A listening series for the music makers and sound lovers of Amsterdam. Kino for your Ears takes place in the Ventilator Cinema on the second floor of the OT301. Although slightly hidden at first, its secret cafe space + cinema are a delight. The listening sessions are meant to be a space where both audience and performers can be open to dialogue and experimentation.

Kino for you Ears is back in 2026 after a year long hiatus with amazing acts that will enthral and entrain you (I promise :3 ). This time round, we will have four acts:

Kitarumo
Jeremi Biziuk [kitarumo] (PL/NL), based in Den Haag.
Within my practice I explore the complementary contrast between natural and organic, traditional and contemporary.
During my performances I use mainly my electronic synthesizers built using open source materials and DIY solutions. The generated compositions aim for something between organic rhythms and stretching drones, rich textures and sequences devolving into noise. I improvise based on my current struggles, emotions, from underneath a costume made through care and obsession.

Slimfit
Slimfit is a queer multidisciplinary artist and DJ of Chinese, Surinamese, and Dutch heritage. Known for their high-energy, multi-genre sets, they blend an expansive range of sounds into a seamless flow of cultural expression. From emotional techno and bubbling to post-club and hardgroove, Slimfit transcends conventional rave aesthetics by infusing their sets with Caribbean and Latin American influences. Celebrated for their harder sound, they’ve delivered impactful closing sets at key electronic music events, including Lowlands Festival, Down the Rabbit Hole, and Cicciolina during Paris Fashion Week.
As a curator, artist, activist, and philosopher, Slimfit’s work delves into the tensions between opacity, cultivation, and transformation within diasporic culture. Their practice and community involvement interrogates the psychological and residual violence of neo-colonialism within the context of late-stage capitalist techno-optimism—offering both resistance and reimagination through sound, video, performance, and critical thought.

Beatrice Sberna
Beatrice Sberna’s sound is a thing of her own. Coming from a jazz background and a deep love for Italian music, she isn’t afraid to dirty up her roots, drawing influences from noise and other unexpected genres. Clumsy, sweet, paranoid, and annoyingly sharp, with a taste for irony, her wide range of personality traits comes out on stage without fear.
She believes in improvisation as a way to counter the apathy of the world, and she loves acoustic music that steals elements from the electronic sound world. She likes to provoke her audience by giving them what they don’t expect, while giving herself the chance to do things she doesn’t expect either.
In this performance, she will sing, act, and play bass together with the creative French pianist and improviser Tanine Kian, in an electric-acoustic set that will be fully improvised, theatrical, cute, ugly, and exciting.

A0-3959X.91-15
A0-3959X.91-15’s musical style may be categorized as noise, This sonic experimentation knows no bounds. From dissonant synthetic arpeggios to avant-garde synth textures, his music transcends traditional genre limitations, taking listeners on an intense and captivating sonic journey.

Doors: 19:00
Shows start: 19:30

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