CONCERTS
PRINTERS/SCREECHERS
Trio Truna (TX3) (ES), Sea San (DE)
Fri. 11 October 2024
VROOM, Brussels
BOUWSEL BLASTS
De Mond & Floris Vanhoof (BE), Heta Bilaletdin (FI), Quanta Qualia (BE), Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis installation
Sat. 19 October 2024
De Koer, Ghent
OPEN HQ DAG
Bear Bones, Lay Low (BE), Frituuur Aconcagua (BE/CL/AR), Food People + Territorial Gobbing (UK), Red Brut (NL)
Sun. 03 November 2024
LaVallée, Brussels
SYNE VUYLE HACKS: Venediktos Tempelboom Release Show
LINEUP TBC
Sat. 16 November 2024
AB Club, Brussel
KRANKY STARS #2: CONTINTENTAL WEIRDO POP
FROM (ES), Kou (FR)
Thu. 28 November 2024
Kinky Star, Ghent
NEWS
AUGUST 24 NEWS
Wed. 21 August 2024
Post-heatwave scribblings hatched in a tub and snatched from our newsletter, featuring 2 new releases and a tour announcement!
KRAAK FEST 2024 IN PICTURES
Tue. 12 March 2024
The yearly pictorial recap of the sounds and faces that made up KRAAK Festival, as captured by Hans van der Linden's all-seeing lens ❤️
KRAAK FEST 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Tibor Szemző
Fri. 01 March 2024
Budapest-born composer Tibor Szemző has been an unavoidable fixture of the Hungarian avant-garde since the 70s, as a founder of the minimalist ensemble Group 180 and other multidisciplinary performance outfits like the Gordian Knot Cinematic Music Lab. His extensive solo output spans over 40 years yet still remained somewhat on the “cult” end of things until reissuings of his work made recent rounds. His stealthily slitherings between the realms of ambient, new age, minimalism and spoken word render an undefinable vision that feels grounded in the modern world, which just as soon evaporates into inscrutability as soon as you think you got it. Below: a late game special peek into Hungarian composer Tibor Szemző's visual world!
KRAAK FEST 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Sax Tape
Tue. 27 February 2024
Here’s some leftfield freshness from the ever-prescient Spettro microverse: Simone Bornati of the Twoonky/TwoMonkeys/Chorus Abstracta/etc and prime selector/sound artist Luisali sonically enmesh for one of the most confoundingly enjoyable musical trips in recent memory. Dystopian trip hop for liminal dance floors, where what initially feels clumsy and unsynchronized quickly gains a sense of its own, sending confusing signals to your body about what to do with all the moves that invariably ensue.
KRAAK FEST 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Cluster Bomb Unit
Tue. 27 February 2024
Originally formed in Stuttgart in 1989, Cluster Bomb Unit has been touring the world many times over with their straightforward, no bullshit German Raw Punk Kommando march. Founding member Oliver gives us a short update on the current state and possible futures of CBU, and we've assembled a small footage dump to get everyone fist pumping before their arrival on the KRAAK Fest stage this Sat!
RADIO SHOWS
LYL
SOUNDS ALL CAPS #3
Wed. 17 July 2024
KIOSK RADIO
JAZZIN PSYCHEDELIA RAYS
Wed. 17 July 2024