#amsterdamzuid — Public Fediverse posts

TisDass (Niger)

OCCII, Saturday, October 3 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

TisDass – rock touareg from Niger

TisDass, hailing from Niger, is set for another European tour in 2026. Following the military putsch in August 2023, which led to the cancellation of a significant portion of their tour, the band successfully returned to European stages in 2025 with 32 dates across 9 countries.

Tisdass is led by singer-guitarist Moussa Kildjate Albadé, and is based in Niamey with roots in Tchintabaraden, a town emblematic of the Tamasheq kel of Niger. “TisDass” means ‘Pillars‘ in Tamasheq, a reference to the pillars of traditional Berber tents. This name signifies the group’s deep connection to their culture, which they aim to defend and promote through their powerful music.

Houmaïssa, released by Bolingo Art/Rebel Up (Inouïe Distribution), is named after a Tuareg symbol exclusively worn by women. With this album, TisDass pays homage to women, who are considered the pillars of the family in Tuareg society. While the album features a quicker tempo, the acoustic tracks “Tara” (Love) and “Itag Aguen” (Many things are happening) maintain the distinctive sound of Sahelian music. The remaining tracks showcase the rock direction the band has embraced on stage. The songs’ themes consistently reflect the Tuareg people’s desire and hope for peace, as heard in “Taflist” (Trust), “Derhan” (Hope), and “Ikewagne” (Root).

The inspiration for a third album arose when the current line-up toured to support Amanar (Bolingo Art), recorded in 2019 and released in 2021 (Inouïe Distribution). Since then, TisDass‘ music has evolved into a decidedly rock sound with more danceable tracks, thanks to the contributions of rhythm guitarist Mouhamed Khamed Assalerh, the faster drumming of young Issoufou Dan Nana Ichaya, and the enhanced groove from experienced bassist Bouba Hamidine Souleymane. The ever-present backing vocals and claps further enrich their sound.

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/tisdass-niger

STEPMOTHER (Lukas Simonis, Jeroen Visser, Bill Gilonis/Dirk Bruinsma, Tisa Neža Herlec & Philipp Ernsting) + More TBC

OCCII, Friday, October 16 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

STEPMOTHER is Lukas Simonis (Dull Schicksal, Bazip Zeehok, Coolhaven ...), Jeroen Visser (Kazanchis, morFrom ...), Bill Gilonis (The Work, The Hat Shoes, Hail ...), since this second record -only 10 years after the first- also including Tisa Neža Herlec aka Tisa World (multidisciplinarian) and Philipp Ernsting (ao. Albatre). The live version lacks Gilonis but Dirk Bruinsma (ao. Blast, Pumporgan) replaces him on bass.

About STEPMOTHER and their ‘new’ album; “Bring me flowers and tell me you love me ̈ ...
It took slightly long before this second album was finished, maybe due to the fact that the band members live in different countries, but although some material was written not long after the first album was finished, it lacked something that wasn’t necessary when that first album was made; a good singer. So in comes Tisa World and within a very short time the album was finally finished. What can we expect that is different from the first album?

Then it was “...Anglo-American-Dutch post-punk prog rock and experimental soundscapes with a dash of Bonzo Dog Band thrown in...” -totally untrue-

What more could you ask for? The journey we are taking this time is as eclectic as before, musically with nifty electronics, spooky horn sections, noisy guitars, great drumming by
Ernsting and on top of that, Tisa World’s evince voice that is able to go forward in all directions without losing it’s authenticity, lyrically we go from succulent plants to more great trading days that are great, goblin markets and drunken gamblers. Can we say this? Yes we can this: he record is much more than a sum of its parts – and again it’s beautifully packed to boot, with artwork by Alfred Boland.

https://stepmother-newrelease.bandcamp.com/album/bring-me-flowers-and-tell-me-you-love-me

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/stepmother-lukas-simonis-jeroen-visser-bill-gilonisdirk-bruinsma-tisa-neza-herlec-and-philipp-ernsting-more-tbc

THE HANDOVER (EG) + ERICA DAWN LYLE (US) + TASHI DORJI, ANDY MOOR & SUN MI HONG (BU/UK/KOR)

OCCII, Sunday, October 25 at 08:30 PM GMT+1

THE HANDOVER (EG) + ERICA DAWN LYLE (US) + TASHI DORJI, ANDY MOORE & SUN MI HONG (BU/UK/KOR)
free music | guitar improv | sublime frequencies

20:30 ERICA DAWN LYLE (US)
21:25 THE HANDOVER (EG)
22:35 TASHI DORJI, ANDY MOOR & SUN MI HONG (BU/UK/KOR)

MORE INFO SOON!

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please21:00 support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-handover-eg-erica-dawn-lyle-us-tashi-dorji-andy-moor-and-sun-mi-hong-buukkor

Dim Pinks + Venus Tropicaux + My Purse + DJ Steve

OCCII, Saturday, October 10 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Dim Pinks + Venus Tropicaux + My Purse + DJ Steve

Three female-fronted bands: starting dreamy-noisy, moving into raw melodic punk, and ending with fresh playful meaningful punk

Dim Pinks
Dim Pinks make dreamy noisy music that captures life’s ups and downs and everything in between. On their new EP Universe they place everyday themes against a cosmic backdrop. Their sound brings to mind The Breeders, Pixies and Horsegirl, with hints of Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo.

Watch this video on YouTube

Venus Tropicaux
Venus Tropicaux is a no wave band from Rotterdam. The band makes raw, idiosyncratic punk with a strong DIY mentality and a love for short, explosive sets. Ten years after releasing their first and only EP Lycra Pants, Venus Tropicaux will release their debut album independently in 2027.

Watch this video on YouTube

My Purse
My Purse has been making waves in Amsterdam. With members from Yodel Queen, Cardigan Inn, and Hondenfokker, they bring a new multi-vocal celebration of playful punk and lots of fresh energy. As a female punk band, they feel it’s important to make music that reflects their perspective. Songs are strange and funny, but usually with an underlying message. Throughout 2026 they are bringing out new singles, DIY animated clips, and a new album.

Watch this video on YouTube

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dim-pinks-venus-tropicaux-my-purse-dj-steve

24H Zuid | films uit zuid

Cinetol, Saturday, October 10 at 02:00 PM GMT+2

Het Amsterdam Buurt Film Festival komt naar Cinetol met een speciale editie vol films en verhalen uit de buurt. Bekijk onder andere de documentaire Stadsdorp de Pijp van buurtbewoner Simon Bunt. Ontmoet filmmakers en buurtbewoners en geniet van films, muziek en poëzie.

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Het festival brengt filmmakers, bezoekers en buurtbewoners samen om verhalen uit hun eigen omgeving te delen. Dit keer staan films en verhalen uit Amsterdam-Zuid centraal.

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Op het programma staat onder andere Stadsdorp de Pijp, een documentaire van buurtbewoner Simon Bunt. Ook zie je Hier begint de zee, een korte documentaire van Gertruud Langedijk, Heel Amsterdam Danst, een AdamTok van Miro Lucassen en Rare Vogels, een prijswinnende AI-animatie van Liesbeth Agelink.

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Naast de films is er ruimte om samen te praten en ideeën uit te wisselen. Ook zijn er optredens met muziek of poëzie die passen bij het thema van de middag. De middag wordt geopend door Kibret Mekonnen, initiatiefnemer en artistiek directeur van het ABFF.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/24h-zuid-or-films-uit-zuid

Saba Alizadeh & Farzané (NL/IRN) + Vehicle/Passenger (US/CW/DE)

OCCII, Friday, October 23 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Saba Alizadeh

Architect of Power Ambient

Saba Alizadeh occupies a singular space in contemporary music ,a sonic language so distinct it seems to exist outside comparison.

Coming from a distinguished musical lineage and shaped by more than two decades as a composer, producer, and performer, he has developed an artistic voice that merges deep cultural memory with fearless sonic experimentation.

Across four critically acclaimed albums, he has continuously expanded the boundaries between contemporary composition, electronic music, and Persian sonic heritage.

Having lived through defining social and political ruptures – from witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall as a child to experiencing the Green Movement and the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran – his work carries the emotional residue of history not as commentary, but as lived memory transformed into sound.

Emerging from Tehran’s underground electronic scene, Alizadeh forged a deeply personal language where Persian classical music, experimental electronics, archival recordings, and cinematic tension dissolve into what critics have called “Power Ambient.”

