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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.
About last night: Jaune Toujours @pferdestallbremerhaven Lange Nacht der Kultur!
Vielen dank Bremerhaven for having us again ánd for your energie, what a night!
Next up on our Jaune Toujours 30y TOUR:
18/06 SCHAERBEEK @brasseriedelamule + @graafband !
04/07 BRUSSELS opening @brosellafestival +guests - come early!
17/07 GHENT Gentse Feesten / @trefpunt_festival
24/07/26 (BE) OSTEND @quartiersdo
25/07/26 (BE) KASTERLEE @wisselfestival - late night!
05/09/26 (BE) DIEST @cirquegitan
13/09/26 (BE) OSTEND @manifiesta.belgie @manifiesta.belgique
10/10/26 (BE) HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG @cczwaneberg + @murgaagrum !
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 our new album Unland!
► Read the full review HERE. (In German)
About last Wednesday night: Jaune Toujours at café Barzoen Turnhout!
We had an absolute blast… Thank you Eetcafe Barzoen for having them and you. Turnhout people for coming out, listening, dancing, enjoying ánd for taking our music home with you.
Next up on Jaune Toujours 30y TOUR: Germany & Belgium
13/06 BREMERHAVEN - Lange Nacht der Kultur Pferdestall Bremerhaven - late night!
18/06 SCHAERBEEK Brasserie de la Mule + GRAAF !
04/07 BRUSSELS opening Brosella Festival +guests - come early!
17/07 GHENT Gentse Feesten / Trefpunt Festival
24/07/26 (BE) OSTEND Quartiers d'O
25/07/26 (BE) KASTERLEE Wisselfestival - late night!
05/09/26 (BE) DIEST Cirque Gitan
13/09/26 (BE) OSTEND ManiFiesta België
10/10/26 (BE) HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg + Murga Agrum! !
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.
Very grateful for this first review of Unland by Björn Comhaire for Luminous Dash.
Luminous Dash has been such a supportive platform for independent music in Belgium over the years. Definitely worth following if you like discovering music slightly off the beaten path.
Read the review (in Dutch) at luminousdash.be
Thank you Frontview Magazine for the announcement of our new album Unland!
► Read the article HERE. (In Dutch)
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.