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Europeana was produced with live sessions at the Brussels alternative club Magasin 4, recordings at Studio Choux de Bruxelles (rehearsal room of Jaune Toujours) and overdubs at Strawberry Lab (home studio of sound engineer Christine Verschorren), where the album was also mixed. With guests: the backing vocals of Burkinese talent Patrick Kabré, the likembe of Jo Zanders (Lkmtiv, Velotronix, Drom), the trombone of Vincent Heirman (Bravo Big Band, Superska)...Read more
As you’d expect from Mec Yek, their most recent album SuperDiverCity contains some musical surprises: the band travels back to its nostalgic roots, from the early years with the Roma in Slovakia, to more contemporary and urban dub, ska, latin and soul. Some songs show minimal orchestration, other pull out all the stops. But, against all expectations: Mec Yek is a gypsy band without violin.Read more
With Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo 2.0, one can (re-)look at the world through the eyes of children. Kids, parents and grandparents are allowed to walk around as robots, to dance on chairs, to get visits from uncle Jazz, to play ABCDetective and much more... Depending on the audience they sing in Dutch or French or, in the best of all worlds, in both languages. Piet Maris and Theophane Raballand go mad on accordion and drums ... and with the audience, which is constantly challenged to sing, dance, jump and...Read more
Choux de Bruxelles presents YANA,
a short film by Sarah Baur
Pauline is a 25-minute monologue, based on the story of a Cameroonian refugee who ended up in Brussels after many wanderings.
At the request of Dokters Van De Wereld, Sarah Baur met Pauline. Sarah wrote a text based on Pauline's testimony.
She performs the text in Dutch, but can also do so in French and English.
The monologue can be a good starting point for debates or interactive lectures.Read more
Contemporary Jazz with an Oriental Twist
A brand new trio in the Choux de Bruxelles stables - 3'Ain!
Featuring Yamen Martini on trumpet, Otto Kintet on bass and Piet Maris on accordion.Read more
Een experimentele mini-fanfare die in trio (accordeon, percussie en blazer) gaat voor improvisatie binnen een breed palet van stijlen: van akoestische dub, reggae, over balkan en gipsy tot bossa en musette... Afhankelijk van het publiek kan het al wat avontuurlijker of toegankelijker worden, discreter of interactiever, maar wel allemaal eigen repertoire!Read more
La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d'Accordéons regularly organizes workshops, as a co-production with Muziekpublique. One Monday per month, you can learn to play in an ensemble with a varied repertoire, under the leadership of Piet Maris. Now and then there is a new piece on the shelve, but the repertoire of past sessions gets continuously refreshed as well. Anyone who has a basic knowledge of chromatic accordion is welcome. Info and registering via Muziekpublique...Read more
La Nouvelle Harmonie Bruxelloise d'Accordéons played for the first time at the Zinneke Parade, a two-yearly event in Brussels at which they regularly participate since then. You may also spot them at street parties, festivals and street theatre events, in Belgium and abroad. On the program of this band of accordions: typical accordion repertoire, thoroughly revisited with a dynamic touch – tango, waltzes, bourrées, Balkan stuff, ska and much more…Read more
Before arriving in Brussels, Théophane Raballand followed a graphic education at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. After a couple of years as a musician in Brussels he picked up his visual work and, besides music, he started dedicating himself to photography. In this way he made pictures for the Jaune Toujours albums Brusk, Camping del Mundo, Barricade and Routes, that was presented as a little booklet, like an art portfolio. Their latest album Europeana took this idea even further and was released as a vinyl sized (33x33cm) photobook...Read more