Let’s get digital October 2019
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12.10 Sonja Moonear + Dyed Soundorom + Kosh live + Adema & Session 4000 C12, Brussels
03.10 Acid Mothers Temple + VHS From Space Magasin 4, Brussels 17.10 Adriaan De Roover
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03.10 Or:la Liyo & Stef Bjeor 17.10 Dumb + Stef Chura C12 (Nuits Sonores), Brussels Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent +
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25.10 Casual Gabberz + Sentimental 18.10 Film Fest Gent presents Cleo Rave + Kurama & Buga Kinepolis, Ghent C12 (Leaving Living Dakota), Brussels 26.10 What You Gonna Do When the 26.10 Dr Rubinstein + Kafim + World’s on Fire? Cinematek, Brussels Nicolas Lutz + Brassac C12, Brussels 29.10 Nilüfer Yanya De Centrale (Democrazy), Ghent
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Let’s get digital As we tend more and more towards the incorporeal and disembodied, the ethereal in the ether, that song comes back to haunt the furthest recesses of the mind: a sweet, chirpy voice, crooning improbably about getting physical. Possibly, as we come to the inexorable surrendering of our fleshly selves to the firmament of the infobahn, our proclivity to struggle kicks in like a death rattle. In this new world, however, you can participate in possibility; in fact, the possibility is in you. No reason why I wouldn’t hear your body talk – that is the entire point of our new format. So fear not: let’s get digital.
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This fall, Magasin 4 celebrates its 25th anniversary with a lush avant-noisesludge-grindcore-cake. Tonight they welcome Acid Mothers Temple, presenting Japanese psychedelica from the ’90s with ever-changing line-ups and a gazillion albums. They’re accompanied by VHS From Space, an alternative psychedelic rock band who released their newest EP, Xenon Equinox. earlier this year.
Or:la + Liyo & Stef + Bjeor 3 Oct - C12 (Nuits Sonores), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00 Nuits Sonores Brussels are back in full swing! While Bozar will be hosting the centrepiece of the event, the C12 boys will be taking care of the afterparty to keep the night’s aficionados going until dawn. For this occasion, the boys have invited Irish DJ Or:la and her eclectic collection of sounds that will give everyone something to munch on. Also behind
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the decks is Leuven-based DJ Bjeor who has quickly made a name for himself in the house-minded nightlife scene. Finally, Subba friends Liyo & Stef will bring the HE4RTBROKEN emotional vibes back to life.
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4 Oct - Madame Moustache, Brussels 20.00 - €10 - free for members
Yes, you’re not dreaming: the moustache and her garage-psych-rock shows are back. Back with familiar faces, as Berlin-based neo-psychedelic band Chicos de Nazca includes members from Föllakzoid and no need to introduce the other boys, your favourite noise pop band from 2010: Crocodiles!
Bjarki live + Mono Junk live + Leon Vynehall + Lola Haro + Caspro + Gurl 4 Oct - C12 (Nuits Sonores), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00
Icelandic electronic composer Bjarki is taking a step back from mainstream music (remember his banger ‘I Wanna Go Bang’?) to widen his sound palette with more experimental sounds. He’s bringing with him to Nuits Sonores the Finnish electronic pioneer Mono Junk and rising Belgian stars Caspro and Gurl.
Ø [Phase] + Antigone + Kr!z + Easy Changes + more 5 Oct - C12 (Token + Rôti), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00 Minimal techno producer Ashley Burchett, better known as Ø [Phase], brings his peculiar way of constructing a set. Swinging between pure techno sounds through Detroit-influenced material, the musician takes pride in his deep love for electronic music. Antigone, another Token Records signee, has a reputation for gathering large amounts of different people, as his sets are carefully selected with different genres that somehow match together thanks to his genius. Kr!z is coming home after being fully-booked all over the world, and finishing the lineup are Russian duo Easy Changes.
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Gabber Modus Operandi + Orphan Swords 8 Oct - Beursschouwburg, Brussels 20.00 - €11 - free for members Ain’t got a ticket for Thunderdome? No worries. You’ll surely enjoy this more anyway. Don’t expect typical bald guys in tracksuits holding each other’s heads whilst ‘hakking’, though. Gabber Modus Operandi is an Indonesian duo comprising DJ Kasimyn and MC Ican Harem. Their music blends dark electronic gabber beats and traditional folklore or dangdut, resulting in a unique style. Complemented by our own Brussels-based Orphan Swords you’ll be discovering and surpassing the boundaries of the sonic universe.
Videodroom: Kinema Ikon + Khidja + Eirwud Mudwasser 10 Oct - Vooruit, Ghent 20.30 - €10 - free for members
Forever in pursuit of unexplored cultural horizons, the gaze of this year’s Europalia international arts festival stretches over the captivating cultural landscape and the fascinating historical heritage of Romania. In Vooruit, you can indulge your inner cinephile with the première of the experimental short films made by the legendary art collective Kinema Ikon, which emerged during the ideological shackles of the communist era. Film screenings will be accompanied by original compositions by Belgian and Romanian artist as well as a live AV show by Bucharest’s underground favourites Khidja and a DJ set by Romanian producer Eirwud Mudwasser.
Videodroom: Die Hard: Rest Now! + afterparty 11 Oct - Vooruit, Ghent 20.00 - €10 - free for members Here’s a chance to relive the golden age of ’80s action flicks with a very special screening of the legendary Die Hard. Version 2.0 of this ultimate action classic will be accompanied by a live musical performance from the BelgianItalian experimental label Rest Now!, which has created an alternative movie soundtrack, featuring international up-and-coming electronica talents. If
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that’s not enough of an adrenaline rush, there’s also a sweet sweet afterparty treat with live DJ sets from Rest Now!’s co-founder Alberto Catani, mischievous Italian techno by Cheval, neo-futuristic ballads from soundscape phenomenon bod and others.
