BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9350@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:A night with Luke Deane/Lisa feat. Valentina Vella DTSTAMP:20260913T110336Z DTSTART:20251025T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Composer–vocalist Luke Deane hosts an intimate double bill\, fe at. Valentina\nVella\n\nADE\n[https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/en/prog ram/filter/?section=events&type=8262%2C8263&from=2025-10-22&to=2025-10-26] \nin Splendor:\nThis year\, Splendor is part of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE ). In no fewer than\nseven concerts\, eight Splendor musicians present the ir vision of dance. A\nsurprising mix of electronic and acoustic sounds. L et yourself be carried away\nand inspired by the sound of Splendor.\n\nCom poser–vocalist Luke Deane hosts an intimate double bill: first\, a joint s et\nwith artist–performer Valentina Vella from their album-in-progress The re Was\nAlways Water\; after the interval\, Deane premieres a playful new Sock-Puppet TV\nperformance.\n\nSet 1 — There Was Always Water (first list en)\nA first taste of the improvisational album-in-progress by Luke Deane and\nValentina Vella. Voice\, electronics and piano slip between song\, so nic prose and\nsoft beats\, circling infrastructures of water and feeling: Dutch flood defenses\,\nRoman romances\, the Rotterdam Zoo\, and two matt resses that become Europe and\nAmerica’s tectonic plates in Iceland. ’70s prog meets incantatory prose and\nintimate art-pop. Vella’s contribution t o the album and performance is part of A\nPoetics of Infrastructure: Expan ding School of Love and Chaos\, Supported by CBK\nRotterdam (Centre for Vi sual Arts Rotterdam).\n\nInterval\n\nSet 2 — Sock-Puppet TV (Luke Deane)\n Performed live\, as the launch of a new online TV channel\, Sock puppets s ing with\nuncanny precision\, squeezed and lo-fi pop\, a bit of baroque ha rmony and a lot of\noddball theatre\, blurring the line between music vide o\, live concert\, and tiny\nTV studio. The set features the voices of man y talented artists who have\nparticipated in bringing this performance to life.\n\nBIOS\nLuke Deane (also known on-stage as ‘Lisa’) is a composer\, vocalist and educator\nwith a passion for co-composing and interdisciplina ry working methods. Luke’s\ncomposition lineage can be traced back to Corn elius Cardew\, teacher of Luke’s\nown mentor Howard Skempton. Luke is intr insically collaborative\, moving between\nprojects and disciplines with a focus on cutting-edge ideas. Luke brings his\nformal composition backgroun d and knowledge to these ideas\, in an endless search\nfor their deeper mu sical qualities. Lisa (Luke’s alter-ego) is released her\nsecond album und er the new name NÆT at ReWire 2025. Luke composed the original\nscore for NITE\, Asko Schonberg Ensemble\, HIIT & NKK Next: NACHTWACHT\, which was\n arranged for stage in collaboration with composer David Dramm and received \nwidespread rave reviews including critics choice in Theatrekrant and nom ination\nfor best director at NTF.\n\nValentina Vella is an Italian interd isciplinary artist based in Rotterdam.\nWorking across voice\, text\, perf ormance\, and film\, she investigates how\ninfrastructures organize emotio n\, attention\, and relational life. Fieldwork\,\nimprovisation\, and Zen- grounded practices guide her process. Vella’s work has\nbeen presented int ernationally\, including at Links Hall (Chicago)\,\nKunstinstituut Melly a nd WORM (Rotterdam)\, and La Galleria Nazionale d’Arte\nModerna (Rome). He r current trajectory\, A Poetics of Infrastructure: Expanding\nSchool of L ove and Chaos\, is supported by CBK Rotterdam.\n\nLuke Deane (Lisa): Voice \, Electronics\, Sock-Puppets\, AV\nValentina Vella: Voice\, Text\n\nshare =copy#t=0\n\nInstagram:\n@valentinahahahavella [http://[@valentina_hahaha_ vella]]\n[@lukeinthesky @socksontv](http://@luke [http://@luke]inthesky @s ocksontv) URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/luke-deane-lisa GEO:52.3699078;4.9032848 LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ade,amsterdam-centrum,concert,dance,electronics,film,improv,live ,music,nieuwmarkt/lastage,performance,piano,rave,theater X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Composer–vocalist Luke Deane hosts an intimate double bill, feat. Valentina Vella

ADE in Splendor :
This year, Splendor is part of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). In no fewer than seven concerts, eight Splendor musicians present their vision of dance. A surprising mix of electronic and acoustic sounds. Let yourself be carried away and inspired by the sound of Splendor.

Composer–vocalist Luke Deane hosts an intimate double bill: firs t, a joint set with artist–performer Valentina Vella from their album-in-p rogress There Was Always Water; after the interval, Deane premieres a play ful new Sock-Puppet TV performance.

Set 1 — There Was Always Water (first listen)
A first taste of the improvisational alb um-in-progress by Luke Deane and Valentina Vella. Voice, electronics and p iano slip between song, sonic prose and soft beats, circling infrastructur es of water and feeling: Dutch flood defenses, Roman romances, the Rotterd am Zoo, and two mattresses that become Europe and America’s tectonic plate s in Iceland. ’70s prog meets incantatory prose and intimate art-pop. Vell a’s contribution to the album and performance is part of A Poetics of Infr astructure: Expanding School of Love and Chaos, Supported by CBK Rotterdam (Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam).

Interval

Set 2 — Sock-Puppet TV (Luke Deane)
Performed live, as the launch of a new online TV channel, Sock puppets sing with uncanny precision, squeezed and lo-fi pop, a bit of baroque harmony and a lot of oddball theatre, blu rring the line between music video, live concert, and tiny TV studio. The set features the voices of many talented artists who have participated in bringing this performance to life.

BIOS
Luke Deane (also known on-stage as ‘Lisa’) is a composer, vocalist and educator wi th a passion for co-composing and interdisciplinary working methods. Luke’ s composition lineage can be traced back to Cornelius Cardew, teacher of L uke’s own mentor Howard Skempton. Luke is intrinsically collaborative, mov ing between projects and disciplines with a focus on cutting-edge ideas. L uke brings his formal composition background and knowledge to these ideas, in an endless search for their deeper musical qualities. Lisa (Luke’s alt er-ego) is released her second album under the new name NÆT at ReWire 2025 . Luke composed the original score for NITE, Asko Schonberg Ensemble, HIIT & NKK Next: NACHTWACHT, which was arranged for stage in collaboration with composer David Dramm and received widespread rave reviews including critics choice in Theatrekrant and nomination for best director at NTF.

Valentina Vella is an Italian interdisciplinary artis t based in Rotterdam. Working across voice, text, performance, and film, s he investigates how infrastructures organize emotion, attention, and relat ional life. Fieldwork, improvisation, and Zen-grounded practices guide her process. Vella’s work has been presented internationally, including at Li nks Hall (Chicago), Kunstinstituut Melly and WORM (Rotterdam), and La Gall eria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (Rome). Her current trajectory, A Poetics of Infrastructure: Expanding School of Love and Chaos, is supported by CBK R otterdam.

Luke Deane (Lisa): Voice, Electronics, So ck-Puppets, AV
Valentina Vella: Voice, Text

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