The Ex with Grdina/Lillinger

The Ex

The Ex is a band resolutely focused on the future. After more than 45 years of existence and constant reinvention, it rejects all nostalgia, preferring to explore new alliances and continually take on musical challenges far from any comfort zone.

Emerging from the punk and squat movements of the late 1970s, The Ex has become an independent and unclassifiable force, performing in over 45 countries and paving the way for significant intercultural collaborations, notably with Ethiopian artists. Returning to the international stage with new compositions and a new album, If Your Mirror Breaks, the group continues to embody a living, collective and curious music — forward in all directions. “If Your Mirror Breaks is too honest to lie to you about the times, but so exhilarating that it makes you believe that the truth will make it through” (Magnet Magazine).

The Ex are Terrie Hessels guitar, Arnold de Boer vocals/guitar, Andy Moor guitar, and Katherina Bornefeld drums/vocals.

Grdina/Lillinger
The phenomenal, genre-mashing juggernaut duo Grdina/Lillinger mixes electronica, drum and bass, metal, punk, and free jazz into their explosively self-expressive sound. A force of nature on guitar and oud, Gordon Grdina and virtuosic powerhouse drummer Christian Lillinger intersperse intense, complex, spacious, heavily grooving free improv with modular composition ideas. Equal parts rock, punk, and exploratory atonality, these next-level innovators take unexpected turns at every corner, while taking their wildfire chemistry to the next level in this duo setting.

Gordon Grdina is a Vancouver-based JUNO Award-winner who has collaborated with an array of field-leading artists, including Gary Peacock, Paul Motion, Marc Ribot, Mats Gustafsson, Matt Shipp, Colin Stetson, Joëlle Léandre, and Jim Black. Deutscher Jazzpreis Artist of the Year winner Christian Lillinger is a Berlin-based German drummer, composer and percussionist who has played with Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker, Evan Parker, Louis Sclavis, Joe Lovano, Peter Brötzmann and Tony Malaby.

STANDING ROOM ONLY.  Seating is limited, and available only on a first-come, first-serve basis.  We encourage you to get on the dance floor!

This is a 19+ event, minors will be denied entry at the door.

Tickets are NON REFUNDABLE, but they are transferable.  Send them to a friend if you're unable to attend.