Laat Open presents Young Marco + Carista + AliA + more 11 Oct - Het Depot, Leuven 21.30 - €15 - free for members It’s time to get your mighty Fall groove on! For one night, Het Depot hosts emerging Dutch underground geniuses, who are crafting their way to the forefront of the electronic music scene. From proto-house, hip hop, disco and soul to funk and Caribbean rhythms, Amsterdam’s Young Marco, Utrecht’s Carista and other Dutch electronic music prodigies are firing up one hell of a groovefest!
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10.10 Europalia Romania: KINEMA IKON / KHIDJA / EIRWUD MUDWASSER (dj-set)
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11.10 ‘Die Hard: REST NOW!’ film screening + afterparty SWAN MEAT / CHEVEL / BOD [包家巷] / 2F4F / MIKA OKI (dj-set) / ALBERTO CATTANI (dj-set) A celebration of the 1988 action classic
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Deconstructing the 40 year old Ridley Scott sci-fi classic
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13.10 HALEY FOHR of CIRCUIT DES YEUX plays ‘Salomé’ New score to controversial cult movie by experimental folk phenomenon
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15.10 JOZEF VAN WISSEM plays ‘The Dying Swan’ Avant-garde lute player performs new score for silent movie classic
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17.10 MOON DUO presents ‘Stars Are The Light’, ft. visuals by EMMANUEL BIARD
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16.10 MOOR MOTHER & THE LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA present ‘The Great Bailout’
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Psych rock & dance in a seventies discotheque setting
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18.10 CURL (MICA LEVI / COBY SEY / BROTHER MAY) performs ‘Mayonnaise, Corn on the Cob and My Car’ New AV project by the cream of the London underground
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Benediction Sonja Moonear + Dyed • The Black Madonna + Soundorom + Kosh live Mike Servito + Adema & Session 4000
11 Oct - C12 (Benediction), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00
Born in Chicago’s Smartbar DJ booth and raised in Kentucky, The Black Madonna is incontestably talented. Her musical genres will transit from techno through disco to house all in perfect fluidity. No wonder she was declared best female DJ of the world in 2016 by Mixmag. No official world title yet but no less talented is techno specialist Mike Servito, who Resident Advisor called one of Detroit and New York City’s ’best kept secrets’. Yep, it’s the crème de la crème tonight.
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12 Oct - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00 Swiss DJ and producer Sonja Moonear has become one of the most respected musicians of the decade. Playing the world’s biggest festivals and venues, her wide musical training and bold vinyl choices instantly provoke hysteria wherever she goes. In the same line, Parisian legend Dyed Soundorom contributed to the massive interest in the French electronic scene thanks to his unforgettable sets. Berlin-based produced Kosh will be playing a set live, as will Belgium’s own DJs Adema and Session 4000.
Adriaan De Roover 17 Oct - De Studio, Antwerp 20.30 - €12 - free for members
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This guy doesn’t need any introduction. Formerly known as Oaktree, Adriaan De Roover has already made several EPs and has been experimenting with field recordings, classical instruments, performing with bands, using synthesizers et cetera, resulting in his typical laidback electronica and immersive atmospheres. This year he not only changed his artist name to his given name, but he’ll also release his first full album.
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Seems like Democrazy are about to serve us a beyond-cool line-up this October. First up, Vancouver-based indie punk quartet Dumb, self-described as ‘post-apocalyptic corporate survivalists with outrageous dexterity’ are sure ready to tear down the scene with their rough distorted guitar riffs and dark witty lyrics tackling the neverending perks and downsides of a nightlife ecosystem. Then, an absolute must, Stef Chura, the Detroit indie rocker with an assured voice flaring in defiance, deftly tacking between grunge pop and alt-rock. Her latest forceful album, Midnight, was recorded and produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest. Toledos’s presence on the album gets to its peak on the compelling track ‘Sweet Sweet Midnight’, where the musicians sing in a magnetic duet.
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17 Oct - Charlatan (Democrazy), Ghent 20.00 - €13 - free for members
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17 Oct - Volta (MONTAGE), Brussels 20.00 - €5 - free for members
This month, MONTAGE will be celebrating the release of Helenah’s debut album on cassette. The line-up will be completed by MONTAGE’s mainstay épong and Rest Now!’s Tristan. Helenah’s debut is a diverse collection of tracks that playfully navigate through all kinds of genres across the hardcore continuum. By using samples of his own voice or giddily modulating guitar riffs until they sound like a kazoo, Helenah manages to deliver an album that is both beautiful, experimental and fun.
Videodroom: CURL (Mica Levi + Coby Sey + Brother May) 18 Oct - Vooruit, Ghent 21.00 - €15 - free for members London-based CURL collective presents founders Mica Levi, Coby Sey and
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Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw Mozart. Don Giovanni VR 08.11.2019
Chineke! Orchestra
‘Mozart was een genie en een waar natuurtalent! Sluit je ogen, en geniet van de amoureuze perikelen van Don Juan.’ — Manu, 20 jaar, gek op geluid
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Brahms, von Weber & Coleridge-Taylor VR 10.01.2020
Outwitting the Devil Akram Khan
Brother May at Ghent’s Vooruit for a special audiovisual event, VIDEODROOM. Throughout the evening experience an eclectic mix of music ranging from jazz and experimental soundscapes to hip hop and everything in between while CURL showcases their latest film project, Mayonnaise, Corn on the Cob and My Car.
Carr representing the UK and Ireland (respectively), and Jakob from Belgium (who performed at Horst Festival in September), this night showcases top talent from either side of the channel.
Jackie Mendoza
Transit Late Night: Lucrecia Dalt + Claudia Molitor
18 Oct - Botanique, Brussels 21.00 - €8 - free for members NYC-based Jackie Mendoza was born in Mexico and raised in the border city of Chula Vista, California. She writes lyrics in both Spanish and English and blends her Mexican roots with industrial beats, creating an original electronic Latin-pop-dancehall sound which she calls ‘ukelele electro pop’. Her debut EP, LuvHz (Love Hurts), was released on Luminelle Recordings in April this year.
