Endlessly fascinating, hypnotic improvisations on piano, double bass and percussion by The Necks, the Australian trio that achieved a world wide cult status.

The Australian trio The Necks plays 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 Australian trio stirred up a sonic ocean that ebbed and flowed and swelled into great tidal waves of sound, a pulsating wash of drums, percussion, double bass and grand piano’ (The Guardian).

Click here for a background article about The Necks by jazz journalist Vera Vingerhoeds.

AFRIKAN SCIENCES

After The Necks the hyperproductive New Yorker Eric Porter, known as Afrikan Sciences, plays live at the Bimhuis cafe. Once described as the love child of Afrika Bambaataa and science-fiction writer Octavia Butler, he is also affectionately called the ‘Rhythm Czar’. In recent years his fame as a highly respected producer in electronic music has increased, due to highly acclaimed releases on a.o. PAN records.

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