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Clemens Kuratle Ydivide at Loft
Courtesy of LOFT | Posted on January 12, 2023
When
Mon, February 13, 2023
20:30
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Musicians
Dee Byrne
saxophone, altoChris Guilfoyle
guitarElliot Galvin
pianoLukas Traxel
bassClemens Kuratle
drumsAbout
tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro
doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET
Before the pandemic and in the midst of the Brexit turmoil, this band was launched at the Jazzwerkstatt 2019 and unites five extremely independent musicians from England, Ireland and Switzerland, who have caused a stir throughout Europe under their own names and as sidemen or sidewomen.
The lynchpin of the band is the Bernese drummer and composer Clemens Kuratle. The compositions are not an end in themselves but always arise from an examination of socio-political issues. Lumumba, for example, is dedicated to the Congolese Pan-Africanist and freedom fighter Patrice Lumumba and arose out of an examination of Europe’s colonial past and its consequences for the African continent. Bwegshit reflects the state of Great Britain around Brexit on a large scale and the British House of Commons on a small scale....