18 Oct - STUK, Leuven 22.00 - €15 - free for members Lucrecia Dalt, represented by RVNG Intl (Julia Holter, Helado Negro) co-headlines Leuven’s STUK with Claudia Molitor for Transit Late Night. Emphasising carefully executed sound production, this evening promises a unique audio experience. With Lucrecia’s organically rooted audio and Claudia’s iterative approach, this show will embody evolutionary life processes. Let these two masters guide you through earth’s ever-changing energies.
B12 live + Derek Carr + Jakob Ectomorph live + Erika + Evan Baggs 18 Oct - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00
Producer B12 (Steve Rutter) joins Derek Carr and Jakob at C12. Turn up for a night of techno, EDM, tech house and IDM. With B12 and Derek
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Big techno night ahead, guys… Get excited because Ectomorph, the key Detroit techno scene duo, will be performing a show that is 100% analogue (think: no computers, samplers or even drum machines: all sounds will come from the modulars and the mountains of Moogs). Born-and-bred New Yorker Evan Baggs, who gained a reputation through his very precise mixing, will be there for fans of minimal house and techno.
Luna Honey 23 Oct - Super Fourchette, Brussels 21.00 - €5 - free for members Luna Honey, a dark-wave experimental band from Washington, is all about raw energy infiltrating right into your skin from the very first chords. Madeline Billhimer’s murky, hoarse vocals, accompanied by Levi Flack’s vehement bass, mixes into sublime ritual performance wayyy beyond reality and delusion.
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French artist Felicia Atkinson wears many hats: visual and performance artist, poet, and overall musician. With electronic sounds, she depicts a sculpture of experimental history. She’ll play alongside ‘water bowls’ inventor Tomoko Sauvage. She assembles water, ceramics and vibrations where bubbles, air and waves are amplified thanks to underwater microphones. The result is a powerful and relaxing sound experience. Members need to
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Subbacultcha at SMAK: Croatian Amor + Bea1991 + Crystallmess 24 Oct - SMAK, Ghent 20.00 - €10 - free for members
Subba’s back with another episode of this smacking series of trailblazing gigs in Ghent’s Citadelpark. This month, we’re proud to be featuring probably one of the best rosters we’ve ever had.
So buckle up, sharpen that hearing and sight, and get ready to gasp for air, ’cause there won’t be time for chilling. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you: → C R O AT I A N A M O R We’re in the last months of the year, so we can hear you coming: talking best albums of the year? Here you have one serious contender: Croatian Amor’s Isa. The specs: vocal contributions by Yves Tumor, Puce Mary and Soho Rezanejad; a fascinating mix between ambient, industrial textures and pop touches; some unpredictable, wild song structures and rhythm patterns and a masterfully balanced play between darkness and light that wanders through the whole album. Classic! → B E A1 9 9 1 Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary artist BEA1991 just keeps on getting better. This summer she released her highly-anticipated first full length, Brand New Adult, an intriguing record full of arty R&B and trip hop, co-produced with Benny Sings and Sneaker Pimp’s Liam Howe. The single ‘My Own Heaven’ comes with a must-watch ‘art-documentary film’, featuring BEA1991 on the world’s largest cruise ship. Oh and yep, it’s her singing on Blood Orange’s E.V.P.. → C R YS TA L L M E S S Parisian DJ, producer, writer and mixed-media artist Crystallmess will present her Collective Amnesia: In Memory Of Logobi performance, a pluridisciplinary project tackling the process of the loss of facts, post-colonial alienation and club culture.
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Sugai Ken 24 Oct - Het Bos, Antwerp 22.00 - €10 - free for members If you’re really in the mood for diving into something as experimental as it gets, go see Sugai Ken live. This Japanese artist eagerly neglects smooth rhythmical stylistics and makes you float in reeds of avant garde sounds. Sugai neatly combines japanese traditional vibes with contemporary electronic sound design, shaping a truly unique experience you might long for in these I’ve-seen-it-all times.
Lina Tullgren 25 Oct - Super Fourchette, Brussels 21.00 - €5 - free for members 26 Oct - Aquilone (PopKatari), Liège 20.00 - €7 - free for members A soul-cleansing set of songs from Lina Tullgren might soothe you this fall. Her latest album, Free Calls, represents a pretty wide musical palette, going from softly plucking the strings to picking up the pace and reaching forceful intensity that fades down halfway to its peak. The heavenly sounds of Lina’s clear voice absorbed in the light ennui lyrics, all accompanied with clean sounding guitar, promises a heart-stirring evening. What else to expect? Love, peace and magic!
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Casual Gabberz + Sentimental Rave + Kurama & Buga Nilüfer Yanya
Craving an acid-drenched techno workout on the darker edges of outer space? Then this one’s calling out for you. C12 invites the one and only Dr. Rubinstein, Nicolas Lutz and two of Brussels’ own beloved residents for a demonic night of throbbing techno bangers, spinning at dazzling velocities and otherworldly rhythms. A night not to be missed.
25 Oct - C12 (Leaving Living Dakota), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00 C12 continues to excite with yet another impressive line-up for our nocturnal wanderers. This one’s not for the faint of heart as international heavyweights are planning to fire up the dancefloor, with the hybrid sounds of Parisian collective Casual Gabberz, the highly intimate yet no less explosive bombs of French DJ/producer Sentimental Rave and names already known to the Brussels underground scene: none other than DJs Kurama and Buga.
29 Oct - De Centrale (Democrazy), Ghent 19.30 - €18 - free for members If you don’t already know her, you should definitely grab this opportunity and get to meet Nilüfer Yanya. This talented young London-based singer-songwriter has already released multiple amazing songs. In March 2019, she also released her debut album, Miss Universe, which was warmly received by critics and audiences alike. Her well-written songs, guitar riffs and unique voice will mesmerise you the whole night.
