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28/06/2023 - 14:30
"Zu hören sind vor allem schöne, langsame Trompetenmelodien, geprägt vom arabischen Raum mit manchmal Musette ähnlichem Akkordeon und der bass schlenzt gegen melodien darunter."

"You can hear mainly beautiful slow trumpet melodies , influenced by the Arabic region with sometimes musette-like accordion and the bass flicks against melodies underneath."

To read the full review: click on Musik Global or view photo.

25/06/2023 - 15:00
"Von jazzigen klängen über orientalische Motive zu Anspielungen auf Tango. Eher langsam, mit grosser Ruhe Beinahe ton für ton umgesetzt. Faszinierend, wie viel mehr sehr wenig sein kann."

"From jazzy sounds to oriental motifs to allusions to tango. Rather slowly, with great tranquility almost implemented tone for tone. Fascinating how much more can be very little."

To read the full review: click on Ohrenschmauch or view photo.

24/06/2023 - 14:15
"There’s an out-of-reach and enigmatic quality to Sea of Stories which keeps you drawing back into its music. A dream-like visual sensibility and the warmth of its harmonies give the music a physicality which virtually lives and breathes."

To read the full review: click on UKVIBE or on the pdf document to the right.

22/06/2023 - 15:00
"Sometimes, perfection can arise out of the stirring together of contrasting genres and ‘Sea Of Stories’ by the Syrian / Belgian trio 3’Ain is one such success."

 

Justin Turford gives 9.5/10 to 3'Ain's album Sea Of Stories!

To read the full review: click on Truth & Lies or on the pdf document to the right.

22/06/2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

3'Ain's Yamen Martini and Piet Maris were on Music Matters, radio Klara (VRT). They talked with Olav Grondelaers about the new album SEA OF STORIES. And if you want, you can relisten (in Dutch):

https://klara.be/luister/select/music-matters/sea-of-stories-van-3ain

pictures by Dries Pauwels (radio Klara) and Piet Maris

16/06/2023 - 13:30
"Ein wunderbares Album! Da kann man nur schweigen und sagen: Hören Sie selbst. Ein Hauch von Musik, die voll und ganz den Anspruch erhebt, Kunst zu sein, und die mit ihrer Essenz die zartesten Saiten der Empfindsamkeit berühren wird."

"A wonderful album! One can only remain silent and say: listen for yourself. A touch of music that fully claims to be art and that with its essence will touch the most delicate strings of sensibility."

To read the full review: click on Jazz Fun or on the pdf document to the right.(German)

02/06/2023 - 15:30
"De combinatie van deze drie instrumenten en de muziek die ze brengen op Sea of Stories - een kruisbestuiving van jazz en geluiden uit de Balkan, het Middenoosten en de Méditerranée - stuurde me meteen op een muzikale herontdekkingstocht."

"The combination of these three instruments and the music they bring to Sea of Stories - a cross-pollination of jazz and sounds from the Balkans, the Middle East and the Méditerranée - immediately sent me on a musical rediscovery journey."

To read the full review: click on Stereotype or on the pdf document to the right (Dutch).

29/05/2023 - 16:45
"Avec ce « Sea of Stories » rédempteur, les danseurs se lamenteront aux sons d’un tango désolant et se trémousseront sur des valses tristes."

"With this redemptive "Sea of Stories", dancers will lament the sounds of a desolate tango and sway to sad waltzes."

To read the full article: click on Jazz Mania or on the pdf document on the right (French).

24/05/2023 - 15:45
"Een nieuwe “message in a bottle” die vanuit Oostende de wijde wereld ingestuurd wordt." - "Een overwegend melancholische soundtrack met indrukwekkende filmische accenten. Alsof ze de desolaatheid van het bestaan verklanken in een roes van dromerige visioenen."

"A new "message in a bottle" sent out into the wide world from Ostend," says the artist."

"A mostly melancholic soundtrack with impressive cinematic accents. As if sounding out the desolation of existence in an intoxication of dreamy visions."

To read the full review: click on Jazz'Halo or on the pdf document to the right (Deutch).

11/05/2023 - 15:30
"Yamen blendt westerse en oosterse klanken met zijn trompet, net zoals Otto op zijn zelf ineen geknutselde contrabas voor de nodige diepgang zorgt. Maris zorgt dan met zijn accordeon voor een zigeunereske sfeer. Knap!"

"Yamen blends western and eastern sounds with his trumpet, just as Otto provides the necessary depth on his self-assembled double bass. Maris then creates a gipsy-esque atmosphere with his accordion."

To read the full review: click on Keys and Chords or on the pdf document to the right (Deutch).