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6/6/07 Jaune Toujours: Chauffe Marcel! It is a hot summer for Jaune Toujours: a massive series of concerts with quite some important stages in Belgium and in the rest of Europe; Couleur Café (B), Dranouter (B), Cambridge Festival (UK, Womad (UK),... In the Netherlands, where the live album cluB has been released since april together with the stuido album Barricade, things take off equally well. With the necessary echoes in press (on the 2nd of june a live gig at TROS-muziekcafé), Jaune Toujours plays on a.o. Festival Mundial, Oerol and De Parade. Venez Nombreux!

1/3/07 'CluB', Jaune Toujours' new live album, got vast attention in the international press, with undivided enthusiastic reviews (see below) and airplay on radio stations in Germany, the UK, New York, Alaska, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Czechia, etc. In Belgium, cluB was elected CD of the week in the widely acclaimed programm Club Tropical on Radio 1.

1/3/07 Since the release of the album, reviews appeared in De Morgen, Le Jour, The Guardian (4 stars), The Sunday Times (3 stars), The Independent on Sunday (4 stars), Rif Raf, fROOTS, MazzMusikas, Blue Rhythm, Folker, Jazzcorner, Jazzthetik, Westzeit, Cd-kritik.de, Folkmagazin, Jazzdimensions, etc. Soon also in Id-Magazin, Songlines, The Times, Daily Telegraph, FT, Daily Express and The Fly. Review in the Guardian - Review in the Sunday Times - Review in the Independent on Sunday

2/2/07 Jaune Toujours: European cluB tour.  After warming up in Metz in France, Jaune Toujours' European club tour really kicks of this weekend with a concert in club Global in Copenhagen (DK). Afterwards the tour takes the band from London (UK) to a number of German cities, with a pit stop in Delft (NL). In April the band is off to Italy for a week, in order to prepare for the festival season with a southern warmth training period.

1/2/07 Jaune Toujours on television: Those of you living in Barcelona or Czechia can watch Jaune Toujours' video clips on TV. The Czech Music Channel Ocko broadcasts the clips ici BXL, Printemps, Camping del Mundo and the live clips ici BXL, Piu Lontano, Pankatsa (feat. Mec Yek), Quoi and Refugies sans Frontieres in it's world music programme Babylon. The Catalan public Television TVC & BNC features them in the programme Planeta Musica.

26/1/07 Ik & den Theo/Moi & Theo, premiere: concert for small children from 3 up to 7 years. Piet Maris and Theophane Raballand (both Jaune Toujours) create their child friendly universe with an accordion, an unusual drum kit and some, well, stuff they happen to bring along. READ MORE

12/1/07 Radio Transit, refugees with dignity. The enthusiasm for Radio Transit iss still growing. The tracks Kibuyu (Kinch), Evil Men (Charles Blackman) an Refugees sans frontieres (Radio Transit version) made the playlist of the New York based Worldmix Radio. Refugies sans frontieres was aired before on BBC (Andy Kershaw) and the CD was reviewed very positively in the English music magazine fROOTS, with special mentioning the bands Lamp Fall Sarafina, Mec Yek and Samson & Samuel. The album Radio transit was released in Belgium, Germany and the UK and can be bought in digital format from the internet.

5/1/07 The band of accordions sets out for a small tour in the Netherlands in March to take part in the accordion festival Accordeonslag. The next workshop is on 25/2, Salle Moliere, Brussels.

7/10/06, Release concert live album cluB by Jaune Toujours for Belgium on Solidart Festival, Brussels: three and a half albums later (O, Brusk, Camping del Mundo and Barricade), Jaune Toujours hits again with the live recording of two raving concerts in the Ancienne Belgique Club (Brussels): 18 songs + a bonus DVD with 3 clips and 5 visuals from the show (in stereo and dolby 5.1.).

2/10/06, live album cluB by Jaune Toujours in the Belgian record shops: cluB is now officially released and available in record shops. Label is Choux de Bruxelles, distribution by Play It Again Sam (Benelux).