Dr Rubinstein Helado Negro + Jackie + Kafim Mendoza + Nicolas Lutz + Brassac 31 Oct - STUK, Leuven 20.00 - €15 - free for members
26 Oct - C12, Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00
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Latin rhythms is a realm of vibrant soundscapes you never knew existed. American artist Helado Negro and Mexican-American vocalist Jackie Mendoza bring along a universe of lucid dreams and atmospheric whispers for an intimate one-night meditation on love, power relations, identity and emotional hardships.
Ugandan Methods live + Delta Funktionen + Exal 31 Oct - C12 (Basic Moves), Brussels 23.00 - €15 - free for members before 01.00 Imagine a world ruled by merciless techno overlords. For one night, C12’s unleashing the darkest fantasy for the bass-possessed and the rave-obsessed. Expect manic intensity and brutal techno bombs submerged in sinister whispers and haunting soundscapes, brought to you by none other than Ugandan Methods, Delta Funktionen and Exal. This one’s to purge your sins, roaming depths unimaginable and corners deep.
Overlast Ft. Toverberg + Shaka Shams + Stan Martens + Techno Thriller + Peenoise + more 1 Nov - De Studio, Antwerp 20.30 - €10 - free for members Overlast curates the best of the unknown Belgian scene. Showcased in different rooms, DJs and musicians take turn to introduce themselves to an audience that is craving new talents. In between experimental, hip hop, bass and much more, every ear will be pleased. If you haven’t heard of L.I.L.Y., Vieze Meisje, Shaka Shams, A z e r t y Klavierwerke, Stan Martens, etc., now might be the time for you to get to know them.
Max Abysmal 1 Nov - KulturA (Les Flâneurs), Liège 23.00 - €5 - free for members Sydney-born and Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Max Abysmal is a master of low tempos and high intensities fit for dance floors of any nature. Max has had residencies at De School and Garage Noord, and gained national recognition at recent Dekmantel Festivals. No surprise the guys from Les Flâneurs asked him to drop by Liège. You’re in for a treat.
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Sonic City Festival 8-10 Nov - Depart, Kortrijk 50% discount for members This year’s edition of Sonic City is curated by two acts, London-based rock quintet Shame and the Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon. They follow in the footsteps of Courtney Barnett, Thurston Moore, Viet Cong and Savages. Shame and Cate Le Bon present a fresh and quirky lineup. Our personal favourites and must-sees? Boy Harsher, Jessica Pratt, Holly Herndon, Lust for Youth, Tim Koh and Omni. We’ve arranged a 50% discount for members on presale tickets valid until 7 November. Mail us at memberships@subbacultcha.be and we’ll get back to you with a special link to buy your discounted ticket online.
theatre Coloured Swan 15 Oct - KVS, Brussels 18.00 - €22 - free for members Dancer, performer and choreographer Moya Michael was labelled ‘coloured’ in South Africa. She now explores the ways in which different identities imposed by others affect our bodies,
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movements, speech and singing. Michael invites artists from various disciplines to share their personal stories. Each encounter leads to a solo performance and the artists, or swans, form one creation in progress. Last season’s creations KhoiSwan and Eldorado will be performed during this double bill.
De Staat Van De Schoonheid 15 Oct - NTGent, Ghent 20.00 - €14 - free for members Curator Lara Staal invites academics, experts, wordsmiths and artists to reflect on our ideals while balancing on the thin line between theatre and debate. They represent only themselves and their own convictions. Tonight’s invitee is author Ogutu Muraya, who will contemplate historical, technological, political and natural beauty together with actor Oscar Van Rompay and a guest speaker. Members need to buy a ticket with a discount code. Please mail us at memberships@subbacultcha.be to receive it.
Pilar ASAP: Waterwaswasser 31 Oct - Pilar, Brussels 20.00 - €8 - free for members Like water, life slips through our fingers unnoticed in a never-ending race against time. Through a mesmerising interplay of language, sound and rhythm, the performance of theatre maker Dounia Mahammed asks you to stop and embrace the existence of still and unapologetic emptiness. Whimsical yet deeply contemplative, Waterwaswasser is a colourful linguistic dance in pursuit of conscious awareness about ‘the fluidity of life’.
the diaspora faced with the situation in Congo today and with Belgian colonial history. This film revolves around these two imperatives, in a negotiation between here and elsewhere, the past and the present.
The Wolfpack 17 Oct - De Cinema, Antwerp 18.00 - €7 - free for members A documentary film directed by Crystal Moselle featuring the life of Manhattanbased siblings whose parents kept them locked up at home for many years. As they were never allowed outside, the whole worldview of these kids was formed through watching movies. Moselle manages to depict the story in a remarkably immersive way, forcing you to plunge right into the family’s asphyxiating existence.
film Film Fest Un pays plus Gent presents beau qu’avant Cleo 3 Oct - KASKcinema, Ghent 20.30 - €5 - free for members The story of businessman Jean-Simon reveals a microcosm of informal commerce within Brussels’ Congolese community. In this documentary, the everyday economic urgency of this ‘humble salesman’ is tied to the political and humanitarian urgency that animates
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18 Oct - Kinepolis, Ghent 17.30 - TBA - free for members Eva Cools is known for taking a deep dive into tragedy. In Cleo, she introduces a young woman who survived a car accident while her parents didn’t. She finds haven in a mysterious older man, contemporary music and Rachmaninov piano pieces. An
exploration of what happens after loss for a young woman, and how she seeks a way to reconstruct herself.
