about
Percussionist Kris Vanderstraeten is one of the unsung heroes of Belgian free improvisation. Since the seventies, he has been experimenting with his unique set-up and different collaborations: the trio Sureau, a duo with Timo Van Luijk, several performances/recordings with young experimentalists. Trommels!, the second release by DROPA DISC, is also Vanderstraeten’s second solo album. It lures the listener into a universe without rules, a place where intuition and imagination decide what happens. Vanderstraeten does not play by the rules, he pushes them to the max. His drum kit isn’t just an instrument: it becomes a sound generator to explore the maximal potential of texture, dynamics and space.
credits
released August 14, 2016
Dropa Disc #002 -
dropadisc.com
LP edition of 300
Kris Vanderstraeten: Percussion, Snares & Objects
Recorded live at Zuiderpershuis for the Oorstof series, organized by Sound in Motion/Oorstof, 23 November 2014 Recorded, mixed and mastered by: Michael W. Huon, Brussels, 2016
Foto back: Daniël Van Acker
Foto front: Looking for oil in the southern marshes (L’Irak En Images- 1958)
Cover lay-out: Gerard Herman & Kris Vanderstraeten
Thanks to: Koen, Christel, Gerard, Daniël en Ivo