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"...sorgt für duftige Aromeni die aparte klangfarbliche Mischung, nicht weniger aber der improvisatorische Assoziationsreichtum, mit dem das Trio flagrante melodische Anleihen aus Martinis Herkunftsheimat verinnerlicht."
‘...brings a rich array of flavours to the distinctive blend of timbres, not least through the wealth of improvisational associations with which the trio internalises striking melodic influences from Martini’s homeland.’
Thank you Wolfgang Gratzer and Jazz Podium for the warm review on the new Album Unland.
► Read the full review by clicking on the link on the right of the screen (in German)
Some nights don’t end when the last note fades.
Thank you, Anderlecht, for filling the square, for listening with open hearts, and above all… for dancing from the first notes to the last
That’s where these songs truly belong: in moving feet, smiling faces, and souls willing to travel.
If you were there, thank you for making it unforgettable. We hope we’ll meet again. The dance isn’t over yet.
Until then, the journey continues with our albums: Antikrisis, SuperDiverCity and Taisa. Play them loud. Dance wherever you are.
Photos by Kris Migerode
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks smell like summer. Dust on festival roads. Accordion cases in the shade. A dog sleeping beside the musicians. A square that is empty in the afternoon and overflowing by night.
2000–2002 Belgian park festivals. Village kiosks. Open-air stages by the sea. A band learning that summer audiences arrive from every direction.
2006 France. Toulouse. Ichis. Saint-Vallier. Improvised stages. Ping-pong between soundchecks. A little girl dancing in front of the stage while a whole accordion marching band joins the concert. That tour felt less like a schedule and more like a travelling village.
2007 Hoorn. Châlons-en-Champagne. The calm before the crowd. Then the blur that happens when brass, rhythm and people start moving together.
2008 Canada. Vancouver Island. Fort MacLeod. Waterfalls. Workshops with musicians from elsewhere. Night concerts under huge skies. The road became a landscape lesson.
2016 Gentse Feesten. Rehearsals behind closed curtains. Guest musicians from DROM. Mec Yek voices joining the stage. And a Sint-Jacobs crowd that seemed to breathe with the band.
2025 Genk. Afro-Latino. New songs from Vertigo. A catwalk instead of a club floor. The same accordion energy carrying three decades of history into another summer night.
Different festivals. Different countries. Different generations in the crowd. Still arriving with instruments. Still leaving with stories.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
17 July Jaune Toujours opening Trefpunt Festival at the Gentse Feesten, with special 30y birthday bash guests Mec Yek,Yamen Martini & De Ledebirds, through the lens of Dieter Boone ànd the VRT 1 TV News!
“Two and two and twelve times would I like to kiss my lover.” Duj Duj has been making people sing along for years. Still works.
Live in Leuven. From the album SuperDiverCity.
"... fusion entre les racines du jazz, celles des musiques traditionnelles, pour découler sur une musique dite cinématique qui oscille entre lumière, lorsque la musique est plus enjouée, et obscurité, lorsque la musique se fait plus intimiste. Un retour aux sources aussi, avec un jeu fondamental aux instruments."
"...A fusion of the roots of jazz and those of traditional music, resulting in what is known as “cinematic” music that oscillates between light—when the music is more upbeat—and darkness—when the music becomes more intimate. It is also a return to the roots, with a focus on the fundamental playing of the instruments."
Thank you Philippe Thirionet and Jazz Mania for the warm review!
► Read the full review HERE. (in French)
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are about the road as much as the destination.
2002 Paris. Two nights at La Maroquinerie. Petrol stations. Courtyards. The city waiting just beyond the venue doors.
2008 Canada. A ferry to Vancouver Island. A campsite where someone had turned the roof of a van into the perfect evening living room. And another UK gig where even the rear-view mirror became a camera.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Golf carts between stages. Interviews under prairie skies. Thousands of festivalgoers sharing the same songs.
2016 Bodvalenke. Hungary. New friends. A village audience waiting patiently before the first note.
2017 Stuttgart. A concert for Freunde & Refugees. Music crossing borders in more ways than one.
2019 Diksmuide. 4AD. Low lights. Loud brass. A room full of people leaning into the music.
2020 Outdoor concerts during Covid. Gardens. Care homes. Church squares. Finding ways to keep playing, even while keeping our distance.
2025 Uccle. Summer again. New faces in the band. Old rituals still intact. Including, apparently, another game of chess backstage.
Different countries. Different audiences. Different summers. Still packing the van. Still finding the next stage.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
On Shore, 3’Ain’s most played radio track
Have you heard it yet?
“Humour is when you laugh anyway.”
Kali Som is a Roma traditional that Mec Yek has made its own over the years. A song of wit, resilience and irresistible rhythm.
This recording comes from ChouXS-Fest, one of those magical moments when live music found its way back outdoors.
Turn the sound up and enjoy!
"... u bracht in mei van dit jaar een nieuw album uit. Alweer was ik onder de indruk. Dit was alweer een goed album. Deze keer wou ik vermijden dat mijn brief op de lange baan zou geschoven worden. Ik ging aan de slag. In deze brief zal ik trachten te verwoorden waarom uw album mij zo weet te raken. Waarom uw muziek mij zo weet mee te voeren..."
"...You released a new album in May this year. Once again, I was impressed. It was yet another great album. This time, I wanted to make sure my letter didn’t get put on the back burner. So I set to work. In this letter, I’ll try to put into words why your album moves me so deeply. Why your music carries me away so completely..."
3'Ain got a letter... a beautiful one! Thank you Wim Backx for your heartwarming Words!
► Read the full blog HERE. (In Dutch)