Yes, Kaboom will play live again finally ! 14/10 Videodroom Festival : Vooruit & FilmFest Gent host an evening of surreal visuals, adventurous electronica & mysterious Wunderkammers, with Geoffrey Burton & Sarah Yu Zeebroek / Kaboom Karavan Kaboom Karavan Kaboom Karavan is the alter ego of sound wizard Bram Bosteels. With a mix of homemade instruments, acoustic string instruments and electronics, he creates a unique world of sound. Live, Bosteels is accompanied by Stefaan Smagghe (violin, sarangi) and Liesbeth MaritRead more
Sterrenplaten
Radio Scorpio’s Sterrenplaten did a two hour feature on the new album, in which we listen to some inspirational music and talk ( in Dutch ) about singing fish, Polynesian seafarers, curiosity, the artwork of John Lurie, an old jukebox in the garden, the dedication of record labels, sounds from whistling pigeons and squeaking glasshouse windows and much more … Listen hereRead more
Schreve 04
Made a collaborative track with Karen Willems for her new ‘ Schreve ‘ tape.Out now on Taping Policies and featuring Rutger Zuydervelt, Hellvete, Bram Bosteels, Margaret Hermant, Barkin Engin , Nico Picco , Stijn Dickel.Order hereRead more
Solar Ipse X
Italian “Solar Ipse” magazine wrote an in-depth article about Kaboom Karavan and especially about the ‘Hokus Fokus’ album, calling it a ‘extraordinary cult album’ KABOOM KARAVAN Hokus Fokus – CD / LP (Miasmah, 2013) There is a very beautiful passage in Mark Fisher’s “Specters of my life” (Minimum Fax, 2019) in which, speaking of hauntology, we think about how artists of the caliber of Basinski, Caretaker, Burial, Ghost Box records, etc. crackle, dust, a distinctive feature of their productions toRead more
The Log and the Leeway
Yes ! ! There’s a new Kaboom Karavan album ,“The Log and the Leeway”, out on Miasmah ! And it’s something special : featuring a stunning and bizarre cover painting by none other than John Lurie Art ! Also comes with a 16 page booklet of musical illustrations by Walter D’Hoogh and Erik K Skodvin. purchase / download /stream through Bandcamp!> https://kaboomkaravan.bandcamp.com/album/the-log-and-the-leeway or Anost LP ( 200x black + 200x oxblood red vinyl ) + 16pag booklet & downloadcodeRelease dateRead more
When the Bull Cried
I made the music for ‘When the Bull Cried’, a documentary by Karen Vázquez Guadarrama & Bart Goossens When the Bull Cried offers a poetic look on a mystical mining camp high up on a Bolivian mountain, where life evolves around tin. Men and women of all ages search for their luck in the belly of a powerful peak, which they rip open with dynamite. Work in the ice-cold mine-shafts is heavy and dangerous, so the miners ask ‘El Tio’,Read more
4 X 7
I made the music for the short documentary 4 X 7 ‘Eddy Del White’ by Liesbeth Marit . With ‘4 x 7’ Canvas brings compelling stories that the makers have to tell for one reason or another.It’s about things that intrigue, fascinate, move, inspire or annoy them. The form is documentary, but without a fixed format. The duration of seven minutes offers them the opportunity to distinguish themselves as a director. Each director makes only one documentary. So each storyRead more
Hanging Rock
I did the sounddesign and music for ‘Hanging Rock’ a new video ( installation ) by Annelies De Mey concept & video : Annelies De Mey sounddesign & music : Bram BosteelsRead more
B.I.G.
Together with Zefiro Torna I worked on the soundtrack for B.I.G, a theatre performance ( 14+ ) by Ultima Thule. In the new performance they take a closer look at the theme of ‘growth’. This theme does not only stand for becoming, a personal outbreak or outgrowth of a certain biotope. The theme is also metaphorically translated : B.I.G. refers to stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. To Dafne, the nymph that breaks out of her own body. Or the overconfident Phaeton,Read more
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