgh, Scotland

Blanck Mass – Micro Festival 4-5 Aug – Espace 251 Nord, Liège free for members

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A love for theatre is something that needs to grow, mature, be nurtured. Theatre has an ancient feel to it, it reminds us of Romans, of Shakespeare or, in some cases, it transports us into the future; the highly experimental performances we encounter on some small stage in a hidden place. Love at First Sight is the second edition of a festival created from a never-ending love affair with the art of theatre making. This year they will present five premieres created by young upcoming theatre makers guided in their process by a temporary alliance of Belgium’s greatest: Arenberg, De Studio, d e t h e a t e r m a k e r, Monty, Troubleyn/Jan Fabre, Zuidpool and Toneelhuis.

Interview by Valerie Steenhaut Photos by Tiny Geeroms

Talitha De Decker

When Talitha went to first grade she was searching for a hobby. It was only when she went to see her cousin perform at the local dance school that she found her passion. Talitha fell in love with bodily movements, its nuances and possibilities, and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped dancing ever since. She says dance is like communicating, believes movement isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about virtuosity, and finds complexity in the pure and simple without forgetting that which we tend to crave most: laughter. Alongside Troubleyn/Jan Fabre, Talitha will premiere Tinkling, an interpretation of the likewise named traditional Philippine folk dance.

Moreno Perna XYX is Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second piece as a professional theatre maker. It is a play on gender, seen as a cultural contract we can break away from in order to find a much more fluid essence; something spiritual, non-defined, or in other words, human. Working in nightlife and for cabaret shows, he got in contact with the audience in a totally different way than he could in a theatre. It is also why he loves to mix different body knowledges; from contemporary dance to vogue, from ballet to pole dance, from physical theatre to fetish practices. Because we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget how important it is to be entertaining and not only conceptual in theatre.

Kuiperskaai Together with Victor Lauwers, Romy Louise Lauwers and Oscar van der Put, Lisaboa Houbrechts founded the theatre company Kuiperskaai, an artist collective of performers, musicians, visual artists and writers. They used to live, work and perform in the exact same space, sleeping in tents while rehearsing and organising expositions. From there, they burst open into everything they are today. For their play,1905 words will form the basis for a physical interpretation of a story about moderation, extremism, and a mystery that pervades a zeitgeist

Kuiperskaai

Reynout & Bartel

Last year Reynout Dekimpe and Bartel Jespers made a play every three weeks. It taught them to trust their intuition and imagination. Their love for theatre sprouts from a co-experienced rhythm, the co-construction of a world, the reciprocative play between audience and actor. How a theme, for approximately one hour, comes to life. In De Spits van de Koude Oorlog, they will bring a play on the conceit of a Russian society that existed not so long ago, a land they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know much about, but in which they found more familiar than they expected. Just for a brief moment.

Compagnie Frieda

For their upcoming play Pygmalion, Eva Binon, Jason Dousselaere and Louise Van den Eede reflected on man as a creator, and ended up with the concept of the creating theatre spectator. With an aesthetic drenched in abstract enthusiasm, they aim to liberate our imagination. They told us theatre is fleeting; it is magical and coherent, creating a temporary sense of another time and space, away from the ordinary. Compagnie Frieda doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel very different from the theatre makers before them; they try to be as free from tradition as can possibly be, while simultaneously knowing it is impossible. The nonsense of their premise has a mouth and it smiles.

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10.09

BOTA’CARTE

We’ve altered the way the Bota’Carte works, find out the advantages below:

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recent finds DOUR

Between 12 and 16 July, the town of Dour will once more see its horizons expanded in the most melodious way. And this year’s Dour festival looks to be a pilgrimage worth undertaking, with headliners like M.I.A, NAS, Die Antwoord, Earl Sweatshirt and too many trailblazers to name in one breath. Besides perennial favourites like Alex Cameron and Blanck Mass as well as local sweethearts Robbing Millions, Zwangere Guy and Roméo Elvis, we here at Subba have more ideas about which acts you absolutely cannot miss this year. Our picks: hip hop collective Le 77 with their soulful, vibrant vibes; British producer Powell laying out his electro-rock sound experiments; young glam-rock prodigies The Lemon Twigs who may well be living in the wrong decade; Berlin-based Palms Trax with his heavy Detroit-/Chicago-infused brand of house; and Wastelands ’15 alum Rejjie Snow bringing it all the way home with his melancholic, chill-inducing flow. In short: see you there!

08. 09. 10 SEPT 65DAYSOFSTATIC • OATHBREAKER B BOYS • SLEEPING BEAUTIES • CFM IDLES • WAXAHATCHEE • LA JUNGLE COSMONAUTS • TOGO ALL STARS ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER ONCE AND FUTURE BAND • SHHT JOAN SHELLEY • DYLAN LEBLANC ZWANGERE GUY • J. BERNARDT ROMEO ELVIS x LE MOTEL AND MANY MORE WWW.LEFFINGELEURENFESTIVAL.BE

recent finds 1STE VERDIEP

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Because it’s important to follow those you support: one of our 20-somethings, Sam Gunst, is all set up with his graphic design project/ publishing label 1STE VERDIEP. This creative studio materialises Gunst’s oleaginous aesthetics into the form of art books, posters and sleeve designs with and for established contemporaries like the Social Harmony crew and KERM records. Disproportionate typeface, car mechanics and found images interact in sleek compositions, defining Gunst’s specific approach amongst the new generation of underground graphic designers. Keep an eye out for Other Galaxies, the latest machination to come out of this first floor multiverse.

