Coming up: new collaboration with ESINAM, Aka Moon bringing new sounds from East & West to us in 'Alifbata', 'Nature City' by LABtrio and much more!

NEW COLLABORATION:

ESINAM DOGBATSE

We can start this newsletter with – again – announcing a great new collaboration. We're happy to tell you that Esinam Dogbatse is joining the Aubergine family. This Brussels musician plays flute and percussion with Témé Tan, Sysmo, Anne Wolf, Marockin’ Brass and Diab Quintet among others. In her solo project she proves to be a fierce multi-instrumentalist who uses electronics to add a new dimension to her set. Her warm voice is the icing on the cake. In December 2017, Esinam was the support act of Melanie De Biasio at a sold-out Ancienne Belgique four times in a row. This fall, she will release her first EP on Sdban Records. So, a musician from the 'New Wave of Belgian Jazz' to watch!

Join us at one of her upcoming concerts:

08.03 Human(art)istic Festival @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels

15.03 Le Rideau Rouge, Lasne

29.04 Les Nuits @ Botanique, Brussels

18.05 Jam'in Jette, Brussels

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AKA MOON:

ALIFBATA

This month, Aka Moon and some guest musicians will bring the sounds of the Balkan, the Middle East and India to France & Belgium. In Alifbata, compositions and musicians of two earlier created projects come together: The first one, Aka Balkan Moon, inspired by Balkan music with a special focus on the Bulgarian traditions, and second AlefBa, a project that uses the sultry sounds of the Middle East. Both projects arose under the wings of Fondation de Royaumont (Paris). Indian Sufi singer Zila Kahn will join the musicians with her lush chants. 

30.03 deSingel, Antwerp (BE)

31.03 De Grote Post, Ostend (BE)

03.04 Opéra de Lille, Rijsel (FR)

04.04 De Bijloke, Ghent (BE)

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NEW TEAM MEMBER:

SAY HELLO TO MARTIN!

Starting from March 1st, Martin Vernier joins our team doing an internship with us ‘till August 31st. Martin is a young music enthousiast from Saint-Etienne (France) who was recommended by i.a. Rhino Jazz Festival, Tremplin Jazz Avignon and Têtes de Jazz (AJMI, Avignon), where he did an internship as production assistant in the past.

LABTRIO:

NATURE CITY

If you didn’t have the chance to see ‘Nature City’ (Outhere Music, Febr. '17) by LABtrio live yet: the last three days of March, the trio presents its latest album once more to the Belgian crowd. A must-visit!

29.03 De Casino, Sint-Niklaas (BE)

30.03 CC HA: Piano days, Hasselt (BE)

31.03 CC De Ververij, Ronse (BE)

LABtrio - Nature City (OUTHERE MUSIC 2017)

LABtrio talking about its new project: ‘For our latest album we explored the world of chamber music, with a lot of elaborated compositions and extensive improvisations. This time, we are fi guring out who we have become after ten years of LABtrio. Over the years, we have built a varied repertoire and a uniqueness we want to stress with our new album. The challenge is to expand and dig in our identity and our story as a trio, as well as to breathe new life into it.’

To accomplish this, Lander, Anneleen and Bram look for lyricism and drive, melodies and beats, that project LABtrio. Inspired by different musical genres, ranging from classical music to pop and electronics, they selected their favourite ‘non-guilty pleasures’.

When all these ingredients come together, one can expect a third album that will be a range of new collectively composed works and older never-heard compositions, recycled and refreshed by the band members, combined with some covers, on which the musicians wanted to leave their own mark.

LABtrio - The Howls Are Not What They Seem (2016)

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Source: LABtrio

Genre: Modern Creative

GAB's Rating: ★★★★★

LABtrio (Lander – Anneleen – Bram) are three musicians with strong personalities, endowed with a fresh and adventurous approach to music. The trio’s acoustic universe conceals an urban jazz that flirts with electronic, underground and hip-hop cultures.

Since the Trio’s founding in 2007, they have received several awards and prizes (including a superb double –  Audience Prize and Grand Prize – at the prestigious Avignon ‘Tremplin Jazz’ festival in 2011). Thanks to this price, they recorded their first album at the Studio la Buissone, Pernes-les fontaines in France. Their first album “Fluxus” released in October 2013 (Outhere records) – a real gem – constitutes testimony to what is the jazz of today, seen by this new generation of musicians.

In 2014, LABtrio participated at the  12 points festival in Umeå, and received a lot of positive feedback. Here is an inspiring description from their performance, written by Henning Bolte in All About Jazz – April 2014:

“The LAB trio-which is drummer Lander Gyselinck, bassist Anneleen Boehme and pianist Bram de Looze, then took off to a new shore of trioism, inducing a jaw-dropping, high level of musical experience through their miraculous interplay of characteristics including an amazing, mutual musical sensibility and agility, deep in-the-moment playing and delicate as well as thrilling timing, effortless execution and the sheer joy of performing. It all led to a great sound and gripping, infectious dynamics that rose, unfettered, to the apogee of the night.”  Read more...

 

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