Voices II. Lamantin DJ’s, Max Tundra and Deerhoof Concert. Eclectic pop, noise rock, J-pop, art punk – that’s what Trafó’s newest concert series entitled Voices II.
Eclectic pop, noise rock, J-pop, art punk – that’s what Trafó’s newest concert series entitled Voices II. Dishes out to music buffs and those mere mortals, who probably can’t even tell these mysterious-sounding musical genres apart. Yet. Trafó is at hand to show the Magyar capital how broad the definition of pop actually is, especially if it’s brought to you by the eccentric and experimental young-but-already-cult musician Max Tundra from London, or the amazingly diverse and unpredictable, genre-defying American-Japanese Deerhoof.
Deerhoof, consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier from sunny San Francisco, has always struck a balance between being strikingly new and reassuringly familiar. The dream-like, almost magical melodic beauty that characterizes their music is set against flashes of brilliant innovation that seem to be as much of a surprise to the band as to the listener. With Deerhoof, every song is an adventure to the realm of classic rock, J-pop (Japanese pop) and jazz, classical melodies and mere noise. They manage to marry styles and make them inseparable, as if no genres or stylistic barriers had ever existed. Ask five fans of their loyal following to describe Deerhoof’s sound and you’ll quite possibly get five completely different answers.
Max Tundra (born as Ben Jacobs in Britain) is a similarly eclectic artist, who doesn’t like to be put in a box of a single genre and is full of original ideas: his multi-colored music is clever and enchanting, challenging and joyful to listen to at the same time. Max Tundra constantly stretches boundaries and explores new territories – that’s what makes his music unusual and pretty hard to forget. As Prefix Magazine put it, “Jacobs works in a peerless vacuum located in a hazy plot point on the pop timeline, located somewhere in-between outright sugary pop and nerdy bedroom electronica.” Arguably he has never made anything that even came close to be classified as a bad record and is capable of wonderfully weaving together a wide array of musical genres, producing a pitch-perfect hybrid. “Mr. and Mrs. Tundra can be very proud of their boy”, wrote The Independent about his third album, Parallax Error Beheads You. Here’s your chance to find out why.
April 24
8 p.m.: Lamantin DJ’s
9 p.m.: Max Tundra (UK)
10 p.m.: Deerhoof (USA/Japan)
Trafó House of Contemporary Arts
1094 Budapest, Liliom utca 41. www.trafo.hu