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? 26 Oct - Cinematek, Brussels 19.00 - €4 - free for members Italy’s Roberto Minervini scores his first A-list festival competition berth with this black-and-white film set among four Southern black communities in the summer of 2017, when police killings of African-Americans were dominating headlines. Cherry on the cake: we’ll be greeted by Minervini himself at the screening.
expo Van Bosch tot Tuymans: een vitaal verhaal
Every now and then, there’s a once-ina-lifetime kind of event for a museum, where it lays out all its cards and reshuffles them to offer a new reading of its assets for audiences to enjoy. This is one such occasion; the already outstanding Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent revised its permanent collection in 2017, and you can now go see its new display, featuring the likes of James Ensor, George Minne, Théo Van Rysselberghe, Léon Spilliaert and more. Interventions by Luc Tuymans, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh and Rita Verhaeghe in various parts of the museum open a conversation between its formidable treasures from the past and the promising hopes for the future.
CAMP – Beginnings 5 Oct -22 Dec - Argos, Brussels 11.00-18.00 - €5 - free for members CAMP is a Mumbai-based studio for transdisciplinary media practices, co-founded by Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran. Their exhibition Beginnings goes back in time, to a period of their output that predates the establishment of CAMP and addresses some of the fundamental elements that would subsequently come to define the studio’s main artistic concerns. It speculates on fundamental questions of the nature of film and video through site-specific spatial and technical interventions.
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Crystallmess Christelle Oyiri is truly a jack of all trades. She performs as a musician and DJ under the moniker Crystallmess, but she is also a critical thinker and writes articles on music and politics. When we talked with Oyiri, she was staying in London after playing Corsica Studios, where she ‘turned the ambient room into a rave room and shut shit down’. Always concerned with her community and why she does things, we had an interesting talk about her new project Collective Amnesia: In Memory of Logobi, in which she tackles less talked about, but oh-soimportant subjects.
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Interview by Wannes Dewit Photos by Irwin Barbé, shot in Paris
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Can you tell us something more about Collective Amnesia: In Memory of Logobi? CM: Collective Amnesia is a multidisciplinary performance, which combines video, sound, singing, narrating and DJ-ing. It’s about the history of Logobi, a dance and music genre. It takes its roots from Coupé Décalé, which was born on the Ivory Coast. Logobi is like the version of Coupé Décalé that was made by the Africans who had just arrived in Paris. Why is the project called Collective Amnesia? CM: It’s called Collective Amnesia for the very reason of forgetting about things, but in a very
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intentional matter, about hiding your past. At first I wanted to do a theatrical piece about Logobi, but it didn’t happen the way I wanted it to. A lot of former dancers I interviewed really didn’t want to talk about it, even though they used to be well known in the scene. That’s when I thought that maybe I should tackle the fact that people don’t want to talk about Logobi, instead of the genre itself. Collective Amnesia was me documenting and trying to make sense of why people would try to do that. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not a documentary. It is a highly spiritual ceremony.
The project is really about the unapologetic. They were born in sonic power of Logobi and how it France, so they have their birthwas a very healing movement. It right to do whatever they want. was reclaiming the public space Our parents needed to fit in which aims to be neutral at all because they were immigrants. cost in France. It’s very sacred. It’s different now. I don’t have Logobi happened a lot in public to apologise and I don’t have to spaces, people dancing in the thank anybody for anything. I’m subway. here. It’s my birthright. What I also noticed is that A couple of years ago you did a project we have a weird relationship about the impact of the internet on with memory in France, I think dancing. How do you see this impact on Belgium is kind of the same. music? When you are a black person you CM: I think that the internet broke have to be your own archivist. a lot of boundaries, it made You have to dig in. If you don’t everything way more accessible. dig in, you don’t know. The downside is that now you Do you focus especially on a black audihave to do everything on your ence with Collective Amnesia? own, which isn’t easy. This is CM: Not really… Even ‘a black something we don’t talk about audience’ is not precise enough, very often. You have to be your to be fair. I focus on a black, own creative director, you have French audience, because it is a to produce everything yourself very specific experience that I’m from start to finish. With social talking about. But I’m also very media you have to be your own open to sharing this experience manager, advertise your prowith other people. jects… This can be good because Three years ago you wrote an article in you have total control, but it’s the Guardian about colonial nostalgia in also very tiring and ank o th ght’ France and about how black people have very capitalistic. t e ri av to alter themselves to fit into a white ’t h irth don s my b I ideal. How has this changed over the past d It’ an ise ere. couple of years? olog . I’m h p a CM: I feel that there has been a Unconsciously e to hing hav r anyt you are doing all these dialogue, definitely. Not only t ’ n o o ‘I d body f things that used to be with white people, but also any someone’s job. I wouldn’t be within the black community in France. I think that anywhere without the internet, the new generation is more but at the same time we have to
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be critical about it. It’s not easy to get your mind out and build something from scratch when you have all this information all the time. Last week you’ve tweeted: ‘I got mad music coming up in different shapes and forms, i’m excited af’. CM: Yes! I’m working on the soundtrack for an exhibition by a French Caribbean artist called Julien Creuzet. The exhibition opens in about a week in Switzerland. I’m also working on a fashion soundtrack and I have a vinyl coming, a split vinyl with Toxe. She’s going to do two tracks. It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be clubby. Toxe
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has been my friend for, like, five years so I’m really happy that we get to work with each other. Do you have any big inspirations, additional listening for our readers? CM: I listen mostly to old stuff. I listen a lot to DJ Arafat who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Lately I’ve been really into Ivorian music and Gwo Ka, which is traditional music from Guadeloupe.
Subbacultcha at SMAK: Crystallmess + BEA1991 + Croatian Amor 24 Oct - SMAK, Ghent free for members
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Jackie Mendoza Jackie Mendoza was born and raised in the border city of Chula Vista, California. LuvHz, her debut EP, was recorded alongside Rusty Santon (Panda Bear, Animal Collective, DJ Rashad), and blends the cultural influences of her hometown and her motherland of Tijuana, Mexico – an eccentric mix of electronic pop, Latin-driven dance beats and vibrant soundscapes. We sat down with her to talk about long-distance relationships in the digital age, the Myspace deletion fiasco, and turning the page.
