Afro-American music, electronica, video art, poetry, song and dance come together in the shows of saxophone player Ghasem Batamuntu. His ‘multimedia performance arts concepts’ (MPAC) can be placed in the tradition of Jazz and Poetry, where artists from different art forms improvise in continuously shifting line-ups. The sessions initiated by Batamuntu are inspired by jazz, P-Funk, hip-hop and science fiction. Very often the Amsterdam based Californian plays with local artists, but he also jammed with David Murray, Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp.

Ghasem Batamuntu-soprano sax, Franky Douglas-guitar, Arjen de Graaf-violin, M.C. Complex-the unspoken word, Mark Milan-organ, Johnny Tevreden-bass, percussion, Remco van der Sluis-trap drums, Mamur Seck-West-African percussion, Louise Perillo-Brazilian percussion, Marian Smit-visual arts, Will Alexander-poet, Raffaëla Herbert-vocals, Farah Day-flutes, vocals, special effects, Naomi Sato-computer electronics, sho, sax, Martine Kennis-dance