At the center of his performances stands the Kamancheh: the ancient Persian bowed instrument whose raw, human cry he reshapes through live processing and sonic experimentation into something both ancestral and radically contemporary.

His live sets unfold like fragments of forgotten cinema – dense, haunting, and physical. Continuously reimagining how history, memory, and resistance can breathe through modern sound.

”A bridge between the ancient and the contemporary” — The Wire

”A fresh, compelling soundscape” — Pitchfork

”Hope as an act of resistance” — Frankfurter Rundschau

”Music that feels like a cinematic unfolding of history” — Chain D.L.K.

”The stringed Kamancheh is a living soul and primal voice” — Veil of Sound

Watch this video on YouTube

<a href="https://sabaalizadeh.bandcamp.com/album/temple-of-hope">Temple Of Hope by Saba Alizadeh</a>

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Farzané

(Farzaneh Nouri), an Iranian sound artist, creative coder, and researcher based in the Netherlands, works at the intersection of experimental music and computer science. Her ongoing practice-based research focuses on embodied knowledge in improvisational settings with machines. Embracing AI’s fundamental otherness while establishing relational connections, her practice aims at creating conditions of genuine encounter and collaborative destabilization between the artist and the machine. This speculative approach moves beyond technological determinism and cultural essentialism, exploring how human and machine intelligences might co-evolve through creative tension and collaborative aesthetic discovery.

INSTAGRAM

Watch this video on YouTube

<a href="https://farzane.bandcamp.com/track/chiasma">CHIASMA by Farzané</a>

VEHICLE/PASSENGER

Ethereal yet full of raw power. A tour-de-force of artistic expression combined with an urgent message on the state of our world.

In VEHICLE/PASSENGER we gather around thoughtful, radical poetry, as it weaves through energetically improvised pieces and delicate soundscapes. Exploring a queer perspective on body, society and improvisation. The trio reveals a unified, futuristic sound, repositioning the past, present and future of experimental music, free jazz, hip-hop, live electronics and poetry.

“An energy and urgency without simple slogans.” – WDR, Odilo Clausnitzer

“Vehicle/Passenger has created one of the most honest and unique recordings of 2024.” – All About Jazz, Maurice Hoge

Watch this video on YouTube

M Alberto (NL/AN) – poetry , saxophones and electronics
Lesley Mok (US) – drums and percussion
Florian Herzog (DE) – double bass and electronics

M. ALBERTO (they/them), is a Euro-Carribean improviser, award-winning poet and composer. Born in Curacao and currently based in the Netherlands. M.’s work is explicitly political, and always critical of colonial structures. They are one of the driving forces behind theatre collectives Boys won’t be Boys, as well as a steady collaborator in other critical productions. They have performed internationally on diverse stages and theatres from The Royal Concertgebouw and the Dutch National Opera to pop-festivalslike Sziget, Rock Werchter and Pinkpop.

FLORIAN HERZOG, bassist and composer, is a pioneer of the German and international jazz and avant-garde scenes whose bass playing has been described by the press as “emancipated, spirited and sensitive.”

He has worked with established greats like Theo Bleckmann, Jim Black and Nils Wogram, but also with the new generation and musicians like Anna Webber, Elias Stemeseder and Nick Dunston.

LESLEY MOK (they/them) is a percussionist and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY, who works in sound, installation, film, and theater. Interested in the ways social conditions shape our beings, Lesley’s work focuses on overacting humanness to explore ideas about alienness and privilege. Their work draws from queer and feminist art practices, Chinese philosophy, Caribbean folkloric musical traditions, futurist perspectives, and ancestral knowledge. Their critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Living Collection’ was awarded with a prestigious Deutscher Jazz Preis in 2024.

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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/saba-alizadeh-and-farzane-nlirn-vehiclepassenger-uscwde

HACKEDEPICIOTTO (DE) + GLICE

OCCII, Friday, November 20 at 08:30 PM GMT+1

Welcome back! HACKEDEPICIOTTO (Alexander Hacke & Danielle de Picciotto) + GLICE (Melle Kromhout & Ruben Braeken)

HACKEDEPICCIOTTO (DE)
Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) & Danielle De Picciotto (Love Parade, Crime & The City Solution)

Both are legends within the underground of the music world. This will be the couple’s first visit to Amsterdam since the last one in 2022.

HACKEDEPICIOTTO are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Both are legends of their own making: Danielle de Picciotto moved to Berlin in 1987, to become the lead singer of the band „Space Cowboys“, the co-initiator of the Love Parade, a collaborator of the Ocean Club with Gudrun Gut, and Alexander’s partner in crime. Alexander Hacke is founding member and bass player of Einstürzende Neubauten. The artist couple, romantically married in 2006, has creatively interacted with countless international projects for almost 2 decades now besides regularly releasing their own compositions.

Their live shows are, to put it mildly, intense. Danielle specializes in unusual instruments such as the Hurdy Gurdy, the auto harp and the cemence besides playing the violin and piano; Alexander is master of the bass, guitar and drums. Together they create beautiful, existentialistic, acoustic soundscapes, which roar and vibrate simultaneously leaving their audiences shaken but overjoyed.

Danielle, author of two books, writes most of their lyrics, be it the poetic spoken word moments or the momentous choirs they compose together. Alexander Hacke, an excellent throat singer and vocalist, growls his grnarly, rumbling cries that float eerily over their nomadic desert drones, with screeching birds, bees or wild wind accompanying slow, heavy riffs that start as a whisper and end in a volcanic, rolling wave of apocalyptic frenzy. The collage of this mixed with melancholic, translucent harmonies, very heavy & low bass chords, and electronics are a mesmerizing universe of sound and emotion which has generated an ever growing group of enthusiastic listeners.

https://hackedepicciotto.bandcamp.com/

Glice is an Amsterdam-based noise duo that has been producing uncompromising, layered electronics since 2015. Using analog equipment and a keen ear for detail, Ruben Braeken and Melle Kromhout craft a sound that moves between hushed musique concrète and industrial noise, between abstract sonic experiments and moments of fragile melody—sometimes dark and ominous, at other times deceptively meditative.

Following their critically acclaimed debut LIX (2015), Glice performed at festivals such as Rewire, Incubate and Unsound and released several cassette tapes. Braeken and Kromhout then travelled to Berlin to record the album CIELO (2017) with Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten)—a next step in their sonic evolution, where post-industrial textures meet melodic development. This direction continued on the monumental double album PYRE (2021), co-produced by Lasse Marhaug.

Exactly ten years after their debut, Glice returns in 2025 with ENVOI. Recorded during a series of concerts with Hackedepicciotto in 2022, this is the purest representation yet of their intense, disorienting live shows: four pieces that build tension layer by layer with distorted voices, piercing noise, rattling synths, fragments of melody, and deep drones.

https://glice.bandcamp.com/

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/hackedepiciotto-de-glice

SITP Festival | marc ribot x farida amadou x ches smith + run into the apocalypse + franks rosaly's ruidoscuro + jens bouttery solo + nufaro

Cinetol, Saturday, November 14 at 06:30 PM GMT+1

Op zaterdag 14 november keert SITP terug naar Cinetol met een rijk programma vol geïmproviseerde muziek. Georganiseerd in samenwerking met RAUW & Cinetol, brengt de line-up lokale en internationale legendes uit de improvisatiescene samen. Ze presenteren hun eigen sets en gaan daarnaast met elkaar de muzikale interactie aan.

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Marc Ribot x Farida Amadou x Ches Smith + Run Into The Apocalypse + Franks Rosaly’s Ruidoscuro + Jens Bouttery solo + Nufaro + numerous improv sessions

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Marc Ribot x Farida Amadou x Ches Smith

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Marc Ribot zegt… “Vorig jaar belde Ches Smith me op en zei: ‘Je zou vanavond bij een optreden moeten komen kijken dat ik doe met bassist Farida Amadou.’ Het was de meest intense, opwindende muziek die ik in decennia had gehoord. Daarna zei ik tegen Farida en Ches: ‘laten we jammen!’”

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Spontaan ontstaan uit gedeelde nieuwsgierigheid en jamsessies, brengt dit trio drie uitgesproken figuren uit de internationale improvisatiemuziekscene samen voor hun eerste optreden in Amsterdam. Dit nieuwe trio verkent de uiterste grenzen van waar hun uiteenlopende improvisatieachtergronden hen kunnen brengen.

