Various venues, Thu to 7 Dec JA Cult Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Jaga Jazzist join electronica, drum'n'bass, prog rock, classical music, free jazz, Afrobeat and more with a powerful theatrical sense: shadowy musicians move like wraiths around stages rammed with keyboards, vibes, guitars, saxes, traditional brass and pulsating, orange-lit drums.
The visual stimulus was provided by a back-lit optokinetic drum with black and white stripes, each subtending approximately 7.5° of visual angle.
Altair is thus known as hegu er (; lit. "river drum two", meaning the "second star of the drum at the river").
In Chinese, the asterism consisting of α, β, and γ Aquilae is known as hegu (; lit. "river drum").
"I was a DJ slash frustrated drummer," Renaat begins, waving a lit cigarette through the air as he gesticulates.
Saxophones, guitars, clarinets, drums, an antique piano and jars of sherbert lemons clutter up the small but brightly-lit space, and at no point do Harvey or her fellow musicians show any recognition they are being watched.
In response the drummer asked him up to his room, excused himself to go the bathroom, put a lit stick of dynamite in the toilet and shut the bathroom door.
A statement on their website describes that sound in these colourful terms: "death drum anthems, dim-lit psychedelia, sugar-coated dirt, moments of melodic bliss along with the squishiest of textures, lounge boom-bap and art of all mediums". .
