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"... je wordt als luisteraar meteen meegesleept. Luister maar eens hoe je in het eerste nummer, Nachtschade, meteen door de trompet van Martini gepakt wordt. Zo begin je een album. En luister dan ook nog even hoe ze het afsluiten met Batich Ahmar, dan weet je dat je een pracht van een plaat in handen hebt."
‘... as a listener, you’re immediately swept away. Just listen to how, in the first track, ‘Nachtschade’, you’re instantly captivated by Martini’s trumpet. That’s how you start an album. And then just listen to how they close it off with ‘Batich Ahmar’ – that’s when you know you’ve got a real gem of an album in your hands.’
Thank you Holly Moors and Moors Magazine for this heartwarming review on the new Album Unland!
► Read the full article HERE. (In Dutch)
"...Het timbre van dit trio is redelijk uniek. Door hun wijze van musiceren spelen ze door middel van suggestie juist dát, wat níet hoorbaar is."
"...The timbre of this trio is quite unique. Through their style of playing, they use suggestion to convey precisely that which is not audible."
Thank you Mattie Poels and Music Frames for this heartwarming review of the new Album Unland.
► Read the full review HERE. (in English and Dutch)
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are megaphones. Some are radio microphones. Some happen on balconies. Some in the middle of the street.
2003 Halles de Schaerbeek. Supporting Manu Chao at Nunca Máis. A sea of raised hands. A band discovering what happens when urgency meets volume.
2004 A Father’s Day photo shoot. An accordion. A toddler dancing. Music already part of everyday life. Lille. Barricade crosses the border.
2007 Dordrecht. A quiet moment by the water before another show.
2009 Bochum. Backstage beers. Laptop laughter. Then straight back into the lights.
2014 Brussels. PicNic the Streets. The city itself becomes the stage.
2017 Berlin. A radio interview. Songs travelling through conversations as much as concerts.
2020 Lockdown Cheer Up Sessions. The audience looks up from the courtyard. The band plays from the balconies.
2024 Dimanche premieres. Another story leaves the rehearsal room and finds its audience.
Different settings. Same conviction. Still taking songs to festivals, streets, studios and care homes. Still believing music belongs wherever people gather.
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.
Jaune Toujours has played Lange Nacht der Kultur at Pferdestall Bremerhaven. Vielen dank Bremerhaven for having us again ánd for your energie, what a night! See you soon !?
3'Ain featured on the compilation ‘The Sound Of The Abbey’ with their track “Batich Ahmar”.
"Thirteen artists and ensembles created the same number of tracks, which were recorded within the abbey’s walls.
The abbey has inspired a wide range of musicians. The Rénélius Ensemble, a Roma ensemble from Leuven, the Naragonia Trio, 3'Ain, Andries Boone, Sandra Van der Gucht and Anouk Sanczuk… all interpreted the sounds, the buildings and the atmosphere in their own unique way."
Thank you to the Merode Festival for organising the compilation, and to Patrick Van Gestel and Da Music for reviewing it.
► Read the full review HERE. (In Dutch)
"Unland ist ein faszinierendes Album voller Neugier, kultureller Offenheit und poetischer Klangwelten – eine Einladung, Grenzen nicht als Ende, sondern als Anfang zu verstehen."
"Unland* is a fascinating album brimming with curiosity, cultural openness and poetic soundscapes – an invitation to see boundaries not as an end, but as a beginning."
Thank you Jacek Brun and Jazz Fun for the warm review on the new album Unland!
► Read the full review HERE. (In German)
Jaune Toujours had an absolute blast at café Barzoen Turnhout! Thank you Café Barzoen for having them and you. Turnhout people for coming out, listening, dancing, enjoying ánd for taking our music home with you!
See you soon !?
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are roads. Airports. Festival fields. Radio studios. Backstage absurdity.
2000 A digital leap. Among the first Belgian bands to make their music available for download online.
2002 Newcastle. A camera in the metro. A music video taking shape between stations. North Shields. Pool tables. Grass. Festival days.
2004 A human project. Two pages in fROOTS. Songs travelling beyond borders.
2006 Vodelée. The first steps of what would become AfroBelbeat. Jaune Toujours meets the Gangbé Brass Band from Benin.
2010 Copenhagen. Viking helmets in the front seat. Tour logic at its finest.
2012 Diksmuide. Belgium meets Benin. Brass, reeds and rhythms finding a shared language.
2017 Open Air am Berg. Music under open skies. Crowds gathering before the first note.
2023 Bremen. Summer Sounds. A referee’s chair turned into a band portrait. Because musicians rarely use things as intended.
Different roads. Same curiosity. Still travelling. Still collaborating. Still finding new ways to make noise together.
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.
Späti played a guest set at the IMX finals in Maastricht, hosted by popspot Nederland at the Muziekgieterij.
Many Thanks to Imagine Music Belgium for the opportunity.
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks happen in places that weren’t really meant to be stages.
A record shop pavement. A café terrace. A town square. A festival field. A refugee solidarity event. And somehow, music finds a way.
2000 Gemert. Brussels. The road keeps opening.
2003–2004 Antwerp. Bremen. Small festivals. Big horizons.
2006 Radio Transit days. Kapellen. Rotterdam. Microphones, conversations and songs travelling from one place to another.
2009 Busking in Ghent. No backstage. No barriers. Just music and whoever happens to stop and listen.
2012 Mainz. & AfroBelbeat. Gangbé Brass Band meets Jaune Toujours at Brussels Jazz Marathon. Brass from Brussels and Benin crossing paths and creating something neither could have made alone.
2013 Brasserie Verschueren. An improvised stage. The kind of concert where the city itself becomes part of the band.
2014 Solidar XL. BBC Radio 3. Rough Trade West. A week that stretches from Brussels to London. Live radio. Street performances. Record shops.
2024 Dimanche. A new single released into the world. One more chapter added to the story.
2025 Human City. Supporting Manu Chao in Brussels. Some heroes eventually become colleagues for an evening.
Different stages. Different audiences. Same belief: music belongs in public spaces, where people meet, argue, celebrate, dance, and imagine something better together.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still travelling. Still showing up. Still open to the next room.