Nout & Boolvar

Flute, harp, drums - what sounds like a neat chamber music ensemble is in fact an unpredictable power trio: Blanche Lafuente, Rafaëlle Rinaudo and Delphine Joussein may incorporate subtle, jazzy moments into their sets, but the French women like to push their playing in the direction of noise and complex, repetitive, energetic sound textures. Even if there are borrowings from tradition - someone called them the
Missing Link between Nirvana and Sun Ra - this experimental, electro-acoustic band is quite unique. This also applies to Joussein's duo Boolvar - here she and drummer Sheik Anorak develop noise ecstasies that are somewhere between krautrock and free jazz. They have been described as "mayhem for flute and drums". But don't worry: the massive, distorted, over-excited sound inferno also radiates a serene cheerfulness.

One piece is entitled "Flute Is Not Dead". Which is proven on this evening.