Sven Kacirek (live)
A.J. Holmes aka Vanishing Breed (live)
DJ: Andreas Otto & Nils Dittbrenner

The label Pingipung from Lüneburg / Germany releases friendly, melodic Electronica since 2001. They come to STEIM with two of their artists to perform while the label-founders Andreas Otto and Nils Dittbrenner will present their most beloved records from the turntables before and after the shows.

Sven Kacirek (Hamburg) is a virtuoso Jazz- and Drum’n’Bass-Drummer who has released his first solo-album “The Palmin Sessions� on Pingipung this year. He substitutes his drum set for paper, wood, and glass (which he gently plays with brushes) as well as some toys and a marimba which he samples and processes to eventually show up with a beautifully woven minimal-electronica-sound

A.J. Holmes’ (London/Berlin) upcoming album “The King Of The New Electric Hi-Lifeâ€? will be out on Pingipung in this summer. Hi-Life, or ‘Highlife’, is a musical genre that is originated in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria starting in the 1920’s and which is still very much alive and developing to this day. It is a hybrid of African and European music styles, of which A.J. Holmes especially features the typical euphoric guitar-picking style. He will perform with a guitar, his voice, and live-looping equipment. A.J. Holmes has released his debut album “Between Arrival And Departureâ€? under the artist-name of “Vanishing Breedâ€? on Pingipung in 2005.

Links:
www.pingipung.de
www.svenkacirek.de
http://www.myspace.com/ajholmesthekingofthenewelectrichilife

Date: Sunday, April 29
Venue: STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam
Time: 20.30 hours
Entrance: 5 euros
Reservations and more information: knock@steim.nl or 020-6228690