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Interview by William Markarian-Martin Photos by Jill Verhaeghe, shot in NYC
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You’re originally a ukulele player, right? Was that your first instrument? J: My first instrument was piano. My mom would take me to lessons when I was about four years old but I would hide under the piano and I didn’t pick up the ukulele until high school. I play other instruments when I record; guitar, bass and autoharp. But mostly ukulele… and I play an electric ukulele live. W: When did you get into making music digitally? J: I started making music digitally around the time GarageBand was first installed on Mac computers. I would go to my friend Grettel’s house and we would make songs and record with GarageBand and we posted our music on MySpace under the name ‘Audiosyncrasy’. This was in middle school, but it wasn’t until my sophomore year of college that I was introduced to Ableton, and then I started making my own beats and arrangements. W: I tried finding my old Myspace profile recently. Do you still have those recordings? J: I checked as soon as the Myspace deletion fiasco happened and everything was gone :( W: How does technology influence the way you make and play music? J: Sometimes I feel like I rely
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on technology too much when I make and play music. But it’s influenced the way I write and opened up possibilities to create a sound that was unique to me and my experiences. I used to have a vlog and record covers and post them on YouTube, and later on started uploading original songs to SoundCloud. It’s helped me connect with people and share my music globally and I’ve been able to collaborate remotely. But it also has its downfalls; even though it’s a solo project, it’s like I’m in a band with my computer and midi controllers and I hope they won’t suddenly shut off during a set. W: How do you respond to the downfalls? Do you ever feel the need to withdraw from the digital? J: It’s weird but I think it’s where I feel most comfortable, or I’m very used to living in that space. There are days where I don’t feel like looking at my computer screen and I’ll solely write on guitar or ukulele. W: ‘De Lejos’ is about your long-distance relationship with your girlfriend… I wanted to ask about your experience with that? How did engaging with someone digitally impact the relationship? J: Even though we were far away, technology made communication very accessible and we kept
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in touch all day through FaceTime and texting. ‘De Lejos’ is the story of how we met and our long-distance relationship. It was a delicate time but we were able to get to know each other and become intimate in alternative ways. W: ‘Your Attention’: is there a story behind the unrequited online love that the song is about? J: It’s a song about a breakup, cutting communication with that person, and wanting to reconnect with them. It’s the oldest song on the EP. I wrote it in 2015. W: I know you’ve spoken quite a bit about working with Rusty Santos. Is there anything else you want to say about working with him? J: I feel really lucky I met Rusty. I had a hard time finding a producer I could trust and work well with. I didn’t have to explain what I had in mind for the music, he got it right away and added his own flair to it too. We ended up recording ‘Mucho Más’ and ‘Puppet Angles’ in the studio kind of out of nowhere. W: You’ve said that ‘Mucho Más’ is about there ‘being way more out there’ and the ‘what’s a mystery now will make sense eventually’. What do you think is out there? J: The song is about overcoming depression. When you’re going through it, it’s hard to see the positive side of things. Once the depression fades away, it’s like cracking a code or turning a page.
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Instead of thinking, Why do I feel this way? I think, I’m glad I’m on the other side now.
Jackie Mendoza 18 Oct - Botanique, Brussels free for members Helado Negro + Jackie Mendoza 31 Oct - STUK, Leuven free for members
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épong Roaming the modern club culture of Brussels’ hedonistic urban jungle, MONTAGE resident épong is already known for the near paralyzing gravity of his emotional soundscapes, erupting with riotous energy from his debut record Oprichnik. Drenched in dissociative darkness and the bliss of momentary oblivion, épong’s sonic language is a rapturous melodic adventure through dense synth lines, distorted glitch and disorienting experimental electronics, amongst a whole swathe of other genres. In December, épong is set to release his new EP, Drank, his most dance-oriented work so far. To quench our thirst for an otherworldly blend of avant-garde club music and moody soundscapes, we caught up over Skype to discuss the emotional rollercoaster of making music and to get a sneak peek of what awaits on épong’s horizon this year.
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Interview by Silvija Daniunaite Photos by Aurélie Bayad, shot in Brussels
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épong 17 Oct - Volta (MONTAGE), Brussels free for members
Sarah& Charles artist
Sarah & Charles’ work is multidisciplinary, comprising installations, sculptures, videos, performances and photography. They are ready to throw themselves into every form of art that crosses their path. But there’s a common thread. Subjects such as fact versus fiction, make-believe and the suspension of disbelief are often examined through their work. We visited their studio in Brussels to talk about Sarah & Charles’s In The Hands Of Puppets, their exhibition at Be-Part.
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Interview by Jozefien Wouters Photos by Tiny Geeroms
You’ve been working as a duo for the past 15 years. What makes your collaboration so successful? C: We’ve always worked together, but at the beginning we used our own names and worked in different fields. I was more into performing arts and music, while Sarah tented more toward the visual arts. S: Charles soon started to intervene in my work. After my studies at Sint Lucas we decided to apply at HISK together. They gave us an ultimatum: if we stopped working together, we would both be dismissed. So basically, we had no choice. (Laughs) Eventually we got rid of our surnames and in 2004 we made our first work as Sarah & Charles. C: The way we collaborate has changed a lot over the years. We learned to trust each other’s work. At first we did everything together: we literally went to Brico together to discuss which screws we were going to buy. Nowadays we work on different projects without losing the force of our collaboration. Our taste is so compatible: when we watch a film, we both like the same scene. S: I only adjust his colours behind his back. Charles is a bit colour blind, so he doesn’t even notice. (Laughs)
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How did the multidisciplinary aspect come into your work? C: It just happened. Every project requires its own medium, and we took the freedom to switch between different forms of art. S: We went through a phase in which we asked ourselves if we were allowed to work that way, because most artists are either a painter or a filmmaker. But we have completely outgrown that doubt. Sometimes we’ve prepared an idea and visual language before deciding if it’s going to be a performance, a short film or a sculpture.
