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SITProductions

To mature bands with good ideas, SITP has developed an infrastructure that helps starting bands take their first steps. Often plans rarely or hardly get off the ground due to a lack of resources. That is why SITProductions was created (in 2023): such a supporting organisation for free music is in Amsterdam simply absent.
SITProductions is an objective organization; it supports bands / musicians every year for a concrete project; after that it is up to the bands / musicians themselves to take it further into the world.

More info about the projects below.

PROJECTS 2025

IBELISSE GUARDIA FERRAGUTTI

Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti is an Amsterdam-based mutli-medium artist who has worked as a vocalist, composer, performer and maker. Born in Bolivia and raised in Brazil, she weaves her sonic and performative practices inspired by her latinx roots. 

Her project AWICHAS is a research, informed by Andean ritual technology, how to bridge sound memory, timelines and post-colonial conditionings in relation to listening.
Ibelisse has travelled in the mountains of the Andes, communing with mountain beings, glaciers, ancestral knowledge and rituals together with sound artist Jochem van Tol. The coming period she will develop this material with the support of SITProductions.

PROJECTS 2023

SANEM KALFA: TELEVIZYON

Singer and cellist from Turkey, recognized for her distinctive vocals. Since ten years she is an active member in the Amsterdam music scene. With the support of SITProductions she founded a new band, called Televizyon, which music was inspired by what she listened to when she grew up. That’s Turkish pop/rock, traditional music, music with European influences from Turkish films and maybe also the Sunday rituals on TV with Turkish classical music. The music is mainly improvised with the elements and the richness of the flavors mentioned above.

Sanem Kalfa: voice / elektronics | Marta Warelis synths | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten bass | Sun-Mi Hong drums

Contact: Sanemkalfa@gmail.com

JAMES MCCLURE: SOFAYA

Trumpeter James McClure is a breath of fresh air in Amsterdam improvisation with contemporary jazz and a successful afro/balkan groove trio MUNGO BUNGO. He is also an active organizer of fascinating evenings full of new experimental talent.

His newly formed band Sofaya is a project that delves into the rich and diverse culture of South African music. From early popular music styles that emerged from the townships such as mbaqanga, kwela and marabi to goema music in the Cape, xhosa traditionals and the more recent electronic dance music styles, kwaito and gqom. The aim is to emphasize these features in different styles by playing existing and original compositions by South African composers of different generations.

James McClure trumpet | Joäo Guerra drums | Zenzele Mthembu-Salter bass | Marta Warelis piano | John Dikeman tenor sax | Diana Dzhabbar alto sax | Lezaam Beets trombone | Christian Chandler trombone

Contact: james91mcclure@gmail.com

ANDRIUS DEREVIANCENKO: 12 TRIBES OF MARS

Lithuanian tenor saxophonist Andrius Dereviancenko is a progressive force in Amsterdam music with ideas that operate far outside the box. Pop rock and electronics are themes in his music and with his latest band he explores reggae and dub.

His band 12 Tribes of Mars is a six-piece band that plays reggae, ska and rocksteady under the influences of free improvisation. The group is strongly inspired by various producers using reggae tracks and making their own remakes called dub. It combines reggae with free improvisation, finding ways to present experimental music to a wider audience.

Andrius Dereviancenko sax | James McCLure trumpet | Azubike Onwuka bass guitar | Robin Engelhard guitar | Onno Govaert drums

Contact: adereviancenko@gmail.com