Recently we did an interview for Jazzism with Jaïr Tchong. It’s a triple portrait about our individual musical history. It is nice to have an in depth look in the becoming of the musicians. Check it out if your interested.

http://www.kapokmusic.com/user-files/uploads/2018/03/jazzism.pdf

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While all the preparations are in full swing, the days are creeping by and in only a week we’ll be playing the first shows. We’re really looking forward.

If you want to get an impression of our new work, check out our single ‘Exit’, under Media.

Hope to see you at one of the shows!

Best,

Kapok

Coming February 2018 we will play The MIRABEL TOUR. 10 concerts across the country to promote our new album. Last year we have been refining our new sound, music on the basis of improvisation; adventurous fast pieces alternate between slow, cinematic lines.

To present this new music in the most striking way, we present the album in a extraordinary setting. Under the name MIRABEL 360° we are producing four concerts  in which the audience is situated in a circle around the band. With a sound system of eight speakers, light objects and projections, unique color and sound worlds are created in which you are submerged. MIRABEL 360° is going to be an intimate but overwhelming experience.

The actual kickoff of The MIRABEL Tour is going to be in Broedplaats Lely, in Amsterdam and works as an ideal location for this project. We are really looking forward to these concerts and hope you will be there to join us.

Tickets

Live @Broedplaats Lely 15-12 https://www.yourticketprovider.nl/events/23375-kapok-mirabel-360-try-out/
Live @Broedplaats Lely 16-12 https://www.yourticketprovider.nl/events/23376-kapok-mirabel-360-premire/

After 4 months of working on our new sound, experimenting and arranging, everything suddenly begins to take shape. The new sound of Kapok is almost ready to be presented. In about a month we will present this live in the Bimhuis, at the Holland Festival 2017.

If you would like to hear a sneak preview, check out this snippit. Enjoy!

Planetary Sunrise, our project at Oerol 2016, is done. It was a magical experience with 9 sold out concerts in the sand dunes of Terschelling, featuring the music of Terry Riley and Kapok, illuminated by hypnotic projections. Thanks to all our collaborators: the Ragazze Quartet, Slagwerk Den Haag, and Blauwe Uur, everyone who helped and supported this project in any way, and thank you to our audience for sharing this experience with us. We are planning to stage the show again in the future, in The Netherlands and abroad. Onward! 🙂

The Riley CD we made with Ragazze Quartet and Slagwerk Den Haag, FourFourThree, is out now! You can get it here: www.channelclassics.com/ragazze-quartet-37816.html

It’s a very different thing compared to what we normally do, so we’re curious to hear what you think.

Check out the Media section for a video of us playing live on Dutch TV at Vrije Geluiden.

Unfortunately, our concert at the Leidse Hofjesconcerten on Monday, May 16, has been canceled. The reason is the bad weather forecast. We hope to be back in Leiden soon!

It’s been 2 years since we’ve won the Edison Jazzism Publieksprijs. For us it symbolizes the support that we have received from you, and that makes us happy and motivates us to continue to make the best music we can make.

The fact that we are nominated again is really flattering and feels like a reward for our efforts on GLASS TO SAND. But if you feel like voting, please do!

Here’s the link: www.edisons.nl/jazz/stemmen

Last but not least: check out Remco’s face on the picture! Never had there been a happier drummer to win the Edison.

Coming June we’re in for a treat. We’re joining forces again with the Ragazze Quartet to play at Oerol Festival. Over the years we’ve collaborated often with the string players but now we are doing a major project. Last year we wanted to play the music from Terry Riley, a minimal composer from the ’70, and we’ve arranged it for our combination of instruments. We’re really pleased with the result and performing it in a special way at the Oerol festival.

Also joined by graphic designers ‘Het Blauwe Uur’ and ‘Slagwerk Den Haag’ we are playing a trippy sunset concert in which the music of Riley fits perfectly. So every sunset, around 11 PM, there are 3 pieces being performed. We play a piece together with the Ragazze called Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collecter, a beautiful rhythmic and sort-of tonal piece with the performers are given a lot of freedom. And we are going to compose a new piece for us and ‘Slagwerk Den Haag’. If you’re able to visit the Oerol festival this year, do it!

Only problem is that we are still working on the funds for this project. It quite a major project and in that way pretty expensive so we would like to ask you if you could support us make this project happen. We have a ‘VoordeKunst’ actie for crowdfunding. Please watch the video here. Thank you!

https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/4347-planetary-sunrise