Mother Tongue @ de Roode Bioscoop

Mother Tongue performing live at de Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Recorded live on 5 February 2021.

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Mola Sylla, Oscar Jan Hoogland, and Frank Rosaly form Mother Tongue. Rosaly has been involved in the improvised and experimental music community since 2001 when he became an integral part of Chicago’s musical fabric, navigating a fine line between the vibrant improvised music, experimental, rock, and jazz communities. Like Rosaly, singer and percussionist Mola Sylla is in many ways a musical explorer. Born and raised in Dakar, Senegal, he grew up in the tradition of the griots. Griots convey stories – sometimes decorated with music, theater, and dance – and play an important role in the culture of West Africa. Sylla’s rhythm and melodic compositions differ from the recognized western patterns and provide surprising twists. Oscar Jan Hoogland is the sound of Amsterdam in person. He is an instant composer and inventor of his own instrument by joining a clavichord, a keyboard instrument from the 17th century, to 220 Volt electricity. As the last student of the late pianist, composer, and improviser Misha Mengelberg he tears like a tornado through the Amsterdam jazz and impro scene.

A Dakar griot singer – an Amsterdam improviser – a Chicago jazz drummer. That’s the triangle of authenticity that shapes the uncompromising music of Mother Tongue.

Mola Sylla – voice, m’bira, xalam, percussion
Oscar Jan Hoogland – electric clavichord
Frank Rosaly – drums, percussion

Video: Henk Huibers; Audio: Marc Schots; Lights: Nistal Wloczysiak; Video Editing: Kingdon Productions;
Producers: Hanna Schreuders, Isla Van Hout, Kasper Stern, Martijn Grootendorst

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