LIVE MUSIC @koffie & ambacht gitarist DIRK SERRIES & percussionist MARK WASTELL

Name: LIVE MUSIC @koffie & ambacht gitarist DIRK SERRIES & percussionist MARK WASTELL
Start: 2025-05-31T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-31T21:30:00+02:00
Location: ebenhaezerstraat 52a, 3083RP Rotterdam, Netherlands

Schedule

Sat May 31 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

ebenhaezerstraat 52a, 3083RP Rotterdam, Netherlands | Rotterdam, ZH

MARK WASTELL & DIRK SERRIES
Een van de meest bekroonde vrije improvisatoren van het VK en getalenteerde multi-instrumentalist MARK WASTELL (VK), en labeleigenaar van het prachtige CONFRONT RECORDINGS, gaat in dialoog met veteraan experimentalist/vrije improvisator DIRK SERRIES (België) . Beiden zijn ze enorm geïnspireerd in hun werk door de belangrijke vrije improvisatie scene van London uit de jaren 80 en 90. Een duo van percussie en gitaar als ode aan de muziek van JOHN STEVENS en DEREK BAILEY. Hun debuut album wordt uitgebracht op CONFRONT RECORDINGS.

In Mark’s words :
One hot summers evening in August of 1992, I sat, together with about thirty others, in a small room above a pub in north London, to witness a duo concert by Derek Bailey and John Stevens. The music they played that night marked me for life. I reflect on that gig to this day. Their commitment, energy, seriousness and musical intellect has informed me for over three decades. John had exploded into my realm a couple of years earlier, and remains my constant inspiration. His concepts and theories about improvised music have influenced generations since. The other great theorist of the period was Derek Bailey. Dirk Serries investigation and appreciation of Derek is self evident. He holds Derek in the highest regard and, in just the same way I feel about John, his love of Derek is obvious. So, here we present a duo of our own. Same instrumentation, guitar and a small percussion set, with the intension of presenting a music as clear and pure as our mentors. (Mark Wastell)
Mark Wastell is a versatile improvising musician who has played a central role in the British improvised music scene for over a quarter of a century. He has performed and recorded extensively and his varied resume includes projects with Derek Bailey, Phil Durrant, John Butcher, Lasse Marhaug, Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell, Burkhard Beins, John Tilbury, Mattin, Mark Sanders, Tony Conrad, Evan Parker, Tim Barnes, Bernhard Günter, Keith Rowe, John Zorn, Peter Kowald, Joachim Nordwall, Otomo Yoshihide, Paul Dunmall, David Toop, Alan Wilkinson, Max Eastley, Hugh Davies, Julie Tippetts, Alan Skidmore, Mike Cooper, Chris Abrahams, Stewart Lee, Clive Bell, Arild Andersen, Jan Bang, Maggie Nicols, Thurston Moore and David Sylvian.
Dirk Serries is the curator of the A New Wave Of Jazz label but as well an established soundartist. This Belgian-based artist has experimented with music on the border between avant-garde, industrial, experimental and ambient for more than 30 years. He released his earliest work (1984) behind the pseudonym vidnaObmana up to 2007, with which he gained worldwide praise, when he closed the book on this project (realizing an extensive discography). Other projects like Fear Falls Burning and his Microphonics series made him collaborate with several key-players like Steven Wilson, Justin K. Broadrick, Cult Of Luna, Steve Roach and toured extensively on the sides of Jesu, MONO, Low, My Bloody Valentine and Cult Of Luna. However, being a follower of (free) jazz for years, when meeting Tomas Järmyr (Motorpsycho) and Kristoffer Lo to form YODOK III his confidence in improvisation boosted and slowly shifted from his meticulously executed subtle ambience to being a full improviser on mostly the guitar. As heavily influenced by legendary improviser Derek Bailey, over the past years Dirk manifested him as a strong and new leading figure in the Belgian impro scene and works extensively together with some of the best and modern improvisors likeAlan Wilkinson, Rodrigo Amado, John Dikeman, José Lencastre, Colin Webster, Tomas Järmyr, Steve Noble, Tom Malmendier, George Hadow, Andrew Lisle, Kristoffer Lo, Benedict Taylor, John Edwards, Kris Vanderstraeten, Charlotte Keeffe, Patrick De Groote, Matthew Grigg, Graham Dunning, Martina Verhoeven and Rodrigo Pinheiro.