SAX.EXE

Renowned saxophonist and composer Ties Mellema gives his instrument a digital makeover. In SAX.EXE Ties takes the instrument to new heights, blending raw acoustic energy with heavy beats, deep basses, and electronic soundscapes.

With a mix of multiple saxophones and cutting-edge electronics, Mellema creates a pulsing, hypnotic experience that's part rave, part cybernetic ritual, and part sonic experiment. Techno rhythms meet contemporary textures, improvisation blends with algorithmic precision, and the saxophone transforms into a machine of breath, noise, and code.

"As I grow older, I find myself drawn back to the activities I enjoyed as a kid. I used to experiment with sequencers, creating beats and funky loops. Now, I'm turning that childhood passion into a reality by organizing a concert around this idea!"

Expect:
Relentless beats & warped saxophone tones Industrial pulses & glitch aesthetics
A deep dive into sound manipulation

This isn’t just a concert—it’s SAX.EXE, where music runs like a program and evolves in real-time. Get ready for the upload.

Solo Saxophones & Electronics:
Ties Mellema, composer, saxophones, electronics

Ties on [insta](https://www.instagram.com/tiesmellema/ https://www.facebook.com/tiesmellema)

Member concert
Splendor can only be the independent and free hub that it is, thanks to the members who support us. We pay them back with our specialty: music. Every year, all Splendor musicians play one concert that's free for this crucial group to whom Splendor owes its everyday existence. Combined with many other events, this means that our members have free entrance to over 50 concerts a year for €9,99 p/m (and €4,99 p/m for minima and students!) – and receive a discount for all other concerts. Pretty good deal, right?

The members enable Splendor to remain independent, which is the only way to secure real freedom in programming, experimentation, risk-taking and the promotion of young, upcoming artists. If you can think of another place without a central programming, where last-minute concerts can be planned any moment, where there is no backstage and artists and audience are constantly mingling and hanging out at the bar, where mysterious creative outbursts can be presented that are often labeled 'too risky' elsewhere, and that still guarantees high quality by unleashing the best of The Netherlands' music scene in this creative playground – you get a free membership!

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