Jasper & Jasper

Jasper & Jasper was founded in 2009 when Jasper Braet and Jasper Vanpaemel met during their sonology training in The Hague. They both shared a passion for experimentation and adventure, started as free improvisors and evolved into performers and composers of contemporary music. Recently they cooperated in several multidisciplinary collectives. Their aesthetic profile is unique: starting from their experience with traditional instruments they develop the physical and tangible aspects of their custom built electronic instruments (eg the now famous quakea’s). Due to their unusual and surprising approach Jasper & Jasper creates blank expectations among the public (and among themselves …) in which tension, curiosity, sound, image, theater, humor, dance and movement contribute to an intense concert experience. Jasper and Jasper has (been) performed in various environments such as TRANSIT festival STUK Louvain, Flagey Brussels, Logos Tetrahedron Ghent, City University London, De Bijloke Ghent, Caféteatret Oslo, Bozar Brussels, Handelsbeurs Ghent, M HKA Antwerp, Concertgebouw Bruges, deSingel Antwerp, KonCon The Hague,.. Today, the duo is working on a full-length show which may already be seen as a synthesis of their recent projects. Jasper & Jasper is also active in the field of education where a growing audience with great interest in the duo learns to know and experience their instruments and electronics. In collaboration with MATRIX and Musica, they regularly organize workshops focusing on new media and sound.