Amatorski is the pop vehicle for vocalist, musician, composer & producer Inne Eysermans. Due for release on March 1st, Curves and Bends, Things Veer is the the follow up of From Clay To Figures — released 10 years ago on Crammed Discs. It finds her in top songwriting shape, creating enchanting melodies and soundscapes which are as mesmerising as ever. Affected by unilateral deafness, which prevents her from perceiving stereophonic sound, Inne seized this opportunity to explore the possibilities of mixing in mono.
The experiences accumulated during the hiatus, as well as recent events such as the pandemic and the surge of activism related to climate change and to the Black Lives Matters movement have influenced the creation of the new album.
The first single is entitled Come To Dust and is inspired by a poem by illustrious sci-fi writer Ursula K. Le Guin, which relates to the transformations at play on our planet.
Listen to Come To Dust : amatorski.ffm.to/cometodust
The title of the new album is taken from Timothy Morton's book All Art is Ecological, which explores the complex and nonlinear nature of reality. Unlike Amatorski's previous releases, Curves and Bends, Things Veer focuses less on interpersonal relations, it rather attempts to conduct a modest and subtle search for the relationships between humans and nature, time and phenomena. Other inspirations for the album came from Taoist poetry (translated by Ursula K. Le Guin) and the work of Anna Tsing, Donna Haraway, Karen Barad and others.
For the live shows, visual artist Winnie Claessens created miniature installations whereby (natural) objects, materials or textures are used. In collaboration with Lucas Van Haesbroeck, a scenography was developed with the installations, cameras and projections.
About Amatorski:
Founded by Inne Eysermans when she was 19, fronted by her vocals, keyboards and compositions, Amatorski emerged in 2010-11 with a self-released EP and an album which reached the top ten sales chart in Belgium and the Netherlands. (2010 Humo Rock Rally finalist, 2021 MIA’s nominations : Hit Of The Year / Best Artwork / Best Breakthrough). Amatorski are soon acclaimed as THE revelation of the new Belgian scene, start touring in Germany, the UK, France, Switzerland & Spain, and perform shows in New York and Beijing.
Amatorski’s previous releases include the Same Stars We Shared EP (2010), the albums TBC (2012) and From Clay to Figures (2014), and several singles (2015-2017). They composed soundtracks for films and television (including the title track for the BBC series The Missing), and explored the boundaries of music, internet, and video art in their interactive multimedia project Deleting Borders. They wrote and performed an original soundtrack for Impatience, the 1928 pioneering experimental film by Charles Dekeukeleire, and released the performance-cum-film on a DVD.
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Live:
02.03.2024 — CULTUUR CENTRUM, STROMBEEK
07.03.2024 — HET BOS, ANTWERPEN
17.03.2024 — ANCIENNE BELGIQUE, BRUSSELS
21.03.2024 — STUK, LEUVEN
29.03.2024 — CULTUUR CENTRUM, HASSELT
18.04.2024 — VIERNULVIER, GENT
24.05.2024 — BIBELOT – DORDRECHT (NL)
