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sold out

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 -0500

All tickets for the next Displaced Sounds on September 25th are sold out.

this coming Friday in Ghent

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 -0500

If you´re hanging around in Belgium these days, then you can enjoy a free concert by Köhn this coming Friday. He´ll be playing a soundtrack to the movie Metropolis. More info via VIEWMASTER

website

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 -0500

http://tweeklank.wordpress.com/

insurance

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 -0500

The Displaced Sounds night in the Ardennes has no insurance included.

Rutting red deers

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 -0500

After we discovered the cd Le Brame Des Cerfs, Forêts dAutomne / Rutting Red Deers on the Frémaux & Associés imprints, we immediately fell in love with the sounds of French deers. Deers are the most innovative experimental musicians of the century, taking much from modern black metal vocalists and contemporary sound poetry. In the Walloon forests they hide as well for unholy and highly erotic rituals. This will be the bus trip of the year, heading to the heart of the Ardennes for a long walk through nature in search of nonconformist deer sounds with the local forester Departure Ghent: 16h15 Departure Leuven: 17h45 Arrival Marche en Famenne: 19h00 Departure Marche en Famenne: 23h00 Arrival Leuven: 00h15 Arrival Ghent: 01h30 Tickets (including bustrip) cost 9 euro and can be order via: Stuk Leuven

Dolphins into the Future

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 -0500

In January and February of this year L.R.J. Martens spent his days in Big Island, Hawaii to focus on the communication with Dolphins. For this lp his encounter with a group of spinner dolphins and humphback whales was translated to audio postcards. The new LP by Dolphins into the Future will be coming out on KRAAK, September 6th. Dolphins & Ducktails will be touring together in September. 9.09 : Abattoir D´amis KRAAK, Ghent, Belgium 10.09: Zaal 100, Amsterdam, Holland 11.09: Madame Claude, Berlin, Germany 12.09: Festival of Endless Gratitude, Copenhagen, Denmark 13.09: Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark 14.09: Singsang-studion, Malmö, Sweden 15.09: Utmarken, Göteborg, Sweden 16.09: Restaurang Landet, Stockholm, Sweden 17.09: Dynamo Klubi, Turku, Finland 18.09: lal lal lal festival, Helsinki,Finland - Ducktails plays 19.09: lal lal lal festival, Helsinki, Finland - Dolphins plays 20.09: The Prince Albert, Brighton, UK 21.09: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK 22.09: Trof NQ, Manchester, UK 23.09: The Nest, London, UK 24.09: The Cube, Bristol, UK 26.09: Booze Cooperativa, Athens, Greece 27.09: Arka Onda, Istanbul, Turkey 28.09: Hundebiss, Milan, Italy 29.09: Cave12, Geneve, Suisse 30.09: ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal 02.10: Porto, Portugal

Embryo in Ghent

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 -0500

If you´re wandering around in Belgium these days. This Sunday you can enjoy the legendary band EMBRYO in Ghent for free. They play at the Patersholfeesten. Situated in the centre of Ghent at Sluizeken. Schedule: 19.30 Luanda Casella & Ben Brunim 20.30 Binti 22.00 EMBRYO + KRAAK dj´s

EFFEKT

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 -0500

20/07 Boothuis Brauhaus (Stapelplein, Gent) SYLVESTER ANFANG II LANDER GYSELINCK & FREDERIK LEROUX GUITAR BONDAGE KRAAK DJ´s

Brian says...

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 -0500

"Message posted on the WFMU blog, by Brian Turner" The Belgians! What the hell is going on there these days? Besides coldwave reissues and French fleeing for cheaper apartments, a lot. KRAAK, Ultra Eczema, El-G, Ignatz and their cohorts have been continually emitting some of the most alien and open-minded sounds as of late, and KRAAK´s new split LP of Razen and Sheldon Siegel is a pretty splendid splattered platter. The SS side is a pleasing bit of live cello, percussion, tapes, and sax that sounds like a more humid swampland version of the ICP contingent, but I especially dig the brassy blare of Razen, the duo of Bart Reekmans and Brecht Ameel on assorted instruments they admittedly never knew how to play beforehand. Brass, bouzouki, bagpipes, duduk, metallic percussion and Ethiopiques licks meld with some Highlands stomping (thinking the ESP Cromagnon LP at times on "Rammelaargong"), swelling arrangements and a general buggy ethno vibe. Brecht makes music for dance companies (and from the sound of it has had a good listen to some of the comparative 70s Japanese dance/psych meetings of Teriyama, Tokyo Kid Brothers etc.) and apparently has some solo stuff on the way under the name Brlaâb. Grab yerself Razen´s "Razend Zand" (MP3).

