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Due to unforeseen circumstances we have to postpone our second “slow follow” evening, which was supposed to take place tomorrow, to december 19. @burgerweeshuis has sent an email to everyone who bought a ticket with more info. Hope to see you later this year <3

Photos by @nickhelderman by @luwten

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6 days ago

I wrote a song with @elmermuziek that came out last week as part of her new album MAN OH MAN. The song is called mistlamp/zoeklicht (fog lamp/searchlight, which doesn’t sound nearly as good as it does in dutch)

A year ago I received an image (swipe), some lyrics and the question whether I wanted to create something together. I said yes, in all fairness a little unsure, but Merel was sure for the both of us. I couldn’t get rid of the melody I heard when I read the words of the chorus and recorded a voice memo right away. Merel came over and I showed her my beloved casio sk1. She sang and I produced, things we don’t do in front of / for others all the time. Maybe we should more often. Merel then took it home and to @keenanmundane, adding horns and having @pitouou sing something heavenly and look where it is now: everywhere 🔦 Proud !

Thanks Merel for inviting me to be a part of your beautifully strange universe. And say hi to Freddy. The only videos I got from our days of writing are of my daughter trying to pronounce Freddy 🐕 so here’s my little bts, full experience is to be experienced on the record (link in bio) by @luwten

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20 days ago

Time to stretch time a little further and into 2027. Announcing our first headline shows in 5 (!) years. Can’t wait, but also I can: turns out I’m pretty good at that. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. So much to look forward to o o !

To stay up to date by only checking your email: subscribe to my newsletter (link in bio)

Photo by Maaike Ronhaar by @luwten

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a month ago

Footage of the first slow follow, last april (sound on = more layers). In the midst of the audience and Cris’ paper decor. Thank you to everyone who was there.

Doing this, or something like this, two more times this year:

slow follow #2 . 9 oct Penninckshuis . Deventer
slow follow #3 . 12 dec Vegafabriek . Nijeveen

together with Binkbeats and Luka and pieces by Laura Kampman and Bregje Hofstede

tickets and more info in bio by @luwten

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a month ago

Zaterdag 19 december (de datum is gewijzigd) staat Luwten met de bijzondere concertreeks ‘slow follow’, met een immersive surround sound setup, in het Penninckshuis van Deventer.

Met ‘slow follow’ organiseert Luwten een multidisciplinaire concertreeks waarbij ruimte wordt gemaakt voor het impliciete. Wat als je voor een concert zelf de context mag scheppen? Zittend, stemmend, en in samenwerking met andere artiesten en kunstenaars: een schrijver, een muzikant, een lichtontwerper. Elke avond vormt zich opnieuw.

“Zachtere of stillere muziek komt niet overal even goed over. Je hebt een deur nodig die dicht kan en licht dat je ogen helpt waar te kijken. Met ‘slow follow’ wil ik graag, in samenwerkingen met anderen, een avond creëren waarin we de juiste context voor elkaars werk maken. Zodat het publiek dit beter kan horen en ervaren dan misschien anders het geval zou zijn. Het Penninckshuis leek ons een mooie plek om dit te doen.” - Luwten

Dit doet ze niet alleen, maar samen met Binkbeats (@binkbeats) op de surround setup, bass en percussie en Luka (@luka.lisa) op de synths, vocals en gitaar. Een publiek omringd door speakers, aangevuld met een compositie van Laura Kampman (@laurakampman) en woorden van Bregje Hofstede (@bregjehofstede).

In samenwerking @metbrut. Tickets via @burgerweeshuis

🎥 @nickhelderman taken in Het Penninckshuis by @luwten

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a month ago

Announcing the lineup for ‘slow follow’ #2 and #3 this fall

Oct 9 — Deventer (NL) Dec 12 — Nijeveen (NL)

Both evenings will feature special guests Luka (on keys, vocals and guitar) and Binkbeats (on surround setup, bass and percussion). Each joining me on stage and playing some of their own work too. The shows will be in surround, with speakers all around you. We’ll listen to a composition by Laura Kampman. Words by Bregje Hofstede will open the evening. (Swipe for more info on each artist.)