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It’s purely instinctive. For our exposition at Be-Part we made a computer-animated film for the very first time, just because it felt like the right thing to do. A common theme in your work is the boundary between reality and fiction. What do you find so interesting about that? C: There are seven billion people on this earth, but for me there is only one reality and that’s my own. Everything you tell me is fiction, in a way. In fact, there is more fiction than reality. S: For In The Hands Of Puppets we went to a psychiatric centre and talked to patients suffering from psychosensitivity, but we also invited artists to our studio.
We asked both groups about the boundary between what is real and what is not, and they had a lot in common. In both groups, many suffer from not being able to distinguish fiction from reality. On the other hand, we also see it as something poetic. To lose yourself in fiction often stimulates creativity. Social media makes those boundaries even more indistinct. S: The title also refers to our relationship with smartphones. You could ask yourself, Who’s in control? Are we the ones dominating our phones, or are we the puppets? C: We’re not resistant either. We try to be transparent and use social media to share behindthe-scenes images from our projects, but even those are completely fake. I’ll move a jar of paint because it looks better. Social media is confusing, and you always have to be careful and critical with what you see, especially now that technology is capable of creating very realistic deep fakes. Would you say your work is an opinion or an observation? S: That’s a difficult question. We like to claim it’s mainly an observation, but I guess we do a bit of moralising.
Sarah & Charles’ In The Hands Of Puppets 01 Sept-01 Dec - Be-Part, Waregem Bepartlive.org
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OCT 2019
IllSyll, SND, Gabber Modus Operandi, black midi, Lennart Heyndels, Matias Aguayo, Zeta Lys, Khidja, Eirwud Mudwasser, Kinema Ikon, Atome, François Bijou, Fred Nevché, Les Trash Croutes, Clara y Maoupa, Gnosis , Ivan Cheng, Buga, Rui Ho, Summer Satana, Combo Chimbita, Rebel Up Dj’s FR 04.10 TU 08.10
10Y Supafly: IllSyll + SND
A decade of <3 for Belgium’s first female hip hop crew.
Gabber Modus Operandi + Orphan Swords album release
200 bpm fusion of gabber footwork and Indonesian voodoo.
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black midi + Lennart Heyndels
Indie-rock from the future. The very very distant future.
Matias Aguayo + Zeta Lys w/ AB
Futuristic Latin grooves to make techno-lovers’ hearts skip a beat.
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Khidja + Eirwud Mudwasser + Kinema Ikon w/ Europalia
Re-scoring the lost shorts from the communist era and dancing to Romanian’s finest sounds.
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Atome + François Bijou + Fred Nevché + Les Trash Croutes w/ Festival Francofaun
Biodiverse line-up of French-speaking pop talent. Oui love you.
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FR 25.10 SA 26.10 WE 30.10
Clara y Maoupa
Tight drum loops, mad synths and a gigantic shot of reggaeton. Sweat until the very end!
XLNCY Night
Worldwide love for local hip hop.
Peko Peko: Gnosis + Ivan Cheng + Buga + Rui Ho + Summer Satana
Former artist in residence Golin invites her musical crushes.
Combo Chimbita + Rebel Up Dj’s
Storytelling, psychedelic punk and cumbia-not-cumbia. The future is tropical.
recent finds
by Hannes Rooms
Wokoundou records soundcloud.com/philoulouzolo-wokoundo
Wokoundou is an electronic music label rooted in Afrofuturism and sci-fi, created by Wokoundou’s guardian and protector Philou Louzolo from Rotterdam. The label will focus on traditional pan-African music within the realm of a more obscure, sci-fi and techno sound hereby debunking the preconception that African music always sounds tropical and happy. Louzolo warmly welcomes his audience to perceive all kinds of African music with a multiversal mind. The first release by Louzolo himself, called ‘Shinobi Of Wokounou’, represents Wokoundou’s intergalactic, diverse sound of house, acid, dancehall and South-African music, influenced by Drexciya, Black Motion and The Matrix. Louzolo can be regularly found at big festivals like DGTL or Lowlands, but also in the more cosy settings of Red Light Radio or De School.
Los Ninos x mina collectiv boilerroom.tv/playlist/hard-dancemina-collectiv
Infamous queer techno collective Mina are flying in from Lisbon to Brussels on 26 October for a Los Ninos party. By pushing sexual and gender liberation, the mina collective is known for vociferously fighting against the rapid gentrification of Lisbon by throwing disruptive raves with a high-energy soundtrack that veers from skull-crushing hardcore to peak-time techno. Get a glimpse inside the mina parties, which are charged by a wild, hedonistic energy by checking out their Hard Dance Lisbon Boiler Room sesh. Next to DJs ketia and marum, yours truly is particularly looking forward to the graveyard set of VIEGAS, who pays homage to late and early Nineties European rave tunes, mixing them with ghetto sounds and contemporary beats from the worldwide web generation. The club night at FFORMATT is promoted as ‘rimming & raving’, just so you know.
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SEPTEMBER 27 Neon Electronics (ex-The Neon Judgement) + BOLT RUIN
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OKTOBER 02 Broncho (US) + Pinky Pinky (US) 10 Next.Ape + Richard Spaven Trio (UK) 17 Arabnormal (ex-The Hickey Underworld) + Jealous (GER) 19 Sunpower: last show (for now...) with guests Reproach, The Priceduifkes, Speeddรถzer
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recent finds
by Elise Dupré
Toerist Modernist tinyletter.com/toeristmodernist @toeristmodernist
As digital newsletters seem to be on the rise, the sharply curated Toerist Modernist is a recent favourite. Launched by Ghent-based Gerlin Heestermans a couple of months ago, Toerist Modernist devotes itself to securing access to modernist buildings and organises tours for small groups. These buildings, architectural beacons built in the mid-20th century and remnants of a certain ingeniousness of their time, usually only open their doors on rare occasions. Recent tours included visits to House Jozef Schellekens (Turnhout) or Renaat Braem’s house (Deurne). Often welcomed by the owners of the houses themselves, these informal visits are pretty exclusive and are a great way of exploring the spaces, interiors, objects and artworks inside. The tours are usually in Dutch but hey, I’m sure your fellow attendees will be happy to translate.
