Purple Pinky EP Listening Party ft. Luka Schuurman and Band Photo

Doors: 20.00, start: 20.30. This event is free.

On November 4th, Purple Pinky (AKA Jolan Lammertink) releases his second solo EP. Since the new material doesn’t exactly lend itself to a live performance, he’s decided to celebrate with a small listening party at the wonderful De Nieuwe Anita, joined by local musical talents Luka Schuurman and Band Photo. These three wildly different acts share a love for ambient sounds, promising an atmospheric evening of drinks and music.

Purple Pinky
Following his 2024 debut EP, Purple Pinky returns with four new songs in the vein of ‘proggy lo-fi pop’. Drawing inspiration partly from early-’80s new wave, the tracks feature hypnotic guitar rhythms, echoing synths, layered vocal harmonies and reverberant digital drum sounds. While recording most of the instruments himself, Jolan invited a mix of old and new musical friends to contribute backing vocals, bass, guitar and drums — with Japanese artist Kondo Kohei contributing the painting on the EP cover.

Band Photo
Band Photo is James McClure (Trumpet) Jack Beattie (Sampler), and Jacob Maskell-Key (Drums). Their performances unfold within a living echo chamber, sculpting ghostly atmospheres and searing drones out of themselves. In deliberate opposition to the hyper-sped consumption of contemporary media, Band Photo focuses on vulnerability, openness, and deep listening, creating an environment that invites introspection and sustained attention. On November 4th, they’ll share unreleased material that builds on their debut release, Jessica Album (Sundried Understanding Records).

Luka Schuurman – Many Triangles (film, 2024)

On a beautiful september day in 2024 a group of 17 musicians slyly assemble on a square in Amsterdam, each of them armed with the world’s most badass instrument: the triangle. What follows is a temporary world of whimsy, as the trianglists groove and tinkle, turning the whole city into their accompanying orchestra before disappearing again without a trace.

After shaking up the earth with an equally homogeneous percussion piece for thundering snare drums, composer Luka Schuurman now attempts to tickle the heavens with a more lightly timbred composition for many triangles.

Commissioned for the shared 40th anniversary of Concertzender and Zaal 100.