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Elektrisch bassist Farida Amadou staat bekend om haar rauwe, intuïtieve benadering van improvisatie en is uitgegroeid tot een belangrijke kracht binnen de experimentele muziek. Ze werkte samen met artiesten als Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann en Moor Mother. Iconische gitaarvernieuwer Marc Ribot en “een van de sluwste drummers uit de experimentele scene” Ches Smith werken al lange tijd samen in hun postrock-agitpunkband Ceramic Dog.

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Run Into The Apocalypse

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Run Into The Apocalypse beweegt zich door de veranderende ruimte tussen akoestisch en elektronisch geluid. Live-elektronica, sampling en digitale texturen verweven zich met improvisatie en creëren een voortdurend veranderend klanklandschap. Door instabiliteit en verandering te omarmen, maakt het trio van ruis en interferentie compositorisch materiaal. Rita Brancato’s hybride drumkit onderzoekt de mogelijkheden van harmonische inhoud, aangehouden klanken, woorden, akkoorden en melodieën, en zelfs de illusie van honderden drums die tegelijkertijd spelen. Samen met Andrea Leone (tenorsaxofoon) en Massimiliano Dosoli (klarinet en effecten) verkent het trio de mogelijkheden van elektronica toegepast op akoestische instrumenten. Zo vervagen de grenzen tussen instrumenten, machines en uitvoerders, in een zoektocht naar nieuwe klankkleuren en nieuwe manieren van luisteren.

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Franks Rosaly’s Ruidoscuro

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Kwartet Ruidoscuro plaatst strikte sequentiële patronen tegenover improvisatie om een rituele muzikale beweging te creëren. De muziek vertelt een donker, beklemmend verhaal binnen een rijk gelaagde context van ronddraaiende polyritmes, bitonale melodische structuren en verschuivende harmonische patronen in nieuwe muziek die zich niet laat centraliseren. Gelaagde systemen van herhaling, trance-gebaseerde cycli en melodische motieven draaien om elkaar heen en verbinden zich met elkaar, waardoor ruimte ontstaat voor de luisteraar om op te gaan in de rauwe energie van dit krachtige ensemble. Onder leiding van drummer Frank Rosaly bestaat de groep uit gitarist Andy Moor van The Ex, pianist Marta Warelis en multi-instrumentalist Ibelisse Guardia Ferraguti op keyboards en elektronica.

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Jens Bouttery solo

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Drummer, componist en producer Jens Bouttery werkt internationaal binnen een breed scala aan disciplines, van muziek tot film, theater en dans. Het drumstel vormt zijn basis, maar door de jaren heen groeide hij uit tot multi-instrumentalist, gedreven door nieuwsgierigheid naar andere input, ongeslepen vakmanschap en zelfgebouwde instrumenten. Zijn artistieke universum draait om het verkennen van vrijheid binnen compositorische uitvoeringsstructuren. Live drums, orkestwerken, experimenteel sounddesign, popsongs, underground dance en zelfs metal vormen inspiratie voor zijn werk. Alle muzikale stijlen kunnen een invloed zijn, zolang ze een natuurlijke verbinding hebben met de kern van het werk en een unieke en organische wereld voor het project creëren.

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Nufaro

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Door te experimenteren met sounddesign en onconventionele arrangementen verkent Nufaro de grenzen van popmuziek, met als doel conventies en clichés binnen songwriting uit te dagen. In plaats van simpelweg verzamelingen nummers te creëren, hanteren ze een verhalend perspectief en creëren ze lange narratieven die hun werk vormgeven, met sterke invloeden uit de psychedelische rockbenadering van de jaren 70.

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SPACE IS THE PLACE

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Space is the Place organiseert sinds 2015 progressieve en avontuurlijke concertreeksen, met een sterke focus op jazz en geïmproviseerde muziek. Vanuit hun voormalige thuisbasis De Ruimte groeide SITP uit tot een creatieve broedplaats die de scene stimuleert door genres en disciplines met elkaar te verbinden. Inmiddels organiseert en ondersteunt SITP concerten op verschillende locaties, in Nederland en daarbuiten, en werkt het samen met onder andere BIMHUIS, Paradiso en Cinetol. Met SITProductions en de SITP Supports-serie ondersteunt Space is the Place daarnaast muzikanten, bands en evenementen met frisse en authentieke ideeën.

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MEER OVER SITP

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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/sitp-festival-or-marc-ribot-x-farida-amadou-x-ches-smith-run-into-the-apocalypse-franks-rosalys-ruidoscuro-jens-bouttery-solo-nufaro

Zemma EP Release Show w/ L’orne & DJ Duo Grachtwater

OCCII, Friday, October 2 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

Zemma

ZEMMA is an Amsterdam-based vocalist and songwriter unapologetically passionate about heavy underground music. Merging influences from experimental rock, metal and beyond, she’s shaped her project into a four-piece band, where the music shifts seamlessly between vulnerability and powerful intensity — creating a raw, hard-hitting performance.

https://3voor12lokaal.vpro.nl/artikelen/videorelease-zemma

L’orne

L’orne evokes feelings of melancholy through their blend of doomy post-rock, bluespunk, psychedelic noise-rock and anything that flirts with the unpredictable and the unhinged. L’orne has won over audiences with plenty of drama and dynamics. Bringing them to silence with their surprising emotional compositions and captivating live performance.

In 2024, the band released their debut full-length album titled and I fell asleep forever, which included the song ‘Philia’ that won them the Best Track Award at the Rotterdam Music Awards 2024.

Now, the band is busy releasing their triptych of EP’s called ‘How are you, ragged old bunny?’ Of which the first two chapters are out now.

DJ Duo Grachtwater

https://www.instagram.com/dj_duo_grachtwaterr/

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/zemma-ep-release-show-with-lorne-and-dj-duo-grachtwater

MINDWAR (BE) + CURSELIFTER + SWELL

OCCII, Thursday, October 15 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

World’s Appreciated Kitsch presents: MINDWAR (BE) + CURSELIFTER + SWELL

MINDWAR (hardcore mosh brigade, BE)

Hailing from Belgium, Mindwar is a five-piece hardcore band delivering crushing riffs, heavy grooves, and no-nonsense mosh. Since forming in 2015, they’ve shared the stage with hardcore heavyweights including Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, Cro-Mags, Madball, Merauder, Knuckle Dust, and Trapped Under Ice.

Following the release of their debut LP Still At War on Triple B Records in 2023, Mindwar hit the road across Europe on the 2024 Rebellion Tour alongside Madball, Scowl, Sunami, and The Chisel. They followed it up with appearances at festivals including Jera On Air, Return To Strength, Abyss Festival, and AAK Family Fest, plus their first-ever Asia tour.

In 2025, the band expanded their reach with shows across the Basque Country, Italy, Finland, the UK, and beyond. Mindwar continues to take their brand of worldwide hardcore to new territories—with more to come in 2026 and beyond.

World Wide Hardcore.

https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/still-at-war

CURSELIFTER (metallic hardcore, NL)

Curselifter delivers aggressive metallic hardcore that guarantees two-stepping, stage diving, and fighting your friends. With their inciting lyrics they take a stand against all forms of injustice and oppression. They leave a lasting impression after every show, both locally and abroad — and they’re nowhere near done. With new tracks on the way and relentless drive, Curselifter is ready to push even harder in 2026/2027; back to Occii after that crazy show with Contention in June 2025!

https://curselifter.bandcamp.com/

SWELL (groovy hardcore, NL)

SWELL will blow you away with their groovy hardcore. They have been making waves in the scene since their debut EP ‘Mercy Never Wanted Me’. Combining brutal riffs with vocals that cut deep and take you to a semi-melodic climax that feels different than what you’re used to. They have toured all over Europe and everywhere they go they impress with their tight live performances. Their latest split EP ‘Becoming The Posse’ is a statement: SWELL is here to stay and ready to dominate the future of hardcore.

https://swellposse.bandcamp.com/

Poster by https://www.instagram.com/griffin_invisible

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale end at 16:45 on day of the show. No tickets at the door if the show is sold out online!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/mindwar-be-curselifter-swell

12FU w/ WRACAJ BO CIEMNO (PL) + OK.KO + DJALAN-DJALAN + DJ STEVE

OCCII, Saturday, September 19 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

12FU w/ WRACAJ BO CIEMNO (PL) + OK.KO (NL) + DJALAN-DJALAN (NL) + DJ STEVE

Wracaj Bo Ciemno (PL)

Wracaj Bo Ciemno is a noise pop/fake emo group of 3 close friends from Warsaw, Poland. They like to travel, read books, sleep in a tent, hike, watch movies and play card games. They like things that are slow, fast, noisy, calm, chaotic and warm.