Les Monseigneurs @lesmonseigneurs
With a strong graduation show at LUCA (Ghent), design studio Les Monseigneurs has set the bar for itself and is currently in the running for a BKRK award. Founders Victor and Thomas, a graphic designer and a textile designer schooled in Ghent, have educated themselves in the art of artisanal weaving and transform digitally edited imagery into impressive wall pieces. As ‘gardeners of a magical garden’, their tapestries feature type, fauna and flora in lavish sizes (they covered an entire room at their LUCA show). It feels royal, and smart. The multitude of pieces and processes reveal this is an ongoing project, one we’re more than happy to see unfold over time.
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film De Cinema Sunrise: a Song of Two Humans
17 Oct www.decinema.be
De Cinema is a new movie theatre in the heart of Antwerp. With its two screens, this buzzing new hotspot can host over 200 visitors and offers a unique mixture of film history, off-stream cinema, documentaries, animated film, family movies and the latest releases. De Cinema is an alliance between De Studio and M HKA, two household names in the artistic and cultural scene of Antwerp. While continuing to screen films on 35mm, De Cinema strives to offer its visitors a special cinematic experience: films with a live soundtrack, interesting introductions and virtual reality – you name it. With multiple screenings a day, De Cinema hopes to become a cinematic haven for anyone and everyone who loves film. We’d love to introduce the silent classic Sunrise: a Song of Two Humans, accompanied by a live, electronic soundtrack, as our October must-see. Sunrise is about a man who falls head over heels in love with a femme fatale from the city. He leaves his virtuous wife and child and is lured onto a dark path, abandoning everything he held dear before… Sunrise tells an allegorical, timeless tale of good versus evil and continues to resonate with audiences nearly a century after its release. The film will be shown on the 17th of October at 20.30, with an introduction at 19.00.
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ggenhout By Josine Bu
we visit you Theo De Meyer Tell us, what do you do in life? T: I think about a table as if it were a house and about a house as if it were a table. Whenever that table needs a chair I think, Interior. One could say that I am a hard working architect; I would say that I do everything which fascinates me. Apart from that… I did a lot of weddings in August. What do you like best about your place? T: Our place is rather small. We collect what we like so things get stacked. I think I like that… the place got stuffed. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? T: In general, to all the artists who discovered synthesizers and are not very good at singing. From the ’80s until today. What’s the first record you bought? T: I discovered SUPERMAX’s ‘Lovemachine’ in my grandmother’s trash. That was one of the moments I remember that something old became new to me. Ever since then, I’ve been listening to Music Mania and the advice of Lorin. What’s your favourite pastime? T: Walking in the city centre with Stefanie and Miou on Saturday.
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Age 29 Zodiac sign Virgo Instagram @demeyertheo Subbacultcha member since August 2018
Any guilty pleasures? T: Eating dim sum at Steamy Windows. How do you feel about living in a digital world? T: Do I live in a digital world? Have you experienced any regrets recently? T: Arriving late at Different Class! Which future Subbacultcha show are you looking forward to? T: The one at SMAK – a museum stage for a small city.
Photo by Bibi Euse, shot in Ghent
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FRONT COVER Crystallmess shot by Irwin Barbé EDITORS IN CHIEF Herlinde Raeman & Kasper-Jan Raeman MAGAZINE EDITORS Julien Van de Casteele & Isaline Raes COPY EDITOR Megan Roberts DESIGN Chloé D’hauwe ADVERTISING & PARTNERSHIPS kasper-jan@subbacultcha.be PRINTER Drukkerij GEWADRUPO, Arendonk, Belgium CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Gabriela González, Isaline Raes, Julien Van de Casteele, Wannes Dewit, Silvija Daniunaite, Jozefien Wouters, William Markarian-Martin, Dries Robbe, Elise Dupré, Josine Buggenhout, Matias Calderon, Anaïs Violet Van Eldere, Jacob McPherson, Maarten Audenaert, Laura Isachenko, Hannes Rooms & Louise Souvagie
PARTNERS Fotoshop Gent, Artists United, Paypro Services, Magasin 4, C12, Nuits Sonores, Madame Moustache, Beursschouwburg, Vooruit, Het Depot, De Studio, Democrazy, Volta, MONTAGE, Botanique, STUK, KulturA, Super Fourchette, S.M.A.K., Het Bos, PopKatari, Wilde Westen, KVS, NTGent, Pilar, KASKcinema, De Cinema, Film Fest Gent, Cinematek, MSK, Argos, Nosta, De Roma, BePart, Bozar, mu.ZEE, GEWADRUPO, Cultuur Gent, Zebrastraat & Concertgebouw Brugge, Het Depot A heartfelt thank you to all our distributors, interns & volunteers. OFFICE Subbacultcha Belgium, Dendermondsesteenweg 80A, 9000 Ghent, Belgium EDITORIAL magazine@subbacultcha.be MEMBERSHIPS memberships@subbacultcha.be
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Irwin Barbé, Aurélie Bayad, Tiny Geeroms, Jill Verhaeghe, Shalva Nikvashvili, Bibi Euse CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Sarah & Charles
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Machine hurlante – s.d., privécollectie
28.09.2019 05.01.2020
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Le ritme inutile – 1938, Mu.ZEE Oostende
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