23/03/2025
QWAK club # 21
Thurs 17th April. Doors 7pm.
Tickets £13 (£9 unwaged/ concessions) + bf
KULKU - Formed in Berlin at the turn of the millennium, Kulku have evolved as a highly unique and free-formed collective of musicians that make trance-inducing, jazz-entwined, percussive and soulful (mostly) acoustic music that takes cues from the rhythmic propulsion of Jaki Liebezeit’s Can, the street-folk of Moondog, the minimalism of Steve Reich, and the droning rock n’ roll of the Velvet Underground, forming a sound that they themselves have coined ‘No-Age’.
Expect a showcase of the unique identity the band have been developing for more than two decades; a sound crafted through experimentation and innovation with primarily acoustic instruments; droning harmoniums, repetitive and phasing xylophones, timpani, cello, scrap metal and woodwind reeds, all sitting alongside soulful saxophones and the voice of frontman Andreas Riska, singing in both German and English.
A phenomenal live group - this will be a memorable one!
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MOSQUITO FARM began in 2022, an artists band and collaboration between Maddie Banwell and Grace Black. Their performances include many handmade instruments - mechanical, electronic and acoustic, alongside props and devices to play them with. Some forms are unrecognizable as instruments, while some resemble more conventional strings, drums or machines. These create sequences of drone and percussion, switching between microtonal harmonies and more chaotic layered rhythms with harsher sounds. Their performance is as much object theatre as music - their physical presence is choreographed around parameters to construct or collapse their set up, veering between intensity and awkwardness.
Recent performances include Supernormal, Kraak Festival (Belgium) and LUFF (Switzerland). So far, Mosquito Farm is mostly experienced live, however they have 2 tracks on SELN’s compilation ‘The Last Londoner’ from 2023, and a track on The Wire Magazine’s ‘Below the Radar’ compilation in November 2024. They are currently working towards a solo release with SELN later this year.
Plus DJ Benny spinning tunes in the bar before, between and after the two live acts.
