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Ken Okami - sound + light
Makiko Ito, Sylvain Meret + Kenzo Kusada - dance

Ken Okami [Kyoto/Japan] uses light bulbs as instruments by amplifiying static electricity around the bulbs. This system also creates spacial atomosphere with lots of light and shadow. The dancers also have small microphones on their bodies, so sounds of body movement also become part of the soundtrack to the performance.

BARAKA
Directed by Ron Fricke, USA, 1992.

An incredible journey through 6 continents, 24 countries. Painstakingly shot on Todd AO-70mm film. Baraka has no plot, contains no actors and has no script. Baraka is a collection of high quality images, presented in a moving and compelling manner.

LATCHO DROM
Directed by Tony Gatlif, Algeria, 1993.

Latcho Drom [Romany for "safe journey"] describes the travels, singing and dancing of Romany groups from Rajahstan [India], Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain. Some scenes are acted, but there is no dialogue or narration, only partial translation of some songs. The film illustrates the variety of conditions in which the Romany people live; earthbound nomads in the hot deserts of Asia, ironsmiths and abjectly poor tree-dwellers in the frozen plains of Eastern Europe, and craftspeople and traders in the hills and seasides of north Africa and western Europe. It also illustrates the similarities in travel habits, musical tones [spoons, open drums, and string-based rhythms] and song themes [celebration of travel and perceived rejection by sedentary locals].

Compositions by students from the Amsterdam Conservatorium.
Co-curated by Natalia Dominguez Rangel

www.dnk-amsterdam.com

THE CITY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
Directed by Sebastian Moreno, Chile, 2006

During the reign of dictator Pinochet, a resistance movement of photographers arose in Santiago, the capital of Chile. They showed what wasn't allowed to be shown. By doing this, they raised awareness of all the things that happened during the dictatorship. The father of filmmaker Sebastian Moreno, was one of them. His son made this fascinating film about the people for whom photography symbolized courage, solidarity and freedom.

www.vrijmediacollectief.org

Joe McPhee - pocket trumpet + tenor sax
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Michael Zerang - drums.

Joe McPhee is one of the most consistently impressive and adventurous composer/instrumentalists in jazz. His magical take on avant-garde sax remains one of the wonders of the scene. He still has one of the most beautiful tones on the planet, even when he's reaching for jazz's outer limits.

WOLLO'S WORLD
Wolter Wierbos - trombone
Jodi Gilbert - voice
Tristan Honsinger - cello
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Wilbert de Joode - double bass

www.doek.org

Dance...
Makiko Ito, Sylvain Meret, Alexandra Manasse + Katie Duck

Music...
Hilary Jeffery [trombone] + Richard Scott [electronics]

A 8mm/16mm celluloid evening of short films, all more or less connected to the subject of WAR. "Old wars", that is! Newsreels from WWII, strange footage never shown in public cinema before. In B/W and some in color, some with sound, some with added music. On original copies, with our four projectors, it will give you an incredible experience. First of all because of the stunning images, secondly because it's an amazing universal continuing story that confronts you and makes you think.

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Gert-Jan Prins' | Afregel Salon | Soirée Modification |

www.dnk-amsterdam.com

NEKROMANTIK
Directed by Jorg Buttgereit, Germany, 1987.

Buttgereit's first feature mixes cheap gore, transgressive imagery and cosmic dread into a cult-classic examination of sex, death, and boredom. This film is still banned in many countries.
"The first erotic film for necrophiles!" - John Waters

DER TODESKING
Directed by Jorg Buttgereit, Germany, 1989.

The body of a naked man floats in blackness. Slowly stretching out from a foetal position it begins to decompose. A little girl sits in the sun scribbling in a sketchbook. "Der Todesking" [Death King] she writes. Buttgereit's second full-length feature film, has no central character or characters, but instead 7 episodes, one for each day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

Live...
DJ /RUPTURE + ANDY MOOR
DJ /rupture's triple-turntable experiments explore the common ground of dub, hip hop, breakbeat, dancehall, and Middle Eastern folk music. The resulting musical stews illuminate revelatory links between the dispersed musical genres of insurgent cultures, unified under the banner of the breakbeat.For the past 2 years, /rupture and guitarist Andy Moor have been playing completely improvised duo sets, with a collaborative album slated for 2007 release. Their dynamic interactions range from moments of delicate avant-garde soundwork to futuristic beats intersected by angular guitar.
www.negrophonic.com

Late night DJ...
MARCELLE [Another Nice Mess]
In the spirit of her mentor, the late BBC-legend John Peel, Marcelle van Hoof compiles and presents a weekly 3-hour internet radio show including the most exciting new underground, alternative and groundbreaking music. She's also a wicked live DJ, playing an eclectic mix of new independent releases, ambient, weird electronica, techno, minimal, drum+bass, leftfield hiphop, world music, dubstep, clickhouse, breakcore, grime + heavy dubs.
www.anothernicemess.com

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DJs...
GOMES
G-SELECTOR
U-DUB
OSIRIS

MC MULTIPLEX
VJ XELA

www.dubstep.nl

ADAM AND PAUL
Directed by Leonard Abrahamson, Ireland, 2005.

