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Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra | INKONST

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19-22, on stage 19:30
280/220:-

RIYL: Mats Gustafsson, Fire! Orchestra, Antibalas, Sons of Kemet, Dungen, Nala Sinephro, Jaga Jazzist, The Comet Is Coming, Arun Ghosh, Don Cherry, Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stańko, Miles Davis, Andreas Tilliander.

Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra doesn't play songs—they conjure sonic weather systems. After a hiatus, this unruly force returns, pulsing with new life and electric memory.

At the helm is Kajfeš, trumpet sorcerer and conductor of chaos, who steers his ensemble through a rich topography of sound—part psych-jazz ritual, part cinematic detour. Subtropic Arkestra has never been about genre fidelity; it’s an ecstatic blur of influence and invention, where Anatolian rhythms, Afrobeat pulses, and Brazilian tropicália collide with krautrock spirals and Swedish prog mysticism. The band’s celebrated The Reason Why trilogy remains a touchstone, and we’ll revisit its far-reaching echoes, alongside unreleased transmissions from their latest explorations.

Live, they’re less band, more ecstatic engine—relentless, hypnotic, joyously uncontainable. Think post-rock with a brass section, or Sun Ra beaming into a Stockholm basement. This is music that moves like weather—sudden shifts, slow builds, full eruptions.

For listeners who find the edges most fertile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVe2NggqUlM

Musicians:
Andreas Söderström
Goran Kajfes
Jesper Nordenström
Johan Berthling
Johan Holmegard
Jonas Kullhammar
Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson
Reine Fiske
Robert Östlund



Included in the AW25 season pass (not yet released)

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