Ugala Arkestra is an instrumental jamband in the spirit of Can, Sun Ra, Funkadelic and electric Miles Davis. The band includes Bob Hogenelst (Birth Of Joy/Molasses) on drums, Gertjan Gutman (Birth Of Joy/Baskar) on Hammond organ, Erik Harbers (Woost/Automatic Sam) on bass and myself on guitar.
Last summer we played a gig at Waalhalla skatepark in Nijmegen. Our buddy Lars Spijkervet recorded, mixed and mastered everything and we were so happy with the endresult that we decided to release the entire gig (including a soundcheck jam as a bonustrack) on cassette. It’s a limited run of 50 tapes. Cassettes are available now and can be ordered via our Bandcamp page. Go!
Have you ever read ‘De Uitvreter’ by Nescio? It’s a very special book to me. Waalhalla is situated next to the bridge over the river De Waal. That bridge plays an important role in the story. Do yourself a big favor and read it.
“I’m not a poet and I’m not a nature lover and I’m not an anarchist. I am, thank God, absolutely nothing.” ― Nescio
Pieter Holkenborg 