Kraak mailorder

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 -0500

If you´re living outside Belgium, you´d like to order KRAAK releases and avoid our postage prices, check these mailorders: Germany: A-musik Bis auf´s Messer Holland: Le Club Suburbia UK: Volcanic Tongue Norman Records Italy: Soundohm Scandinavia: Release The Bats USA: Chicago Independent This list will be updated. In our release section you can find other shops who are distributing our releases.

memories

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 -0500

a few pics from the Razen & Sheldon Siegel release show

tomorrow: RAZEN & SHELDON SIEGEL

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 -0500

No games tomorrow and way too dangerous to walk in the sun. Luckily Sheldon Siegel and Razen present their brand new split LP at the Bunker. doors: 20:30 21:00 SHELDON SIEGEL 22:00 RAZEN

last copies

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 -0500

When you order our new releases, don´t forget our older releases. Last copies of Hellvete and The Afternoon Saints LP´s.

LUNE ATROCE / SOLEIL AMER 4-WAY SPLIT 7

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 -0500

One year after the Meet the Philly elite 7 we finally release a fresh 4-way split. This time Köhn and Alien Radio are trancing deep into the history of synthesizer classics while Peaking Lights and Ducktails have a take on their own pop music. The 7inch is available from June 25th on.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 -0500

brand new Ruis magazine

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 -0500

The June edition of Ruis is ready. This time no need to be a Dutch-speaking human. This edition is only with illustrations. Hardly any words this time but the names of the different designers and of our curator Wouter Van Haeleemeesch. We´re taking a short Ruis-brake and will be back early September with more musical facts, brought to you by the inhibatants of the Lowlands. New RUIS blog

Razen & Sheldon Siegel LP

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 -0500

hi there! We got something for you. 300 pieces of the nicest vinyl. Numbered and with a download coupon. This way you can compare the analogue with the digital sound. The records is a split LP by two Belgian bands: on the A-side you hear Razen, on the B-side you hear Sheldon Siegel. You´ll find more info when you click Releases in the menu bar. The record is coming out June 16th. Send you pré orders to: order@kraak.net In the next few days we´ll hit you up with another fine new release on KRAAK.

interview Razen on Kwadratuur

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 -0500

Brecht Ameel: "Ik denk dat het voor elke groep of artiest een soort ultiem streefdoel is om een bron te graven die een tijdloos element in zich heeft, en daar dan het kraantje wagenwijd te kunnen openzetten. Zoiets willen wij natuurlijk ook." Full Dutch text here

Zaad V

Fri, 21 May 2010 -0500

Probably the best hang-out of the festival summer, on a farm in Eeklo. Head of Wantasticket Desondanks él-g Sylvester Anfang II W. Ravenveer The Beautiful Band Culprit Bark Bogaertmoerstraat 1 Eeklo Free 15:00

new Ignatz

Mon, 17 May 2010 -0500

New Ignatz cd out now on Staalplaat ´Mort Aux Vaches´ series. Live session at Berry Kamer´s Dwars program at VPRO. KRAAK is working on a new Ignatz lp as well, compiling the best tracks of his cassette releases. Will be released after summer... On Friday Ignatz plays at the Kinky Star in Ghent. On May 22nd his new band Beautiful Band plays at the RTT in Brussels with The Psychic Paramount and Das Os. ´Beautiful Band [Laurent of Rot (guitars), Bram Devens of Ignatz (vocals & guitars), Paul Labreque of Sunburned Hand of the Man (bass), and the drummer Patrick Calvelo of either Willo the Wisp or Starfield Season] takes elements from older bands (lots and lots of Velvet Underground, quite a bit of Crazy Horse, the wahwah-style of Julian Cope, a touch of postpunk and/or postrock), so no doubt about the talent present.´