Wednesday January 27th 2027
7pm
£9 / £6 members + concs
The Rose Hill
This special Safehouse night featuring Belgian reedplayer and filmmaker Hanne De Backer takes a different format to the usual: a screening of the documentary Gabbro in Gabbro, followed by a performance by Hanne on baritone saxphone and bass clarinet and Casper Van De Velde on drums and sampler.
Fascinated by stones and minerals, Hanne De Backer names her collective of musicians and artists ‘Gabbro’. Gabbro is a volcanic igneous rock formed from magma that cools slowly beneath the Earth’s surface. It wasn’t until later, during a tour in Italy, that she discovered it is also the name of a small, mysterious village in Italy…
In search of the story behind Gabbro, she travels with drummer Casper Van De Velde to the Tuscan hills. With their instruments as their compass, they wander through the remote village and strike up conversations with the residents. Amid music, silence, and improvisation, a place slowly unfolds where time seems to move differently. Step by step, their quest maps out the village, and they meet a handful of eccentric characters who give Gabbro its own, unforgettable character.
The result is a radically poetic documentary, a musical adventure in a special place with very authentic residents. Following the film screening is a live concert performed by Hanne De Backer and Casper Van De Velde, taking you on a hybrid journey of acoustic and electronic sounds, old radios, and Tuscan field recordings.