The inimitable Matthew Shipp treated Incubate 2011 visitors for an hour-long of unmatched piano virtuosity. A mix between own work and improvisation, best described by the master himself with the following quote: “The next tune I will play is… Well… I don’t know“. We recorded the session that you can listen to below or on our slowly expanding Soundcloud, that [...]
[Listen] Matthew Shipp live at Incubate 2011
March 13, 2012
Help Matthew Shipp (#incu11) with his latest project!
November 25, 2011
Our good friend Matthew Shipp, you may have seen him perform or officially open Play Me I’m Yours, has a new project. He is planning to make an avant-garde/jazz film project together with Barbara Januszkiewicz. They still need a lot of money, so please please please donate! When artists this talented need money, you shouldn’t even have [...]
Incubate brings Jazz to Tilburg
August 4, 2011
Dutch jazz drummer and multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink will be coming to Tilburg. He is not only known for his enthusiasm, but also makes sure every show is unique because of the random objects he gets on stage just before his show. He will give a show at 013 on September 14, but we haven’t forgotten [...]
[Watch] ‘Steigerpijp’
April 26, 2011
Watch this cool short experimental film/music video about a guy who looks at life through a scaffolding pipe (‘Steigerpijp means scaffolding pipe in Dutch). The actors featured in this film as well as the music were created by the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), which is a group of jazz musicians from the Netherlands. In [...]
[Win] 2×2 tickets for Jaga Jazzist at Tivoli Oudegracht (Utrecht), April 2nd
March 21, 2011
If you have never seen Jaga Jazzist before, this show is highly recommended. If you’ve ever seen Jaga Jazzist before, you know you don’t want to miss out on any other gig from Jaga again. The band consists of two brothers Lars and Martin Horntveth with a good amount of great rotating musicians. Together they [...]
[Watch] Jazz drummer Max Roach with hi-hat solo
March 7, 2011
One of the pioneers within the bepop scene and has worked together with famous jazz artists such as Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington, here with a 1 and half minute solo on the hi-hat. Sick!
[Win] 5×2 tickets for Marshall Allen (Sun Ra) @ Paradox, Tilburg
February 28, 2011
We’ve already previewed this gig of Marshall Allen from Sun Ra playing at Paradox, Tilburg, but we can also give away free tickets! You can also pre-order your tickets on the Paradox website. We’ve already had Marshall Allen playing with the Sun Ra Arkestra at ZXZW 2008 and now Marshall Allen will play at Paradox [...]
[inQ&A] Sidsel Endresen
August 24, 2010
Less than one month until Incubate 2010. For the past few months we’ve been announcing new artists every week. But with 200 + artists coming up in September we can imagine you losing your hold. That’s why we compiled the Incubate 2010 Spotify playlist (http://incu.at/spotify). Subscribing to this playlist will get you acquainted with most [...]
The Ex Files: Come see them at Incubate!
July 26, 2010
All good things must come to an end, and thus also The Ex Files end. We’ve illustrated the first two decennia of The Ex‘ impressive music career, and by now you should have gotten a pretty good idea of The Ex’ legendary status and their importance to contemporary music. That is, if you didn’t have [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1999)
July 19, 2010
The year 1999 sees The Ex touring all over Europe and the U.S. In February, The Ex play New York and Houston, and then tour the U.S. West together with Fugazi. Back in Europe they tour Germany, followed by the release of the joint Tortoise/The Ex collaboration for the In The Fishtank series, a special [...]
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Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]