Tactus: derived from Latin, ‘to touch’, also a term for a 15/16th-century rhythmic measurement. In 2017, a renaissance flute was recovered from a shipwreck in the Markermeer, North Holland. Made materially fragile by the passage of time, the instrument was nevertheless preserved intact in its watery solitude for 500 years. Archeologists and historians can only speculate on the flute’s origin, directed by material clues, including a small roll of Germanic text found curled inside the instrument. Replicas have since been made of the flute, reviving a sound lost to the ocean for centuries. The instrument’s journey unfolds in Tactus, a new […]

This April, GOOLUGATUP SOUNDS and TONE LIST join forces to present a treasure trove of adventurous music. Witness the iconic free improv drumming of SHOJI HANO, on tour from Japan, alongside local saxophone heroes JOSTEN MYBURGH and ERIN ROYER, performing music by Myburgh and Philip Glass – plus dj CURLISU.