"This music can be very serious, but if you take it seriously, it’s a mistake" once spoke Derek Bailey ... and the curling backbone for today's show is provided by a live session from The European Union plus "reportage" from R e F L E X e s s i o n s at Ateliers Mommen on 28-04-17.
Playlist :
1. Felix Kubin - Tetties, those days are gone now (extract)
from 'Pish & Teddies' archive, recorded 2001
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2. LIVE SESSION : The European Union. A made-up band. Emerging from a state of precarity, they opt to enter into each performance without any predetermined compositions or directions. With the potential to fall apart at any moment, each song that appears is played for the first and last time. https://www.facebook.com/TheEuropeanUnionBand/
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3. Gunter Saxenhammer - Gunter Meets Doric On The Night Bus
from 'Naked And Alone On The Celebrity Circuit' CD (Diskono, UK, 2001)
4. Felix Kubin - Multichannel Piece of Kubin for Sasker Scheeder's Audio Drive (extract)
from 'Pish & Teddies' archive, recorded 2003
5. L'etranger - Iron seller does the rounds
from L'etranger archive, recorded 2016
6. L'etranger - EU Pub Chatter
from L'etranger archive, recorded 2017
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7. LIVE SESSION : The European Union
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8. L'etranger - EU Pub Chatter
from L'etranger archive, recorded 2017
9. REPORTAGE : L'etranger went recorder in hand to R e F L E X e s s i o n s at Ateliers Mommen on 28-04-17, and returned with interviews of Joachim Devillé (organiser) and Nelle Hens (performer), plus excerpts from concerts by Nicolas Rombouts & Simon Lenski and the art ensemble of brussels, being: Audrey Lauro (alt sax - voice), Sofia Kakouri (performance - pocket trumpet), Pierre Michel Zaleski (voice performance), Antoine Prawerman (bass clarinet, poetry), Jan Pillaert (tuba), Lazara Rosell Albear (drums - pocket trumpet).