Hello friends! Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 065) is taking place on Saturday, 26 February @The Percussion Store! This month’s featuring musicians are: Gideon Alu8khan Chen (multi-instrumentalist), Ho Kah Kean (harmonica), REFLEX (saxophone/vocals) and Straits of Celaka (mandolin). Please mark your calendar and come join us next week!
Date: Saturday, 26 February 2022
Time: Door opens at 8PM
Venue: The Percussion Store, No. 6, 2nd floor, Jalan Panggong, 50000 Kuala Lumpur.
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Admission: RM30
Tickets Booking: 019 770 2498
Online streaming link: To Be Announced
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/aABVwbFPq
Time: Door opens at 8PM
Venue: The Percussion Store, No. 6, 2nd floor, Jalan Panggong, 50000 Kuala Lumpur.
@PSpercussionstore
Admission: RM30
Tickets Booking: 019 770 2498
Online streaming link: To Be Announced
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/aABVwbFPq
Design: Aixin Choo
* Seating arrangement at the concert will be adhering to the current Covid-19 SOPs.
* Only fully vaccinated individuals.
* We strongly recommend you to call and book for a seat.
#IRF2021 #goetheinstitutmalaysia #klexspil #percussionstore
* Only fully vaccinated individuals.
* We strongly recommend you to call and book for a seat.
#IRF2021 #goetheinstitutmalaysia #klexspil #percussionstore
*Funded by the International Relief Fund for Organisations in Culture and Education 2021 of the German Federal Foreign Office, the Goethe-Institut and other partners. goethe.de/relieffund
Founded in May 2014, SERIOUS PLAY IMPROV LAB (SPIL) is a monthly music series of KLEX Festival. It is an art laboratory focusing on music experimentation and improvisation. SPIL provides a platform for musicians from various backgrounds to collaborate and present a new collective expression through improvisation. Over the years, many local and international artists have initiated experimentations and collaborated in the SPIL series, enriching the experimental and improvised music scene in the region.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
Gideon Alu8khan CHEN is a multi-instrumentalist known for his versatility. He is a guitar instructor, theatre performer and music composer. Alu8khan has been actively involved in various kinds of music including the underground, indie, new age, alternative and heavy metal; and is also active in local “performing arts” scene. Alu8khan is passionate and open to musical experimentations as he explores and learns various unique instruments such as Guqin, sitar, percussion, samisen, flute and the Australia native music instrument, didgeridoo. Through music, he finds his inner peace and true-life innovation.
Born in 1999, HO Kah Kean is a harmonicist graduated from Malaysian Institute of Art and currently member of The HummingWay Harmonica Ensemble. He won several awards from International Harmonica Competitions such as World Harmonica Festival (Trossingen, Germany), Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival (Taiwan) & Seoul International Harmonica Festival (Seoul). As an emerging composer, he wrote his first composition for Harmonica Quartet – “Selamat Malam, Chew Jeti” in year 2019.
REFLEX is a project by vocal improviser Siew Wai and saxophonist Yandsen. The duo first collaborated in 2006. They have been working together in various projects for more than a decade including concerts in Australia, Germany, Norway, the Philippines and Singapore. REFLEX creates musical conversations through attentive listening and improvisation.
Straits of Celaka is a one-man improv act by mandolin player Libau. Drawing from the improvisational works of Loren Mezzacane Connors and Jandek, Straits of Celaka’s instrumental excursions explore the subterranean superstitious corners of the tropical nusantara.
* This event is funded by the International Relief Fund for Organisations in Culture and Education 2021 of the German Federal Foreign Office, the Goethe-Institut and other partners. goethe.de/relieffund