Linus Vandewolken: Oude geuze uit Niemandaal
morc 90 - lp

Tracklist:
1. Terugkeer van de kudde 
2. Sint-Maartenswijn 
3. Vasten en vastenavond 
4. Blinden leiden de blinden 
5. Apocalyptische draak 
6. Toren van Babel 
7. Schaatsers en vogelknip 
8. Dulle Griet 
9. Oude Geuze uit Niemandaal 
10. Val van Icarus 
11. Wie een varken is, moet in het kot 

released june 20th 2024

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For this new opus, Linus Vandewolken provides some richly brewed compositions, with no added sugar or yeast. There is an elements of sourdough, the richness of earthy odors, the first song (Terugkeer van de Kudde) sounds like a smooth multi-tracked moment, but is actually a live multi-instrumental piece: a home-made double reed xaulos is played sparingly along the fingerpicked strings of the home-made hommel. 

Like the barley in the beer, the hommel remains the main ingredient of the disc. Multiple techniques are used to unleash its voice, from tapping to bowing, to all at the same time. A compilation of travels, residencies, desires… songs have been harvested from 2019-2024 in France, Poland, Sweden, England, moments of Vandewolken’s wanderings, evoking inspirations & collaborations in unlikely spots, like a pump organ cameo of Christo Wallers in a village chapel a short distance from Hadrian’s Wall. 

As borders change and move, the flute comes around to sweetly catch our attention, metal lines from a letterpress shop invade the hommel strings creating distortions & unlikely rhythms. Points of silence like small bubbles rising in the glass of a freshly poured geuze, an old gueuze from Niemandaal, »Oude Geuze uit Niemanddaal«.