Like the Belgian weather forecast, our brains have been a mass of grey fog and erratic waterworks for the better part of the last month: the postKRAAKfest comedown, the transatlantic holidaymaking and some serious multidisciplinary bingeing (TV & substances mainly) is what’s been up around these parts ~ still managed to get some shit done though:
OUT NOW: DONNA CANDY - BLOOMING
New release alert, and it couldn’t have come any sooner ~ here’s Blooming, the debut LP from KRAAK Fest 22 alumni Donna Candy aka the bass-vocal-drums trio trawled from the sub genres of experimental rock and busy pushing to the front of heavy music. Nu metal bass riffs, switch-pitched fuzz vocals and big, splashy drums layer over unsettling narratives and extreme loops to bring a bit of the pit to the dance floor. Our first massive co-release with bison, Swallowing Helmets, and Isola records, you can check this yung mosher out over at our Bandcamp, and stay tuned for a v special double release show comin atcha in May 👀 In the meantime, here’s some wild funhouse ride with their video for “H4T”!
KRAAK’S FUTURA RESISTENZAATRON
THIS SATURDAY 15/04::: catch us at Au Kalme in BXL with Futura Resistenza for our first ever coprod megazorddddd ~ ~ ~ KRAAK'S FUTURARESISTENZAATRON, with Bergur Anderson & Diana Duta welcoming us into the songster’s commune, Floris Vanhoof blowing minds with soap bubbles and lasers, Lucija Gregov improvising cello journeys and Maria Bertel blasting amps with her trombones. We also got the ever-befuddling Maarten Raskin aka Scanty Canteen Music securing the decks ~ DOORS AT 6PM AND WE’LL JUST TAKE IT FROM THERE, see you au calme 🐥
THEM ODDS & ENDS
RADIO ROUNDUP, we really need to improve these updates::: but anyway there’s only been one DNVG to speak of, and we ran through the musics playing at our latest Brugesian foray with Dekant yadda yadda ~ and GG went cachilapin’ on Kiosk Radio again to also plug some Tietchens/Jazzoux/Les Marquises/Rump State alongside some eternal USB lurkers.
LOTS GOING ON THIS MONTH IN THE BELGIAN OFFSTREAMSPHERE, starting with a compelling night at SMOG in Brussels tomorrow, with Andrés Navarro Garcia & Valentina Vuksic ~ then the Dekant bros are putting up Sans Âge & 's Lands Welvaren Friday 14/04 at BEEN in Bruges ~ then if you just can’t make it to OUR thing, Ambertje Meulenijzer is showing her sound install mo(ve)ments at gr’Ambacht on Saturday :@ ~ then there’s a pretty impressive Studio Manhattan outing Friday 21/04 with Voice Actor, Ameel Brech & Pega doing the aftershow, that’s in Leuven ~ and ja, that’s all we can muster to luster
PSA TO IDEALIZED WRITERS:::: we’ll be kicking off a new KRAAK zine in the near-immediate future. If you’re into writing/drawing/contributing in any form, get in touch asap via this email or directly to gabriela@kraak.net WE NEED YR SWEAT.