bio

Fenix is an electro-acoustic jazz band, in which ambient synths, playful melodies and raw grooves merge. Their music has an open, playful character, where their shared love for improvisation and musical spontaneity results in honest music-of-the-moment. With their receptive interplay they paint a musical landscape that evolves and moves to unexpected places. 

The band is a musical collective made out of four young, yet decorated musicians and composers that established themselves as “usual suspects” on the flourishing Dutch jazz scene. As bandleaders and side-men with different projects they’ve toured Holland’s main stages with regular appearances at venues like the legendary North Sea Jazz Festival and the Bimhuis. In march 2023, Fenix played the final of the prestigious Burghausen Jazz Award.

Inspired by artists like and Flying Lotus, Donny McCaslin and Avishai Cohen, they join arms for an intimate and at the same time festival-banger-worthy experience. 

Kika Sprangers – saxophones and electronics
Robert Koemans – keys and electronics
William Barret – bass
Willem Romers – drums

gigs

2024
25-01, Orpheus, Apeldoorn NL
26-01, Pletterij, Haarlem NL
17-02, Koppelkerk, Bredevoort NL
14-03, Bimhuis, Amsterdam NL
30-03, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Eindhoven NL
03-04, PaRaDox, Tilburg NL
05-05, Bevrijdingsfestival Wageningen, Wageningen NL
19-05, Jazz in Duketown, Den Bosch NL

2023
11-03, Ceuvel, Amsterdam, NL
21-03, Burghausen Jazz Competition, DE
26-03, van Capellenhuis, Capelle a/d IJssel, NL
30-04, Batavierhuis, Rotterdam, NL
10-05, Anna, Amstelveen, NL
18-06, Zeeland Jazz, Middelburg, NL
07-09, Heerlen Jazz, Heerlen, NL
12-11, De Verzameling, Westervoort NL
09-12, Opus Jazz Club, Budapest HU

contact

Bookings:
Paul Ankersmit
paul@unclepmusic.com

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