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BL!NDMAN + Wiegedood

DRONES
VIERNULVIER
  • Fri 14.11
    19:30 - 22:30
    Club Wintercircus, Gent
    Tickets

The Belgian black metal veterans of Wiegedood collaborate with the renowned saxophone quarted BL!NDMAN, in search of a new interpretation of drone music, a genre known for it's constant, resonating and monotonous sounds. 

Can you still do it? Deep listening to music? You won't see any ads of this concert on TikTok, because you have to make time for this, consciously bend your ears and surrender to time.

In one long drone concert, BL!NDMAN and Wiegedood perform idiosyncratic interpretations of artists from the classical music world and other more experimental music scenes influenced by the conceptual framework of drone music. The result is a pulsating, immersive concert experience with a custom visual lighting setting. A musically overwhelming trip that stirs the senses and leaves the listener with a completely new understanding of monotonous sounds.

 

With this project, BL!NDMAN and Wiegedood want to explore a form of “timeless listening,” a special encounter with time that makes one forget the fleeting nature of being, thanks to music as a timeless flow of sound.

With musical interpretations from the works of James Tenney, La Monte Young, Glenn Branca, Giacinto Scelsi, Earth and Eliane Radigue, among others.

ABOUT WIEGEDOOD

Belgian black metal pride Wiegedood steers clear from clichés, zooming in on the internal struggle we all face to transcend all manner of horror. This takes them into a completely different realm both musically and lyrically. What that sounds like? Like a psychotic ride full of spooky synths, hot club jazz and unsettling samples.

ABOUT BL!NDMAN

BL!NDMAN [sax] is a saxophone quartet, founded by saxophonist and composer Eric Sleichim, the beating heart of the collective. Named after Marcel Duchamp's magazine The Blind Man, Sleichim guides the audience through challenging sonic worlds.

With open ears and rebellious expertise, Sleichim explores the boundaries of how a saxophone can sound. Non-conventional techniques such as popping and smacking sounds and valve sounds, combined with the tonal qualities of the instrument and the use of electronics, are part of the DNA of BL!NDMAN [sax]. In his search for new possibilities for the saxophone, Sleichim also focuses on classic music and often writes his own arrangements for saxophone quartet and electronics.

BL!NDMAN
Guy Kokken
Wiegedood
Geert Braekers

Eric Sleichim and Wiegedood: artistic direction
Tomas Serrien: dramaturgy

Wiegedood
Levy Seynaeve: vocals, guitar
Wim Coppers: drums, percussion, vocals
Gilles Demolder: guitar

BL!NDMAN [sax]
Pieter Pellens: soprano saxophone, tabletop guitar
Hendrik Pellens: alto saxophone, tabletop guitar
Piet Rebel: tenor saxophone, tabletop guitar
Sebastiaan Cooman: baritone saxophone, tabletop guitar
Eric Sleichim: electronics, e-guitar, tuba