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Europeana was produced with live sessions at the Brussels alternative club Magasin 4, recordings at Studio Choux de Bruxelles (rehearsal room of Jaune Toujours) and overdubs at Strawberry Lab (home studio of sound engineer Christine Verschorren), where the album was also mixed. With guests: the backing vocals of Burkinese talent Patrick Kabré, the likembe of Jo Zanders (Lkmtiv, Velotronix, Drom), the trombone of Vincent Heirman (Bravo Big Band, Superska)...Read more
Jaune Toujours are overlooking 20 years (and even some more) in music. On this occasion they release 20sth (2017), a collector’s album (2 cd's with all singles + extra's) and box-set (a wooden box, limited edition, with 8 albums/9 cd's re-mastered and reprinted for this occasion), breathing the vibes for which they are being internationally appreciated: no linguistic or other borders (singing in French, English and Dutch), catchy songs, punky attitude, drum&brass, Balkan madness, accordion dub and Belgian ska.Read more
As you’d expect from Mec Yek, their most recent album SuperDiverCity contains some musical surprises: the band travels back to its nostalgic roots, from the early years with the Roma in Slovakia, to more contemporary and urban dub, ska, latin and soul. Some songs show minimal orchestration, other pull out all the stops. But, against all expectations: Mec Yek is a gypsy band without violin.Read more
With Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo 2.0, one can (re-)look at the world through the eyes of children. Kids, parents and grandparents are allowed to walk around as robots, to dance on chairs, to get visits from uncle Jazz, to play ABCDetective and much more... Depending on the audience they sing in Dutch or French or, in the best of all worlds, in both languages. Piet Maris and Theophane Raballand go mad on accordion and drums ... and with the audience, which is constantly challenged to sing, dance, jump and...Read more
La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d'Accordéons regularly organizes workshops, as a co-production with Muziekpublique. One Monday per month, you can learn to play in an ensemble with a varied repertoire, under the leadership of Piet Maris. Now and then there is a new piece on the shelve, but the repertoire of past sessions gets continuously refreshed as well. Anyone who has a basic knowledge of chromatic accordion is welcome. Info and registering via Muziekpublique...Read more
La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d'Accordéons played for the first time at the Zinneke Parade, a two-yearly event in Brussels at which they regularly participate since then. You may also spot them at street parties, festivals and street theatre events, in Belgium and abroad. On the program of this band of accordions: typical accordion repertoire, thoroughly revisited with a dynamic touch – tango, waltzes, bourrées, Balkan stuff, ska and much more…Read more
De Reus (The Giant) is the newest Pixi Mrs. Ippi theatre play for Children by Sarah Baur, with piano music by Peter Vandenberghe. It's a musical imagination about friendship without size, which makes the impossible happen. A play about being different, about who you are and about memories. The play is in Dutch or French and aims at kids, age 6 and up.Read more
After she created a Bal Moderne choreography on Jaune Toujours' Ici Bruxelles, Ik en den Theo asked Maria-Clara Villa-Lobos to create Bal Moderne choreographies for songs by Ik en den Theo. She did so for Indiaan, Superheld, Dans, Dance, Danse and Kikkertjes. The choreographies can be taught and practised in Bal Moderne workshops and/or during Ik en den Theo concerts, with the help of the Bal Moderne dancers, which brings the Ik en den Theo concert experience to an even higher level. Shake a leg!...Read more
Maria-Clara Villa-Lobos created a Bal Moderne choreography on Jaune Toujours' Ici Bruxelles. In 2010, thousands of people in 12 cities danced to it at the same time, at the start of the Belgian presidency of the European Union. Lateron, Maria-Clara created a choreography on the song Hop On. The choreographies are regulary practised in Bal Moderne workshops; now and then, Jaune Toujours performs the songs live with Bal Moderne dancers on, and with dance enthusiasts in front of the stage....Read more
Before arriving in Brussels, Théophane Raballand followed a graphic education at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. After a couple of years as a musician in Brussels he picked up his visual work and, besides music, he started dedicating himself to photography. In this way he made pictures for the Jaune Toujours albums Brusk, Camping del Mundo and Barricade, as well as the lion’s share of the pictures on their latest album Routes, that was presented as a little booklet, like an art portfolio. Besides all this he made pictures for Mec Yek ( group...Read more