In 2015 Spinifex celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a very special ensemble: spinifeX maXimus. The current quintet line-up, which has received enthousiastic reviews for the recent cd Hipsters Gone Ballistic, will still be Spinifex Maximus' nucleus and its defining force, but the ensemble will joined by seven extraordinary musicians from London, Gent, Bologna, Cologne, Chicago, New York and Amsterdam, opening the doors to an even wider range of dynamics, new orchestral colors, creative energy and joyful improvising.
already confirmed concert dates 2015:
30 october Paradox, Tilburg
31 october Hot House, Leiden
1 november Piet Hein Eek, Eindhoven (Axesjazzpower)
5 november Bimhuis, Amsterdam
7 november Plusetage, Baarle-Nassau
New Spinifex cds
2 new Spinifex cds will be released in 2015: a new Spinifex (quintet) album, and a cd of the large ensemble spinifeX maXimus.
Both cds will be part of a festive 5-cd box (Spinifex 2005-2015) which will also include Spinifex Orchestra Triodia (2008), Spinifex Hipsters Gone Ballistic (2013) and a compilation of previously unreleased material by Spinifex Tuba Band, Indian Spin [FX] and Bollycore.
Spinifex in Siberia!
Spinifex will join the MuzEnergoTour! 5 days in june around Moscow, and 3 weeks in august, travelling 4000 kms from Irkutsk to Vladivostok, playing 20 gigs at venues ranging from clubs to philharmonic halls to open-air festivals.
Looking back:
tour in Eastern Europe,
december 2014
In december 2014, Spinifex toured in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia. Special thanks to Fonds Podiumkunsten for the support. Some impressions of that trip:
