BOI AKIH DUO

When vocalist Monica Akihary and guitarist Niels Brouwer presented themselves as a duo on last year’s Karnatic Lab Festival at the Bimhuis, it was clear that this was a complete group, no matter how special the contributions of Ernst Reijseger and Sandip Batthacharya to Boi Akih were. The new album Yalelol is highly praised by the media. ‘Akihary and Brouwer are under each other’s skins but never play it safe. Their musical acrobatics are sometimes so daring that as a listener you hold your breath without noticing.’ (de Volkskrant). ‘Due to the unrestrained imagination of vocalist Monica Akihary and guitarist Niels Brouwer they stay far from parochialism and labels like ‘jazz’, ‘world music’ or anything else for that matter.’ (Het Parool).