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This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based.
Some weeks feel like studio air.
Glass between rooms. Cables on the floor. Jokes in the booth. Sweat on stage, later.
1999 Enschede. University rooms fill. Conversations across borders.
2004 Brussels. Studio Caraïbes. Barricade takes shape. Accordions arrive. Kids press buttons. Signs say “Do not feed”. Nobody listens.
2005 Munich. After the gig. Fans on stage. Posters argue outside.
2007 London. Copenhagen. Lübeck. Trumpets face each other. Walls talk back.
2008 Husum. Drums pushed hard. No dryness left.
2009 Koningshooikt. Kolektiv. Bass clarinet through monitors. Shakers find their mic.
2019 A review crosses time. Ink still warm.
Notes are pointed at. Sounds are tried. Nothing stays still for long.
We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
Rockpop with slaps on the cheeks.
Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo
In the 3th and 4th grade of primary school VBS De Klinker in Rotselaar.
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based.
Some weeks feel like a relay.
A drawing passed hand to hand. A flyer on a wall. A radio mic switching on. Stages built, torn down, rebuilt somewhere else.
1998–1999 Winterfolk. Leuven. Cold outside. Warm rooms.
2003 Recycl’art. Noise recycled into dance.
2006 Bochum. German national radio. Live. No safety net.
2007 Schaerbeek. GC De Kriekelaar. Local crowd. Global ears.
2014 Germany again. Kassel. Bremerhaven. Backstage benches. Front-of-stage heat.
2016 Vorst. New Year’s outside. Music as meeting point.
2019 Enghien. Lines on paper. Sound between them.
Dates stack up. Styles shift. The week keeps returning.
We don’t archive the past. We carry it.
Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
Behind the scenes with Canadian poet and novelist Nyla Matuk, during our shoot for her video portrait for Passa Porta, International House of Literature in Brussels.
Sarah enjoys these shoots, but for different reasons each time. Sometimes an interview feeds her own work, sometimes she is simply in awe, sometimes there’s a shared sense of mischievous humour in the room.
This time Sarah learned a great deal, in conversations that unfolded both on and off camera, guided by Nyla’s mix of depth, generosity and ease. An author whose work moves with precision along the line where the aesthetic meets the political.
3'Ain was selected to play their showcase at Folk Alliance in New Orleans. Here is why they didn't go After all.
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks feel like travel notes. Screens and paper. Snow and posters. Van windows. Backstages. A dance floor for kids. A radio studio at night.
2000–2003 Belgium. France. Small rooms. Moving crowds.
2007 A live record travels. The UK listens.
2009 Rehearsal. Notes open. Laptops on.
2013 Brussels. Instruments waiting. Windows onto the street.
2014 Germany in winter. Berlin. Leverkusen. Tour dates on walls. Hands on trumpets. Hands under the hood. Music keeps going.
2023 National radio. Questions. Answers. Live sound in the room.
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.
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Europeana taking shape. Notebooks open. Screens glowing. Some weeks happen on stage. Some on television. Some at a desk, surrounded by paper.
2001 Leffinge. Café ’t Schippershuis.
2002 Brussels. Rising Sun Studio. No photos of the sessions. Just faces at a window. Camping del Mundo taking shape.
2014 TV Limburg. Three bodies. All Eyes. Close enough to hear the grain.
2016 Street corners. New Year cold. Unplugged Uccle. Laken. Sint-Gillis. Woluwe. Music without walls.
2018 Brussels. A desk.
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.
Mixing in progress.
A few days inside the room, working on new music by 3’Ain.
Listening closely. Adjusting slowly.
Trumpet, chromatic accordion and upright bass finding their place.
More soon.
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
January keeps finding us. On stages. On air and on record. In print.
1999 Deurne. Meerbeke. Rooms fill. Bodies move.
2001 Introduced to the UK by Robb Johnson. fROOTS listens. The Brussels beat.
2002 Brussels. Studio days. Songs still under construction. A bun in the oven.
2003 Netherlands calling. De Hofnar. A jester’s room.
2006 A remix on a New Year’s card. People in motion. Radio Transit.
2007 fROOTS listens again. We answer live. Westfalia hails our pressure cooking.
2014 Reviews cross borders. Four stars. German. English. Same pulse. Antwerp. Album release night.
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.
