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Lukas Akintaya: Hues at Loft
Courtesy of LOFT | Posted on May 9, 2022
When
Sat, May 14, 2022
20:30
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Musicians
Keisuke Matsuno
guitar, electricJeremy Viner
saxophoneSimon Jermyn
bass, electricLukas Akintaya
drumsAbout
tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro
doors: 8.00 pm CEST
concert starts:
8.30 pm CEST
Berlin-based drummer and composer Lukas Akintaya reflects on his time in New York City with his project and eponymous debut album HUES (Skirl Records, 2021). He focuses on finding one’s bearings in a new environment, rethinking familiar and entrenched paradigms, and taking other perspectives into account. The album speaks its own language, which cannot be reduced to a genre term. A strong improvisational approach mixes with post and alternative rock, ambient and electronic. Meanwhile, HUES is not about crossing boundaries or reproducing familiar narratives – a free collective spirit is at the heart of this ensemble’s music, allowing for unforeseen developments....