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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.
"...We horen drie muzikanten die een erg symbiotisch geluid produceren dat oosten, zuiden en westen met elkaar laat versmelten. Aangenaam luistervoer voor liefhebbers van jazz en folk die niet afgeschrikt worden door oosterse klanken, in een productie die helemaal af is."
"...We hear three musicians producing a highly symbiotic sound that blends the East, South and West. A delightful listening experience for lovers of jazz and folk who aren’t put off by Eastern sounds, in a production that is thoroughly polished."
Thank you Björn Comhaire and Luminous Dash for the warm review of our new Album Unland!
► Read the full review HERE. (in Dutch)
"...Indringende kwarttonen op trompet, hypnotiserende grooves, dromerig samenspel en filmische improvisaties creëren muziek die laveert tussen intimiteit en intensiteit, spiritualiteit en spanning. Geworteld in traditie maar grenzeloos van geest, ontvouwt ‘Unland’ zich als een reflectief klankenlandschap waarin licht en duisternis een evenwicht zoeken."
"...Penetrating quarter-tones on the trumpet, hypnotic grooves, dreamlike ensemble playing and cinematic improvisations create music that navigates between intimacy and intensity, spirituality and tension. Rooted in tradition yet boundless in spirit, ‘Unland’ unfolds as a reflective soundscape in which light and darkness seek a balance."
Thank you Johan Meurisse and Musiczine for the warm review of our new Album Unland!
► Read the full review HERE. (Dutch)
Thank you Concertmonkey for presenting our Single Oufti on your website!
► Read it HERE. (In French)
2 days until Unland travels further into the world
The album becomes available internationally this Friday 29.5
Pre-save / pre-order via https://orcd.co/unland
Sarah once again asked @frederik_van_melle to creep up on another innocent author-in-residence (although that could be debated) to satisfy @passaporta’s appetite for engaging conversations on literature.
Sorry, not sorry.
Expect the finished video portrait of Mattias Timander (SE) in the coming days. Prepare to have your literary interest deepened yet again.
Who spotted the Accordion in the first picture?
Yes. We know your kind.