BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22232@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:FRED FRITH\, TIM HODGKINSON & LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE) + LUKRAAK (Marcu s Wärnheim & Thomas Jaspers) DTSTAMP:20260512T190314Z DTSTART:20261020T183000Z DESCRIPTION:A NIGHT OF TOTAL MUSIC #2:: FRED FRITH\, TIM HODGKINSON & LIZ A LBEE (US/UK/DE) +\nLUKRAAK (MARCUS WÄRNHEIM & THOMAS JASPERS)\n\n\n– A DAZ ZLING CELEBRATION OF THE UNEXPECTED – CONTEMPLATIVE AND ECSTATIC\, UNRULY\ nAND GLORIOUSLY ALIVE –\n\nFRED FRITH + TIM HODGKINSON + LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/ DE)\nA meeting of three outstanding improvisational musicians who understa nd sound as\nan open territory. Guitar legend Fred Frith – co-founder of H enry Cow and a\ndefining figure in experimental music since the 1970s – en counters Tim\nHodgkinson\, a comrade from those radical early days and an tireless explorer of\nimprovisation\, composition\, and sound anthropology . Joining them is Liz Allbee\,\na Berlin-based trumpeter and sound artist who transforms her instrument into a\nvibrating resonant body of breath\, electronics\, and material experimentation. A\nfully improvised trialogue – raw\, poetic\, and unpredictable.\n\nThe combination of Frith‘s prepared guitar/string work\, Hodgkinson‘s intense\nreed work/composition\, and Al bee‘s trumpet/electronics represents a high-level\nintersection of veteran avant-garde and experimental improvisation.\n\nMulti-instrumentalist\, co mposer\, and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise\nof one kind or a nother for more than 50 years\, starting with the rock collective\nHenry C ow\, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968.\nFred is best known as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser\,\nsong-writer\, and com poser for film\, dance and theater. Through bands like Art\nBears\, Massac re\, Skeleton Crew\, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet\, Cosa Brava\, and\nnow Fremakajo he has stayed close to his roots in rock and folk music while\n branching out in many other directions.\nFred has performed works by and s ometimes alongside composers Alvin Curran\,\nMeredith Monk\, Pauline Olive ros\, Terry Riley\, and Christian Wolff\; improvised\nwith Lotte Anker\, D erek Bailey\, Han Bennink\, Peter Brötzmann\, Lol Coxhill\, Janet\nFeder\, gabby fluke-mogul\, Tim Hodgkinson\, Joëlle Léandre\, Phil Minton\, Ikue\ nMori\, Butch Morris\, Bob Ostertag\, Evan Parker\, Zeena Parkins\, Paula Sanchez\,\nSusana Santos Silva and Camel Zekri\, to name a few\; and—as se ssion\nmusician—recorded on albums by\, for example\, Brian Eno\, The Resi dents\, Robert\nWyatt\, The Swans\, Violent Femmes\, Material\, Negativlan d\, John Zorn\, Matthew and\nthe Unfortunates\, and Half Japanese.\nhttps: //www.fredfrith.com/live/ [https://www.fredfrith.com/live/]\n\nTim Hodgkin son (b. 1949) studied social anthropology at Cambridge\, and\nco-founded t he politically and musically radical group HENRY COW with Fred Frith\nin 1 968. In addition to composing\, he has a long involvement in improvisation \,\nand came back to anthropology in the 1990’s with research into music a nd\nshamanism in Siberia.\nAs an improvising musician on reeds and lap ste el guitar Tim Hodgkinson has\nperformed all over the world with many of th e most acclaimed artists in the\nfield\, and continues to be fully engaged in the celebrated Konk Pack trio with\nRoger Turner and Thomas Lehn. In 2 009 he released KLARNT – a CD of solo clarinet\nimprovisations.\nhttp://ww w.timhodgkinson.co.uk/ [http://www.timhodgkinson.co.uk/]\n\nLiz Allbee is a trumpet player who doesn’t play the trumpet all that often. Or\nat least \, not the regular one. Instead\, she frequently opts for a quadrophonic\n trumpet of her own design\, as well as her voice and a myriad of self-made \nobjects. The case in point is her recent album Breath Vessels\, made usi ng\nvarious glasses\, pots and dismantled second-hand instruments which pr oduce a\nsurprisingly melodious drone.\nOften radical\, Allbee is also an economic composer and improviser: prudent\nlayering of loops provides a sm ooth passage towards trance. An uneasy one –\nsince Allbee’s inspiration c omes from recent events like the sinking of the ship\nAdriana with hundred s of migrants on board in 2023\, or from a withering\nobservation the prob lems of our planet started when humans evolved opposable\nthumbs. A consol ing one – since her work is conceived as new folk music\, driven\nnot by n ostalgia but by a sense of community.\nhttps://lizallbee.net/ [https://liz allbee.net/]\n\nLUKRAAK\nLukraak plays post-silly music of crooked beauty. Using alto saxophone\, drums\,\nflutes\, found objects as well as their o wn centered bodies and flying limbs\,\nthey produce something of their own with a haphazard attitude. Intricate sonic\nmosaics and vivid tapestries of complex sound masses are created along the edges\nof experimental jazz and neo-neo-dada-dada.\n\nLukraak has previously performed at Porta-Jazz F estival and Valkhof Festival\, as\nwell as at venues in the Netherlands\, Germany\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Belgium\, France\,\nPoland and the Baltics. T hey are individually and collectively active members of\nthe vibrant exper imental music scene of Amsterdam\, and together with Jaap Blonk\nthey perf orm as Luk&BlonkRaak. On 26th of September 2025 their debut album\n‘Zaalig ’ was released on LukRecords.\n\nMarcus Wärnheim – alto saxophone\, record ers and other stuff\nThomas Jaspers – drums\, cymbals\, recorders and othe r stuff\n\nhttps://lukraak.bandcamp.com/album/zaalig\n[https://lukraak.ban dcamp.com/album/zaalig]\n\nLUKRAAK LIVE IN LILLE\n\nWatch this video on Yo uTube [https://youtu.be/48Aj7v-mEXA] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/fred-frith-tim-hodgkinson-and-liz-albee -usukde-lukraak-marcus-warnheim-and-thomas-jaspers GEO:52.354338;4.8553367 LOCATION:OCCII - Amstelveenseweg 134\, 1075 XL Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-zuid,community,dance,electronics,experimental,festival s,film,free jazz,improv,jazz,live,music,rock,schinkelbuurt,theater,total m usic X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A night of Total Music #2:: FRED FRITH, TI M HODGKINSON & LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE) + LUKRAAK (Marcus Wärnheim & T homas Jaspers)

