Tatiana Koleva: vibes, percussion
René van Barneveld: guitar
Han Buhrs: vocals
Luc Ex: ac.bassguitar
RUBATONG was put together by Han Buhrs in 2006. Sure,
the musical backgrounds of the members of this quartet differ substantially:
there’s an improvising bassist that once started off playing punk,
a percussionist who is usually engaged in performing the sophisticated precission
of contemporary classical music, a guitarist that is known for mixing rock
and rap music, but never abondoned his lyrical options and a vocalist that
will tempt anything between raw throat sounds and singable language -be
it english, dutch or french- to become a song.
That’s Rubatong, in theory, that is.
But there’s more: this quartet appears to be able to unite around
crystal-clear little tunes as well as loud collective rhythmes and sound
bursts, thus providing a wide dynamical range within its repertoire.
The diversity of their musical backgrounds is not a leading principle for
the Rubatong musicians. It’s just usefull information that they bring
in during rehearsals.
So after all the most striking characterization of Rubatong is the fact
that it’s a band. A band that ingeniously scrapes and sands their
ideas untill a remarkably ideosyncratic music emerges.
contact Rubatong:
Han
Buhrs
additional links:
Tatiana
Koleva