After joining forces with Tilburg’s renowned jazz club, Paradox, in 2022, Roadburn is delighted to announce that the collaboration will continue for 2023. Making the most of the venue’s intimate setting, a programme of performances curated by the venue’s artistic director, Bartho van Straaten will complement the main Roadburn line up on Friday and Saturday (21/22 April) – with a focus on jazz and avant-garde music specifically.
Bartho comments: “Paradox is thrilled to welcome Roadburn for the second year in a row. Our venue will host an international line-up with bands like Nordmann, Poil Ueda, Schnellertollermeier, and I Like to Sleep. On Saturday we will also present a Heavy Jazz Jam, which will feature some of the finest Dutch (jazz) musicians that includes guitarist Reinier Baas amongst others. Artist-in-residence will be the group Under the Surface. They will perform both on Friday and Saturday with a different line-up. Paradox is proud to present this remarkable and talented Dutch band to the Roadburn audience.
Announced for Paradox:
Under the Surface will be the Paradox Artist in Residence for Roadburn 2023. Under The Surface will host two special shows during Roadburn’s two-day Paradox program: one where they play their own set as an expanded five piece, and the second where they will join forces with classical/experimental artist White Boy Scream who is also part of the main Roadburn programme.
French prog rockers PoiL and Japanese singer/satsuma-biwa player Junko Ueda – who perform together under the PoiL Ueda moniker – offer a seeing-it-to-believe-it mix of novel and traditional styles. Imagine King Crimson’s most wayward material and drop those works in feudal Japan, and you might get a close approximation of it.
Swiss minimalist rockers Schnellertollermeier are a streamlined sonic expressway, braiding a wide range of musical influences within their liminal, forward-thrusting sound. They play a unique combo of noise, proto-industrial, ambient and kraut rock with pinpoint precision, without sacrificing impulsiveness and inventiveness.
In 2022, Paradox hosted a heavy jam, uniting musicians from RRRags and Kanaan. To continue the theme, this year there will be a Heavy Jazz Jam led by composer and musician Reinier Baas, who has been somewhat of an enfant terrible in the fields of jazz, classical and pop music
Trondheim’s I Like To Sleep have coined their craft “powerjazz to the people”, which sums their music up to a tee. Applying the (lack of ) rules of free-jazz to heavier styles, these Norwegians are a live force to be reckoned with.
It would be an oversimplification to call Belgian experimental rockers Nordmann’s ‘jazz rock’; they combine elements of avant-jazz, slowcore and psychedelic rock to dizzying effect.
Read more about these line up additions here.
They join previously announced artists on the main programme including Deafheaven, Boy Harsher, Cave In, Julie Christmas, Wolves In The Throne Room, Zola Jesus, Giles Corey, Backxwash, Chat Pile, four commissioned projects, two artists in residence, a Rocket Recordings showcase, and more.
Tickets for Roadburn 2023 are already on sale; Friday and Saturday tickets are sold out, but weekend tickets, Thursday and Sunday tickets remain. Accommodation options are also available to purchase. All information can be found on Roadburn.com