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Here's
a list of places to see
interesting music in and around
Amsterdam.
We really wish someone
had given us a list like this when
we moved here....
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OT301
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Former squat
with regular Monday night
electro-acoustic improv sessions called
Kraakgeluiden in de
Binnenstad.
This is at this moment the more
challenging and geeky (in a good
way) of the regular Amsterdam
improv nights...almost always
thought-provoking.
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Zaal
100
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Another legalised
squat with regular Tuesday night
improv sessions, usually acoustic
and with more obvious references to
jazz than the OT301
sessions, but still adventurous.
Organized in conjunction with
Plutones.
There's also a nice Wednesday
night series or two at this same
location....you can
have the details of this and the
Monday/Tuesday sessions mailed to
you if you sign up for the Podium
Post list
here.
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OCCII
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Yet
another former squat with excellent,
varied programming consisting
primarily of punk, indie, rap, and
electronica, but they have the
occasional improv show.
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BIMHuis
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The
jazz mecca. For example, November
2003's program includes Anthony
Braxton, Steve Lacy, Mark Dresser,
Hamid Drake, Sam Rivers, Cecil
Taylor/Tony Oxley, and more....not
to mention all of our local
talent...
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Badcuyp
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Muziekcentrum De Badcuyp is a
music centre that programs improvisational jazz, salsa and
world/experimental music in a former bathhouse located in one of
Amsterdam's great neighborhoods, the Pijp.
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STEIM
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Electronics
R & D center with occasional
concerts and lectures that are
almost always worthwhile.
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Magpie
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Not actually a venue but a
collective of improvising musicians and dancers who perform in various
combinations about once a month or so. Frequent contributors lately include
Mary Oliver, Cor Fuhler, Andy Moor, Steve Heather, Yannis Kyriakides and a
pile of other fun people (their website is not always the most up-to-date
way to find out where they're playing, so Google them just to be sure).
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Actually just a good old bruin
cafe, but every Sunday they have a very good (if relatively safe) jazz
session, usually led by one of our local tenor greats (Sean Bergin, Toby
Delius, etc.). The link on the left actually points to a list of Amsterdam
"jazz sessions" since De Engelbewaarder doesn't have its own website...we
know nothing about the quality of the other sessions listed on that page, so you're on your
own there if you're feeling adventurous.
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WORM
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Not
in Amsterdam, but worth a trip:
Rotterdam's all-purpose
adventurous music sponsor. |
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