DNK-Amsterdam

June 29, 2024
The Names

Sara Barbosa de Campos - voice
Seamus Cater - harmonica
Harry Golden - tuba
Marielle Groven - violin
Jeroen Kimman - guitar
Koen Nutters - upright bass / composition
Gert-Jan Prins - percussion
Germaine Sijstermans - clarinet

Budapest is 'the livingroom of the WG terrein' located in Amsterdam Oud West.

Please message KN or email dnkdays@gmail.com for the exact location.

Cash only for donations and drinks - NO PIN

The Names is a collective of creative musicians playing open, yet melodic, pieces in a Cage/Oliveros informed spectrum of improvised strategies and open-ended compositions. Giving homage to the Chicago tradition of AACM music as well as praise to progressive thinking in society, highlighting people such as Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, Audre Lorde and composers such as Anthony Braxton, Eva-Maria Houben, and George Lewis, whose names, along with the names of band members and friends, have been used as the melodic or structural impetus of each composition.

Shaped by the ideas of critical music, listening and sounding practices, and the position of the post-musical, the group combines playing musical material with reflections on public space, society, and the world of ideas at large. For now, the music revolves around the open-ended compositions and arrangements of Koen Nutters, which serve as a conduit for each member’s personal and musical expressions. Each member, as a composer in their own right, is invited to contribute material to the collective’s repertoire.