• Ned McGowan – flute
    • Gijs Levelt – trumpet
    • Tobias Klein – alto saxophone,clarinetts
    • Jasper Blom -reeds
    • Joost Buis – trombone
    • Raphael Vanoli – guitar
    • Pascal Rousseau – tuba
    • Theo van Tol – accordeon
    • Sean Fasciani – bass
    • Uli Genenger – drums

    In 2008 the Spinifex Orchestra presented the CD ‘Triodia’. Its nine piece instrumentation set the tone for the future: complex compositions and arrangements were performed with both great precision and great freedom. The musicians excelled in individual and collective improvisations, allowing the Spinifex Orchestra to develop its identity of a new European jazz ensemble.

    Frans van Leeuwen wrote the following in NRC Next:
    ‘…the dynamics of this nine piece orchestra are tremendous. It can whisper, but also roar… With the rest of its repertoire too – colourful, rich in contrast and inspired – Spinifex at times approaches the most varied compositions of the late Charles Mingus.’