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STriCat is a balkan jazz trio from the Netherlands. Formed in 2006, its members are trumpet player Gijs Levelt, accordionist Theo van Tol and cymbalist Bokkie Vink. Their original and virtuosic blend of Romanian folk music and jazz appeals to both jazz and world music audiences.

STriCat’s debut album “rats & gentle people” (released in 2007) was highly praised in the Dutch music press and their captivating live performance at the Dutch national television program Vrije Geluiden in the same year helped to raise the attention of a broader audience. The trio performed concerts at prestigious festivals and venues like the North Sea Jazz Festival (2008), Jazz op het Dak (2008), Contrabande Festival (2008), ZomerJazzFietsTour (2007), Karnatic Lab Festival (2007), RASA (2007), Paradox (2007) and Bimhuis (2007). With their successful showcase at the Dutch Blend Meeting (2008), an international fair for world music pros, STriCat attracted the attention of many international concert promoters and journalists, which amongst others resulted in a tour to Taiwan (2008). In March 2009 STriCat released their second album “Jab” on the independent label Karnatic Lab Records. The same year the trio toured the Netherlands in a collaboration project with the Bulgarian kaval virtuoso Theodosii Spassov. Together they performed at the International Gipsy Festival Tilburg and the Music Meeting in Nijmegen.
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  • Saggezzamenina

    Son buenísimos!!

    June 2011

  • mennoowh

    I really enjoyed the performance at SJU with Theodosii Spassov!

    June 2009

  • nobodysexwife

    Hearing the instrumental part i thought they were roumanian too-and even "Stricat" means something in romanian.It means "broken".Interesting combination between balkan and jazz,anyway.

    April 2009

  • klezmerpodcast

    I posted a review of rats & gentle people. Please take a look: http://klezmerpodcast.blogspot.com/2008/11/review-stricat-rats-gentle-people.html

    November 2008

  • naeldwyck

    fataverde, they're actually not Romanian, but from Amsterdam! hope you enjoyed hearing them

    June 2008

  • fataverde

    Their music sounds Balkan-ish due to the use of their instruments, but they are a Romanian band.

    May 2008

  • decovert

    J'ADORE! Frais, exploratoire, musical comme on l'aime avec une petite touche de magnétisme!

    April 2008
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STriCat at Womex 09!

24 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/STriCat

STriCat will be represented at the international Womex World Music Fair 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, by our trumpeter Gijs Levelt. Meet us at the stand of MCN/World Music Form NL in the …

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