DASH! - BOOGIE (Live in Amsterdam Bimhuis) 2018

‘Adventurous and innovative’

Just like the olympic 100m dash, a concert by the Amsterdam free-funk trio DASH! is a profound, almost physical experience. Invariably, audiences rave about how the band combines complex interplay with a committed yet easy going stage presence. With deceptively simple material, DASH! creates a musical universe all of its own, a universe in which only the notes that matter are played in a highly transparent fashion. This results in a very intense, minimalistic and almost hypnotic band sound filled with moments of uncurbed swing, volcanic eruptions and whispering melodies. 

DASH! started in 2004 as an octet and restarted in 2012 in its current trio line up. As a trio, the band released 3 albums, of which BOOGIE (2017) is the latest. Leader Maarten Ornstein is an awardwinning saxophonist and clarinetist who works with leading musicians from jazz, classical and Arabic music. His eclectic playing has been featured on over 30 CD’s by a wide variety of international ensembles, including his own. Completing the trio are bassist Alex Oele and drummer Eric Hoeke, both among the most highly praised musicians in The Netherlands and members of bands such as SFeQ, Kraak & Smaak and Zuco103.

-”DASH! produces a worldclass free-funk album” (Dutch press on DASH! Off) 

-”Maarten Ornstein has proved once again he is an exceptional force in the contemporary Dutch music scene, both as a performer and composer” (Dutch press)

-”...that delicious looseness that gives the impression that the music, despite being under control, is fully flowing” (Dutch press)

-”it’s deliciously chaotic!” (Dutch press)

1. Boogie Five 07:26

2. Boogie One 06:34

3. Boogie Six 06:24

4. Boogie Too 07:24

5. Boogie Tree 09:23

Maarten Ornstein - tenor and soprano saxophones

Eric Hoeke - drums

Alex Oele - bass

Recorded by Jurre Wieman

Mixed and mastered by Alex Oele

Produced by Bimhuis Amsterdam

Maarten Ornstein

"Maarten Ornstein has proved once again he is an exceptional force in the contemporary Dutch music scene, both as a performer and composer." 

Maarten Ornstein plays tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet. On occasion he plays tarogato and electronica. He is also a composer and arranger. He leads the free funk ensemble DASH!, performs as a soloist and is a member of Splendor Amsterdam.