Release Single (digital): 29 October 
Release EP (digital): 12 November

Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux

•	File under: Nils Wogram & Root 70, Tyft, Human Feel

•	RELEASE INFO SINGLE & EP ‘GAFANOTO’ (digital):


A powerhouse of a band

What comes to mind when you read the names of the band members of RAPIDMAN? 

Peter Delannoye
Mirko Banovic
Rob Banks 
Dries Geusens 
Matthias De Waele 

RAPIDMAN is a new jazz band with top musicians who have won their spurs in bands such as Flat Earth Society, Arno, Nordmann, Arsenal, Isolde, Soulsister, etc. The list is practically endless. The band name? You won't forget it once you get to know the unique sound of this quintet; the band is much more than the sum of its parts. 

RAPIDMAN is one of those collectives that can show you every corner of the room without losing control,   creating a sizzling and crackling atmosphere. With bursting energy, lilting lyricism and catchy melodies, the five-piece band seamlessly blends the jazz tradition with diverse influences from rock and experimental electronic music.

Drawing inspiration from analogue soundscapes and aiming to evoke an innovative cinematic trance in the listener, the band describes their sound as "freedom, individuality, strongNil melodies underpinned by an imaginative groove, sculpted with wild, undefined and dreamy electronics." 

What that sounds like? Gafanoto! 

Recording, production & mix: Koen Gisen (Nordmann, H A S T, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, ...)

Mastering: Karel De Backer.

•	LIVE SHOWS (2022):

-	Handelsbeurs, Gent
-	CC Muze, Heusden-Zolder
-	CC het Spoor, Harelbeke
-	N9 Villa, Eeklo

•	LINE-UP:

-	Peter Delannoye: (Flat Earth Society, Kleptomatics, Isolde) – trombone
-	Mirko Banovic (Arno, Arsenal, PJDS) – electronica
-	Rob Banken ( H A S T, John Ghost) – alto saxophone
-	Dries Geusens (Nordmann, Molten Penguin) – bass
-	Matthias De Waele (Rebirth::Collective, Gwen Cresens Quartet) - drums


website: art-spot.be/rapidman
MANAGEMENT: Lawrence Van Den Eede - ART-SPOT.BE - info@art-spot.be
BOOKINGS: Dieter Craeye – ART-SPOT.BE – dieter@art-spot.be
BOOKINGS JazzLab: Mik Torfs – JazzLab – mik.torfs@jazzlab.be

GAFANOTO

Gafanoto

Solidude Records presents: RAPIDMAN

Release Single ‘SLECHGAAN’ (digital): 28th January 
Release Album ‘RAPIDMAN’ (digital + vinyl): 25th March
Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux

• File under: Nils Wogram & Root 70, Tyft, Human Feel

• RELEASE INFO SINGLE & EP ‘GAFANOTO’ (digital):

A powerhouse of a band

What comes to mind when you read the names of the band members of RAPIDMAN?

Peter Delannoye – trombone (Flat Earth Society, Kleptomatics, Isolde, ...) 
Mirko Banovic – electronica (Arno, Arsenal, PJDS, ...)
Rob Banken – alto saxophone (H A S T, John Ghost, Flat Earth Society, ...) 
Dries Geusens – bass guitar (Nordmann, Elias, Molten Penguin, ...) 
Matthias De Waele – drums (Rebirth::Collective, Gwen Cresens Quartet, ...)

RAPIDMAN is a new jazz band with top musicians who have won their spurs in bands such as Flat Earth Society, Arno, Nordmann, Arsenal, Isolde, Soulsister, etc. The list is practically endless. The band name? You won't forget it once you get to know the unique sound of this quintet; the band is much more than the sum of its parts.

RAPIDMAN is one of those collectives that can show you every corner of the room without losing control, creating a sizzling and crackling atmosphere. With bursting energy, lilting lyricism and catchy melodies, the five-piece band seamlessly blends the jazz tradition with diverse influences from rock and experimental electronic music.

