Our good friend Chad Butler, who is the area’s authority on indigeous music, brought us an incredible opportunity…Worldwide didgeridoo Sensation ONDREJ SMEYKAL was willing to play Clockworks on August 12th.
Don’t worry, I had not heard of him either. But this Czech Republic performer travels the world and plays the Didjeridoo (and accompanying instruments) in a way like you’ve never heard before. It’s a Cultural phenomenon. Here’s what his website says:
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For well over a decade and with ever increasing intensity, Ondrej has been developing and redefining his own unique approach to the Didgeridoo. His predominant use of unusually long Didges and “extensions” of up to 4 metres in length, enable him to play incredibly deep tones and to produce a much wider range of sounds and overtones than are possible on regular didgeridoos. Each composition, or song, as he refers to it, is very different in style, ranging from break-beat and organic Didgeridoo techno, to trance, ambient and anywhere in between.”
Another fan wrote this:
“His highly original style of play is the result of a life completely devoted to his instrument. For well over a decade and with ever increasing intensity, Ondrej has been developing and redefining his own unique approach to the didgeridoo. Each of his compositions, or songs, as he refers to them, are very different in style, ranging from break-beat and organic didgeridoo techno, to trance, ambient and anywhere in between. Ondrej is capable of producing several layers of sound without the use of electronics. Ondrej goes into deep meditation, bringing his audience with him, delivering slow, quiet invocations that blossom to fast and complex dance tracks which fully exhibit his mastery. Watching him is to understand what a focused dedication can unlock within human potential.”
Tickets to the show are $10, pre-sold (at the cafe as well as brownpapertickets.com) but also available at the door. We are proud to host him at Clockworks, and I’m personally very excited to be introduced to a brave, and unique new talent.
redo Quatamo. Loredo blends poetry, spoken word, music, rhythm, and more to create a soundscape of epic proportions. Your ears better perk up, because Mr Quatamo will abide no idle minds.
and more to create a performance experience that simply can not be missed. Joined by his FULL backing band, Rich will blow the audience away with his deeply passionate performance and meaningful lyrics.
