Music Night with Monkeybar and Monoswezi

Thu 10 Nov 2016, 8 pm
ATK

From the organizer:

Come to the music night with Monkeybar and Monoswezi.

MONKEYBAR

MonkeyBar are Scandinavian duo Steinar Nickelsen and Erik Nylander.

They create live driving techno with off-kilter drumming, swollen synth lines and deep bass drones: evocative of epic days filled with darkness in the northernmost fjords of Scandinavia. Their sets are improvised, taking the audience with them on journey of synesthesia: playful, yet viscerally emotive. They use their instruments to provide a portal to outer-body experiences, responding to each crowd and atmosphere as they see fit.

With a long history of jazz practice and performance, Steinar Nickelsen was honoured Young Jazz Musician of the Year in his native Norway, and Erik Nylander, originally from Sweden, is one of Norway’s most active drummers, frequently touring and playing in multiple bands and recording sessions.

MONOSWEZI

Monoswezi are a collective of musicians originally from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe based in Norway. With a common passion for traditional African music in general, and music from Zimbabwe and Mozambique in particular, Monoswezi seeks a musical expression, where respect for tradition is combined with different references and experiences from jazz and modern Western music. In addition to traditional music, Monoswezi performs music composed by the band members, with a strong improvisational approach.

Monoswezi has recent years been touring, Scandinavia, UK, Germany, Southern Africa, Malaysia and China, playing at London Jazz Festival, radio concert in BBC, Jazzahead Bremen, Penang International Jazz Festival, Oslo World Music Festival amongst others.

Tickets: 80k on the door