Guido Nijs
Smolders / Delaere / Nijs
Composition trio between Jos Smolders (electronics), Guido Nijs (saxophone) and painter Koen Delaere, whose abstract pigment surfaces serve as compositional model. Five tracks named after pigments (Aureolin, Barium, Diarylide, Bianco di Titanio, Indigofera Suffruticosa) translate Delaere's clashing, superimposed colour material into sonic canvases. The work grew out of two years of free improvisation; on Diarylide, the duo is extended with Eric Van Der Westen on bass and Aron Raams on guitar.