murf/murw day 2

ZEA + Drumband Hallelujah Makkum
Arnold de Boer has previously appeared at our festival with his legendary band The Ex and as a solo artist under the name ZEA. This time, he returns with his latest work in an impressive set-up: not only accompanied by his quartet, but also by the 16-piece drum band Hallelujah Makkum!

Teardrinker
Musically their songs can be described as a mix of post-hardcore, sludge and screamo. As the old saying goes: “If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything”. So Teardrinker wears their conviction on their sleeve. Their music speaks truth to power. with themes like overcoming personal trauma, the beauty and legitimacy of the trans experience and justice and liberation for dispraised and disregarded people everywhere.

Will Guthrie & Ensemble Nist-Nah
Drawing from Indonesian gamelan traditions and other gong-based musical cultures from Southeast Asia, the ensemble does not seek to recreate traditional music, but rather to form a living, ever-evolving body of sound. Pulsing rhythms, resonant metals, hypnotic repetition and collective improvisation merge into music that feels at once ceremonial, physical and strikingly contemporary.

A Tribute to Everything That Break – Yoko Haveman
An anime-inspired performance that unravels a breakage. With the elements of light, dance, and visual art, this work deconstructs the non-linear tension between desire, control, and collapse.

A psycho-dystopian cinematic landscape. An isolated body navigates the tension between a fractured persona and its underlying protest. The performance examines the erotization of violence while exposing a subtle progressive deconstruction.