KWART VOOR STRAKS with ALEX DEFORCE
KWART VOOR STRAKS is the brand-new project of Alex Deforce & Charlotte Jacobs, two wordsmiths with different styles but similar philosophies. Alex is a painter, poet and curator; Jacobs is a vocalist and songwriter. Kwart Voor Straks interweaves their speaking and singing voices with sudden, evaporating musical fragments, at times no more than the synth-tastic distortion of a single, endlessly stretched syllable. A moody dance of fearless experimentation, for lovers of Voice Actor, ssabae or Laila Sakini who feel at home in Stroom’s meticulously unbalanced world.
RAF VERTESSEN
Raf Vertessen is a drummer and composer from Tessenderlo, Belgium.
He is based in New York City and is active in the avant-garde and improvised music scene. He leads his own group, the Raf Vertessen Quartet, with Anna Webber, Adam O’ Farrill and Nick Dunston.
Furthermore he performs with Charlotte Jacobs, Will Greene, Elias Stemeseder, Joe Morris, Steven Long, Henry Fraser, Zach Layton, Joe McPhee, Hanne De Backer, Jesse Heasly, Dan Pencer, Ches Smith and more
CHARLOTTE GREVE’s WOOD RIVER
Wood River is a Brooklyn based band lead by multi instrumentalist Charlotte Greve.
Expect back beats, through composed melodies, enigmatic lyrics and grooves, bathed in swirling synths, alto saxophone, electric bass and guitars – Music that is as un-categorizable as the musicians are versatile. A captivating blend of jazz, ambient and rock music with a rarely heard compositional rigour.
Charlotte Jacobs Music © 2020