R/J BiRTHDAY BASH! presents: MÖRSER (DE) + KRIME + TRAUMATIZER + INSIDE JOB + KUIPVREES + 5 MORE TBC

presents the first five bands for our birthday bash:  
Kuipvrees / Inside Job / Traumatizer / Krime / Mörser  
More information on how to get tickets, how much they cost will be available soon. We hope to reveal the other 5 bands really soon and then announce which band will be playing which day. Stay tuned!

Ronald ‘WAYBACKWHEN‘ Zwetsloot and Jos ‘AUTOREVERSE‘ Houtveen’s BIRTHDAY BASH. They are celebrating this with a two day mini festival at their favourite venue OCCII. They might have a few surprises up their sleeves too.

Combitickets (€xx), online soon. Info about Day tickets (€xx) soon.

OCCII

R/J BiRTHDAY BASH! w/ MÖRSER (DE) + KRIME + TRAUMATIZER + INSIDE JOB + KUIPVREES + 5 MORE TBC

EDLP

Pretty//Ugly Emo Nite

FFO: Title Fight, Sunny Day Real Estate, Algernon Cadwallader, Crywank

Seven Circle Motel
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Seven Circle Motel is an Amsterdam based band hoping to speak to you trough their energetic but vulnerable songs. Their music entail influences of 00’s poppunk and everlasting gazey soundscapes. The sincere and heartfelt lyrics provide an enriching contrast to the punchy backbone of what is Seven Circle Motel.

https://www.instagram.com/svncirclemotel/


EDLP
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Eindhoven emo band coming through with that heart on your sleeve uptempo sad songs.

https://edlp.bandcamp.com/album/better-days
https://www.instagram.com/edlptheband/


&The
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Partially rough-edged, partially intricate, &The weave songs with toil and care, like a sturdy and comforting hug or a blanket when you’re napping on the couch.

 We may not be allowed to use the word ‘cute’ for adults, so we have to search diligently for an alternative designation. ‘Endearing’? ‘Adorable’? ‘Lovely’? The word ‘heartwarming’ might be somewhat worn out by frequent use? (3voor12 review of Murf Murw Festival)

&The - Slim Radio Live Lounge

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZrLLvMR7nxA/hqdefault.jpg

https://ppprettyuuugly.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Shane Koppers

Pretty//Ugly Emonite w/ Seven Circle Motel + EDLP + &The

Doors open: 20:00
Showtime: 20.30
Damage: €10

JABU + BHAJAN BHOY / NL tour / May 2025

JABU (UK)
Bristol based trio who released the album “A Soft And Gatherable Star” in 2024 to enormous acclaim play their debut European shows! 5 star reviews in the Wire, the Quietus, Clash magazine, etc etc. The music is “a heady blend of vintage dreampop in the vein of COCTEAU TWINS and downbeat sound system dub a la A.R.KANE…. an intoxicating listening experience….”

album : https://doyouhavepeace.bandcamp.com/album/a-soft-and-gatherable-star

BHAJAN BHOY
Ajay Saggar is BHAJAN BHOY. Since beginning in 2020, he has released 6 albums, and will release a new LP on 14 February 2025. He has toured the USA twice, the UK 3 times, and played shows throughout Europe. He has done radio sessions for WFMU, KALX, BBC, KSPC, WGXC. He is also a member of Water Damage, and CHELA.

“With BHAJAN BHOY, Saggar synthesizes all of the stylistic approaches he’s explored over the years, swirling them into an intoxicating musical blend, with an earthy spirituality. Even the project’s name reflects the dual aspects of Saggar’s upbringing coming together in harmony. In Hindi, a “bhajan” is a devotional song, sung in the mandir, or temple, while “bhoy” is a Scottish and Irish derivation for a young man. There’s a searching quality to Bhajan Bhoy, as if Saggar is still hunting for transcendence with each track, whether through an expansive drone, an orchestral facility on the piano, or an electronics-augmented raga that threatens to dip into noise” (Erick Bradshaw / writer and WFMU DJ).

music : https://bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com/

JABU (UK) + BHAJAN BHOY

Charnel Ground presents: John Wiese (US), Secret(e), Hesker & Thom Floris – An evening of noise, musique concrete & digital cut-up.