FFO: Bomb the Music Industry!, Los Campesinos! and random 5th wave emo bands

<a href="https://wracajbociemno.bandcamp.com/album/ju-wiem-co-b-dziemy-dzisiaj-robi">już wiem, co będziemy dzisiaj robić by wracaj, bo ciemno</a>

OK.KO (NL)

OK.KO.’s sound draws from a wide array of influences, merging the melancholy of shoegaze, the aggression of punk and grunge, the rhythm of post-punk, and the experimental edge of indie rock and hip-hop. This eclectic fusion results in a bold, unique sound that challenges genre boundaries while maintaining an accessible core.

<a href="https://okdotko.bandcamp.com/album/ok-ko-live-the-harbour">OK.KO – LIVE @ THE HARBOUR by OK.KO</a>

DJALAN-DJALAN (NL)

In djalan-djalan, Winnie (guitarist for The Klittens and former guitarist for Personal Trainer, among others) combines her love for DIY culture with musical elements from both her Indonesian and Dutch cultural backgrounds. The vision lies in connecting different worlds: how do you bring DIY culture, the electronic music scene and jazz influences together? The result is a diverse buffet of leftfield pop music, ranging from calm to hectic, filled with noise, driving rhythms and wind instruments. Over the past year, djalan-djalan has developed from a solo experiment into a four-piece band. By collaborating with unique voices from the Amsterdam jazz and improvisation world, the boundaries of pop music are constantly being pushed.

YouTube

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/12fu-with-wracaj-bo-ciemno-pl-okko-djalan-djalan-dj-steve

Liturgy (solo)

Cinetol, Tuesday, November 24 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

Liturgy is het project van Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, wiens verlangende, energieke “transcendental black metal” zich beweegt tussen metal, kunstmuziek en heilig ritueel. De huidige bezetting bestaat uit Mario Miron (gitaar), Tia Vincent-Clark (bas) en Leo Didkovsky (drums). De band wordt geprezen om hun combinatie van oprechte emotie, compositorische complexiteit, stilistische durf en intense live-energie en is tegelijkertijd een medium en platform voor drama en theologie.

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Liturgy werd in 2005 door Hunt-Hendrix opgericht als soloproject binnen de Brooklyn DIY-scene, terwijl ze filosofie en klassieke compositie studeerde aan Columbia. In 2009 bracht Hunt-Hendrix een fervente discussie op gang in de muziekwereld met haar tekst Transcendental Black Metal. Nadat het project was uitgebreid tot een kwartet, maakte de band wereldwijd indruk met het tweede album Aesthethica uit 2011, waarin black metal werd gecombineerd met mathrock en de muziek werd doordrenkt met een onverwacht liefdevolle, emotionele energie.

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Hun ambitieuze album The Ark Work uit 2015 zorgde voor controverse door IDM- en trapproductie aan hun muzikale taal toe te voegen. In het najaar van 2019 verstevigden ze deze klankwereld met hun veelgeprezen vierde studioalbum H.A.Q.Q., dat verbonden is aan een doorlopende filosofische YouTube-lezingenreeks. Hun vijfde studioalbum, een opera getiteld Origin of the Alimonies, verscheen in november 2020. Het werd opgenomen met een achtkoppig kamerensemble en in 2021 uitgevoerd tijdens Roadburn Festival als de live soundtrack bij een gelijknamige film van Hunt-Hendrix.

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Na een solotentoonstelling van sculpturen in 2022 verscheen in 2023 het album 93696, gevolgd door een uitgebreide wereldtournee.

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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/liturgy-solo

PARKHOF NIGHT w/ WANDA’S + THE BATTLE OF PARKHOF (BOOK) + IS THERE MORE THAN THE STREET (FILM) + GW SOK (q/a)

OCCII, Sunday, October 4 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Parkhof night at OCCII:: a film, a book, a band film: Is er meer dan de straat (20 min.)
book: De slag om Parkhof (160 pag.)
band: Wanda’s (dr gtr gtr bs v)

Parkhof was a famous, infamous squat venue annex youth-center in the city of Alkmaar. Since the late 70s, for more than 25 years, it was the place to be for kids of all ages and backgrounds, fans of DIY culture and punk music. Like an OCCII avant-la-lettre. And yes, we know, Parkhof has ceased to be, a sign of the times alas, but the ideas and ideals are still alive.

Coincidence or not, but all of a sudden snippets from a punky underground past find their way to the surface and are out in the open again. So yeah, here’s a helluva tripple bill for ya not like any other.

Like, the viewing of the short experimental lowbudget? nobudget! movie “Is er meer dan de straat” (Is there more than the street), made on a shoestring by four young students in 1981, a visual final-year thesis about DIY and/in Parkhof... a movie that recently, after 45 years, attracted the attention of the renowned Rijksmuseum, to become part of its collection.

Like, the book launch of the new book “De slag om Parkhof” (The battle of Parkhof) by Marleen Kamminga en Bamber Delver, which tells the his&herstory of this music space that was so much more than just a place to hang out. Interviews with the people who lived there, who worked there, who played there, who visited concerts there, plus photo’s and posters. And a plea for more free space where the youngsters of now can be/become who they want to be.

Like, the concert by the recently resurrected feminist punk/rock band the Wanda’s, who were part of the Parkhof story from the very beginning, they actually ran the place, one might say. The band lasted about ten years, did a lot of gigs nationwide, made two albums, disappeared into oblivion, and since a year or so they’re back... Angry Old Women, ready to set your hearing (aids) to the test, ’cause Punk is stil Not Deaf.

Come and join us, it’ll be fun.

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IS THERE MORE THAN THE STREET
Four young, eager students at the social academy, in their final year, time for their graduation thesis, and not in the mood for it. Not for a stack of paper full of text that would end up in a filing cabinet that no one would ever look into again. What they DID want: to tell something about the do-it-yourself punk culture that was raging around them right there in 1980, ’81. Showing something about that, about how you can shape your own future yourself, well now, THAT did appeal to them. In short, they decided to make a film. They had no clue, really, never done it before, but they did it anyway. Themselves. Anyway, they just started, with borrowed equipment, and they stuck the theme “Do It Yourself” to the squatted youth center Parkhof in Alkmaar, where a group of female punks in particular ran the place. Plus something about making fanzines and releasing your own records. Through trial and error they discovered what worked and what didn’t, resulting in a film of no less than 20 minutes, on Super 8. The result was to be expected: primitive and (somewhat unintentionally) experimental, but also sincere and full of passion. And 45 years later, that little piece of captured 80s zeitgeist has turned out to be as urgent as fuck once again, having actually never really gone away.

WANDA’S
Wanda’s plays classic punk in a contemporary form. Even more urgent than they did in the 1980s, because the time is more than ripe for a major punk revival. In the late 70s, six girlfriends, all active in the squatted punk venue Parkhof, decided to start a band together. An adventure that would last nine years, countless gigs, several line-up changes, and two LPs. Over the years, their sound transformed from experimental rattle punk to solid punk rock with a (feminist) message. About 35 years later, they looked each other up again, and the musical and personal connection had remained unchanged. And so, ever since, they have happily continued working on their hearing damage: Punks Not Deaf! From noisy teenagers to Angry Old Women, Wanda’s keep on keeping on rocking hard.

https://wandas.bandcamp.com/
wandas.nl

THE BATTLE OF PARKHOF
A squatted school that grew into one of the most famous punk venues in the Netherlands. That is the story of Parkhof, the Alkmaar haven where generations of young people shaped their own culture between 1980 and 2009. In the new book “The Battle for Parkhof – How Punk Conquered Alkmaar” Marleen Kamminga and Bamber Delver bring this remarkable history back to life. Through dozens of personal stories, original photos, and posters, the authors tell how Parkhof grew into the beating heart of the regional punk scene. At a time when large music venues hardly existed, young people built their own stage and created a sanctuary where music, creativity, and the punk motto Do It Yourself took center stage. Kamminga and Delver, former Parkhof punks themselves, spoke with former visitors, residents, musicians, and youth workers. Together, their memories form a vivid picture of a place that was much more than a youth center for thousands of young people. At the same time, the book shows how themes such as housing shortages, identity, solidarity, and the search for a place of one’s own remain relevant today. According to the authors, the book is therefore not only a look back at a special period in Alkmaar’s history but also a plea for sanctuaries where young people can be themselves and develop their own culture. With “The Battle for Parkhof,” a unique chapter from recent history receives the recognition it deserves.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/parkhof-night-with-wandas-the-battle-of-parkhof-book-is-there-more-than-the-street-film-gw-sok-qa

BEAM SPLITTER – Audrey Chen & Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (US/NO) + MARIELLE GROVEN (CA) + GJ PRINS & LIDA BROUSKARI (NL/GR)

OCCII, Thursday, August 27 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

OCCII x Klankhaven – BEAM SPLITTER – Audrey Chen & Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (US/NO) + MARIELLE GROVEN (CA) + GJ PRINS & LIDA BROUSKARI (NL/GR)

BEAM SPLITTER – Audrey Chen & Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (US/NO, voice, electronics, trombone)

Using the trombone and voice, they manoeuvrer a balance between fragility, intimacy, the ecstatic and measured control. They share a common sense of pulse and an inherent understanding of the way they each aurally manage and let go of every consecutive moment. The lungs release through to mouths to bell, back and forth like a tactile breathing exchange. Since beginning their collaboration in 2015, Nørstebø and Chen have been extensively touring the globe; in Europe, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, and the USA.

