Ioana Iorgu + mesofauna + Nevin + Dear Omen (DJ set)

RAGDAWL PRESENTS: Cold Echoes: A Night of Doom and Noise for Your Soul to Sway to w/ Ioana Iorgu + mesofauna + Nevin + Dear Omen (DJ set) Ioana Iorgu Ioana Iorgu is an independent music producer, a self-taught guitarist and drummer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ioana digs her nails into your skin with…

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PARASITE JAZZ (FR) + WALLY (US) + BHAJAN BHOY (UK)

PARASITE JAZZ (FR) + WALLY (US) + BHAJAN BHOY (NL/UK) A triple header of musical surprises that flies in the face of convention, by bringing together three stylistically different musical acts, but united by their originality and brilliance! So this is what we have on the OCCII musical menu: PARASITE JAZZ (Fr.) The UK gets…

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FILM: “The City Was Sleeping and Dreaming of Us” (2024, 69m, RU/EN subtitles)

“The City Was Sleeping and Dreaming of Us” (2024, 69m, ru with en subtitles) Director & Editor: Natalia Ashurovskaya Cinematography & Screenplay: Pavel Mikhailov Sound: Vasco Cesaretti Production: SURDOC Creative Collective >> https://www.surdoc.fr/ In the decaying splendor of Saint Petersburg, Russian former capital, four outsiders drifting through the last days of a careless summer wander…

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BERTHOLD CITY (US) + DRY SOCKET (US) + MISLED (BE) + LEAVE ME OUT

World’s Appreciated Kitsch present: HC4HC FIESTA w/ BERTHOLD CITY (US) + DRY SOCKET (US) + MISLED (BE) + LEAVE ME OUT BERTHOLD CITY (hardcore, Los Angeles, USA – WAR Records) Los Angeles, CA, hardcore band Berthold City visit Amsterdam for the first time ever! Formed by seasoned veterans of the hardcore community (members or ex-members…

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LELEE (SVN) + IT DOCKUMER LOKAELTSJE (FRY) + JULIÁN MAYORGA (COL)

YugoFuturism presents: LELEE (SVN) + IT DOCKUMER LOKAELTSJE (FRY) + JULIÁN MAYORGA (COL) IT DOCKUMER LOKAELTSJE (Friesland) Forty years after their debut album ‘WIL MET U NEUKEN’, the Frisian-language punk legend It Dockumer Lokaeltsje makes a radical return to the vibe of their early days. Back then, they cobbled together their first ten songs in…

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BBG PRESENTS: COMMUTED (CA) + MAEVE CHUSTAR (NL) + FAWN PRACTICE (NL)

Over the past decade Canadian performance artist / musician COMMUTED has developed a cult following in DIY spaces, squats and secret locations all over the world. Known for an idiosyncratic performance style where only 10% of his time is spent on stage, he’s been doused in ketchup and mustard, performed on construction vehicles outside of…

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Sonic Acts: Biennial: “Gesture and Screech” w/ Jiyoung Wi & Tzu Ni + Scott Gordon + Finlay Shakespeare + R.O.C. + Petronn Sphene

In his 1964 publication Gesture and Speech, French anthropologist and archeologist André Leroi-Gourhan proposed that ‘musical rhythm generates behaviour that symbolically marks the frontier between the natural world and humanized space, while technical rhythm materially transforms untamed nature into instruments of humanization’. Pushing Leroi-Gourhan’s observations to its most dislocated present, we dive into the symbolical…

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BLURT (UK) + MAGASIN + DJ’s YOKE, JOOKE & JOKUH (EARWURMS)

BLURT: Eccentric Post-Punk Phenomenon! Somehow longevity suits Blurt. When they first appeared on Factory Records all those years ago they looked and sounded beyond time. Their free jazz punk skronk was energising and visionary and they made a great fuss and become an underground staple especially in Europe. … Still fronted by the charismatic Ted Milton…

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