25/9/06, live album cluB by Jaune Toujours in the record shops in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: cluB is now officially released and available in record shops. Distribution by Broken Silence (GAS-countries).

23/9/06, Release concert live album cluB by Jaune Toujours for the GAS-countries in Malzhaus, Plauen (Germany): three and a half albums later (O, Brusk, Camping del Mundo and Barricade), Jaune Toujours hits again with the live recording of two raving concerts in the Ancienne Belgique Club (Brussels).

1/9/06, last concert of the full Jaune Toujours Radio Transit Project, at Zuiderpershuis, Antwerpen: look out for the literary theatre tour, with a selection of the radio Transit musicians

12/8/06, Jaune Toujours concert on Hiesige und Dosige Festival Wieselburg (Austria) cancelled, due to the bomb alarm on London Heathrow: at 11:30pm the evening before Jaune Toujours has to take a flight at 7:30am from London Heathrow to play at the festival in Wieselburg, their flight is being cancelled for safety measures, with no possibillity of rescheduling - or how the liberty of many can easily be undermined by the extremist narrowmindedness of a few.

10-13/8/06, Arabanda goes UK: supporting the release of their album SHAMS in the UK, Arabanda is playing concerts for Chili Fried at the London Darbucka, the festival Watch This Space at the National Theatre and the festival Half the World at Live on the Park. The latter concert being an Arabanda in the first set and a Jaune Toujours in the second.

21/7/06, Jaune Toujours at Blue Note Records Festival, Gent: Jaune Toujours opens on the Belgian national holiday, as support for a.o. Tony Allen and Cesaria Evora. The concert is recorded by VRT radio 1 and will be broadcasted in the summer of 2007.

17/7/06, La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d Accordeons on stage at Bollene Festival (France) - a double premiere: first time that La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d Accordeons appears in France, and first time with a full show on stage as well! in a mise-en-scene by Sarah Baur and costumes by Ethic Wear (Marie Cabanac).

8/7/06, Jaune Toujours & Gangbe Brass Band at Brossela Festival, Brussels: playing a carte blanche proposed by the Brussels Brossela Festival at the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Jaune Toujours has been working together with the Gangbe Brass Band (Benin). Result: a groovy mix of afrobeat, jazz, balkan, punky attitude and social commitment. In premiere at the Brossela Festival (Brussels, Belgium). A second summer performance of this unique project follows on 4/8/06, at the festival Esperanzah! (Floreffe, Belgium)

30/5/06, interview Piet Maris (Jaune Toujours) on Wilde Geruchten (VRT Radio 1) on Radio Transit

26/5/06, Arabanda at the Breminale (Germany), live broadcasted by ARD/Radio Bremen

20/5/06, La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d Accordeons on Belgian TV (VTM - Jan en Alleman)

19/5/06, RADIO TRANSIT in the Belgian record stores: after the premiere of 14/5/06 on Mano Mundo, RADIO TRANSIT is now officially released and is being sold in stores: label is Choux de Bruxelles, distribution by Play It Again Sam - ref.: chou 0603, pias 900.0078.020

18/5/06, interview Piet Maris (Jaune Toujours) on De Groote Boodschap (VRT Radio 1) on Radio Transit

14/5/06, Jaune Toujours & Radio Transit item on VRT TV News

14/5/06, Jaune Toujours & Radio Transit - Presentation CD Compilation + live concerts: Radio Transit is a collaboration of Jaune Toujours with musicians coming from different countries- now being newcomers in Belgium - most of them having arrived as refugees. With Radio Transit Jaune Toujours wants to focuss in a positive way on the position of refugees and show the public the important (musical) contribution they bring to our society. At the same time, Radio Transit means the introduction of some very talented musicians to the professional musical scene. You could call it a musical wellcome...

29/3/06, Radio broadcasting on Le Monde est un Village (RTBF La premiere), of Arabanda live at Les Nuits Nomades, recorded at Theatre 140, Brussels.

