Summer Bummer Festival: Nemø ensemble

‘Many Worlds’ is a project by double bass player Nils Vermeulen (Jukwaa, Frame Trio, Kabas) for Nemø ensemble. Fuelled by his explorations in the acoustic realm, he tries to create many different worlds for the ensemble to work in. For this project, he uses the language of just intonation. Using harmonic experience as a benchmark for interval determination, creates a very personal and intuitive way of making music together. Because every individual decision affects the whole, the musicians must be as perceptive as possible and make their chosen path hearable. All possibilities are already there. As a composer you organize sound in a particular way. Therefore, every member of the ensemble is not merely the performer but also the composer of this project. ‘Many Worlds’ are compositions that are simultaneously being performed and composed by the musicians of Nemø ensemble in a language of just intonation. Nemø ensemble was founded in September 2017 and performs contemporary, experimental music. The collective aims to connect existing repertoire with new pieces by young artists that are not afraid of crossing boundaries between different genres and artistic disciplines. For this project, the ensemble consists of Esther Rispens (voice), Elisabeth Klinck (violin), Esther Coorevits (viola), Jasmijn Lootens (cello), Nils Vermeulen (double bass) and Wim Pelgrims (percussion).