Widely considered to be one of the most notorious ska bands in Belgium, Proyecto Secreto is back with new ear candy. Proyecto Secreto are known as a true live sensation, having rocked festivals all over the world. By bringing their unique blend of ska, tropical rock and reggae, they shared the stage with legends like […]
On Friday March 3 the Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi drop their eponymous debut album. The kick-off for a tour in Brussels, Flanders and the Netherlands. With the release, Laïla and her colorful extra large ensemble pay tribute to the shikhats and ghanayats, singers who fought for freedom of expression in 19th-century Morocco through popular […]
We open the year in style with the new release of Jiraan: ‘Ya Mahla’. A melancolic mix of Middle Eastern sounds and jazzy influences, based on a traditional love song sang by the fisherman on the seaside of the Syrian city Lattakia. The second teaser of their upcoming album Sirto, to be released the 20th […]
Proyecto Secreto is back and ready to rumble. On June 24th (today) their new single ‘Stepping In Circles’ is out on all digital platforms. About the single: Everyone’s favorite Belgian ska band is back with “Stepping in Circles”, a groovy and jazzy dub tune that’s perfect for laid-back summer days. Time to heat up your […]
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 […]
