The Rising Moon

The Rising Moon reminds you of the difference between hearing and listening. Between receiving passively and actively. And while the first act can be valid as well - it’s how we experience so much music in our daily lives - , the second can be so much more rewarding. At the same time, it also requires attention, an investment from the listener. It doesn’t have to be the kind of deep listening as described by composer Pauline Oliveros - "a way of listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what one is doing” -, but make an effort, and you will be generously compensated.

This project by guitarist Willem Heylen came out of jam sessions focusing on sound and textures. Now, the project is reinvigorated with a new line-up and new music. The Rising Moon exists in a kind of in-between world, where ambient, free, experimental, post-classical and contemporary music overlap. All members have experience in jazz, but they are adventurous seekers, trying to dissolve not only genre distinctions, but also modes of playing. As such, the music can become a shared ritual, a slowly evolving dance, an act of creation. An invitation to listen.