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Next: 11.10 أحمد [Ahmed] + talk

10/10/2026

Tomorrow we will present the long overdue national booklaunch of أﺣﻣد [Ahmed] - Writing at STUK Leuven.

[Ahmed] is the quartet of Pat Thomas (piano), Joel Grip (double bass), Antonin Gerbal (drums) and Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). Since 2014, they have excavated and re-imagined the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, in an ever ongoing search for future music. They bring together heavy rhythmic music based on repetitive patterns and swinging rhythmic shifts in accent. A powerful punch to the stomach that subsequently transitions into a deep feeling of ecstasy. But أحمد [Ahmed] is a band that you really have to experience live, and now you can do so for the first time in Belgium.

Preceding the concert and on the occasion of the publication of a book compiling writings by and about أحمد [Ahmed], STUK is hosting an extensive conversation with the band members. We will discuss improvisation as investigation and making music as a medium of thought; the music and ideas of Ahmed Abdul-Malik and the Arabic and Muslim roots of Jazz and improvised music; the importance of probing in and into ‘jazz’ and the possibilities of new jazz nutation; أحمد [Ahmed] as an accommodating and radical vision of synthesis and open structure(s) and a shared space of (re-)imagination and (re-)interpretation.

Tickets and info via link in bio or at www.stuk.be

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This event is made possible with the support of Flanders State of the Art. Published by In vitro and KASK School of Arts & Conservatory in the context of the research project Echoes of Dissent.

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17h00 Performance at Soetezaal

Preceded by

15h00 Talk with أﺣﻣد [Ahmed] and Stoffel Debuysere at Labozaal
Entrance: €18

STUK
Naamsestraat 96
3000 Leuven

29/09/2026

In vitro #32

Back again for our first event of the fall, returning to MILL, our new home away from home.

Joining us is Yeah You, the Welsh father/daughter duo of Elvin Brandhi and Gustav Thomas. Their spontaneous sonic outpouring spews unfiltered humanity into jagged pop requiems made from a variety of tools in endlessly shifting contexts. The project grew out of their ‘car art’, a desire to create during every spare moment, using compact recording gear to turn everyday family drives into impromptu recording sessions.

Along the road comes Lauren Tosswill, a sound artist and performer working with language, voice, and objects as a means to undermine comprehension, construct absurdity, and engage in a live relational exchange with collaborators and audience.

This relationality is equally important in Simon Van Honacker’s practice as a sound documentalist, focussing on the auditory aspect of heritage (old and new), through field recordings, uncovering its associated social dynamics and environment.

Tickets are available now via link in bio.

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Our mail art poster is filled in by visual artist Local Tavern Comfort, who leaves behind the remnants of his artistic process as a way to (re)collect traces of past dealings as a tattoo artist. As with the music presented here, it raises the question of value and legitimacy in DIY cultures.

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This event is made possible with the support of Flanders State of the Art.

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Entrance: €15
Doors: 20h00

MILL (Needcompany)
Rue Gabrielle Petit 4
1080 Brussels

11/09/2026

We’re delighted to present the New York/Chicago based cellist, Dorothy Carlos, as part of our first co-production with AB - Ancienne Belgique on October 4.

Her work spans experimental practices in performance and sound installation, utilizing amplification and (digital) manipulation to challenge conventional ways of playing the cello. She is interested in electronics as an opportunity to construct alternate realities and seeks to obfuscate the line between acoustic and synthesized sound. In the past she has released recorded music through multiple imprints including 29 Speedway, Random Man Editions, and d.o.t..

She will be joined by pianist-composer Alister Spence, one of the leading figures in Australia’s improvisation music.

Tickets and info via link in bio or at www.abconcerts.be

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This event is made possible with the support of Flanders State of the Art.

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Entrance: €10
Doors: 19h30

AB Salon
Steenstraat 11
1000 Brussels

05/05/2026

With a very eventful April in the rear-view mirror, we look back on our trip to NYC with early nostalgia. Though current politics made crossing into the heart of darkness feel slightly surreal, these informal gatherings/community-based initiatives seem more important than ever. We feel very grateful that this can continue to be part of our practice, and hope to extend it further in the future in one way or another.

Of course, this project wouldn’t have been possible without a number of people: our wonderful partners and dear friends , one of New York’s greatest record shops and big man , and the incredible artists who shared their work: .vic, , (in spirit), and . Thank you! ❤️

1. NYC from the D train on our way to Flatbush

2. Sky-high pool session

3. Arrival at JFK (with an almost complete crew) Yey!

4–6. Gig at Montez

7. Curing the ol’ hangover with Dawson

8. Jef meets Jeff at the park

9–11. Books, books, books (Kostelanetz, Jon, and Josiah)

12. 100 years Morton Feldman at Roulette Intermedium – Vicky Chow & Mivos Quartet perform ‘Piano and String’

13. Tourism and Neuhaus with Augustė

14. Roman plays Ergot Records

15. Talking money with Jack Callahan

16. Asmus’ bedtime stories

17. Lieven in Kempisch dreamland

18. Big city bike ride

19. “I’m not hungry at all” – Roman, before ordering the most expensive thing on the menu (a complete stir-fried eel)

20. Real music at Striped Light

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This project wouldn’t have been possible without the guidance of Tamizdat, VI.BE, and the support of Flanders State of the Art.

