Michiel de Haan, Marc Spruit and Rough Americana

DNK Amsterdam + Mediamatic = music!

1 jan 2001
1 jan 2001

During this night, DNK and Mediamatic presented two completely different bands with only two things in common: turntables and guitars. From Brooklyn, Rough Americana is a duo comprising two members of NYC's Burnt Sugar, and from Holland, Michiel De Haan & Marc Spruit.

Vergroot

Picture taken from Rough Americana - at Mediamatic

With:
Mutamassik, Michiel de Haan, Marc Spruit

Set 1: Michiel De Haan & Marc Spruit

Marc Spruit – turntables, mix-tracks
Michiel de Haan – guitar, mix-tracks

With radical cut-ups De Haan & Spruit created instant compositions which balanced the acoustic and electronic elements of their sound world.

Set 2: Rough Americana

Mutamassik - turntables, tapes and effects
Morgan Craft - guitar with device

Guitarist Morgan Craft and DJ Mutamassik, a New Yorker turntablist with Egyptian roots make up Rough Americana. As a DJ, her style combines Egyptian and African music with hardcore and hip hop beats and her duo with Morgan Craft is a meeting of improvisers with a penchant for mixing up the noisy rougher cut side of beats with all kinds of electro acoustic interruptions.