Drawing inspiration from analogue soundscapes and aiming to evoke an innovative cinematic trance in the listener, the band describes their sound as "freedom, individuality, strongNil melodies underpinned by an imaginative groove, sculpted with wild, undefined and dreamy electronics."

Their first EP ‘GAFANOTO’ was released in November 2021 through Solidude Records / N.E.W.S. Distribution on all major digital platforms. A first album (digital & vinyl), including single ‘SLECHGAAN’ is coming your way in spring 2022.

Recording, production & mix: Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, ...). Mastering: Karel De Backer.

• LIVE SHOWS (2022):

- 05.05.22 // Handelsbeurs, Gent
- 05.06.22 // CC Muze, Heusden-Zolder
- 05.18.22 // CC het Spoor, Harelbeke
- 05.21.22 // N9 Villa, Eeklo

website: https://art-spot.be/rapidman
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rapidmanmusic
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rapidmanmusic

MANAGEMENT: Lawrence Van Den Eede - ART-SPOT.BE - info@art-spot.be 
BOOKINGS: Dieter Craeye – ART-SPOT.BE – dieter@art-spot.be
BOOKINGS JazzLab: Mik Torfs – JazzLab – mik.torfs@jazzlab.be

RAPIDMAN

SLECHGAAN

Solidude Records presents:

 BESTIAAL – ‘Het Deert’

Release Single ‘Het Deert - Deel 1’ (Bestiaal trio - digital): 01.04.22
Release Single ‘Het Deert - Deel 7’ (Bestiaal + NOODDRUFT 6 - digital): 29.04.22

Release Album (vinyl): 13.05.22

Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux

•	FILE UNDER: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Liberty Ellman, Henry Threadgill, De Beren Gieren

•	RELEASE INFO album ‘HET DEERT’


For the recording of their third album 'Het Deert', Bestiaal (Gent, BE), the trio around drummer / composer Sebastiaan Vekeman, headed for West Flanders. This project breathes the fresh sea air of coastal town Ostend (BE), thanks to the recording in residence at De Grote Post, the album artwork (a painting by James Ensor), a partnership with kleinVerhaal / DRIFT label and the collaboration with recording director Serge Feys (T.C. Matic, Arno, etc.) and mixer Jeff Claeys (Millionaire, The Van Jets, etc.). 
 
‘With You', a song by T.C. Matic co-written by Serge Feys, was the starting point and the major source of inspiration for the new album. The droning, raw character of the music heard on 'Het Deert' is reminiscent of a fierce, marching brass band in a procession; a similar atmosphere to many of Ensor's paintings. This fanfare is voiced by the occasion ensemble NOODDRUFT 6, led by trumpet player Bart Maris. 

As the foundation of the iceberg, Bestiaal is flanked by three extra bassists on the album. Cyrille Obermüller (double bass), Pieter Lenaerts (double bass) and Tobe Wouters (tuba), together with Bas Gommeren (double bass), provide a whirlwind of bass sounds and a feeling of pleasant unease. Above all, Bestiaal is a collective that develops an authentic sound, averse to rules, expectations and hypes. It is a sound that can lead to moments of scorching fury, abstract exploration as well as whispered caresses. Always on the wrong track, and back to the edge of your seat.

Bestiaal's jazz can be quite potent. Originality and willfulness have always been core values for jazz musicians, but here they are natural components of a strikingly stubborn character. Bestiaal's elusiveness is largely due to the compositions of drummer Sebastiaan Vekeman, which are still anchored in the classical jazz language, but also make a run for it. The compositions on 'Absoluut' (2016) and 'Inenen' (2018), for example, were not classical structures with a familiar head and a tail as an exclamation point, but a free pass to tell stories that only follow their own, erratic logic. Just as is the case with new album 'Het Deert'. 

