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elephant songs: last stop utrecht

By robbert | Published: 3 November 2012

On 2 November, my drumbiker trip Elephant Songs, a musical journey from South India to the Netherlands on an old motorcycle loaded with drums, was concluded with a beautiful evening at the Utrecht theatre farm rood|noot. A full house enjoyed fantastic Indian food cooked by Sanderien, Peter, Irene, and Suzy while watching a selection of filmclips of the trip or checking out the morning pictures … [...]

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brrrliner elephant songs: church cucumbers & suicidal pizza

By robbert | Published: 5 October 2012

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istanbuli nights

By robbert | Published: 25 August 2012

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elephant songs: nice to meet you

By robbert | Published: 9 August 2012

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safranbolu songs

By robbert | Published: 28 July 2012

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beach fun

By robbert | Published: 5 July 2012

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elephant songs: pil ahang at darbast

By robbert | Published: 27 June 2012

five videos of the _elephant_songs_ shows at darbast, tehran in june. [...]

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elephant songs at parkingallery, tehran

By robbert | Published: 11 June 2012

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kodum guri hasti?

By robbert | Published: 4 June 2012

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elephant songs in lahore – multiple contacts

By robbert | Published: 27 April 2012

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rooftop meeting and show tonight

By robbert | Published: 26 April 2012

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playing temple music in india’s deep south

By robbert | Published: 4 March 2012

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bye bye broadlands

By robbert | Published: 29 February 2012

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jamming with egor in the broadlands

By robbert | Published: 23 February 2012

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elephant songs #1 – all star jazzband

By robbert | Published: 21 February 2012

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elephant songs #0 – surprise prologue

By robbert | Published: 17 January 2012

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