EAT the Podcast

How do you approach playing an acoustic or electric instrument which opens up your creativity and inspires fresh ideas?

We all came up with different concepts which are really nice to consider and try out yourself! Listen out for more gems on how to improvise together in this episode.

The album for this session is 'A' and you can listen to it here: 

This was a really nice conversation with our guest Mary.

Mary is a singer, piano player and composer who has made some beautiful music with 'Ode to the Quiet', a project that Tobias is also involved in.

In this episode we talk about improvisation, how to connect with eachother when you haven't made music together before and find out why Tobias felt conflicted between two different musical planets.

The album for this session is #19 (and not #21) go to: 

Oh my, it has finally happened. Our most faithful acoustic jedi, Timo, has entered the dark side! Listen to an entertaining conversation about electronic gear, roles within a band and effect pedal chains.

(Note: something with the bitrate went wrong while recording this podcast, so that's why you might get some 'Smurf-vibes' while listening to it)

Enjoy!

Wow, what an amazing time it is to EAT together with us. Clarinetist and electronic musician Oğuz Büyükberber joins us for a session. We talk about the session, Oğuz's musical background and how it was to play as a quartet instead of a trio.

Oh my, it's been a while. Let's say making music together is not always a straight line. It has curves and edges, but we're back and alive and kicking!

In this episode we discuss what took us so long, and what we have learned from it.

 We are going to record a new album in February 2023. In the coming episodes we take you along by sharing our process of making this album. This the second  part where we talk again about the evolution of our own setup, how to change your musical direction using an experimental instrument and we give you a nice idea to use in your own band when you want to stretch your musical muscles. 

Join us on a new journey. We are going to record a new album in January 2023. In the coming episodes we take you along by sharing our process of making this album. 

After our summer break we start with a very special episode. Claude and Ola, two friends from the experimental music scene, share their thoughts on our recording session "Lunch Break". 

The weather is getting better, so we brought out our BBQ grooves! Enjoy a slightly different Podcast episode in which each of us discusses one of the tracks that we recorded.

Enjoy this episode, we encourage you to also play things you hate!

Welcome to the 12th episode of EAT the Podcast. In each episode we discuss a theme that came up in the recording session we did. 

This time we talk about reverb and transducers. A great episode for the nerds and the newbies! 

Join us in epsiode #11 of 'EAT the Podcast'. In this episode we discover the concept of 'Microphony' by German composer Stockhausen. We talk about micro sounds and all that comes with it. 

Join us in epsiode #10 of 'EAT the Podcast' in which we have made our first Symphony. 

In each podcast we discuss things that have come up in the recording session of that month. Expect some great thoughts on 'Mister Glue' aka Tobias Kerkhoven, the perks of being an improvisational timpani player, and some serious beef about the art of the Medley.

Each podcast is inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. 

In Podcast #9 we EAT outside. We talk about our frustrations, funny things that happened when you play on the street and the challenge of bringing in a 4th band member in this session: the street. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. In each Podcast episode we try to give words to what happened in the recording session. 

Join us in Podcast #8. In the session from this episode we decided to play our original instruments to see what a year full of musical experimentation has done to our playing. Really cool talk afterwards 3:)>. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. In our talk we try to improvise the same way as we do in our music. 

Join us in Podcast #7. In this episode we talk about different ways of inspiration. How do practicing, performing and composing correlate to each other? Raoul talks about the leap motion synthesizer. 

Enjoy our final Special Episode celebrating the release of our album 'Moving Objects'.

Can you use anything as an inspiration? What do Feyenoord Rotterdam, a cymbal and a parrot have to do with the track: 'Pas Sur Le Terrain'? Find out in this episode of EAT the Podcast. 

Enjoy our fourth special episode celebrating the release of our album 'Moving Objects'. 

It's a TobiCast this time! Tobias talks about the track 'Dylan', which is featured on the album. 

Enjoy our third special episode celebrating the release of our album 'Moving Objects'. Raoul interviews Sean from Zazen Tapes; the label that released our album. 

How did he start his label? And how come, that a label from Buffalo, New York ends up supporting the music from 3 Dutch improvisers? 

Enjoy this short episode in celebration of our album release 'Moving objects'. Raoul will do a commentary on one of the tracks from the album called: 'de aarde gloeit' (the earth glows). 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. We talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording.

it's going to be a special episode this time! 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. We talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording.

Join us in Podcast #6. In this episode Raoul and Tobias talk about our recording session with the weirdest combination of musical styles so far. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. We talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording.

Join us in Podcast #5. In this episode Raoul and Tobias take on the drum machine with all it's limitations and countless possibilities. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. We talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording.

Join us in Podcast #4. In this episode we thought it would be nice to do a live commentary on two of our improvisations.

If you want to go to this commentary section right away, and skip our intro talk about our musical upbringing, then start the podcast at 8:53 min. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. We talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording.

Join us in our first Podcast of 2021!

In this episode you can discover why Raoul described our recording session as: three boys on the playground. Expect a lot of nice thoughts about playfulness in improvisation.

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we have recorded with our trio. In the podcast we talk about the recording session and we give you some sneak peeks from the recording. 

Join us in our second Podcast:

This time we did a live performance at Studio 26. Timo, Tobias and Raoul talk about many subjects like luck in performing together, the artistry of improvisation and the alien resurrection of Tobias. 

Join us in our first Podcast. 

Each podcast will be inspired by new music that we recorded with our trio. In the podcast we talk about the recording session and we let you listen to a take from the session. 

In this episode Timo and Raoul talk about subjects like: using effects in improvisation, no input mixing and the challenges that come with it, silence in music and many more things. In the end we listen to some musical 'magic'.