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Album out in June.
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10 May
Muziekpublique Living Room Music Festival, Laeken.
First glimpse.
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Artwork by Maëlle Pouppez.
Black felt on white.
Three birds, mid-air.
Title embroidered in red.
A continuation of her work for the single Oufti.
Same hands, different altitude.
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Air.
Motion.
Thoughts circling until they become sound.
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Jazz fusion with influences from the Arab world
What. A. Weekend!
Imagine belgium was Amazing. Späti got to meet great people and they won not 1 but 2 prizes!
One of them means they'll be performing in Maastricht at the Dutch brand of @imagine.experience
Big Thanks for the opportunity: @imaginemusicbelgium @jeugdenmuziekbrussel @jmwalloniebruxelles
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks drift. Between highways, radios, balconies. Between naps and noise. Like a roadmovie paused mid frame.
2000 Brussels. La Tentation. BRUSK. Release night. Postcards sent into the city.
2002 Roeselare. Another room joins the map.
2004 Lille. Brussels. Radio waves. Ancienne Belgique. Closer to Manu Chao, they wrote. Closer to the street, we played.
2007 Italy. Milano. Trieste. Stages and backstages. Windows. Sun on staircases. Miles folding into songs.
2009 Germany. Karlsruhe. Gas station goofy. Sunglasses, laughter. Hotel TVs welcoming us by name. Van rides. Same road, different sky.
2020 Brussels balconies. Menthalité à la Menthe. End of Season. Distance held together by rhythm.
2022–2024 Union Saint-Gilloise. Anthem carried forward. From studio to street parade. Voices multiplied.
From postcards to van windows. From radio rooms to football crowds.
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.
Prepping Photo Shoot Zinneke Parade, Zinnode Murmuridooe ft. La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d’Acccordéons, Ledebirds, Oxalys & many more!
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
From basements to rooftops. From cafés to crowds that don’t fit the room.
1999–2001 Brussels. Gent. Magasin 4. La Tentation. Café Damberd. Close quarters. Sweat, brass, first collisions.
2006 Karlsruhe. Tollhaus. Press raves. Energy translated into headlines.
2008 Mouscron. Another room. Same push forward.
2014 Florange. Stages across borders. Songs travelling light.
2019 London. Brixton. Hootenanny. Packed floor. Bodies jumping in waves. Backstage: bunkbeds, pool cues, tight corridors.
2020 Brussels. Balconies again. Ska-Man. Save le monde. Music crossing the street without leaving home.
2023 Rouvroy. Stage lights on familiar faces. Still sharp. Still moving.
2024 Studio. Megaphone vocals. New songs taking their first breath.
Press clippings. Toy versions. Real sweat. From cellar rooms to crowded nights in Brixton.
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.
"...Oufti volgt mooi het pad dat 3’Ain op hun eerste album reeds uittekende. Het is een pad dat westerse jazz en muziek uit de Swana-regio (Zuid-West-Azië en Noord-Afrika) samenbrengt. Gooi daar nog een Sufi-geïnspireerd ritme bovenop en je krijgt een interessant mix die je, bij ons althans, nog niet zo vaak hoorde. Boeiend."
"...Oufti beautifully follows the path that 3’Ain laid out on their debut album. It’s a path that brings together Western jazz and music from the Swana region (Southwest Asia and North Africa). Add a Sufi-inspired rhythm to that, and you get an interesting mix that—at least here—you haven’t heard very often. Fascinating."
Thank you Björn Comhaire and Luminous Dash for the warm review on the first single Oufti of the new Album!
► Read the full review HERE. (In Dutch)
"...De combinatie van een jazz-feel met Arabische klankkleuren maakt ‘Oufti’ geknipt voor playlists in world-jazz, meditatieve jazz, global fusion en instrumentale storytelling. De titel verwijst naar een Belgische uitdrukking uit de streek van Luik die verbazing, opluchting of verbijstering kan uitdrukken - een woord met een sterke emotionele lading, net als de compositie zelf..."
"...The combination of a jazz feel with Arabic timbres makes ‘Oufti’ ideal for playlists in world jazz, meditative jazz, global fusion and instrumental storytelling. The title refers to a Belgian expression from the Liège region that can convey surprise, relief or bewilderment – a word with a strong emotional charge, just like the composition itself..."
Thank you Concert Monkey for this review on the new single Oufti!
► Read the review HERE. (In Dutch)
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks glow warm. Stage lights like sunsets. Dust in the air, sound hanging low.
2002–2003 Opwijk. Kortrijk. Gent. Rooms filling. Songs finding their weight.
2004 Schaerbeek. Halles. Barricade. Release night. Light spills orange. Everything feels possible.
2005 Louvrange. Oostende. Between cities. Between tides.
2009 Brussels. Ancienne Belgique. Kolektiv. A bigger room. Same urgency.
2014 Ouagadougou. Gent. Cars, terraces, stages improvised. Music crossing heat and distance.
2017 Ouagadougou again. Returning with deeper roots. Playing with, not just for.
2020 Laken. A window. A message: “Keep safe & sound.” Balconies become lifelines.
2021 Molenbeek. Streaming the room outward. Choux-Fest through cables and screens.
From orange stage light to red earth nights.
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.
Community event with the Choux de Bruxelles community to the solo exhibition of photographer and drummer Théophane Raballand at gallery A57 in Saint-Gilles.
This is huge! 3'Ain's new single OUFTI made it to the Spot On playlist.
Curated by Gunter Van Assche for daily newspaper De Morgen.
Celebrate with them by sharing the news & listen to the playlist!