KLARA’s LAIKA & AB get together again!

The Klara programme Laika extends itself beyond the boundaries of its Monday evening intimacy for the 2nd time in its existence. Because Klara and AB want to celebrate, again, the great passion with which Laika is made. Also because it's about time to present a public ode to that black & white mongrel terrier from outer space, Laika's musical muse. Laika found an obvious ally in AB. A music temple that Klara knows likes to peer over the fence.
In turn, AB is a long-time fan of Klara's radio programme Laika, which has now provided more than 300 evenings of cosmic vibes and very varied musical adventures since 2006. Laika dares to seamlessly piece together Brian Eno, Max Roach and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood in the same fifteen minutes. Respect!
A programme with a mission as well: "Laika presents new stars in the Klara heavens, blows the dust off golden unknowns, and allows you to greedily enjoy music you really have to have heard.” Basically: “Laika is adventurous, non-classical and no risk to your health'.
So there are more than enough reasons to convert the entire AB into a Laika headquarters on Saturday 19 April and have it bathe in the Laika vibe. Together with presenter Lies Steppe and the other Laika compilers, Philippe Cortens and Mauro Pawlowski, we have put together a refined musical programme along with an extra menu containing the likes of short-film screenings by Laika favourites, interviews with artists, a lecture, a bookshop signed by The Wire and a vinyl shop with intergalactic allures. All that under the title: ‘A Late Night with Laika’.
Because 19 April 2014 is also Record Store Day, Klara and MusicMania Gent will be releasing ‘Galaxian Regression’, a limited edition vinyl of the legendary Evil Superstars reunion concert on the first Laika Night last year. The ingredients: singing bowls, a trident, burly guitar riffs and Mauro’s poetic parlando.

Be there!
With cosmic greetings,
And a 'woof' from the dog Laika.
Chantal Pattyn (Network Manager of Klara) & Kurt Overbergh (Artistic Director of AB)

Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra plays Terry Rileys ’In C’ (UK)

Adrian Utley (1/3rd of Portishead) assembled his Guitar Orchestra in 2013, to record a new version of Terry Riley’s In C.
Riley wrote this piece in 1964, it is one of his most well-known works, the influence of which can hardly be overstated. Nothing short of a minimal masterpiece, it consists of 53 short musical lines, somewhere between a half measure and 32 measures, of which each musician decides for himself how often it is repeated.
It is also a fine summary of Riley’s musical vision at that time: improvisation, interaction, his love for Coltrane and Miles, repetitive structures and apparent simplicity.
But that sounds more straightforward than it is, of course.
Adrian Utley and his orchestra of more than 15 electric guitars, vintage organs and percussion would know all about that.
A musical trip!

Link : http://thewire.co.uk/news/26059/adrian-utley-records-terry-riley_s-inc

Oneohtrix Point Never (US)

Oneohtrix Point Never (or OPN for short) has been the alter-ego of Daniel Lopatin since 2007.
Last year, the synth dreamer from New York turned up in many an end-of-year chart with his first issue on WARP, R Plus Seven, and rightly so.
His aesthetic: bleak beauty on the surface and a touch of irony in the rich textures below, hints of his genuine love for old video games and, mainly, very precise and pure poetry. An entirely unique cosmic universe of sound.
The Wire about R Plus Seven: ’’Channelling the work of new age synth composers as Geinoh Yamashirogumi and Drew Neumann, R Plus 7 is multi-layered to the point of becoming labyrinthine, but it’s a vivid realisation of a hermetic synthetic world.’’
You can expect a sweltering live set from one of the defining figures of contemporary electronica.

Link : http://www.pointnever.com/

Jandek (US)

‘The last myth still standing’, that’s the title of the nine page long interview with Jandek that appeared in the February edition of leading British monthly The Wire.
You can take that ‘last myth’ literally: Jandek has already succeeded in preserving a total media silence for more than 3 decades and 80 albums
For those familiar with Jandek's music, there is little introduction necessary. For those who don't know him, it should be sufficient to say that nobody knows everything about Jandek.
We're not entirely sure what exactly Jandek will be doing when he comes to A Late Night With Laika either.
Our contact person is “a representative of Corwood Industries”, who was able to inform us of the following: ‘We usually need time to study the venues and plans before developing a performance concept.’


Link: http://tisue.net/jandek/

André Stordeur + F.J. du Busquiel (B)

André Stordeur is one of the pioneers of Belgian electronic music.
In the early '70s he composed for the Studio for Experimental Music (SEM, Antwerp), later he started up his own studio in Brussels, in 1973, Studio Synthèse. That's where he experimented with tape loops, the EMS AKS and an 8-voice Oberheim SEM1 system. This resulted, in 1979, in his only solo full album to date: 18 Days.
After a period of working for IPEM, he opted to only continue working with the Serge Modular synth in the early eighties and headed off to the US to study with Morton Subotnick.
Stordeur remained extremely active in the following years but his work never got the attention it deserved.
That rightful recognition is being received now, and not only with this concert, as his 18 Days album will be re-released later this year.
André Stordeur will play in duo with Fabrice du Busquiel.

Orphan Fairytale (B)

Eva Van Deuren, known from the likes of Maskesmachine, will open An evening with Laika – Part 2 with her minimalistic psychedelic one-woman-project, Orphan Fairytale.
Following releases on the likes of Ultra Eczema, Rampart, Foxglove and Release The Bats, she will be putting out a double compilation My Favourite Fairytale in early 2014, on Belgium's impressive Aguirre Records.
It has turned out to be a fine overview of the previous 10 years, one in which Eva draws us into the enchanting, hypnotizing soundscapes she has created with toy instruments, cheap keyboards, cassette loops and home-made electronica.
The perfect soundtrack for a Spoetnik trip!


Link : https://soundcloud.com/orphan-fairytale

The Wire: Primer on kosmische music by David Keenan

The Wire-journalist David Keenan gives an talks about ‘Kosmische Music’ and immerses you in the wonderful worlds of the likes of Popol Vuh, Klaus Schulze and Ash Ra Tempel.

Label market

The AB Agora does total justice to its name and will be converted into a true marketplace on this ‘Record Store Day 2014’. Labels and record shops will be selling their wares (with the likes of Sub Rosa, Aguirre Records, Ultra Eczema, The Wire,….) so that you can continue to enjoy this evening at home.

Space Cinema Music

A series of short films and clips selected for you by the makers of Laika. Expect short documentaries, music video clips, old Russian animation, and suchlike.
Final programme tbc.

Laika party

After the Adria Utley’s Guitar Orchestra concert, the Laika DJs will play for you in the AB Club.

The afterparty on air

Would you like to relive it all afterwards? You can! As all the concerts will be recorded and broadcast, laced with interviews, in Late Night Laika on Monday 21 April and Monday 28 April from 10:00pm until midnight on Klara.