Evenemang
Clandestino festival: Irreversible Entaglements + Ukandanz + Blanco Teta
Irreversible Entaglements
This free jazz collective was born from the meeting of three artists who performed at Musicians Against Police Brutality – a protest organized in solidarity with Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old Caribbean immigrant who was shot dead by NYPD in Brooklyn. On stage that night were saxophonist Keir Neuringer, bassist Luke Stewart and poet Camae Ayewa, the latter also known as Moor Mother.
In their meeting, revolutionary improvisational music was created, accompanying Ayewa’s lyrics about quantum physics as well as the trauma of the African diaspora. This was the seed that would grow into one of the most important free jazz experiments of our time: Irreversible Entanglements.
Three became five when two more jazz activists were recruited in drummer Tcheser Holmes and trumpeter Aquiles Navarro. Their first ever session together was recorded and released in 2017 as Irreversible Entanglements – the band’s debut album which was featured in best-of-year lists by The Wire, The Quietus, NPR to mention a few. Since then, the quintet has been compared to greats like Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, while the group has developed further on two more albums.
Free jazz can be the art of spontaneous inventing – something this collective does with sensitivity and open ears. On their latest release Open the Gates, Irreversible Entanglements creates an abrasive upbeat sound poetry that aims to serve as a vehicle for black liberation: “It’s energy time!”
Ukandanz
Dressed in snazzy suits and black bow tie, singer Asnaké Gèbrèyès was a phenomenon back in the 80s and 90s. His ornamental tenor could be heard on radio, TV, and countless cassette releases in Ethiopia. Weyene Ajir (my mysterious brother) became a smash hit and is a classic to this day.
Outside Africa, however, Gèbrèyès’ music was difficult to find until musicologist Francis Falceto reissued it as part of his celebrated album series Éthiopiques. Falceto also introduced Gèbrèyès to French guitarist Damien Cluzel, who happened to be in Addis Ababa as part of a travelling circus company. After falling in love with the Ethiopian jazz tradition, Cluzel returned to Lyon with the idea of starting a band that combined his own heavy rock riffage with the sounds of swinging Addis. Asnaké Gèbrèyès agreed to join in on vocals, and soon uKanDanz was in the studio recording their first record. A marriage of Mulatu Astatke and Rage Against the Machine is one way to describe their debut Yetchalal.
Fast forward a few years: Following tours to all corners of the globe – including a steaming hot night at Clandestino Festival 2015 – uKanDanz is getting ready to release their new album, Kemekem. Once again, Gèbrèyèys’ voice makes breath-taking melismas, along with fiery sax and hammond organ, while the drums and bass are irresistibly danceable.
Blanco Teta
White teat, or breast perhaps – translations vary for the name of this cello driven transfeminist noise rock quartet straight outta Buenos Aires. The group sees itself as part of a large queer and pro-democracy movement in Latin American arts and culture, which is expressed in songs like Córdoba Police Department, a kind of catharsis against oppression and authority violence.
Three of the members met at the Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires in 2017. Josefina Barreix’s vocal style set the tone from square one – alternating between screams and suppressed frustration that threatens to explode in your face at any moment. Adding Carlos E. Quebrada’s noisy bass and Violeta García’s distorted cello to the mix, it soon became apparent that this punk combo would do just fine without a guitarist. However, a drummer was needed, and they found just the right one in Carola Zelaschi: A hard hitting musician who wasn’t “brainwashed by the conservatory” to use the band’s jargon, but instead played in what might appear to be every other underground band in the Argentine metropolis.
In the same year, the quartet released their first EP Blanco Teta on cassette, which was followed up in 2020 by Incendiada. Album number three Rompegaga is predicted to be released in 2023 – hopefully in time for their concert at the Clandestino Festival.
Clandestino Festival 8–11 juni 2023 – festivalpass, begränsad upplaga
Fyra dagars festivalpass ger dig full tillgång till alla konserter under den 21:a upplagan av Clandestino Festival 8-11 juni 2023 i Göteborg. Dessutom ingår även fri entré till konsertprogram på andra datum under våren 2023 i Göteborg när dessa inte är slutsålda.
För line up och annan relevant info, prenumerera på vårt nyhetsbrev via den officiella webbsidan www.clandestinofestival.org
Arrangörerna förbehåller sig rätten att göra ändringar av line up och framträdanden före och under festivalen, om nödvändigt. Festivalpass säljs endast för själva festivalen och inte för de enskilda artisterna och föreställningarna, och kan inte bytas ut på grund av inställda eller ändrade bokningar.
Se till att vara på plats vid insläpp eftersom enkelbiljetter kommer att säljas, och lokalen riskerar att bli full.
Vid restriktioner på grund av covid-19 förbehåller vi oss rätten att återbetala köpta biljetter.
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Tillgänglighet
Kulturhuset Oceanen är en Q-märkt, kulturhistorisk byggnad vilket är en utmaning när det kommer till tillgänglighet. Vi gör vårt bästa för att så många som möjligt ska kunna besöka oss. Vid besök med rörelsehjälpmedel är ingången via entrén till scenen bäst anpassad. Denna nås genom Gathenhielmska trädgården. Ingången är låst, därför ber vi er att höra av er en dag innan ert besök och senast fredag 16:00 om ni ska besöka oss över helgen. Rullstolsanpassad toalett finns i scenlokalen. Obs! blinkande ljus kan förekomma under konserter och event.
Vid frågor gällande tillgänglighet kontakta Mia Herman, mia@oceanen.com