21/04/2026

We couldn’t be more excited to present the very first In vitro publication, a collaboration with KASK School of Arts & Conservatory:

أحمد [Ahmed] - Writing (EXV01)

أحمد [Ahmed] is the quartet of Pat Thomas (piano), Joel Grip (double bass), Antonin Gerbal (drums) and Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). Since 2014, أحمد [Ahmed] have excavated and re-imagined the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, in an ever ongoing search for future music.

حمد [Ahmed] - Writing gathers together the [Ahmed] ‘paper’ texts from the last decade: liner-notes; covers of the releases; and writing by the band members – Antonin and Joel have written two fresh ones for this book, Seymour’s have appeared alongside the records, and some of Pat’s come from a time (long) before [Ahmed]. “Together, the ideas-energy in these things gives a sense of what we have done, do, think together (and apart) in living music, how our different ways come together, and how, together, we learn through be-doing [Ahmed]... These texts are woven together (the etymology of text is from weave) through (and into) a rich fabric of enquiry. A collaborative weaving together of difference(s) to make a whole (thing).” (Seymour Wright)

Contributions by Pat Thomas, Seymour Wright, Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip, Robert Levin, James G. Spady, John Chantler, Edward George, Fred Moten

Edited by حمد [Ahmed]
Series Editors: Stoffel Debuysere, Jef Lambrechts, Will Holder
Produced and designed by Will Holder [lps’ original design: Maja Larsson]

Published by In vitro and KASK School of Arts

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Releases May 9, 2026 with an accompanying live presentation by the quartet at Café OTO.

16/04/2026

Introducing: Ryu Hankil

Ryu Hankil is a computer musician, improviser, and writer based in Seoul. He has long explored the possibility of generating another kind of music through non-musical objects. His questions and practice regarding how an object’s inherent vibrations can constitute a musical context led him to realize that the speculative power of sonic thinking creates fiction in diverse ways.

To put this understanding into practice, he actively utilizes the feedback between physical modeling synthesis and sonic thinking writing.

He has now shifted his primary focus from non-musical objects to the speculative power of sonic thinking, exploring how sonic thinking can generate different music, function as a new cognitive system, and fundamentally and comprehensively reconfigure today’s reality.

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More information via link in bio

14/04/2026

In vitro #31

Last-minute announcement following our 30th anniversary and stint in NYC:

This Saturday, April 18, It’s our absolute pleasure to present a unique performance by Korean computer musician, writer, and improviser Ryu Hankil. As a central figure in Seoul’s underground, Hankil has long explored the possibility of generating another kind of music through non-musical objects. His practice revolves around the question: how can sonic thinking affect world-building? A different kind of reflection that creates fiction in diverse ways; an attempt at reconfiguring today’s reality, something that feels more necessary than ever.

He’ll be joined by sound artist Florence Cats, another kind of world-builder, exploring the theremin as a socio-political instrument, assisted by these same “objects.” Her work blends music, visual art, and poetry, and reflects on their relation from perception to notation.

Tickets are available now via link in bio.

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This event is made possible with the support of Flanders State of the Art.

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Entrance: €10
Doors: 20h00

MILL (Needcompany)
Rue Gabrielle Petit 4
1080 Brussels

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09/04/2026

MONTEZ TONIGHT 8PM (*EDT)

PULL UP, BRING YOUR FRIENDS 🚗🚗

TIMETABLE
20:00 Doors
20:30 Florence Cats (*fixed media piece)
21:00 Lieven Martens
*break
22:00 Augustė Vickunaitė
22:30 Roman Hiele

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Thanks to High-Tech Electronic Service Center, NY

08/04/2026

Introducing: Roman Hiele

Roman Hiele is a Brussels-based musician and composer whose work explores the boundaries between improvisation and electronic composition. His music unfolds as a living system of shifting harmonies, fractured rhythms, and unexpected turns.

At the core of Hiele’s practice lies a deep fascination for contrast, where his soundscapes act as both anchor and disruption, sharpening the emotional depth of images and spaces, a sensibility that extends into his collaborations with filmmakers, visual artists, and designers.

Over the past decade, Hiele has released albums on labels such as Ekster and Ultra Eczema, as well as through his own imprint Universal Exports. His work has been supported by residencies at EMS Stockholm, Willem II, Worm, the Red Bull Music Academy Paris, DeSingel Antwerp, and Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER

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More information via link in bio

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