Audrey Chen is a Chinese-American musician born outside of Chicago in 1976. She turned to the cello at age 8 and voice at 11. After years of classical and conservatory training in both instruments, with a resulting specialization in early and new music; now, using the voice and cello, Chen’s work delves deeply into her own version of narrative and non-linear storytelling.

Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (born 1986 in Trondheim, Norway) is a trombonist working mostly within contemporary fields of music. An ambiguous relationship with the trombone has led him to explore both the boisterous and brassy side of the instrument, as well as its counterpoint in microscopic and ‘electronic’ sound possibilities. Utilizing a wide spectrum of playing techniques, from pure long tones to noise and the almost inaudible, he often works balancing the intuitive with the precisely constructed.

https://www.beamsplitter.org/

MARIELLE GROVEN – Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer Marielle Groven performs on violin, piano and pipe organ. Her composed music has been performed by leading ensembles at major festivals internationally. Her latest project for solo violin embraces her musical roots in Atlantic Canada and her background in experimental music. She lives in Amsterdam.

https://mariellegroven.ca/

GJ PRINS & LIDA BROUSKARI – an electronic first date

Lida Brouskari is a Greek artist working with piano, synths, toys, voice, and text. She is an active part of the Amsterdam improvisation scene, leading her own band Nufaro, and collaborating with musicians such as Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Frank Rosaly, Ab Baars, Wilbert de Joode and Ben Lamar Gay. She has also collaborated with renowned artist Marguerite Humeau.

KLANKHAVEN x OCCII DJ TEAM
https://klankhavenrecords.bandcamp.com/

Klankhaven‘s independent, DIY record label.
Music underneath the surface, beyond category and with a specific focus on free and pure forms of expression.
https://klankhaven.be/
Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/beam-splitter-audrey-chen-and-henrik-munkeby-norstebo-usno-marielle-groven-ca-gj-prins-and-lida-brouskari-nlgr

HALLOWS + Orus Boris + Grauzone DJ team | grauzone presents

Cinetol, Friday, September 25 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

HALLOWS

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HALLOWS is een in Los Angeles gevestigd dark electropop-duo, bestaande uit Vanee Dusoruth en Dom Rolando, beiden afkomstig uit Mauritius. Hun muziek ontstond vanuit de underground punkscene en brengt 80s synths en moderne elektronica samen in een sound die tegelijk dansbaar en melancholisch is. Met invloeden uit new wave, donkere elektronica en een sterke focus op emotie beweegt HALLOWS zich tussen de dansvloer en heartbreak. Live vertaalt dat zich naar energieke, fysiek intense shows die nog lang blijven hangen. For fans of Desire, Pixel Grip en Nuovo Testamento.

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Sinds hun debuut-EP Subtle (2020) bouwde HALLOWS gestaag aan een plek binnen de moderne dark electronic scene. Albums als All That Is True (2021) en A Quieter Life (2023) leverden onder meer de fan-favorieten “All That Is True Dies”, “Talk To Me” en “Things That Hurt” op, en brachten het duo op festivals als Absolution Fest, Freakout Fest, Substance Fest en Verboden Fest. In 2025 tekende HALLOWS bij Artoffact Records en volgde hun eerste Europese tour. Hun derde album Dream (2026) is een filmisch en hartstochtelijk album over toxic love, verlies en de drang naar menselijke verbinding, waarin analoge productie, pulserende baslijnen, glinsterende synths en urgente én tedere vocalen samenkomen.

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ORUS BORIS

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Orus Boris is een coldwave-croonerproject onder leiding van de Rotterdamse Paul Mogwitz. Wankelende synthesizerlijnen vermengen zich met door New Romantic beïnvloede vocalen, gehuld in lo-fi melancholie. Een soundtrack voor langzame dansen in Italiaanse horrorfilms uit de jaren 80, lange ritten door besneeuwde stadslandschappen en diensten in schaars verlichte fabrieken.

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GRAUZONE

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Grauzone presenteert een divers en vooruitstrevend programma waarin muziek, film en kunst elkaar aanvullen. Het programma biedt ruimte aan zowel jong talent als gevestigde namen die geworteld zijn in of beïnvloed zijn door de undergroundmuziekscene, van new wave en elektronica tot psychedelische en experimentele muziek. Het Grauzone DJ Team bestaat uit Natasja Alers en Marc Emmerik, de oprichters en organisatoren van het Nederlandse Grauzone Festival. Ze draaien een donkere, energieke mix van postpunk, new wave, EBM en Italo disco.

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INSTAGRAM WEBSITE

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/hallows-orus-boris-grauzone-dj-team-or-grauzone-presents

Lees tip -> OM eist jeugddetentie voor explosie bij kantoorpand Amsterdam-Zuid | De jongen bekende dat hij de explosie in opdracht van iemand anders en tegen betaling veroorzaakte. Politieonderzoek naar een taxi, kleding en telefoongegevens leidde naar hem. | #Strawinskylaan #rechtbank #jeugddetentie #explosie #Uithoorn #AmsterdamZuid #OpenbaarMinisterie #jeugdstrafrecht #Amsterdam |

https://hbpmedia.nl/om-eist-jeugddetentie-voor-explosie-bij-kantoorpand-amsterdam-zuid/

ALARM! (SE) + HARD PASS (SE) + KRIME

OCCII, Friday, September 25 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

ALARM! (Stockholm, Sweden, w/ VICTIMS/OUTLAST members) + HARD PASS (Malmö, Sweden) + KRIME

ALARM! are a hardcore punk band from Stockholm, Sweden. After twenty-plus years of playing together in Victims, Andy, Jon and Gareth reunited in early 2023 with the ambition of making some new noise. Jon switched from guitar to bass and the trio wrote a bunch of songs. About a year later they were joined by Jon’s childhood friend, Henrik. This would be the first time the two had played together since their legendary hardcore band Outlast folded in the late 90’s.

Henrik’s vocals and Jon’s bass playing are the key ingredients in taking ALARM!’s sound away from these Swede’s well-known crust punk roots. The bass is both manic and melodic at the same time, pummelling the riffs behind the wall of guitar and drums. Henrik’s piercing vocals, raw yet steeped in emotion, scream of personal anguish and pissed off, political rage. ALARM! have endeavoured to evoke the classic Swedish sound whilst harking back to an ever-so-slight hint of melodic hardcore pre Y2K.

<a href="https://alarmhardcore.bandcamp.com/album/failure-by-design">Failure By Design by ALARM!</a>

ALARM!: Unrelenting Swedish Hardcore intensity !

Born from the ashes of Victims and Outlast, Sweden’s ALARM! returns with Failure By Design. This isn’t just nostalgia—it’s pure, visceral, and socially conscious hardcore that hits like a freight train.

If you like your music raw and fuelled by political rage, this band is mandatory listening.

📖 Read the interview: https://roughtimes.net/interviews/alarm-this-is-not-a-test-sweden-hardcore-interview-with-gareth-henrik

HARD PASS (MÄLMO SWEDEN)

Hard Pass – Distorted Eyes

New-ish band, veteran players that have paid their dues in such diverse bands as PYRAMIDO, SATANIC SURFERS, BURST, and ANCHOR. Since their debut Hardcore 2024, the Malmö band has been in constant forward movement. Distorted Eyes is their first full statement, or as the official line puts it, “ten tracks of unrelenting hardcore punk.” No exaggeration there. The opener “Lies” sets the picture of systems failing, truth being commodified, and everyone’s complicity in it. Lyrics read like headlines chewed up and spit back out through a punk filter. The message is consistent: distrust power, reject passivity, and call out the machinery. Sonically, it’s classic hardcore chassis, but not stuck in time. What makes Distorted Eyes stick is conviction. This is hardcore as a delivery system for change.