Brussels Starterpacks instagram.com/bxl_starterpacks

Is it a visual guide for new arrivals in the Belgian capital, or perhaps a pictorial encyclopedia of all the elements that make Brussels Brussels? Whatever the case, the images found on Brussels Starterpacks are instantly recognisable and perhaps even relatable for anyone who’s ever spent enough time in this strange little city. Entire scenes are reduced to four vignettes and a caption, and the results are as hilarious as they are spot on. A turtleneck, a bike, sneakers and the Supra Bailly are the ‘I’m a design student at the ERG’ starter pack, and a lot of us would blush upon realising the Arthoe De Brussel had us in mind. You’d have to be from here to get it, or you’d have to make the move and get a starter pack of your own.

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HOLY FUCK + Makeness

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IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE CAT + Bilbao

16.09

DE BELOFTEN: FINALE

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COYENDANSPARK

19.09

WHISPERING SONS

20.09

AUTUMN FALLS: PORTUGAL. THE MAN

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W.I.T.C.H. FT. JACCO GARDNER + Radio Martiko

DOK

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JEN CLOHER

DOK

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SLEEPERS REIGN (TRY-OUT)

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MICHAEL NAU

06.10

AUTUMN FALLS: HONG KONG DONG

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LEFTO PRESENTS: MADE IN BELGIUM

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12.10

FALLING MAN

NEST

15.10

SPIRAL STAIRS + Canshaker Pi

NEST

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NEWMOON

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NELE NEEDS A HOLIDAY

MINARD

20.10

THE WEATHER STATION

TREFPUNT

26.10

BEN MILLER BAND

VOORUIT

26.10

NATHAN FAKE, THROWING SNOW, HARING

VOORUIT

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CURTIS ALTO

VOORUIT

27.10

BIG NEXT: JAPANESE BREAKFAST

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31.10

CHAD VANGAALEN + CINDY LEE

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31.10

MILO MESKENS

VOORUIT

01.11

JOEY BADA$$

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MUZIEKCLUB GENT

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recent finds Hypercorps facebook.com/hypercorps

Smack in the center of Brussels lies a new space for those looking towards cooperation as the future of contemporary art. Hypercorps is a collective running various activities dedicated to contextual art, ranging from publishing books and managing artworks to organising artist residencies and workshops. Functioning as a contribution-based endeavour, the folks at Hypercorps seek to use each of their particular skills to the benefit of a common project. Pay them a visit over at Rue Pletinckx 60B or check out their current group exhibition spread out over several locations in Brussels featuring works by Elise Peroi, Léa Drouet and many more up-and-coming talents.

Clone Records 25 clone.nl

This month, Kompass Club in Ghent will be hosting an evening slated to be unmissable and unforgettable for lovers of cutting-edge electronic music. On the eve of their 25th anniversary, legendary Dutch label Clone Records is going all out with their Return To The Future Tour, bringing stalwart acts like Legowelt, Conforce and Serge to do what they do best: groundbreaking weirdo electronics that bust open your sensorial chambers to ooze their way into your mind and body. It’s happening July 8 — time to be part of history from the future.

recent finds Vincente Minnelli at Cinematek, Brussels

by Sabzian

Sabzian is a collection of online reflections on cinema, and maps cinephile events in Belgium and its surroundings. Articles are written in Dutch, English and French. sabzian.be

At the foot of the stairs, a woman pulls a mirror out of her stuffed bunny purse and decides to apply a bit more make-up. It’s all quite banal. Why is it, then, that the viewer feels a tug at his heartstrings? It’s because this woman performs the gesture as if her entire life depended on this missing make-up. Of course, she puts too much on. And it is in fact her life that she’s staking when she walks up the stairs to ask if the English teacher is or is not her rival. It’s enough to see the joy illuminate her face when she hears the haughty teacher reply, with ice-cold irony, that she has nothing to worry about on that front. Where could she have learned that words say something other than what they’re saying and that the ornaments you use to make you attractive are also indicators of your class? Jacques Rancière wrote these lines on Some Came Running (Vincente Minnelli, 1958) at the occasion of our second anniversary in 2015. Read the whole text in three languages at Sabzian.be ‘Almost all of Minnelli’s films are versions of Cinderella. Two situations: a false one and a real one, that has to appear as real life. The world is very deceitful — after all, what is, isn’t necessarily real! Minnelli tells us that the world and our consciousness undergo metamorphoses, his films are stories of initiation. There is a before and an after: what is given and what is dreamt, what is dull versus what is fulfilling, reality and art. One can think of numerous terms for this polarity — Minnelli used them all. But he is less a filmmaker of dreams, fantasy or art, than one of metamorphosis. From walking to dancing, from the filled and stable film frame to the choreography of crane movements, from tranquil nature to the wind, from indifference to an acknowledging “you!”, from reality to the enchanting spectacle.’ (Dirk Lauwaert in 1987)