Spinifex seeks out the challenge of crossing stylistic borders. Non-Western world music encounters Western contemporary composed music and anarchic European free improv clashes with tightly structured math metal. Typical basic ingredients of Spinifex include: forceful grooves, intense improvisation, virtuoso solos, psycho-rhythms and extreme dynamics. It is a continuous quest to push back and expand stylistic boundaries.
The various musical projects include:
Spinifex Quintet
Spinifex meets Gevende
Spinifex Indian Spin (FX) – India
Spinifex Indian Spin (FX) – Netherlands
Spinifex Orchestra v.2
Spinifex Indian Spin [FX] feat. Dr. Mysore Manjunath tour in the Netherlands, may 2012
Spinifex Indian Spin [FX] with world famous Indian violinist Dr. Mysore Manjunath and percussion virtuosos B.C.Manjunath and Pramath Kiran will tour the Netherlands in may 2012.
8 may 2012 – 20:30h Musis Sacrum, Stg Jazz in Arnhem http://www.jazzinarnhem.nl
23 may 2012 – 20:30h – Paradox, Tilburg http://www.paradoxtilburg.nl
24 may 2012 – 20:30h – Tropentheater, Amsterdam http://www.tropentheater.nl
25 may 2012 – 21:00h – Qbus, De X, Leiden http://www.de-x.nl
26 may 2012 – 17.30h Music Meeting, Nijmegen (podium Mondo) http://www.musicmeeting.nl
Spinifex Quintet showcase at Jazzahead (Bremen)
april 21, 14:45h-15:15h , exhibition hall 2.
… and warming up on april 17th at the Badcuyp, Amsterdam, in a nice double bill with PumpOrgan.
Spinifex Indian Spin [FX] tour in India, january 2012
Dr. Suma Sudhindra, the celebrated veena artist from India, invited Spinifex for a tour in India. Together they played at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad on 14 january; Alliance Française, Bangalore on 19 january; and India International Centre, New Delhi on 22 january.
Follow the tour on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/spinifexmusic.nl
Spinifex Festival at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, on 18 october 2012
Spinifex will present three current projects:
Spinifex Orchestra, Spinifex Indian Spin [FX] feat. Dr. Suma Sudhindra, and Spinifex Quintet. This is also the kick-off for the Spinifex Orchestra Reunion tour, 18 october – 4 november, in the Netherlands.
Spinifex Quintet has launched an exciting new collaboration with Gevende, the well-known psychedelic folk band from Istanbul. The premiere took place on 28 november at Pera Fest, at club Haymatlos in Istanbul.
Spinifex Quintet has new recordings!
The Spinifex Quintet line-up features an explosive combination of musicians, all of whom have individually made name in Europe and abroad.
Philip Moser is the drummer of the famed Dutch math-metal band Cilice. Jasper Stadhouders is one of the most prominent Dutch improvising musicians and has played with numerous top improvisors from all over the world. Portuguese-born Gonçalo Almeida plays bass in the bands Tetterapadequ (cd on Clean Feed) en Heinz Karlhausen & The Diatonics.
Trumpet player Gijs Levelt and saxophonist/bass clarinetist Tobias Klein are the driving forces behind Spinifex, which is becoming a trademark for wonderfully adventurous music.
Funding: Fonds Podiumkunsten
