Dave Rempis en Niclas Chkifi

Dave Rempis European tour with drummer Niclas Chkifi Album "Aula". Saxophonist, improviser, and composer Dave Rempis has been an integral part of the thriving Chicago jazz and improvised music scene since 1997.  With a background in ethnomusicology and African studies at Northwestern University, including a year spent at the University of Ghana, Rempis burst onto the creative music scene at the age of 22 when he was asked to join the now-legendary Chicago jazz outfit The Vandermark Five. This opportunity catapulted him to notoriety as he began to tour regularly throughout the US and Europe, an active schedule that he still maintains to the present day. Known for The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Ballister, Kuzu, Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker, and longstanding duos with drummers Frank Rosaly and Tim Daisy.  Other collaborations have included work with Paul Lytton, Fred Anderson, Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, Tomeka Reid, Steve Swell, Elisabeth Harnik, John Tchicai, Roscoe Mitchell, Nate Wooley, jaimie branch, Jeff Parker, Paal Nilssen-Love, Nels Cline, Marshall Allen, and Joe McPhee. 

Drummer, improviser, composer, music educator, and yoga teacher Nicolas Chkifi is based in Belgium. Born from a Moroccan father and a Belgian mother,Chkifi has evolved in the jazz and improvised music scenes since 2002. He has been studying with drummers and composers such as Stephane Galland, Dre Pallemaerts, Jim Black, Billy Hart, Tyshawn Sorey, Dan Weiss, and Susie Ibarra. He has collaborated with a host of artists on many scenes including Josh Berman, Larry Ochs, Darren Johnston, Tashi Dorji, John Dikeman, Susie Ibarra, Marta Warelis, Jozef Dumoulin, Augusto Pirodda, Jeroen van Herzeele, Gregor Siedl, Jan Rzewski, Pierre Vaiana, Audrey Lauro, Hugo Antunes, Lennart Heyndels, Frans van Isacker, Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau, Ruben Machtelinckx, Nils Vermeulen, Mathieu Robert, Julien Tassin and many others. With his quartet Fnussjen, which includes Ananta Roosens, Ann Eysermans, and Christian Mendoza he has released 2 records that have been critically acclaimed for their unique approach to sounds, compositions, and creative improvisations. Chkifi also leads a powerful free improvisation quartet called Supernova featuring John Dikeman, Seppe Gebruers, and Hugo Antunes. This band is dedicated to the greatest avant-garde saxophonists of our time like Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Lions, and John Coltrane. Supernova has been touring in Belgium and recording his first live album which will be released in 2024.