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Kraak Festival 2018
by Martin Longley
Kraak Festival 2018 Beursschouwburg Brussels, Belgium March 3, 2018 Kraak is three days dedicated to exploratory music, mostly on the electronic front, although acoustic instruments do feature, but are mainly subject to amplification, processing or distortion. That seems to be the best way to point out what happens, ...
Bruselas Flamenco Festival 2018
by Martin Longley
Bruselas Flamenco Festival Bozar Brussels, Belgium February 28-March 3, 2018 In its second year, the Bruselas Flamenco Festival stretches outwards geographically, and backwards in time, to highlight the roots of the form, rather than presenting what many folks would deem the mainline of this music. In fact, not ...
Brussels Jazz Festival 2018
by Martin Longley
Brussels Jazz Festival Flagey, Ixelles Belgium January 11-20, 2018 The 10-day Brussels Jazz Festival is held at Flagey, an arts complex in Ixelles, which lies south-east of the city centre. It's an eye-catching Art Deco building from the late 1930s, created by architect Joseph Diongre. This former radio ...
LABtrio: Nature City
by Henning Bolte
When you consider the ages of the musicians of this trio from Belgium (26, 28 and 30 years) you notice it is a young group. When you take into account the decade these three musicians, bassist Anneleen Boehme, drummer Lander Gyselinck and pianist Bram de Looze, have been working together, you can only come to the ...
B-JAZZ 2017: Help Young Belgian Jazz Musicians Realize Their Dreams
Although governments in Europe are withdrawing their subsidies for the performing arts and life is getting more and more difficult for performing artists to earn their living, the jazz scene in Europe continues to forge ahead. Music colleges, academies, conservatories and jazz institutes are attracting more young musicians than they can enroll. The number of jazz ...
Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes
by Mark Sullivan
Young Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already had an active recording career, especially with his quartet and the duo Linus. His recordings have become progressively more acoustic and ever more freely improvised. Guitarist Karl Van Deun was Ruben's teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. His performing career has been sidelined by hearing problems, but he ...
Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes
by Jakob Baekgaard
In spite of his young age, Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already traversed a wide spectrum of musical expressions, and yet, while the textures are different, his records share a certain lyrical sensibility and the quality of dwelling in the moment. On Shapes, Machtelinckx joins his former teacher Karl Van Deun to play ...
Jonas Cambien Trio: A Zoology of the Future
by Glenn Astarita
Belgian-born pianist Jonas Cambien currently resides in Oslo and is supported by first-rate regional musicians on his debut outing as a leader. No doubt, this trio possesses a distinct personality as the artists seemingly concoct a horde of magic potions on a per-track basis. Here, free-form maneuvers evolve into tangible themes amid quirky advancements and spunky, ...
Skordatura PE: Empty The Headbin
by Mark Corroto
The Belgian quarter has altered their name, actually shortened it from Skordatura Punkjazz Ensemble to Skordatura PE. They still are jazz artists playing punk jazz, not just punks playing jazz. There is an important distinction here. You see they can play, no really play. Their Punkjazz is that of Jaco Pastorious, Mike Stern, and Wayne Krantz-- ...
Jazz Near You Collaborates with JAZZ.brussels to Distribute Brussels Jazz Events Worldwide
Jazz Near You has partnered with JAZZ.brussels to distribute Brussels jazz events through the Jazz Near You platform to its subscribers worldwide. “JAZZ.brussels is one of the most active and influential jazz organization in Belgium and is an ideal partner for Jazz Near You's event aggregation and redistribution program," stated Jazz Near You Founder, Michael Ricci. ...
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