28/3/06, Television broadcasting on 1001 Cultures (RTBF La Deux), of Arabanda live at Les Nuits Nomades, recorded at Theatre 140, Brussels.

17 & 18/3/06, Mission accomplished: Jaune Toujours live recordings at theAncienne Belgique Club; Jaune Toujours does a live recording of two raving concerts in the Ancienne Belgique Club (Brussels) on 17/3 (late night Jools Holland) and 18/3. Incl. some excellent guests: the Romani singers of Mec Yek, Katia and Mielka, Arabanda s frontwoman Laila Amezian and last but not least the massive band of accordeons: La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d Accordeons. Look out for the finished product: the live cd of Jaune Toujours!

20/2/06, SHAMS of Arabanda in the Belgian record shops: after a warm and overwhelming presentation on 17/2/06 at the Moliere-theater (Muziekpublique) in Brussels, well-filled with a very enthusiastic audience (pictures very soon on this site), SHAMS is now officially released and available in record shops: label is Choux de Bruxelles, distribution by Play It Again Sam - ref.: chou 0602, pias 900.0078.020

17/2/06, Release new album SHAMS of Arabanda: it s the first full CD of the band - 13 songs, 62:31 minutes of music; new generation Arabo-Andalus! Showtime at Moliere, the new venue of Muziekpublique in Brussels.

16/2/06, interview Laila Amezian and Piet Maris on De Groote Boodschap (VRT Radio 1) on the forthcoming release of the Arabanda debut album SHAMS

13/2/06, interview Laila Amezian and Piet Maris on Le Monde est un Village (RTBF La premiere) on the forthcoming release of the Arabanda debut album SHAMS

29/1/06, Jaune Toujours goes Funkhaus Europa (once again): the band plays the matinee in Bahnhof Langendreer, Bochum (Germany), live on Funkhaus Europa WDR 5, together with LeOparleur. Two years ago (may 2004), Jaune Toujours was invited to Funkhaus for the first time, having a gig at the Breminale that was put live on radio as well, together with Souad Massi.

20/1/06, Arabanda shakes off the studio dust for the first 2006 concert: the band plays at the cultural centre of Marche-en-Famenne, kind of a try-out of the freshly recorded album SHAMS (release 17/2/06)

19/12/05, New adress Choux de Bruxelles: the office adress is from now on officially on 3 rue du Pont Neuf, 1000 Brussels, fix & fax: +32 538 94 55

20/6/05, World Refugee Day: Refugies sans Frontieres; in Belgium, Jaune Toujours releases a new single from the album Barricade, supported by the NGO Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, to draw attention on the human side of the refugee status. Ce monde nous appartient aussi / nous sommes les refugies sans frontieres. You ve got the right to flee! The sales benefits will go to projects from Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen.

19/6/05, Jaune Toujours at Andy Kershaw s on BBC 3: 13th of May, Jaune Toujours worked in the London CBS Studio s (where The Clash recorded its first album) - the result will be broadcasted in Andy Kershaw s radio show on BBC 3, 19th of June, 23:15 (10:15pm local time).

14/5/05, Jaune Toujours at Oxford Folk Festival; 14th of may, Jaune Toujours played two festival gigs in Oxford: in the Main Hall (Oxford Town Hall) and in the Cellar Bar (club concert, followed by BBC3 DJ s).

Review in the Oxford Times, 20/5/05: Encore, encore

International license for the CD Barricade (Jaune Toujours)! The latest album of Jaune Toujours is licensed to the Spanish label Discmedi (Barcelona), and available in several new countries like Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Canada and the US (of all places). Barricade was already distributed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, the UK and Japan.

Andrew Cronshaw in fRoots 252 on Jaune Toujours: Led by singer Piet Maris, with his energetically-pumped small accordeon plus a hot rhythm unit of double bass and drums and a wild and incisive trumpets and reeds section, they have a very fully-formed, complete sound and rhythmic approach whose components and inspiration are difficult to pin down. Not like a fusionist thing where now you hear this influence, now another; this is so natural that it feels like it s always been there... Read More