With the multidisciplinary ‘slow follow’ concert series, we create space for the quiet and the implicit: seated, muted, in collaboration with other artists. Feeling very lucky to be able to do this two more times this year.

Tickets are available through link in bio
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Photo made just before ‘slow follow’ #1 by Nick Helderman

Luka
Artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luka (Lisa Lukasczyk) has made some of the best music this little country has to offer (Lost Today / Found Tomorrow makes me cry every single time), impeccable taste in sound and earth’s most beautiful vibrato. We met in Rotterdam where we were both studying music. For the sharp-eyed viewers: you might have seen her before in the live video for IOMH II back in 2019 (!) or last year during the live performance of Disappear at Centraal Museum. Can’t wait to now play an entire show together and to hear her play some of her own music as well. (Photo by Yujiro Saito)

Binkbeats
Artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Binkbeats (Frank Wienk) is a genius who has made incredible performances (have you seen ‘ohm’?), live-videos and music. We met at an Eefje de Visser show over ten years ago. He was playing drums and I asked if he wanted to create something together afterwards. We have been making music ever since: Luwten sounds like Luwten because of our collaboration. Bink has been working with surround sound for some time now and he’ll be creating the space in which we’ll play this fall. We’ve only shared the stage twice before these so I’m so glad we get to double that this second half of 2026. (Photo by Bowie Verschuur by @luwten

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a month ago

two solo (that’s a sort of first) shows this week. i was born scared but this might be extra? or is this what they call excitement? i don’t know! in (very) good company either way:

thursday aug 20 - tolhuistuin amsterdam (supporting Dove Ellis)
saturday aug 22 - oogst hengelo (with Nana Adjoa)

summer through holga pinhole camera by @luwten

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2 months ago

used to be o lder comes with a video, directed with Nick Helderman and filmed by Milan van Dril.

For the shoot, we were able to join a Qigong class taught by Rosanne Groenendijk, filming her, her class and a few curious newcomers on a summer evening two weeks ago in the city of Utrecht, here in The Netherlands.

used to be o lder is a song longing to grow older without losing what makes you feel alive. About time as something you can participate in, not have to retreat from. I loved the (age-)inclusivity and focus on that vitality I noticed in Tai Chi and Qigong, people in parks coming together to train, and asked here online if we could film a class. That’s how I met Rosanne, who studied Qigong and told me more about the practice: “Taoist practitioners aim to live an eternal life. During practice we move with what comes natural. We find our place amongst all life forms. We find ourselves in the ‘now’ and receive perhaps a glimpse of our eternal self.”

This has been such a wholesome experience ! Thank you to Rosanne for the introduction and thank you class Antoinette, Marlies, Mieke, Emile, Dick, Renate and Hannie for trusting us with filming your training.

Full video is up on youtube. by @luwten

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2 months ago

‘used to be o lder’ was made with people ! Ralf Pouw and I recorded bass and guitar live in my home studio. We spent the first half of the day talking. Joost Wesseling came by to record drums and ended up playing percussion on the studio floor and doing the vocal production, walking around with a mic in front of the studio speakers. Frank Wienk (Binkbeats) sewed it together doing production and adding synths made from my voice. Kika Sprangers, who also joined us as our first guest on our slow follow evening in April, plays when my voice loses its breath. Sam Jones of Studio Joneski mixed, Maria Triana mastered, as they did with o pen bro ken. The collage for the artwork I made myself and Sonja van Hamel did the editing and lettering. by @luwten

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2 months ago

used to be o lder ☼ out today
a song longing to prolong !
featuring @kikasprangers on sax by @luwten

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2 months ago

o pen bro ken, live

ahead of the first slow follow evening Nick Helderman filmed us playing o pen bro ken

this day was filled to the brim and recording this possible because of this stellar bunch: shana bossmann on keys, joost wesseling on drums, ralf pouw on bass, sam jones on mix and sound, cris mollee on scenography and lights

playing two more slow follow shows this fall (with both new and familiar faces) tickets in bio by @luwten

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4 months ago

continuing the slow follow concert series with two new dates this fall ● seated, muted, tuned and again in collaboration with other artists

line up to be announced soon, tickets available now

(picture by Nick Helderman) by @luwten

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4 months ago