– a dazzling celebration of the unexpected – conte mplative and ecstatic, unruly and gloriously alive –

FRED FRITH + TIM HODGKINSON + LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE)
A meeting of th ree outstanding improvisational musicians who understand sound as an open territory. Guitar legend Fred Frith – co-founder of Henry Cow and a defining figure in experimental music since th e 1970s – encounters Tim Hodgkinson, a comrade from those radical early days and an tireless explorer of improvisation, composition , and sound anthropology. Joining them is Liz Allbee, a B erlin-based trumpeter and sound artist who transforms her instrument into a vibrating resonant body of breath, electronics, and material experimenta tion. A fully improvised trialogue – raw, poetic, and unpredictable.

< p>The combination of Frith‘s prepared guitar/string work, Hodgkinson‘s intense reed work/composition, and Albee‘s trumpet/electronics represents a high-level intersection of veteran avant-garde and experimental improvisation.

Multi-instru mentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith has been m aking noise of one kind or another for more than 50 years, starting with t he rock collective Henry Cow, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968.
Fred is best k nown as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser, song-writer, and c omposer for film, dance and theater. Through bands like Art Bears< /strong>, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cosa Brava, an d now Fremakajo he has stayed close to his roots in rock and folk music while branching out in many other directions.
F red has performed works by and sometimes alongside composers Alvin Curran, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, a nd Christian Wolff; improvised with Lotte Anker, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Peter Brötzmann, Lol Coxhill, Janet Feder, gabb y fluke-mogul, Tim Hodgkinson, Joëlle Léandre, Phil Minton, Ikue Mori, But ch Morris, Bob Ostertag, Evan Parker, Zeena Parkins, Paula Sanchez, Susana Santos Silva and Camel Zekri, to name a few; and—as session musi cian—recorded on albums by, for example, Brian Eno, The Residents, Robert Wyatt, The Swans, Violent Femmes, Material, Negativland, John Zorn , Matthew and the Unfortunates, and Half Japanese.
https://w ww.fredfrith.com/live/

Tim Hodgkinson (b. 1949 ) studied social anthropology at Cambridge, and co-founded the politically and musically radical group HENRY COW with Fred Frith in 1968. In addition to composing, he has a long involvemen t in improvisation, and came back to anthropology in the 1990’s with resea rch into music and shamanism in Siberia.
As an improvising musician on reeds and lap steel guitar Tim Hodgkinson has performed all over the world with many of the most acclaimed artists in the field, and continues to be fully engaged in the celebrated Konk Pack trio with Roger Turner and T homas Lehn. In 2009 he released KLARNT – a CD of solo cl arinet improvisations.
http://www.timhodgkinson.co.uk/

Liz Allbee is a trumpet player who doesn’t play the trumpet all that often. O r at least, not the regular one. Instead, she frequently opts for a quadro phonic trumpet of her own design, as well as her voice and a myriad of sel f-made objects. The case in point is her recent album Breath Vessels, made using various glasses, pots and dismantled second-hand instrumen ts which produce a surprisingly melodious drone.
Often radical, Allbee is also an economic composer and improviser: prudent lay ering of loops provides a smooth passage towards trance. An uneasy one – s ince Allbee’s inspiration comes from recent events like t he sinking of the ship Adriana with hundreds of migrants on board in 2023, or from a withering observation the problems of our planet started when h umans evolved opposable thumbs. A consoling one – since her work is concei ved as new folk music, driven not by nostalgia but by a sense of community .
https://lizallbee.n et/

LUKRAAK
Lukraak plays post-silly music of crooked beauty. Using alto saxophone, drums, flutes, found objects as well as their own centered bodies and flying limbs, they produce something of their own with a haphazard attitude. Intricate sonic mosaics and vivid tapestries of complex sound masses are created along the edges of experimental jazz and neo-neo-dada-dada.

Lukraak< /strong> has previously performed at Porta-Jazz Festival and Valkhof Festival, as well as at venues in the Netherl ands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Poland and the Baltics. T hey are individually and collectively active members of the vibrant experi mental music scene of Amsterdam, and together with Jaap Blonk they perform as Luk&BlonkRaak. On 26th of Septem ber 2025 their debut album ‘Zaalig’ was released on LukRe cords.

Marcus Wärnheim – alto saxophone, recorders and other stuff
Thomas Jaspers – drums, cym bals, recorders and other stuff

https://lukraak.bandcamp.com/album/zaalig

LUKRAAK LIVE IN LILLE

Watch this video on YouTube

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