Reviewer João Seixas – Maximum Rock n’roll, IssueMRR #517 • June 2026

<a href="https://hardpassmalmo.bandcamp.com/album/distorted-eyes">Distorted Eyes by Hard Pass</a>

#hardcore #dbeat #hardcorepunk #swedishhardcore #hardcoremusic #dbeatrawpunk #newmusic

KRIME
Krime, formed early 2024, is a hardcore punk band from the Netherlands, featuring ex members of Citizens Patrol and Brat Pack. Our sound might appeal to fans of Poison Idea, Long Knife, RKL, Government Warning, Annihilation Time, Syndrome 81, etc.

<a href="https://krimepunk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t">S/T by Krime</a>

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale end at 16:45 on day of the show. No tickets at the door if the show is sold out online!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/alarm-se-hard-pass-se-krime

someone better tend to this boat soon!
#amsterdam #amsterdamzuid

NEPTUNE (US, SGG records) + POLARIZED

OCCII, Saturday, December 19 at 08:30 PM GMT+1

NEPTUNE (US) + POLARIZED

NEPTUNE (US)

https://www.neptune-band.com/play-some-music

After twelve years of relative quiet, experimental rock band Neptune returns with Play Some Music, their ninth full length album and a return to form from a project spanning over three decades. Play Some Music reunites the band’s most recognizable and widest travelling line-up of Jason Sidney Sanford, Mark William Pearson, and Daniel Paul Boucher, whose 2008 LP Gong Lake (Table of the Elements) and 2006 LP Patterns (Les Potagers Natures) serve as defining releases among the band’s catalogue of over thirty recordings. Wielding their distinctive homemade instruments – a melding of hardware store and landfill – Play Some Music features microtonal and macrotonal wire-framed steel guitars as well as amplified drums, amplified circular saw blade percussion, electronics, and feedback organ to produce a suite of songs, improvised and composed, that explore classical mythology and the nebulous realm of memory. Always expanding their sound world, Neptune’s signature frenetic guitars and drums are joined by new gamelan-like amplified percussion and phantasmagoric electronic textures hovering over its ether.

<a href="https://sleepinggiantglossolalia.bandcamp.com/album/neptune-play-some-music">Neptune “Play Some Music” by Sleeping Giant Glossolalia</a>

Released by esteemed outré music label Sleeping Giant Glossolalia, home to artists such as Ramleh, Ava Mendoza, and Multicult, Play Some Music was recorded by Jason LaFarge at Seizure’s Palace Recording (Swans, Sightings, Akron/Family) and mastered by James Plotkin (Sunn O))), Tim Hecker, Pauline Oliveros). Its gatefold artwork features paintings by Sean Micka from his series Book Out Of Stock But Six Pictures, a meditation on the little-known Nazi resistance fighter Mildred Fish Harnack.

Though largely active in Boston since its founding in 1994, the band members currently reside in Boulder, CO; Tucson, AZ; and Durham, NC. The band will support with their lengthiest US tour since 2008 with European dates to follow.

POLARIZED (The Hague, NL)
FFO: Unwound, Blonde Redhead, Jesus lizard),

New Album OUT in July 2026; Subject: Object. Mixed By Greg Saunier (Deerhoof).

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/neptune-us-sgg-records-polarized

POISON RUÏN (US) + ANGSTMÄLER

OCCII, Sunday, July 19 at 05:30 PM GMT+2

World’s Appreciated Kitsch proudly presents: POISON RUÏN (US) + ANGSTMÄLER – OCCII SUMMER CLOSING MATINEE –

Poison Ruïn (punk, USA, Relapse Records)

Last minute show at OCCII, at the tail end of their European summer tour!!!

Since their formation in 2020, the Philadelphia band Poison Ruïn have carved out a unique place for themselves on the modern punk and metal scene. And with their latest album, Hymns From The Hills, released this spring, they have truly brought their unique sound to fruition, where themes from the Dark Ages collide with gritty anarcho-punk.

In Poison Ruïn‘s hands, medieval atmospheres and themes are not an escape from reality – on the contrary, they serve as a grim mirror for modern day society, where ordinary people are crushed into the mire by powerful rulers. We find ourselves in the midst of the dark ages, and Poison Ruïn delivers a plague-ridden soundtrack where classic crust punk is mixed with elements of traditional heavy metal, post-punk, black metal and medieval dungeon synth passages.

The anarchic spirit of punk meets dark, gothic atmospheres, whilst the band’s cold and eerie lo-fi sound has led reviewers to draw comparisons with the aesthetic of Norwegian black metal bands such as Darkthrone and Immortal.

With Hymns From The Hills, the band have managed to add more nuance to their sound without compromising on their raw, gritty core. The album has garnered excellent reviews from outlets including Pitchfork, which aptly wrote: “The Philadelphia punks sound like they were swept off to the Middle Ages in a mosh pit and immediately started a revolution”.

https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/

Angstmäler (d-beat, NL)

Blasting out of the bad-to-the-bone backstreets of Haarlem, Angstmäler is brought to you by the same sick and twisted individuals who have unleashed Traumatizer, Robber and Asbest Boys onto this lifeless orb of a planet. Blown-out, feedback-drenched raw d-beat hardcore punk designed to punish a world that is undeserving of mercy and grace. Blow your damn earholes out with this pile of steaming hardcore noise.

https://brainrotterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/4-track-ep

Poster by: https://www.instagram.com/raison.detre.design.studio/

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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/poison-ruin-us-angstmaler

KATOKYE (UG, Nyege Nyege Tapes)

OCCII, Saturday, September 12 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

John Katokye (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) – Traditional African Music Duo – Western Uganda Throat Singing

https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/obuhangwa-bwa-banyankore-na-bahororo

Video by Vincent Moon:

Watch this video on YouTube

John Katokye has spent his life immersed in the traditional songs of the Banyankore people of Western Uganda. Growing up herding cattle to support himself, he honed his craft over decades and is now recognized as one of the region’s most talented traditional singers.

Specializing in ekyeshongoro (literally “song”), Katokye improvises short, poetic phrases reflecting on family, regional history, and the landscapes where iconic longhorn cattle graze. Backup singers often overlap his lines in a continuous vocal flow that can exceed 10 minutes, transforming each performance into a mesmerizing, meditative experience.

With the release of Obuhangwa bwa Banyankore na Bahororo (out on Nyege Nyege Tapes), Katokye brings the hypnotic vocal traditions of Western Uganda to a global audience, delivering an album that is both culturally vital and unlike anything most listeners have encountered.

Katokye‘s international premiere happened at Le Guess Who? in Utrecht on November 8th, 2025, and is available for European bookings in 2026. >> https://leguesswho.com/news/katokye-live-lgw25

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/katokye-ug-nyege-nyege-tapes

Ragdawl presents: Toendra + Helen Jewett + Crashing

OCCII, Thursday, September 10 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

RAGDAWL PRESENTS: Toendra + Helen Jewett + Crashing

Toendra

Instrumental, atmospheric tracks full of noise, crazy tunings, high decibels, and freedom. We seek a balance between beauty and sharpness. Toendra is an experimental noise/post-rock trio from Amsterdam.

Helen Jewett

Heavy hitters from the recent Pop ronde and OOR Talent combine shoegaze and post-punk with touches of folk, hardcore, and ambient. Their poetic lyrics reflect feelings of nostalgia and the struggles of contemporary life, and invite listeners in with intense soundscapes.

https://www.instagram.com/helenjewettband/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MDoq42SmA

Crashing

Inspired by shoegaze and alt-rock giants like Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine, Crashing grabs you with a mix of echoing, intense hooks and pure deafening volume, with a strong emphasis on DIY culture. Turn up the gain. Smash your drum kit. Bring earplugs.

https://www.instagram.com/crashingcrashingcrashing/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kdhrRKoonM

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale end at 18.00 on day of the show. No tickets at the door if the show is sold out online!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/ragdawl-presents-toendra-helen-jewett-crashing

CiNEMOCCii PRESENTS: Human at Play (Jan van Rijswijk & Chiel Pak, 2026, 33 minutes, NL //EN Subtitles)

OCCII, Wednesday, July 1 at 09:30 PM GMT+2

CiNEMOCCii presents Film: Human at Play

Human at Play (Jan van Rijswijk and Chiel Pak, 2026, 33 minutes, NL //EN Subtitles)

In the turbulent 1980s, a former public elementary school in Amsterdam’s Staatsliedenbuurt was squatted. This marked the birth of Zaal 100: a venue where culture could be experienced in an accessible way. Much has changed in the surrounding neighbourhood since then, but behind the doors on De Wittenstraat, music still resonates, poetry is recited, and there is room for solidarity.

