11/3 - Sat - 9:30 Club - Koop (live) w/Christine Moritz (DJ)

[Christine]

The Swedish nujazz project Koop, best known for their full-length "Waltz for Koop" (released on Compost in 2001 and on Quango in 2002), will be performing as a live band on Saturday, November 3 at the 9:30 Club.

Doors open at 11 p.m. and tickets are $20; I'll be the opening act.

For their live shows, the two guys in Koop -- Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson -- are joined by an additional 5-7 people to form a "swing orchestra." And apparently Magnus and Oscar wear dresses!

"Koop Islands," the long-awaited follow-up to "Waltz for Koop," got a U.S. release this year on Atlantic.

More info:

KOOP
http://www.dieselmusic.se/koop
http://www.compost-rec.com/sections/labels/jcr_arti/koop.php3
http://www.myspace.com/koop

CHRISTINE MORITZ
http://www.varietyisthespice.com
http://www.myspace.com/christinemoritz
http://www.myspace.com/varietyisthespice

[Cliff]

holy shit

[Cliff]

i recently heard "Waltz for koop", quite a lovely tune

[Christine]

Bump!

[Christine]

This Saturday!

[Christine]

Some Koop videos on YouTube:

"Come to Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akE4BnH5kdA)

"Koop Island Blues" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf0U6FR3UeU)

"I See a Different You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiS75Mxydyg)

"Summer Sun" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4A9G1gu2g)

[Christine]

As written up in Washingtonpost.com's "Nightlife Agenda":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102483.html

Saturday, November 3

You can pretty much camp out at the 9:30 Club tonight for nearly 8 hours and gorge yourself on international future soul and jazzy downtempo soundscapes. Start out the evening with an early show with [Fertile Ground and Zap Mama]. Catch a breather from those two high energy bands, maybe cop a meal around U Street, and then return for the Swedish duo Koop (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1142875&categories=Music%20Events&venueid=796196)'s (listen (http://www.myspace.com/koop)) retro-yet-futuristic mix of beat science and jazz, performed by their electronically augmented swing orchestra. DJ Christine Moritz drops nuanced rhythms as hors d'oeuvres before the main course.

[ODJ]

pimp! I might have to make it out for this.

[amitai]

there is so much this saturday. I am already committed, though.

[Christine]

Bumpity bump!

:)

[MOTAKI]

these guys are absolutely brilliant.. i'll be there.

[Christine]

See you tonight!

:)