Music on a Whim presents Ex-Easter Island Head (UK) + Kaboom Karavan (BE)

Name: Music on a Whim presents Ex-Easter Island Head (UK) + Kaboom Karavan (BE)
Start: 2025-04-18T20:30:00+02:00
Location: les ateliers claus

Schedule

Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

les ateliers claus | Brussels, BU

Music on a Whim & Les Ateliers Claus brings you a night of sonic brilliance, featuring two visionary acts that will leave a lasting imprint on your mind and prepare you for the tranquil weather that’s incoming.

Address – Les Ateliers Claus, Rue Cricx 13, 1060 Bruxelles
Doors – 8 30 pm
Tickets – 12 euros pre-sales/14 euros (cash only) on the door

Ex-Easter Island Head – Minimalist/ Electro-acoustic / Prepared electric guitar
Ex-Easter Island Head are a UK-based experimental musical collective composing and performing music for solid body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments. The group plays multiple electric guitars augmented through mechanical preparations and extended techniques, creating hypnotic performances rich in repetition, shimmering drones and melodic invention through purposefully limited means.
Their records and live performances have received significant critical acclaim from the likes of The Wire, Pitchfork, the Quietus and the New York Times. Favourably compared to the likes of Steve Reich, Glenn Branca and John Cage, the groups’ music has been praised for its mixture of percussive drive, emotional warmth and playful experimentation.
“Churning pulses, alternate tunings and dense harmonic worlds...all the strings being heard at once” – The New York Times
“Repetition and rumbling resonances bringing to mind Rhys Chatham’s seminal works with tone and John Cage’s rhythmic sensibilities” - Pitchfork
https://exeasterislandhead.bandcamp.com/album/norther
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/31/fishing-lines-mobile-phones-and-wirral-wind-the-oddly-harmonious-music-of-ex-easter-island-head

Kaboom Karavan – Experimental / Electronic / Folk
Kaboom Karavan is the working moniker of Belgian soundwizard / musician Bram Bosteels. Using a mixture of selfbuilt instruments, old acoustic string instruments and electronics he creates a universe reminiscent of night-time carnival, strange vaudeville, or folk forms from an imaginary land.
For current liveshows Kaboom Karavan performs as a trio, with :Bram Bosteels on acoustic guitar, amplified objects, live electronics, voice; Stefaan Smagghe on violin, sarangi, sound objects; and Steven Tevels on motorised instruments, live electronics
“ KK must be Belgium’s best kept secret. The music is very inventive, detailed and layered and has something timeless. Something very narrative as well. Your imagination is constantly stimulated. We think KK is one of the most intriguing and challenging Belgian projects of the last years. “ ( **** Cutting Edge)
https://kaboomkaravan.bandcamp.com/album/fiasko

Artwork by the excellent Raimund Wong; Words by the incredibly talented Pieter Lam