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"They combine the melancholy of the piano du pauvre with the fragrance of the Levant. 3'Ain brings Middle Eastern jazz on a human scale, and that has a lot to do with the instrumentation. This band is all about air. Otto Kint's double bass, Piet Maris' accordion and Yamen Martini's trumpet never shout. They whisper, laugh, breathe together, at the intersection of oriental melodies and European drawl."
Bart Cornand interviewed 3'Ain for Knack Focus:
To read the full review: click on the pdf document to the right.
"On April 21, the debut album 'Sea Of Stories' will be released, recorded in the Studio of De Grote Post (Ostend). The music of 3'Ain regularly refers to the environment and atmosphere of the place where they create, in the port of Ostend, hence also the advance single 'Scrambled Ensor'."
Announcement of the album Sea of Stories by 3'Ain at Musiczine:
To read the full review: click on the pdf document to the right.
Hurray !
We almost forgot to tell you that Mec Yek’s album TAISA made it to 62 in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2022
So proud!
Without any doubt, listen to our songs and put our Taisa Album in your playlist!
Yeay! 3'Ain, Mec Yek & Jaune Toujours on the longlist for selection towards the Belgian Worldwide Music Network Showcases, end of January 2023 at club AB - Ancienne Belgique !
"Among the Living Treasures and their unprecedented encounters, the singer-accordionist of Jaune Toujours, Piet Maris, invited the talented divan saz player Hozan Ibrahim for a brand new committed composition."
Have a great weekend with this brand new song, never recorded or played live before: Piet Maris with the talented Hozan Ibrahimon on Divan Saz!
And remember, "We are all here not to stay!"
To watch this beautiful exchange click HERE !
Sarah Baur made another great video portrait of a writer-in-residence at Passa Porta, this time of young author, dancer and poet Andrea Abreu Lopez !
You can watch this portrait by clicking HERE!
"Ik En Den Theo / Moi Et Le Théo, stands for the creative duo Piet Maris and Théophane Raballand, who have been making music for children for 15 years. I did not know them until now and that is unfortunate, because I missed something. [...] Releases for children like this should really be more plentiful, that was the tenor in all the reviews. "
A nice review on the new album by Ik en den Theo/ Moi et le Théo: Onderweg / En Route written by Jen de Groeve of Mappalibri.
To read the full review: click on Mappalibri or on the pdf document to the right (Deutch).
" In early 2022, I was delightfully commissioned by International House of Literature Passa Porta to create short video portraits of a number of authors-in-residence.
For this fourth portrait, I spoke with Dutch author, actor, director and translator Martin Michael Driessen.
He talks about his latest book "Het licht aan het einde van de loop" about his experience of Brussels as a kind of Gotham City, and about the long-planned novel "Liefde in het Derde Rijk," for which he was finally able to make time in Brussels."
For the fourth time this year, Sarah Baur created a short video portrait of an author in residence, this time of Martin Michael Driessen.
To watch this report click HERE !
3'ain is recording new songs at the studio of De Grote Post in Ostend.
Exciting news will soon be arriving !
"Artist duo Ik en den Theo/ Moi et le Théo, which makes music for children, has released new work. Onderweg/En Route is a bilingual album (book + cd) accompanied by a concert performance of the same name."
Reportage Onderweg / En Route by Arthur Bagage !
Thanks BRUZZ for the item and thanks GC Elzenhof for the venue!
Check out the video HERE ! (in Dutch - captions in English and French)