FOLK FUTURES: Çhâñt Élečtrónïqùe + Builenradar + Pak Yan Lau @LaSource

Music on a Whim proudly presents Folk Futures, where tradition collides head-on with the exploratory to produce a riot of exotic new hybrids.

Featuring the granular post-blues guitar strafe of Builenradar; çhâñt élečtrónïqùe’s disarmingly poignant fusion of global folk styles and electronics, and the finely textured dronescapes and polyrhythms of Pak Yan Lau, this promises to be an unmissable evening of endless sonic possibility.

Address – La Source, Rue Dieudonné Lefèvre 4, 1020 Brussels
Doors – 7 pm
Tickets – 11 euros advance + booking fees; 14 euros on the door (cash only)

Çhâñt Élečtrónïqùe – Folk/Electronic/Experimental

çhâñt élečtrónïqùe is an international collective of traditional singers, electronic musicians and producers. Consisting of seven members from France, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina the group was formed in 2019 with the idea of exploring where ancient singing traditions and electronic music meet.

The group have released one album “çhâñt élečtrónïqùe vol. 1” on London-based independent label Rika Muzika and have toured throughout Europe in France, Portugal and Croatia. They are in the process of recording a second album due to be released in 2024

“It’s like listening to traditional choral music on the dark side of the moon…” – Songlines

“…an enthralling debut album that explores international folk traditions and avant-garde beats” – The Quietus

https://chantelectronique.bandcamp.com/album/h-t-le-tr-n-q-e-vol-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZpWe8LvU-c

Bulienradar – Folk / Post-Apocalyptic / Psyechedelic

Builenradar is the music project of Belgian visual artist and guitarist Wouter Vanhaelemeesch. Previously known as Urpf Lanze, he’s been producing trance-like weirdo guitar boogie that takes inspiration from disparate musical influences and desperate mood swings since the early 2010s. Playing with a self-developed unorthodox style with a resophonic guitar on his lap, his music defies categorisation but rubs elbows with like-minded outsiders like 75 Dollar Bill, Wilburn Burchette, Tom Zé, Bill Orcutt…

‘Anxiety flows like a waterfall through every facet of “Gas Giant,” bringing apprehensive drama to each mangled Orcutt-imbued chord progression. Fantastic.’ – Foxy Digitalis
‘There’s immense skill in creating something that sounds this spectacularly unhinged. Shattering any notion of convention and existing within its own rules’ – The Quietus

builenradar.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-no-hunger-in-your-shame
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87KSJ_wgsw

Pak Yan Lau – Experimental / Electronic / Improvisation

Lau is a pianist with a penchant for improvisation, sound and electro- acoustic experimentation. Her music ranges from minimal sound explorations (lauroshilau with Yuko Oshima and Audrey Lauro), to free jazz improv (Mette Rasmussen, Chris Corsano) to electro-groove/ambient (Going – trio with Giovanni Di Domenico and João Lobo). And currently also active as composer (latest release: Bakunawa, an ensemble piece for prepared harp, gong rods, toy piano’s and minimal electronics) and creating sound- installations involving site specific places.

“Skilfully blending acoustic, electro-acoustic and electronic approaches, she explores sound in a bewitching way, merging these different approaches and sound sources with poetry, magic and finesse”, SHAPE Platform.

https://pakyanlau.bandcamp.com/

Artwork by the immensely talented Becky Pearey

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