Two junkies, Adam and Paul, wake up to find themselves on a field a short walk away from a grim housing estate. How they got there is one question they can't answer, nor can they explain the events which led to Adam becoming superglued to the stale mattress he slept on. But this is the least of their problems as they begin their quest to score, a quest which takes in meetings with friends and foes both old and new. Set in the world of the homeless and drug-addicted dregs of Dublin, Adam and Paul is an uncompromisingly bleak drama with an injection of black humour running throughout.

World Premiere...

JAMES TENNEY - "Spectral Variations Nos. 1 to 3" (2006)

www.dnk-amsterdam.com

THE SECRET

The Secret uses a documentary format to present its "transforming" message, the "Law of Attraction". This law is the secret that, according to the tagline, "has travelled through centuries to reach you". The film features interviews of professionals in the business of promoting, teaching, or writing about the concept of the "Law of Attraction". Interspersed among the interviews are testimonials, real-life stories, and quotes from historical figures. As put forth in the film, the "Law of Attraction" principle posits that our feelings and thoughts affect real events in the world, from the workings of the entire cosmos to interactions among individuals in their physical, emotional, and professional affairs. The film also suggests that there has been a conspiracy to keep this central principle hidden from the public.

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Dance...
Alexandra Manasse, Makiko Ito + guests

Music...
Michael Vatcher [drums], Oscar Jan Hoogland [piano] + Colin McLean [computer]

French drummer extraordinaire Thomas Belhom is a one man "orchestre concrete" creating electroacoustic compositions based on sparkling drum tracks, ambient loops and poetic melodies. Think 70s Sun Ra, Pierre Henry, Jack De Johnette plus Wechsel Garland and gamelan music. For tonight's concert Belhom and friends, including Volker Zander from Calexico, will play 4 sets in different combinations.

THOMAS BELHOM [France] - drums, guitar, loops + vocals
VOLKER ZANDER [Calexico, USA] - bass
JAMES MERLE THOMAS [USA] - singer songwriter
DJ SANDEMAN - minimal electronica

www.thomasbelhom.com

Two Takes on Victimization

FUNNY GAMES
Directed by Michael Hanneke, Austria, 1997.

One of the most powerful and controversial movies of the late nineties. Haneke [La Pianiste, Cache] shows us what it's like to really identify yourself with good guys who are being terrorized by the bad guys. In this case a happy Austrian family gets a visit from two very unfriendly young boys in their summerhouse by the lake.

FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY
Directed by Eddie Nicart, USA, 1979.

An undisputed cult classic from 1979, and one of the most funny spoofs ever made. Our superhero is Weng Weng, at 83 cm. tall, the shortest actor ever to have a leading role. With his bravery [and a pair of X-Ray glasses] he's the most remarkable good guy you'll ever see, so beware of this Phillipinan midget madness! This quote from one of the bad guys really says it all: "The forces of good are our sworn enemy... they must be exterminated, and I mean lethally!"

STROEM
Michel Doneda - saxophone
Alessandro Bosetti - saxophone
Boris Baltschun - electronics
Serge Baghdassarians - electronics

www.dnk-amsterdam.com

TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Documentary about the Tibetan way of accepting death and suffering, with early footage of the Dalai Lama.

4DW homepage

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Drum+Bass, Breakbeat, Jungle, Beatcore

DJ NEB HQ
DJ AKA MICHI
DJK

Decor by Teo, Visuals by Duki

How can we engage ourselves with the world we live in? "Drift" ["urge"] is a philosophical festival that in many different ways tries to answer this question. Philosophy as a discipline has gotten out of its study, but can we honestly say that it is now part of the world we live in? Now that it has come down from the mountain, is its critical power still as great as it was when it was up high in the clouds? Drift claims philosophical thinking can in fact expose our accepted views and show us where we've thought wrong. Drift claims that we really need to work things through and that we should critically engage ourselves pitbull-wise with the world as we know it or as we can imagine it to be.

Performances, debates, lectures, concerts [Les Biftecs, Caspian Hat Dance]. films, and much more...

www.festivaldrift.nl