John Wiese (US) is an artist and composer from Los Angeles, California. His ongoing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, but is known for his collaborations with many artists as diverse as Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Aaron Dilloway, Smegma, Kevin Drumm, Cattle Decapitation, and C. Spencer Yeh as well as his work as a solo artist. He has toured extensively throughout the world, covering Europe, Scandinavia and Australia as a member of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a tentet including Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yellow Swans, etc.), the United States alongside Wolf Eyes, and recently performed in the 52nd Venice Biennale with artist Nico Vascellari. While releasing albums on a variety of international labels, Wiese often releases work on his own label, Helicopter.

Secret(e) is Kevin Jansen (Svartvit, Coma Cluster, etc..) is an sound artist based in Den Haag, NL. Exploring the boundaries of sound & performance since 2009. Especially interested in the inner-world of objects & bodies, brought to the surface through contact microphones & extreme amplification. Sculpting corporeal sonic landscapes that pulsate with raw intensity. Through extensive manipulation acoustic sounds are held captive in the liminal space between their point of origin & grotesque indecipherable slabs of distortion.

Hesker is a raw, analog exploration of sonic abrasion, utilising archaic tape machinery to distort and fracture reality.

Thom Floris is an experimental sound artist, his process mainly involves sampling memetic tropes and utilizing further DSP (Digital Signal Processing) in order to create blithering and frantic compositions.

Charnel Ground presents: JOHN WIESE (US) + SECRET(E) + HESKER + THOM FLORIS

KRIME

World’s Appreciated Kitsch Presents: M.D.C. (u$a) + BARACKCA (hu) + KRIME

M.D.C. (hardcore/punk since 1981, USA)

In 1981, Dave Dictor, Al Schvitz, Mikey ‘Offender’ Donaldson, and “x-con Ron” Posner put out their first two-song single 7” as The Stains. Shortly afterwards, they were duly christened Millions of Dead Cops by Buxf Parrot, the hardcore bass player of The Dicks. And the rest, as they say, is history…

M.D.C. is a musical and political organization always striving to make intelligent, powerful, political statements that scream loudly against political insanity and social malignancy, addressing oppression and the human condition. Their originality challenges and often rivals, with their distinctly blunt and radical views, some of the most iconic bands of the past-and-present punk scene often littered with meaningless personal topical babble.

M.D.C. undoubtedly influenced many bands of today, evident in many modern anti-government and anti-oppression oriented groups, as early American Punk folklore blazoned its course through the past 44 years. M.D.C. was on the cover of the FIRST issue of Maximum Rock’n’Roll, which also includes a band interview. They have had major articles in Playboy, Spin, Sounds, and interviews far too numerous to count in local papers and fanzines across the globe. As an integral part of early American Punk folklore, it is not surprising to find references to M.D.C. in the annals of punk history and beyond the boundaries of mainstream music culture–their honourable mention in the alternative duo They Might Be Giants’ song “Rhythm Section Want Ad” and the “Millions of Dead Cops” album ranking #7 on Kurt Cobain’s all-time favourite list are two interesting examples.

M.D.C. = Millions of Dead Cops, Millions of Damn Christians, Millions of Dead Capitalists, Millions of Dead Congressmen, Millions of Dead Children, Missile Destroyed Civilization, Multi-Death Corporation, Male Dominated Culture, Marine Death Corps, Magnus Dominus Corpus…

https://www.mdcpunkofficial.com

BARACKCA (punk/hardcore since 1993, HU)

Barackca were formed in 1993 in Budapest. Political songs already appeared in their early years alongside with the satirical ones. They self-published a total of 8 albums. They had over 900 concerts in 29 European and 4 Asian countries.

In their songs they often criticize capitalism, point out social problems, and they hold racism, National Socialism and every repressive authority unacceptable.

Their music is a mix of Hungarian punk style with US hardcore/punk and anarcho mentality.

https://barackca.hu

KRIME (hardcore/punk, NL)

Krime, formed early 2024, is a hardcore/punk band from the Netherlands, featuring ex members of Citizens Patrol and Brat Pack.

Their sound could appeal to fans of Poison Idea, Long Knife, RKL, Government Warning, Syndrome 81, etc.

This is their first Amsterdam show ever!

https://krimepunk.bandcamp.com

M.D.C. (U$A) + BARACKCA (HU) + KRIME

For this event тhe тide øf тhe εnd presents an evening filled with noise rock, no wave, hardcore, experimental & harsh noise
BRAK (DE)
LOUSE (UK)
TZU NI (TW)
ASCH (NL)

BRAK (DE)
A noisy trio exploring sonic dissonances and cross-genre intricacies, navigating between no wave, noise and punk. Expert at dashing out cascades of sound accelerating, rotting and falling apart. In a cultural and social climate reliant on rules and adherence to standards of practice, BRAK stands totemic and atomic.