Through archival footage and conversations with former squatters, volunteers, and other eyewitnesses, the film paints not only a picture of Zaal 100, but also of an Amsterdam neighbourhood with its own distinct history. At the same time, it raises questions that remain deeply relevant today: how do we deal with urban space, and how do we shape our life together?

De Spelende Mens – 33 minuten – NL (ENG ondertiteling)

In de roerige jaren ’80 werd in de Staatsliedenbuurt een toenmalige openbare lagere school gekraakt. Hiermee was Zaal 100 geboren: een plek waar cultuur op een laagdrempelige manier kon worden genoten. Inmiddels is de buurt eromheen rigoureus verandert, maar klinkt achter de deuren in de De Wittenstraat nog altijd muziek, wordt er poëzie voorgedragen, en is er ruimte voor solidariteit.

Aan de hand van archiefbeelden, gesprekken met krakers, vrijwilligers, en andere ooggetuigen ontstaat niet alleen een portret van Zaal 100, maar ook van een Amsterdamse buurt met een eigen geschiedenis. Tegelijkertijd dringen zich vragen op die nog altijd actueel zijn: hoe gaan we om met de ruimte in de stad en hoe geven we het samenleven vorm?

A film by Jan van Rijswijk and Chiel Pak

Free entry, but donations encouraged €5 / 10 / 15

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinemoccii-presents-human-at-play-jan-van-rijswijk-and-chiel-pak-2026-33-minutes-nl-en-subtitles

Minorie presents: KATYA SHIRSHKOVA (RU/FR) + Tomáš Niesner (CZ) + KOUDE

OCCII, Thursday, September 17 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Minorie presents: The fringes of folk and experimental music; Katya Shirshkova + Tomáš Niesner + Koude

Katya Shirshkova

Born in Siberia but based in France, Katya Shirshkova uses her own voice to create hypnotising polyphonic harmonies with layered compositions and dense performances. During this night she will perform her piece ‘Le Héron’, which was released on Stellage in 2025.

‘Le Héron’ is a vocal only piece consisting of four parts, each carrying its own symbol of a life period. These life periods refer to the images of different birds, a way of narrating that connects to old archetypes from legends and fairytales. In this sense ‘Le Héron’ creates a strong relation with folk traditions, which influence can be recognised throughout the piece. But above all, it is the intricately layered sound of her one-voice-one-looper choir that makes the experience so hauntingly beautiful.

Katya Shirskova has performed extensively throughout Europe but this is the first time she will perform in The Netherlands. A collaborative album with Roxane Métayer – who performed at Minorie in September 2025 – was released on Edições CN in June 2026.

https://shirshkova.com/
https://shirshkova.bandcamp.com/album/le-heron-a-reuni-o

Tomáš Niesner

From Central Europe comes Czech guitarist and sound artist Tomáš Niesner. On his latest album ‘adventous mmxxv’ he takes the calming, somewhat majestic atmospheres of Eastern European medieval hymns and turns them into minimalist guitar compositions with subtle layers of electronics.

Tomáš Niesner made a name for himself in folk and fingerpicking guitar circles as part of the duo Šimanský Niesner as well as a solo artist with several releases on Czech label Stoned To Death. On these albums influences from American Primitive and English and European folk music come together. With ‘adventous mmxxv’ he turns his gaze to Eastern Europe, taking songs from old hymn books and reimagining them for a completely different time and instrument, preserving only the core, the deepest meaning. What remains are timeless, soothing melodies that ground us in an unsteady world.

https://tomniesner.bandcamp.com/album/adventus-mmxxv

Koude

The subdued music of Koude draws from meandering folk, slowcore, ambient and drone, folding these elements together with a quiet patience that resists easy categorization. In this formation Michiel Klein, Keimpe Koldijk and Ester Venema are building on their previous collaborations in acts such as Blessum (Vrystaete), Eklin (Night People) and Mike Koldin (Samling). The trio works with electric guitars, bass guitar, synthesizers, sparse percussion and occasional voice.

https://minorie.bandcamp.com/album/koude

Minorie is a label and concert series operating at the fringes of folk and experimental music

https://minorie.bandcamp.com/
Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/minorie-presents-katya-shirshkova-rufr-tomas-niesner-cz-koude

Benefit for Ukraine Solidarity Collectives: SULFURIC CAUTERY (US) + VOMITOLEPSIA (HU) + FOSSE SEPTIQUE (TR/DK)

OCCII, Saturday, July 18 at 09:30 PM GMT+2

Rotova Porojnina Records & Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam – Benefit for Ukraine Solidarity Collectives; SULFURIC CAUTERY (US, GoreGrind) + VOMITOLEPSIA (HU, GoreGrind) + FOSSE SEPTIQUE (TR/DK, GoreGrind)

VOKU at MKZ 19:00 (1e SCHINKELSTRAAT 16)

SULFURIC CAUTERY – WELCOME TO THE HYPERGOREGRIND APOCALYPSE!!! The masters of hypergoregrind SULFURIC CAUTERY are coming to annihilate everything in sight! Born in the filth of Ohio and now based in California, this trio exists for one reason only — to create the most violent, fast, and unrelenting sonic assault imaginable. Think chainsaws, blastbeats, and guttural chaos inspired by legends like Last Days of Humanity and Orchidectomy – then push it even further. With a new full-length “Killing Spree” (2025) and a fresh split with Myxoma, SULFURIC CAUTERY continue to redefine extremity itself. Every live set is a blur of speed, distortion, and gore — a complete sensory meltdown for true grind freaks.

There’s no melody, no mercy — just pure, grinding destruction from start to finish. Fueled by DIY ethics and total opposition to fascism, SULFURIC CAUTERY stand for chaos, noise, and absolute freedom. At OCCII, they’ll turn the stage into a warzone of blastbeats and blood-curdling insanity. This isn’t music – it’s a hypergoregrind massacre. Get ready to be obliterated!!!

Watch this video on YouTube

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/benefit-for-ukraine-solidarity-collectives-sulfuric-cautery-us-vomitolepsia-hu-fosse-septique-trdk

George Crotty Trio (Canada)

Teatro Munganga, Thursday, October 15 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

To quote Whole Note Magazine, “...the music certainly plays like a showcase of the cello’s capabilities...Crotty’s virtuosity and melodicism undeniably take center stage...” About their 2022 release, “Chronotope”, All About Jazz wrote: “Cellist George Crotty excels at blending various elements into a unique musical brew. On Chronotope, a cross-cultural mix of South American, Arabic, Indian, and contemporary jazz idioms amount to a stream of genre- blurring invention.”

The GC3 has performed at the 21C Festival, Small World Music Festival, Copenhagen Vinterjazz Festival, and the New Directions Cello Festival. They have toured internationally in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, New York, Chicago, London, and Berlin

Here’s a trio producing artistry that registers as experimental at first, but upon repeated exposure, finds new angles in familiar spaces. Jamie Lee Rake – Shepherd Express

This is a new type of contemporary jazz... you will enjoy this creative wedding of new music, a merger of contemporary jazz experimentation, world music, and creative compositions. Dee Dee McNeil – Making a Scene

Elements of European jazz, Hindustani raga, and contemporary chamber music combine in this extraordinary fusion of rhythm, improvisation, and creative passion. Midwest Book Review

Crotty’s broody bowing teamed with Smith take you to India on the raga of “Bandish” while his pizzicato’d pickings dance over to West Africa on the celebrative “Heart Music”. Smith leads into the graceful Israeli pulse of “Niggun” with Crotty sounding
almost cantorial in his playing, while Mediterranean and Byzantine worlds are explored on the Aegean “The Taske At Hand”. Even America’s Midwest is on the map, with some lyrical Coplandesque ideas on “Cigarettes at Sunrise”. A map of music. George W. Harris – Jazz Weekly

George Crotty Trio Heart Music
Perscitaten
Van de eerste tot de laatste noot, en zelfs in het ontwerp van de albumhoes, voelt alles zorgvuldig doordacht aan. Hier is geen sprake van opzichtigheid, geen poging om te imponeren door middel van overdaad. En misschien is dat juist de reden waarom dit album zo ontroerend is: omdat het oprechtheid uitstraalt. Omdat het die artistieke eerlijkheid weerspiegelt die niet schreeuwt, maar ervoor kiest om duidelijk, mooi en doelgericht te spreken. Thierry de Clemensat – Paris Move

Muziek als geen ander, of het nu jazz, klassiek of wereldmuziek is. Een aanrader. Frédéric Cardin – Pan M 360

Dit is een merkwaardig boeiend album dat nergens op lijkt, en dat maakt het bijzonder. David Reed – Belleville Intelligencer

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/george-crotty-trio-canada

Pretty//Ugly: Goblin Band

OCCII, Saturday, October 24 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Pretty//Ugly presents: Goblin Band

“They can play and they can sing and they’re fearless...”

