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No Room For Squares Session 26 – Witch´n´Monk – Outfox (LP 2024)
October 16, 2023 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
No mistake in the title! 😊 We’re proud and grateful to present the worldwide premiere of Witch’n’Monk’s new Album ‘Outfox’, that will not be released on vinyl until 2024. This is an exclusive chance to hear the press testing of the first album since their critically-acclaimed eponymous album was released on Tzadik Records in 2020!
Witch’n’Monk is the twinning of nonconformist Colombian flautist Mauricio Velasierra and anarchic soprano and guitarist Heidi Heidelberg. The driving force of the duo is a shared commitment to depict the multiverse, through an un-compromised, new musical language of composition and improvisation that travels fluidly between forms. This multiverse is constructed with a collection of Latin American flutes radically manipulated with effects and extended techniques, anarchic soprano vocals that move seamlessly and suddenly between characters and timbres, analogue electronics and a jazz-punk guitar/bass hybrid. Their compositions are shaped by often sleep-deprived improvisations which they record and use as the central musical layer that are exaggerated at points, or cut up, sampled and completely reinvented. Blocks of percussive flutes might emerge, Stravinskian melodies or bilingual voice riddles and experiments.
After the listening session there will a Q&A with the duo and you will also be able to get your hands on the first pre-orders of their upcoming album.
RESERVATIONS ONLY!!
*** UPDATE: waiting list spots are now available here: https://shorturl.at/xDMR7 (Link is also in bio) Please notice that the reservations are valid until 19:30! ***
Why a listening session?
A listening session is an act of reclaiming the art of long format listening. In the middle of a large city, especially in one as energetic as Berlin, it creates a thick, drinkable atmosphere , a poetic space where music can narrate untold stories and tell them to a congregation of curious minds. This shared listening experience elevates the music and the senses, reminding us of the love and stories that went into the creation of the LP (long play) record, where every crackle leaves a footprint on your mind and soul.