FFO: Cuntroaches, Load Records, Destruction Unit

https://br4k.bandcamp.com/

LOUSE (BE)
Purveyors of the finest cellar-dweller scum rock. A carnival in an open sewer. Whatever septic fluid got in the water in Sweden managed to find its way to the grim English north. The perfect amalgamation of their other projects; Foot Hair and The Shits. Do the wrong thing, and answer the call.

FFO: Brainbombs, Drunk in Hell, not wearing a shirt because it’s soaked in beer

https://lousescum.bandcamp.com/

TZU NI (TW)
Momentary isolation from the outer world, intense perception of one’s frame of mind & body. A sound artist from Taiwan who recently shifted to the Netherlands. Her work primarily focuses on spatial and sonic installations, field recordings, the acoustics of objects, and computer-generated noise.

FFO: Nurse With Wound, Joe Colley, Jiyoung Wi

https://www.instagram.com/iilli.i.illii/

ASCH (NL)
Familiar faces treading unfamiliar territory.

FFO: Violent Shogun, Kyle Flanagan, Spring of Life

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEva5E1C7a2/?img_index=1

тhe тide øf тhe εnd present: BRAK (DE) + LOUSE (UK) + TZU NI (TW) + ASCH

Welcome to deBasement – born from the afterhours parties of Montreal and New Orleans, deBasement is comprised of Alli Logout, iconic vocalist of the critically acclaimed punk outfit Special Interest, and Margo XS, an esteemed DJ and highly in-demand producer who collaborates with pop stars such as Zara Larsson and Kim Petras, and underground darlings like Ayesha Erotica and Mowalola.

Blasting onto the scene with their double single debut “FRONT LEFT SPEAKER / FTDJ (Thank God)” via In Real Life [Peggy Gou, Erika DeCasier, Luna Li, MethMath] in August, deBasement has already captivated listeners with their futuristic production, punk confrontation and undeniable vocal hooks. Deeply inspired by and uplifting their FLINTA* community, deBasement is rewriting the rules of LA’s DIY queer rave scene with their explosive live sets, and has already supported acts like Model/Actriz, Hannah Diamond, and Marie Davidson (who will feature on their debut EP outFeruary 2025). With just a few releases under their belt, the duo’s unique blend of dance punk and modern ghettotech has already caught the attention of Pitchfork, AG Cook’s Wandcamp Media, Our Culture Mag, Matt Wilkinson on Apple 1, Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 1, and more. In a landscape saturated with predictable dance music, deBasement is injecting a much-needed dose of raunchy, raw authenticity – and its only just the beginning.



Plastic Persoon
Since we are all simultaneously yelling how unique we are, I decided to rename myself Plastic Persoon. An Avant Gabber act consisting of Sob (45ACIDBABIES, FFOOSS) and Juna (Imhotel, Gita Buhari). Both brutally loud and relatable to people who want change. Kicking against the status quo every minute of every day is exhausting. Plastic Persoon is a coping mechanism.



DJ TiZi
A smalltown girly with a heart beating fast like the big city.
TiZi is a vocal artist, on a journey through colors sound and movement. And she loves to play around behind the decks as well , with a foundation in jazzy house sounds to sexy south American rhythms and wonky circus melodies.



DJ Mesin Slat
VJ



debasement, mesin slat, plastic persoon, tizi

FRXCTOSE & Pretty//Ugly: deBasement w/ Plastic Persoon + DJ TiZi + DJ Mesin Slat

Alasdair Roberts

Fredrik Rasten

DNK Ensemble

To celebrate 20 years of DNK we are organising some special events through the year. The first of these is at Willem de Zwijgerkerk with the support of Occii.

We have invited the inimitable Alasdair Roberts in duo with a new DNK favourite Fredrik Rasten. DNK Ensemble will play works by Koen Nutters and Seamus Cater. All happening in this beautiful and little known church close to the Vondelpark in Amsterdam Zuid.