Recording: Serge Feys 
Mixing: Jeff Claeys 
Mastering: Karel De Backer

•	LINE-UP:

Bestiaal:

Sebastiaan Vekeman: drums & composition
Jakob Haghebaert: guitar
Sebastiaan Gommeren: double bass

Guest musicians:

Cyrille Obermüller: double bass
Pieter Lenaerts: double bass
Tobe Wouters: tuba

Nooddruft 6: 

Bart Maris: trumpet
Gert Wijckmans: trumpet
Yamen Martini: trumpet
Gust De Rycke: tenor saxophone
Frank Opstaele: tenor saxophone
Benoit Monsieurs: electric guitar
Ellie Mol: clarinet
Genís Laguna: acoustic guitar


•	RELEASE CONCERT:

14.05.22 – Bij’ De Vieze Gasten, Gent

website: art-spot.be/bestiaal
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestiaaljazz
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestiaaljazz

MANAGEMENT: Lawrence Van Den Eede - ART-SPOT.BE - info@art-spot.be
BOOKINGS: Dieter Craeye – ART-SPOT.BE – dieter@art-spot.be

Het Deert

D3. Het Deert - Deel 7 (single)

A1. Het Deert - Deel 1 (single)

Solidude Records presents:

 don Marsh V

Release Single ‘Marshland IV - Rays’ (digital): 24th June 2022
Release Album ‘Marshland’ (digital + CD): 2nd September 2022

Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux

•	File under: Brian Blade Fellowship, Charles Mingus, Shai Maestro, Harmen Fraanje

•	RELEASE INFO SINGLE ‘Marshland IV - Rays’’ (digital) & ALBUM ‘Marshland’ (digital + CD):

Both spontaneous and structured, equally romantic as abstract, from burning swing to avant- garde melodicism. Imagine a marriage between the architectural elements of Beethoven and the free spirit of Mingus. The music of don Marsh V represents a beacon of honesty in the choatic and alienating time we are witnessing.

don marsh V is an acoustic quintet founded by pianist Wouter Van den Broeck. He assembled some of the Belgian Jazz scene's finest. Soulmate and upcoming talent Warre Van de Putte was an obvious choice on the saxophone, adding musical maturity far beyond his years. Drummer Matthias De Waele and bassist Janos Bruneel are a dream team rhythm section, stretching time like quantum physicians and at the same time providing a beat that is solid as a rock. Trumpet player Jean- Paul Estievenart adds an element of surprise and boundless inspiration to the front line. 

For his debut album ‘Marshland’ Wouter wrote a sonata, a four- movement work in which he tries to take the listener on a journey with a broader narrative. The different movements are connected via key relations and melodic motifs just like a classical sonata, but of course interwoven with plenty of improvisation. The compositions of Janos Bruneel exist in a similar universe, using an aesthetic of melodic sobriety but vast harmonic wealth. The counterweight to these compositions is a series of inventive swinging pieces that keeps the music connected to its Black American heritage. Acoustic jazz with the emotional potency to fire the heart and intellectual complexity to dazzle the mind.

Recording & mixing: Peter Desmedt at Studio Ledeberg, Johnny Green Giant Studio
Mastering: Nate Wood, Kerseboom Mastering

•	LINE-UP:

Wouter Van den Broeck - piano, compositions  
Janos Bruneel - bass, compositions 7 & 8  
Matthias de Waele - drums  
Warre Van de Putte - tenor saxophone  
Jean- Paul Estiévenart - trumpet

•	LIVE SHOWS (BE):

24.08.22 C-mine, Genk
02.09.22 Jazz in’t Park, Gent
03.09.22 Jazz Festival Damme
15.09.22 The Preacher, Geraardsbergen
17.09.22 Sounds Jazz Club, Brussel
29.09.22 CC Koksijde 
14.10.22 Jazz Station, Brussel
03.12.22 Izzy Jazz Club, Brugge
16.02.23 in CC De Bogaard, St.-Truiden
24.02.23 CC Mol


website: https://donmarsh.org 
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/woutervdbmusic 
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donmarsh_music 
Bookings: donmarshbooking@gmail.com

Don Marsh V - Marshland IV

don Marsh V - Marshland IV - Rays

In the fall of 2015 jazz quartet Alfredo releases its debut 'Midnight Prayer'. This album should be considered a tribute to Sam Coenegrachts: swing guitar player, singer, composer, good friend and great love. The band focuses on Sam's unreleased work, hoping to not let anything of his beautiful music and lyrics go unexplored. His music expresses a simple love for everything honest and pure, and the inability to grasp the harsh reality of life. It is on the interface of this contradiction that the members of Alfredo meet.