“The band we’ve been waiting for”

– MARTIN CARTHY

“One of the most magnificent things this listener has heard in a long, long time.”

-MOOF Mag

“They throw down challenges, invite questions, and warm hearts.”

-Sidmouth Herald

Goblin Band are a four-piece English traditional folk band based in London. The band formed in the wake of the pandemic from small sessions organised by young, queer, folk obsessive friends looking to forge their own way into traditional music. This gave rise to a band of multi-instrumentalists firmly rooted in the music of England, concerned with representing a perspective that confronts the nation’s social and political history of class struggle, industrialisation and colonialism. Through a fusion of harmony singing, fiddle, squeezeboxes, hurdy gurdy and more, Goblin Band deliver a charismatic and unruly alternative expression of English traditional music both riotously joyful and deeply sincere.

https://www.instagram.com/goblin.band/

https://goblinbanduk.bandcamp.com/album/come-slack-your-horse

Show organized by Pretty//Ugly:

https://www.instagram.com/prettyuglyshows/

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/prettyugly-goblin-band

Composers Soundtracks Festival Workshops 19:00 Concert with CSF String Quintet

Teatro Munganga, Saturday, June 6 at 01:00 PM GMT+2

Teatro Munganga Programming

1:00 PM – Panel Discussion
Live the Music – Soundtrack Festivals in Europe and America
Gorka Oteiza (SoundTrackFest/Spain)

2:00 PM – Workshop
What Do You Feel When You Hear This?
Instructor: Alberto Rosenblit (Brazil)
Participants will listen to musical excerpts without seeing the accompanying images and discuss the emotions and narratives they perceive.

7:00 PM – Closing Concert
Soundtrack Concert with CSF String Quintet:
Michael Rein (violin), Natália Ribeiro (violin), Francesca Wiersma (viola), Sebastiaan Halsema (cello), Louis
van der Mespel (double bass).

CSF String Quintet featuring film music by renowned
composers from films such as the recent Oscar®️-nominated movie The Secret Agent (Mateus
Alves), Chocolat (Rachel Portman), Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams), and Little Miss Sunshine (Mychael
Danna) arranged by Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla and a medley of works by Brazilian soundtrack composer
Marcos Valle, arranged by Dudu Viana.

From 4 to 6 June 2026, the Composers Soundtracks Festival (CSF) will take place in the Netherlands for the first time. The festival was founded by Brazilian composer and producer Marcos Souza, who previously organized successful editions of the international film music festival Musimagem in Brazil, an event which since 2015 has hosted several internationally renowned composers, including Luis Ivars (Spain), Laurence Rosenthal (USA), Bruno Coulais (France), Christopher Young (USA), Bruce Broughton (USA), Rachel Portman (UK), and Heitor Pereira (Brazil/USA).

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/composers-soundtracks-festival-workshops-1900-concert-with-csf-string-quintet

Bernardino Femminielli + Helen Island | album release i.s.m. void & knekelhuis

Cinetol, Thursday, July 9 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

VOID presenteert: de albumreleaseparty van Bernardino Femminielli en 10 jaar Knekelhuis

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We hebben veel te vieren. Deze avond organiseren we de releaseparty van het nieuwe album ‘Mémoires d’un Auto-Sabotage’ van Bernardino Femminielli. Daarnaast nodigt VOID, in samenwerking met Knekelhuis, ook labelfavoriet Helen Island uit.

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Bernardino Femminielli

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Bernardino Femminielli werkt met media als muziek, performance, poëzie en film, onder het alter ego van een hyperseksuele, genderloze provocateur. Zijn werk en personage vormen een synthese van mystiek, transgressie, gevaar en genot — een afstandelijke crooner diep in een dystopische discotheek. Vertellend in het Frans en Spaans, en bewegend van klassieke arrangementen tot brute italo-disco, van zware kosmische drone tot gemuteerde industrial: zijn muzikale avonturen weerspiegelen zijn aangenomen persona’s.

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Zijn teksten verkennen een denkbeeldig illegaal paradijs vol excessen, drugs, bars, genot, duisternis en gezelschap. Veel van zijn poëzie is opgebouwd met de cut-uptechniek en gecomponeerd op een manier die doet denken aan transgressieve fictie. Op het podium verkent deze confronterende maar tegelijkertijd uiterst kwetsbare performer de rijke en duistere energie van het Franse en Duitse cabaret, waarbij hij de nadruk legt op de “totale” performance waarin poëzie, muziek, film endans samensmelten.

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INSTAGRAM SPOTIFY

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Helen Island

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Een teken van de tijd, spookachtig en hallucinatoir — Helen Island maakt alternatieve popmuziek die weerklank geeft aan het laatkapitalisme en de suikerzoete blik van de digitale wereld. De in Parijs gevestigde multidisciplinaire artiest — die naast muziek ook schilderkunst, poëzie en andere vormen van conceptuele kunst verkent — heeft een kenmerkende slaapkamerachtige productiestijl, met gefilterde hoge tonen, versnipperde samples, aan elkaar geknipte genres en bewerkte vocalen.

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Helen Island bracht twee albums uit op Knekelhuis en groeide uit tot een van de nieuwe namen die je niet mag missen in het hedendaagse muzieklandschap.

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INSTAGRAM SPOTIFY

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/bernardino-femminielli-helen-island-or-album-release-ism-void-and-knekelhuis

CiNEMOCCii PRESENTS: DRIJFLAND (Nico Boink, 2026, 64 Min, NL //EN subtitled)+ Q/A

OCCII, Wednesday, July 1 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

CiNEMOCCii present: Film Screening DRIJFLAND

D r i j f l a n d (Nico Boink, 2026, 64 Min, NL //EN subtitled)

Drijfand tells the story of the foating gardens created by the renowned artist Robert Jasper Grootveld in Amsterdam’s Entrepot harbor, Zeeburg district.

Beginning in late 1999, I started to film the construction of these unique garden islands in Grootveld’s workshop, a visionary project he had nurtured since the 1960s. Within a few months two floating garden were completed. Through intimate footage, we witness the creative process unfold, as well as the sudden collapse of the project. Amid escalating tensions between Grootveld and local authorities.

Until his passing in 2009, I filmed regularly. Among the moments captured were times when he was recognized for his role in bringing global attention to Amsterdam, as well as his involvement as one of the founders of the Provo movement in the 1960s.

In 2024, drawn by the gardens’ abundant nature and the dedication of the Raft Builders of Amsterdam, who maintain the islands in Grootveld’s pioneering spirit, I returned to document this living legacy.

The islands’ buoyancy relies on styrofoam, a material Grootveld championed for its “power of softness” . Yet, 25 years later, styrofoam’s environmental impact has sparked urgent questions. The film delves into this dilemma, tracing the search for sustainable, bio-based alternatives that honour Grootveld’s ethos while protecting nature.

Drijfand offers a candid, tender, and often hilarious glimpse into Amsterdam’s underground creative forces, a story of resilience, innovation, and the evolving relationship between art, nature, and community.

Nico Boink
Besides working as a professional photographer throughout my career, I’ve also operated as an
independent, non-proft, and autonomous filmmaker. This approach allowed me to create films that
span long periods of time.

Trailer: https://boinkinbeeld.nl/drijfland/trailer%20-%20SD%20480p.mov

Free entry, but donations encouraged €5 / 10 / 15

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinemoccii-presents-drijfland-nico-boink-2026-64-min-nl-en-subtitled-qa