Alasdair Roberts (SC) & Fredrik Rasten (NO)

The Scottish/Norwegian duo of Alasdair Roberts and Fredrik Rasten fuses their respective work with traditional music, folk song and experimental minimalism. Their first encounter was in the septet ‘Alasdair Roberts og Völvur’, which released the LP «The Old Fabled River» on Drag City Records in 2021, featuring Roberts-originals and a blend of Scottish and Norwegian traditional songs. In duo, Roberts and Rasten have so far focussed on traditional Scottish narrative ballads, often with long durations, and where slowly evolving musical materials build up throughout the strophic verse-structure to emphasise the storytelling.

The duo employs both field recordings and printed sources of traditional song as the basis of their interpretations, often evolving new original compositions and always resulting in a meeting point between time-honoured and contemporary forms of musical expression. Both musicians sing and play a variety of instruments, Roberts’ clear and unadorned vocal delivery blending with Rasten’s sensibilities of just intonation tuning and timbrel qualities of sound.

DNK Ensemble

André Avelas – electronics
Anne La Berge – flute
Seamus Cater – concertina and voice
Koen Nutters – double bass
Germaine Sijstermans – clarinet
Aimée Theriot – cello and voice

The longstanding DNK Ensemble will perform two pieces especially written or arranged for the church setting by Koen Nutters and Seamus Cater.

OCCII ON TOUR x DNK 20 Years! – Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten + DNK Ensemble play Nutters and Cater

BOMBSTRAP

Thurifer Promotions & World’s Appreciated Kitsch present a night of pure darkness and skull-crushing violence, featuring three rising forces in the underground metal and punk scenes.

FINAL DOSE (black metal / punk, UK)
London’s Final Dose brings their chaotic fusion of black metal and punk to Amsterdam, ready to celebrate the release of their new LP “Under the Eternal Shadow”, delivering ferocious black metal for the punks and punk for the blacksters. Before surrendering to complete despair and nihilism, give Final Dose a try.
https://finaldose.bandcamp.com

CONIFERE (black metal, CAN)
Hailing from Montreal, Conifère delivers their signature blend of melodic and atmospheric black metal, evoking ancient struggles and frostbitten landscapes. Great songwriting combining melancholic folk passages and blasting triumphant melodies echoing the legends of old tales, forever enshrouded in the icy embrace of Québec.
https://conifere.bandcamp.com

BOMBSTRAP (terror punk, NL/UK)
Bombstrap is a brand new vicious four-piece band hailing from Manchester and Rotterdam. Often referred to as Rotterdam terror punk, they prefer to lay on the weirder side of hardcore. They’re nasty and they’re coming to hit you with their politically charged homicidal rage. As their anger transforms into a visually dangerous and conceptually subversive show, they invite you to explode with them.
https://bombstrap-rotterdam.bandcamp.com/

FINAL DOSE (UK) + CONIFERE (CAN) + BOMBSTRAP (NL/UK)

1 May | Benzin (DE) + Shafrah (DE) + Combi Magnetron (NL)

Benzin (DE)

Berlin’s Benzin brings us a blistering barrage of blazing beats and breakneck bursts of brio on Treibjagd, their debut vinyl for Static Age Musik. While Benzin rips through their songs at hardcore tempos (Treibjagd’s 12 songs fly by in a mere 15 minutes), they’re a punk rock band at heart, with songs built around hooky riffs with eruptions of surf-tinged melody a la East Bay Ray from the Dead Kennedys. But while both the songs and the dry, punchy production recall proto-hardcore punk from the US west coast, the vocalist’s German-language speak-singing infuses Benzin’s sound with the icy cool of their country’s rich art-punk tradition

(Bärchen und die Milchbubis). Songs range from the spiky minimalism of “Freundschaft” (which sounds like a long-lost Group Sex outtake) and “Traumaspirale” to more fleshed-out, garage-y tracks like “Zeichen Der Zeit” and “Treibjagd,” whose sassy, hip-swinging rhythms and big riffs could win over any Hives fan. Aficionados of artsy and agitated contemporary punk bands like Warm Bodies and Spread Joy are bound to fall for Benzin’s charms, but Treibjagd is a treat for any punker with an ear for a hyperactive hook. (Daniel Lupton)

Link: https://benzinbln.bandcamp.com/album/treibjagd


Shafrah (DE)

“What’s this??? This one seems to be a bit of mystery, but we know our angelic friends over at Saalepower 2 have blessed us today with this insane demonstration of snotty, astute street punk. Shafrah’s “Bnat El Medinah” serves up a healthy portion of no frills aggressive riffing, dialed in hardcore drums, and feral vocals with Arabic lyrics- a perfect rock n roll recipe. The type of shit that makes me wanna write and angry letter to my congressman… and maybe sprinkle in a little anthrax- who fucking knows! Hehe. Don’t sleep on this absolutely perfect punk offering. For fans of a grenade that spreads wild flower seeds.”

