MOLK Factory

COMING OUT TODAY on MOLK Records
James McClure’s Debut Album
[A Dizziness from the Unsaid]

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We are so proud to announce this beautiful Release!
Please consider listening and supporting!

This album is a deeply personal debut release from the South African trumpet player, composer, and bandleader James McClure. An emerging voice in Amsterdam’s experimental scene, recognised for his sound, patience, and sensibility.

“At the heart of the album lies a lullaby I wrote in 2020, in response to the global unrest of that time. It has since become the thread that binds these pieces together, a message of reflection and healing that feels ever more relevant and urgent.”


Limited Classic Black 12” Vinyl
AVAILABLE NOW in Bandcamp
Link in Bio

All compositions and trumpet
Piano
Bass
Drums

Cover Photo by
Graphic Design by
Inner Sleeve Photo by
Recorded and Mixed by
Mastered and cut by
Released by Molk Records
Released 27 February 2026

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

DEBUT ALBUM A Dizziness from the unsaid
By JAMES MCCLURE
OUT ON MOLK RECORDS 02/27/2026

OUT NOW SINGLE Lullaby (Take1)
PRE-ORDER TODAY ON BANDCAMP

The moment of birthing your own musical space is a special one; you expose something about yourself for all to see. It can be an act of generosity and laying bare a bit of your soul. We are elated to support our dear friend and fellow musician James McClure (featured trumpetist in Mestizx), who does so on “A dizziness from the unsaid”. We see the importance of his ideas, and we are moved by his deep care for contemplation in sound. James not only enriches the Amsterdam music community, but he is able to hint at celebratory, South African resistance songs, then make you gasp while covering you with a blanket of deep-sea-water like sinuosity. It is as dizzying as it is revelatory. Indeed, this is it. We get this one chance to live in this body, in this presence, in this moment. It is through his music that we get the chance to detach from the banalities of distraction, take a deep breath, and you are in!

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South African trumpet player and composer James McClure presents his deeply personal Debut Album. He is a powerful emerging voice, known for his mesmerising sound, patience and sensibility. This is a bold and introspective work that invites deep listening. The music is rooted in emotion, free improvisation and progressive thought with traces of heritage. The album is held together by a recurring lullaby written in response to violence and global unrest. It is a call for change, reflection and healing that feels ever more relevant and increasingly urgent. It is a moving introduction to his world

Link in Bio

Photo Portrait: Teemu Kekkonen
Photo Edit: Várvara Tazelaar

almost weekender!!

Our beautiful space and community -Plantage Dok- hosts a variety of events, every week!

We would like to highlight the upcoming!
Nov 13
Benefit Dinner for Gaza
17:30 Screening film “Gaza Fights For Freedom”
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Two solo concerts by Djorie and Hiske from their new electro-acoustic repertoire
DONATION based

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Nov 14
LOKAAL EDITION #6
COLLAB W/ MOLK FACTORY

DINNER 18:30
START 20:30
€8 - €20 Sliding Scale
Tickets & info available in bio
FOOD by John Pastinaak (vegan)

LOKAAL & MOLK Factory present:
PROGRAM
20:30 T’IJU T’IJU
21:15 M.TAKARA & C.BOREGAS
22:20 JEREMIAH CHIU & MARTA SOFIA HONER

Event pister screen printed by & available for purchase!

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

LOKAAL EDITION #6
IN COLLAB W/ MOLK FACTORY

PRESENT
JEREMIAH CHIU & SOFIA MARTA HONER
MAURIZIO TAKARA & CARLA BOREGAS
T’IJU T’IJU

14 NOVEMBER
DINNER 18:30 John Pastinaak (Vegan)
DOORS 20:00
START 20:30
€8 - €20 Sliding Scale
Tickets & info available in bio

JEREMIAH CHIU - modular synth
SOFIA MARTA HONER - viola
The LA-based duo of synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer have spent years refining a masterful interplay of acoustic and electronic sounds, both in live performance and ac ross three albums for International Anthem.
Drawing from their roots in Chicago’s improvisational and experimental music scene, Chiu and Honer have crafted a unique sound, melding the distinctive tonal colors of viola and modular synthesizer into a cohesive and unexpected whole. It’s a singular aesthetic that can be delightfully disorienting, with arrangements being constructed and deconstructed in real time both
improvisationally and via the duo’s extensive penchant for live-sampling. As Pitchfork put it:
“you’re never quite sure if what you’re hearing is played ‘live’ or manipulated, and sounds keep darting over the porous border.”

They are passing through Amsterdam to share their NEW LP “Different Rooms”
Album Release EU Tour 2025

It is a huge privilege to have these incredible artists be part of our small venue.
Feel welcome!!