Hinode Tapes | Hilde Marie Holsen & Lynn Cassiers

HINODE TAPES
Hinode Tapes trio is a conglomerate of musical personalities working at the intersection of improvisation and electronic music. Its members shun being defined by one musical current alone. Their collective fascinations range from oppressive ambient electronics to post-punk to avant-garde rock in the manner of Faust or Popol Vuh, and to elements of free jazz. A musical space liberated from rigorous rhythms, flexible material developed without a leader by artists who venture into ever new, ostensibly impenetrable territories… Crossing boundaries is not the best term in their case since the band members set themselves no boundaries in the first place, but instead invite the audience to join them on a journey across and into the expanses of their own expectations and listening habits. Since everything can happen on their stage, expectations had better be left behind before entering the concert hall.

Members: Piotr Chęcki (sax, sampler, synthesiser), Piotr Kaliński (guitar, sound effects), Jacek Prościński (drums)

HOLSEN & CASSIERS
A fundamentally minimalist but extremely electrifying female duo exploring the space hitherto defined for many years by Scandinavian jazz musicians. Cool distanced trumpet sound and ‘unreal’ vocalises blend in their music with sounds derived from different auditory spheres, contributing to a mirage in which what we hear is not always what it seems. It is a nuanced and subtle music with echoes of North European traditions and folklore, avant-garde influences, ascetic sonorism, and jazz. Its imperceptibly mesmerising, psychedelic aura contributes to an unmistakable sonic universe. Enter the doors of perception that the two artists have left ajar and stay inside for as long as the music lasts, or even for some time after its last note has died away.

Members: Hilde Marie Holsen (trumpet, electronics), Lynn Cassiers (vocals, objects, electronics)