Reinier Baas (guitar) and Ben van Gelder (saxophone) perform Deo Volente from their 2019 album Mokum in Hi-Fi.
Saxophonist Ben van Gelder (30) and guitarist Reinier Baas (34) have performed as a duo for almost a decade before recording their first studio album.
Mokum is a slang term for the city of Amsterdam, used in endearment. It means city, place or safe haven, and stems from Bargoens: a language used by criminals, tramps and travelling salesmen. ‘Mokum In Hi-Fi’ is a tribute to the city that is home to both artists. A tribute, in particular, to the rough-around-the-edges, beer swilling, herring eating, jenever drinking, barrel-organ-wielding crowd centred around the Jordaan neighbourhood, that has come to define the city in the past centuries.
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Broadcast October 20th 2019
This video was recorded in TivoliVredenburg for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO
Camera operators: Guus Albregts, Marijn Zurburg, Maria Smeets, Carrien Dijkstra
Audio: Marc Broer, Philip ten Brink
Videodirector: Reinier Bruijne
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