THE NECKS

The Australian band The Necks achieved cult status with slowly unfolding, hypnotic improvisations that touch on all kinds of minimalist music, from Steve Reich to African trance and from to ambient to contemporary electronic music. Still the band his created its own genre, based on the interaction between piano, bass and percussion; deceptively simple and endlessly captivating.

In the late 1980s the three jazz musicians of The Necks sought an alternative to the busy chord progressions and solos of their contemporaries. The rhythm section on the album In a Silent Way by Miles Davis was an important source of inspiration. The previous time they played in Amsterdam was in 2009. The concert at the festival Art of the Trio is made possible by Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and Bimhuis.

‘They produce a post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything sonic experience that has few parallels or rivals… their music is a thrilling, emotional journey into the unknown’ (The Guardian).

THE ART OF THE TRIO
The concert of The Necks at the Bimhuis is part of The Art
of the Trio, in co-operation with the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ. There are in total 4 concerts and a lecture of Arthur Japin.

PROGRAMME MUZIEKGEBOUW
CAPPELLA PRATENSIS & GOEYVAERTS STRIJKTRIO (14:OO)
REMBRANDT FRERICHS TRIO (16:30)
LEZING ARTHUR JAPIN (19:15)
OSIRIS TRIO (20:15)

For more information about the concerts at the Muziekgebouw and the lecture, click here.

The Bimhuis restaurant
is open prior to the concert from 6.30 til 8.30PM (reservations via
020-7882158). After the concert, the Bimhuis Café is open (free
entrance).