In the spirit of the eastern european village band, La Panika interprets the gypsy and balkan music of Bulgaria and Macedonia. When Benito Blancquaert, Belgian saxophone player and leader of the group, met Petar Elmazov, Bulgarian gipsy accordion player, it was (musical) love at first sight. Flamboyant French trumpetplayer Jean-Pierre Lietar came in, and the […]
Uniting Colombian and Congolese musicians, De Palenque à Matongé revives and reinterprets the historical connection between two musical traditions that have travelled back and forth between the New World and the African motherland. Alé Kumá, one of the most important Afro-Colombian bands, led by Leonardo Gómez Jattín, invited Dizzy Mandjeku for recordings and concerts in […]
Stirred up from deep within, from an abstract spiral of sound and movement, from a sensation of time and space absolving and converging at once, the Black Flower musicians have molded a tangible matter: the album Artifacts. Their second full album sounds international and ageless. Eastern influences, Ethiodub and jazz effortlessly merge. Fantasy and reality […]
BRZZVLL released a second record on Zephyrus Records. After the collaboration with Anthony Joseph on the previous record Engines, Amir Sulaiman is the new vocalist on the music of BRZZVLL. First Let’s Dance is the next phase in the evolution of the band since more synthetic sounds are added on the still rocksolid funk and […]
Second fullalbum Artifacts (Febr 2017, CD & Vinyl) is released by Sdban Ultra Records / N.E.W.S. this album strives for original music. Oriental influence, with Ethiodub and jazz nourished by the fascination with ancient and contemporary cultures. It is the soundtrack to modern reality, based on the elements that connect us.
La Panika rides again … Brass band but not just that, La Panika is the fruit of a thousand meetings, a thousand tumults, a thousand madnesses, a thousand events … and an inescapable brass band of the gypsy music of the Balkans, strongly influenced by the Roma music of the Black Sea. The group played […]
In full production for the Afro-Colombian project De Palenque a Matonge. Congolese guitarist Dizzy Mandjeku, resident in the congolese district Matongé in Brussels, works together with Colombian band Alé Kuma and other renommated artists from over the world to create this unique afro-colombian outfit. Recordings and try out concerts will take place in october/november. More info on […]
“When listening to Myrddin I hear much more than only guitar. I get drawn in, enticed to join his quest, as if he wants me to participate. Just like in theatre, the curtain is drawn to the sides, the spotlights are lit, silence sets in and you feel like anything is possible. Wonderful, inexplicable things […]
Hooray! We are pleased to announce that Black Flower has been selected to showcase at WOMEX 17, 25-29 October, Katowice, Poland. Specific day and time slot will follow soon. Check the Showcase Sampler here
Jamaican Jazz Orchestra takes you on ride through their musical jungle where you can hear the sounds of reggae and ska mixed with jazz. If you listen closely to this eight piece instrumental band you will discover a wide range of different colors and moods blending them all smoothly together. Jamaican Jazz Orchestra hits the […]