SIMS HARDIN

Link:  https://saalepower2records.bandcamp.com/album/bnat-el-medinah


Combi Magnetron

Dinnershow gedreven door microgolven, Gaat door tot de laatste bapao is opgewarmd.

Link: https://8rgr8records.bandcamp.com/track/combi-magnetron

BENZIN (DE) + SHAFRAH (DE) + COMBI MAGNETRON (NL)

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

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Live music

Chris Pitsiokos (NYC/BERLIN) + Ada Rave, Nora Mulder, Aaron Lumley, Jasper Stadhouders, Nasim López-Palacios Navarro + DJ BAHER

Chris Pitsiokos (http://chrispitsiokos.com/), the alto saxophone wunderkind from New York, is back in town!
We’re very glad to have him back at OCCII again after last year’s epic night with Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M.

We’re grouping Chris together with a fine selection of Amsterdam improvising musicians including Nora Mulder, Aaron Lumley, Jasper Stadhouders, Ada Rave & Nasim López-Palacios Navarro.

A night of music which will keep you on your toes wanting more of where that came from. Expect to hear these fine players in several sets of different groupings.

Chris Pitsiokos – alto sax
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Ada Rave – tenor sax
Nora Mulder – electric cymbalom
Aaron Lumley – bass
Jasper Stadhouders – guitar
Nasim López-Palacios Navarro – drums
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DJ Baher a.k.a. Miguel Petruccelli

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https://occii.org/events/chris-pitsiokos-guests/

Chris Pitsiokos (US) + Ada Rave, Nora Mulder, Aaron Lumley, Jasper Stadhouders, Nasim López-Palacios Navarro + DJ BAHER

guestList

OCCII is an independent music venue. Situated in a building complex which was squatted in 1984, legalized in 1992. OCCII has since developed into a unique social centre for alternative music and other arts. 
 
OCCII provides a cultural program that is hand-picked for those drawn to a wonderful and wide range of subversive sounds and music genres: global beats, noise, punk, folk, improv, rave, avant-garde & electronic.
 
OCCII is not in it to make profit. We aim to be a home to all kinds of subcultures and non-commercial collaborations. At OCCII we want to create a space where all feel welcome and safe(r), regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, ability, sexuality or otherwise. Our venue is wheelchair accessible.
 
In addition to live music, OCCII also hosts Kinderpret: a series of Tuesday & Wednesday afternoon theatre performances and workshops for kids aged 2-12 years. OCCII is part of De Binnenpret, a social center consisting of a variety of cultural and political collectives.

COMMUNITY

We are part of a community of musicians, artists and audience from Amsterdam and beyond: an active group of volunteers to connect music, people and other venues in the city.

This community and our volunteers are the ones that continuously bring new music and new developments to OCCII. Many of them are not native Amsterdammers. OCCII has a staff of two who coordinate the program, volunteers and other tasks needed. Together we try to contribute to creating space we think is crucial to the social fabric of Amsterdam. To (re)claim a place in the ever gentrifying city center and to continue our radical, non-commercial way of hosting musicians from all over the world.

We are dedicated to support anyone who would like to organize an event or become a volunteer – please read more about that here!


THE BUILDING’S ARCHITECTURE

People often ask us: What is the story behind the eclectic facade of OCCII? The venue was once part of a larger complex (built in 1883/84) which functioned as horse stables and a depot for trams – that’s why OCCII’s main entrance has such tall doors! The architect was Abraham Salm, he based his design on the Russian National Style, inspired by a painting of a clock made by Viktor Hartman.

For many years, the facade was in disarray (very punk..!). In 2010 we were able to restore the exterior facade to its beautiful original state, with help from Monument Zorg and OCCII volunteers!

Other significant buildings in Amsterdam designed by Abraham Salm and his father G.B. Salm are (what we now know as): Paradiso and de Melkweg. It’s a wonder that all three buildings have transformed into the most important venues for live music – and the squatting movement in Amsterdam is to thank for that.

Read more about the history of the building on the website of Binnenpret, this blogpost we wrote and this article by ArchiHis.

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