OLD FRENCH FRIED NEWS
Exceptionally covering two months this time, riffing on the newsletter
SHOWS
31/01 KRAAK’s Nieuwjaars Fete with Arlette, Gaute Granli & Keta Bush DJ (OHK, Ostend) ~ kooky progrock, swerving unintelligibility, and deep-dive cuts for happy reunions by the sea!
11/02 French Fried HQ Dag with Nina Harker & Tanz Mein Herz (LaVallée, Brussels ~ Trans-hexagonal lullabies and trance-inducing post-kraut by Tanz Mein Herz + big discounts on our merch & introducing KRAAK Mystery Boxes
CONCERTS AGENDA UPDATED IN A TIMELY FASHION ON OUR KRAAK.NET/CONCERTS
KRAAK FEST FULL LINEUP
It’s Here! This year’s KRAAK Fest features another mixed bag for the adventurous sound seeker in you or near you::::
Ailie Ormston (UK) ° Anouk Kellner (BE) ° Big Blood (US) ° De Regering Van Treffelijke Zaken (BE) ° Emmanuelle Parrenin (FR) ° Institut Fuer Feinmotorik (DE) ° Katya Shirshkova (RU/FR) ° La Rat (DE/NL) ° Miradasvacas (ES) ° Polifeme (ES) ° Sugai Ken (JP) ° Zosha Warpeha (US)
Sights and sounds available on our website with artist bios and interviews to follow next month ~ and tickets are up & selling this way!
ODDS & ENDS
Radio Roundup: DNVG overload, with two new year’s eps up online ~ a sonic recap (basically) of our previous newsletter’s content + a look forward at this winter’s shows and other stuff DB & GG have been ruminating on. And for this month’s Kiosk slot: a guest mix by Gaute Granli, featuring all-vinyl picks and mashups from his collections and multiple projects/aliases
Bandcamp Follies extended until end February! As a reminder: 90% off our full digital discography ~ that's access to about a hundred-ish releases of KRAAK's ahistorical roster. The same promo is being applied to the KRUT catalog, which will undergo some changes in the next few months. PLUS::: with any physical purchase made between now and end of January we will give 3 extra download codes for whatever other KRAAK releases missing in your digicollection. Just let us know which three releases you want in the message prompt and we'll email them stat so you have some accompanying sounds while you wait for the postman.
We’re working on a support-subscription system to be launched post-KRAAK Fest ~ if anybody has any thoughts on the best way/platform to launch such a thing we’re all ears. It’ll be called KRAAK’S MEMBERS ONLY, and before anyone asks it’s a Sopranos reference. That’s all we have to say about it for now!
