Cinema Concerts x Operator x Carhartt x IFFR

Cinema Concerts are making a comeback after last year’s hit events. This time Operator, Rotterdam’s online radio station, will bring Loradeniz and Ngoni Egan to create fresh live scores for short films from International Film Festival Rotterdam’s archive. 

Roffa Mon Amour has worked with Operator for many years now. Operator is an online radio station and cultural platform dedicated to enriching the music and cultural landscape of Rotterdam and beyond, with a special focus on alternative sounds and underrepresented stories. Find more information about them here.

The live soundtracks fill the garden, creating a vibrant atmosphere. The powerful and mesmerizing music leaves the audience impressed. Each performance is a blend of artistry and energy, making for a memorable evening.

Ngoni Egan

Raised in Dublin and based in Holland, Ngoni Egan is a machine-wares producing DJ whose sound is up there with the very best of modern-day standards. Having transplanted to Rotterdam after running the gamut of Ireland’s club-scape – frequenting Irish venues like The Bernard Shaw, Yamamori Tengu, Wigwam and Index – his DJ-and-live sets have seen him line up internationally alongside DJ Hell Helena Hauff, Privacy and DJ Stingray to landing bookings inside Glitch, Orbit, DGTL and Dekmantel Selectors festivals.

With standout club appearances at Herrensauna, Corsica Studios, De School, Nitsa and a phenomenal live debut at Berghain, Ngoni’s sound is full of pace, bombastic and in-line with a historical Detroit lineage. With a smattering of music to be found across a clutch of Irish labels, it’s his ‘Re Teng’ opus for United Identities that signals the producer’s musical intentions and snappy flair for white hot, minimal and riffing electro.

Sequencing frenetic beats and deep sea grooves for the dancefloor – it’s an industrial side to his sound that takes inspirations from the likes of Dynarec-through-DeFekt in a movement that his Lepton collective have held down through associations with the likes of Alienta, Dez Williams and Jensen Interceptor all the more.

With a high tempo attitude, solid electro framework and tenacious bounce to his live set up , Ngoni adroitly takes in a stripped-back yet pumping and melodic approach to his craft, with a minimalesque, synth-rich and drum machine individuality. And with his groundwork done, Ngoni presents himself as a fresh and inspiring artist for a new generation, keeping the future, and hope for it, alive.

About the film Bisagras (2024) by Luis Arnías
Tracing his Afro-Caribbean ancestry, Luis Arnías embarks on a journey from the House of Slaves in Gorée Island, Senegal, to the port of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, while imagining the perilous journey his enslaved ancestors took to the Americas. Shot in black and white on 16mm film, Bisagras weaves together a rich tapestry of evocative imagery and rhythmic soundscapes, connecting the director to his heritage.

Loradeniz

Loradeniz represents a multidisciplinary music and art project conceived by Deniz Omeroglu. A DJ, pianist, producer, composer, and former music director, she channels a wide-ranging musical background into immersive DJ sets and genre-blurring productions. Rooted in classical training and experimental sound design, her work seamlessly drifts between deep. house, bass, psychedelic, techno, trance, hypnotic, ambient, acid. Beyond the club, Deniz has composed music for short films, served as music director for theater and contemporary dance projects, and crafted soundscapes for 3D installations and exhibitions. Her work extends deeply into the art world, reflecting a versatile approach to composition and storytelling. Whether performing live or behind the decks, she builds rich, emotive narratives that move both body and mind, marked by processed vocals, deeply layered melodies, jarring percussions, and hypnotic rhythms. Past performances include standout sets at Sonar, Dekmantel, De School, Concertgebouw, and Bimhuis. Recent releases have found homes on labels like MusicFrom Memory, Nous’klaer Audio, and Artificial Dance, each revealing a different facet of her sonic identity, from filmic ambient journeys to more club-oriented forms. Loradeniz’s sound is ever-evolving: intimate yet expansive. Refined yet raw.

About the film: Cave Painting (2023) by Siegfried A. Fruhauf
It’s all the rage to evoke spectacular ‘immersive’ cinema today, but nothing matches the immersion effect of a Siegfried A. Fruhauf film. Agglomerating the textures of cave surfaces with the material traces of filmic processes, Cave Painting offers a trippy visual and sonic journey for the senses that evokes an avant-garde, grunge version of the psychedelia in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Oydssey. Don’t blink, or you’ll miss something good. As always, Fruhauf conjures a new world.

Dress code = Dress as the DJ who broke your heart, and if none come to mind, it’s probably you, so dress as yourself