Ansatz der Maschine: 'Tunguska' / Support: DRIFTWOOD 09-12-23

za 9 dec '23

This last concert of the final tour will be an extra big party, to which additional musical friends will be invited later. Lineup tba.

Ansatz der Maschine

In 1908, on the banks of the Siberian River "Tunguska," the largest explosion ever measured took place. Eighty million trees were destroyed over an area of 2150 km2, but the impact crater was never found. Therefore, it remains a mystery what exactly happened.

This haunting event inspired Ansatz der Maschine to write an album about how time and space can simultaneously have a gigantic, but also only a very relative impact. An album that also focuses on the unstable moment of falling itself, the intense moment when you are completely at the mercy of the force of nature and you are not in control of your own destiny.

Farewell after 20 years

After 20 years and a lot of unforgettable club/festival shows and tours, Ansatz ends their warm story in beauty. The album features not only a lot of new songs but also reworkings of old iconic songs, some of which became "Duyster" classics.

In their characteristic way, they create an alienating and soft fairy-like world where field recordings and samples merge with classical instruments in a harmonic chaos - like how things are in nature or in life too.

Support: DRIFTWOOD

DRIFTWOOD is the quirky music project around Sam De Bock. Together with Patricia Vanneste (Sohnarr, Hydrogen Sea, ex-Balthazar) and Sam Pieter Janssens (And Then Came Fall, Clairval), this promising band signs for a unique and idiosyncratic sound that seeks common ground with Massive Attack, Tricky, Lamb as well as Tom Waits.

The trio launched their debut Only Fighters Left Behind in February 2020, which was met with rave reviews. A sometimes pitch-black exploration of the consequences of loss, fear, inadequacy and their own disgust. Together with drummer, producer Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M, Atoms For Peace) and bassist Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie, Elvis Costello, The Black Crowes), they are currently working on a second album expected in 2023.

DRIFTWOOD
Sam De Bock (vocals, guitar), Patricia Vanneste (violin, vocals), Sam Pieter Janssens (guitar, keys, vocals), Sander Verstraete (bass - Warhaus), Steven Van Gelder (drums - Geike, Hydrogen Sea)