Aquelarre is back with a very special international booking: Kulku, a seven-piece band travelling all the way from Germany, and emerging local band Vexations.
Kulku embodies an exhilarating Happening, a profound ceremony of raw music. Organic, driven, grounded yet floating. Kulku was founded by Johanna Riska and Andreas Riska alias Wenzlovar. The roots of their music grew out of influences from early minimal music (Moondog, Steve Reich), ritual music and art rock legends of the 60s. In the tradition of German Krautrock bands such as Can and Faust, the band is characterized by a sound whose raw material is made up of Orff instruments. With this special collection of instruments: metallophone, drums, orchestral timpani, xylophone, clarinet, saxophone, cello and an assortment of self-made instruments a universe of metaphysical stories is created. Stories about enlightened dogs or lost visionaries in the urban jungle full of light and shadows. An acoustic perpetuummobile that is fed by concentrated absorption. Exploring the sound spectrum of wood, metal and the human voice. Kulku calls their music No Age, a mix of unkitsch spirituality and the raw energy of punk/no wave.
Named after composer Satie’s infamous composition, that was banned because it was deemed too unsettling to perform live, Vexations create frenetic and off-kilter post-psych, with dissonant layered guitars, unorthodox song structures, and vocals that oscillate between spoken word and emphatic screams, to give a punchy yet unearthly sonic experience.
Pako Vega, the mind behind Aquelarre and Sounds of Ogigia, will open the night with a very special DJ set, diving into gnarly experimental sounds from avant-garde to art-rock and post-punk.
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