Peel Slowly & See

Line up: 

Maya Fridman & Soheil Shayesteh

Dark, ambient-like dissonant drones, angelic voices, cello and kamancheh: ‘The Power of Indifference’ is a deeply personal project by the versatile cellist Maya Fridman and kamanchech player Soheil Shayesteh, expanding their sonic universe with live electronics and visuals. Live performances are a journey where they delicately bridge songs and improvisations inspired by Persian traditional music.

Sinks

Czech trio sinks, highlight at many of last year’s showcase festivals, makes a minimalist yet dynamic mix of noise-rock and post-punk. Their performances are notoriously energetic and explosive, filled with tight rhythms, expressive vocals and occasional moments of spontaneous chaotic guitar noise.

We vs. Death

Last year’s reunion shows of influential Utrecht-based post-rock group We vs. Death, brought back warm memories of the Dutch underground scene at the start of the century, when they were regulars in local and European scenes and festivals. These reunions, however, were more than just nostalgic; there was a palpable new energy and expression, and rumors about new material.

Peter Broderick

Peter Broderick is a prolific, genre-defying American musician, composer and producer, known for a diverse range of solo projects, collaborations, and compositions for cinema and dance. A gifted multi-instrumentalist, equally versed in a wide range of styles, Broderick aims to approach music with a sense of openness and wonder, and to never be tied down to any one particular style.

Mouvman Alé

Mouvman Alé is a quartet from the island of Reunion, lead by singer-songwriter Franswa Virassamy-Macé. The music can be described as a hypnotic and electrifying mix of psychrock, pop, traditional rhythms and electronics. The group calls it “romans non-galizé rényoné” in Creole: unpolished and slightly experimental songs from Reunion.

Martha Da’ro

Martha Da’ro is a genre-bending, multidisciplinary artist, of Angolan origin, based in Brussels. After her first project Soul’Art, the multi-talented performer took matters into her own hands, showcasing a bold artistic universe – blending dreamy pop with hip hop, English with French and definitely with a fragile but boundless emotion.

LQRQ

LQRQ is a unique cross-cultural project, risen from the ashes of electro-cha3bi outfit Cairo Liberation Front complemented with fiery Dutch-Iraqi vocalist Bagdaddy and N.R. Safi (Myrrors & Naujawanan Baidar), that combines swooping electronic beats with Arabic and Persian folkmusic and punk rock into an inclusive, fun-loving and genre-pushing pandemonium.

Dolphin Hyperspace

Dolphin Hyperspace is a Los Angeles-based electro-jazz duo, led by saxophonist Nicole McCabe & bassist Logan Kane, known for legendary high-energy concerts featuring instrumental madness amongst many synths and bonkers dance beats. Dolphin Hyperspace finds a new lane of expression within modern jazz and beat culture.

dj. flugvel og geimskip

dj. flugvel og geimskip (“Airplane & Spaceship” in Icelandic) is the one-person orchestra of Steinunn Hardardottir drawing influences from a thousand worlds. Electronic horror-music with a space twist: playful beats, bass, catchy melodies and joyfully off-kilter vocals. Songs about alien worlds, mysteries and dangers of the night, performed live in a shared, colorful and poetic lucid dream.

Use Knife

Belgian outfit Use Knife, the new vehicle of Stef Heeren & Kwinten Mordijck with Iraqi musician Saif Al-Qaissy, coincides Western underground music with traditional Arab music culture into a genuine melting pot of unique musical current. Their music is composed around propulsive electronic rhythms, ricocheting sequenced melodies and samples and vibrant Arabic drum rhythms.

Brintex Collective

In heavy anticipation of their debut EP, we can only go with the impressive live reputation of this Rotterdam based jazz group. Brintex Collective performs with five to six members, bringing late-night jazz that sometimes is danceable, but can also be sultry or fragile. This collective is led by keyboardist Brenn Luiten and takes inspiration from the new wave of UK jazz, hiphop and electronic music.

Khorshid Dadbeh

Khorshid Dadbeh is an Iranian tar, tanbour, and setar player. She started her journey playing setar with her father and studied at the Conservatory of Tehran. When she was sixteen, she started performing with Shams Ensemble. Later, she founded collective Jansouz, named after her grandfather, a maestro in the field of singing and cultural history of Iranian music. Currently she collaborates with many international artists and performs compositions and improvisations from Iran.

The Ex

Caught in The Ex! After a significant break, this seminal Dutch band is back! Celebrating 45(!) years of ‘forward in all directions in 2024, Andy, Kat, Terrie and Arnold got into the rehearsal room together and started making new songs and new plans. They’ll come to Peel Slowly and See with a entire new live-set, full-on and fresh as a daisy!