The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble at Union Chapel

& The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

A creepy crawly electronic jazz combo, creating soundtracks for non-existing movies ; Dark, exotic and mysterious. Fusing analog and digital flawlessly, giving them a totally unique and original sound. Film Noir futurism.

Genre
Darkjazz. Electronica. Triphop. Post-Rock. Drones

Biography
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (TKDE) formed in 2000 as a project to compose new music for existing silent movies. Jason Köhnen and Gideon Kiers, both graduates of the Utrecht School of Arts, combined their audio and visual skills to reinterpret classic movies by F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) and F. Langs (Metropolis). In 2004, UK trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Swiss cellist Nina Hitz joined TKDE to record the self-titled debut album which was released on Planet Mu Records in May 2006. The ensuing tour saw Eelco Bosman and Paris based vocalist Charlotte Cegarra join, forming the Ensemble into a sextet. London based violinist Sadie Anderson joined in 2008 to supply the group with extra power on stage.

The Netherlands has been TKDE’s homebase since 2007, while members have moved closer to each other to make composing and producing easier. Due to the vast possibilities within the band, the sound spectrum of TKDE is hard to capture within one specific composition. Moreover, the project will lean towards various styles depending on the respective members working together


at a given time. A good mix between atmosphere and technique is always the strong basis for a TKDE composition.

Live TKDE fuse analog and digital as much as possible. Combining traditional instrumentations (comprising cello, trombone, violin, beats, guitar, bass and vocals) with existing and/or self-developed software, continuously blending and mutating, creating an organic and electronic performance, supported by visuals which add to and interact with the frequencies of said instruments.

Apart from the mothership which is TKDE, there is another entity; The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is a live improv jazz/drone/doom side project consisting of TKDE members and a host of interchanging guest musicians.

Discography
From The Stairwell - LP/CD 2011 : Parallel Corners / Denovali
Here Be Dragons - LP/CD 2009 : Ad Noiseam
Mutations EP - LP/CD 2008 : Ad Noiseam
S/T - CD 2006 : Planet Mu

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble are:

Jason Köhnen – Bass
Gideon Kiers – Beats / FX
Eelco Bosman – Guitar
Charlotte Cegarra – Vocals
Hilary Jeffery – Trompone

Ticket Presale
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A free unreleased EP will be given to all the ticket buyers at the show when they hand in / buy their ticket. They will be given a download coupon at the entrance with which they be will able to download the EP via TKDE’s Bandcamp site.