Loucia

Part 11

Part 1 Golfslag, toverstaf

Underground Habits

Crossing Dimensions

Lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting.

H A S T is mindblowing, earblowing and heartblowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.

H A S T - Elegy - 06 - Op Ieder Potje Past Een Dekseltje

Molten Penguin is young project bringing together top instrumentalists from Ghent’s experimental jazz/fusion/crossover-scene who profess their love for electronic music: Pieter Claus (Sinister Sister) on vibra, Dries Geusens (Nordmann) on bass, Jan Ghesquière (Sinister Sister) on guitar and Jonathan Callens (Imagine Raymond, Wasdaman) on drums.

Inspired by jazz, hiphop, drum&bass, Hudson Mohawke’s boiler room sessions, the abstract electronic worlds of Aphex Twin and Amon Tobin, and anything even remotely oblique or askew, Molten Penguin is one of the select few bands who succeed in performing electronic music live in a ballsy way. Fired up by Pieter Claus’ alien-sounding compositions and with the proper injection of high-tension improvisation, they give music a solid ass-kicking. 

Highly danceable tracks ‘Just Off’ and ‘Mad Spider’ are just the perfect soundtrack for a club night, while musical highlights ‘Yester Mo’ and ‘Spooky’ really show off the band’s composition, playing and sound bending skills.

‘Molten Penguin’ was recorded at Robot Studios, Ghent with Pieterjan Coppejans (Eefje Devisser, Maya’s Moving Castle, …)

Production: Dries Geusens, Molten Penguin

Release: 15th March 2019

LINE-UP:

Pieter Claus - vibraphone
Jan Ghesquière - guitar
Dries Geusens - bass
Jonathan Callens - drums

Molten Penguin - 01 - Yester Mo

Solidude Records presents: ‘Ubi Sunt’

Release: 5th February 2021

Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux


• File under: Tyft, Ben Monder, Human Feel, The Bad Touch, Car Bomb, Meshuggah, …

• RELEASE INFO SINGLE ‘PHOTONIC’:

Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.

Just like 'Tuffe', the first indication of the coming EP 'Ubi Sunt', 'Photonic' sheds light on the more unruly side of the band, with cutting riffs and wild improvisations alternating in a whirlwind from start to finish.


Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.

Mastered by Karel De Backer.

Release single:  8th January 2021 (digital)


• RELEASE INFO EP ‘UBI SUNT’:

The EP ‘Ubi Sunt’ is the successor of H A S T’s debut album ‘Elegy’ (2019). 

Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.

H A S T, founded by alto saxophone player Rob Banken, is an instrumental band rooted in jazz, heavy rock and improvisation. Their signature sound can best be described as not shying away from exploratory intellect while still maintaining passages of stunning simplicity, rock riffs and free improvisation.
Ubi Sunt (Where are... {they}?), is part of the Latin question "Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?". (Where are those who were before us?'). This kind of questioning evolved into a stylistic figure in medieval poetry, which was mainly used in the then popular elegies (a reference to 'Elegy', the debut album of H A S T).

Originally an expression of a sense of nostalgia, it became more and more a reflection on transience and mortality. The music on 'Ubi Sunt' was written and recorded in the middle of a the coronacrisis. Ubi Sunt: “Que sont mes amis devenus. Que j’avais de si près tenus. Et tant amés? …” (Rutebeuf).


Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.

Mastered by Karel De Backer.

Release:  5th February 2021 (10” vinyl)


• ACCOLADES

- Laureate STORM! Contest (2018)
- Winner Jazztract Gent Jazz Festival (2017)
- Laureate Theater Aan Zee (2016). Jury comment: “Best song of Theater Aan Zee Festival 2016”.

• LIVE SHOWS:

- Leuven Jazz, Leuven
- Ha'Fest, Ghent
- RSL Jazz Festival
- Ghent Jazz Festival
- AB | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
…

• LINE-UP:

Rob Banken - alto saxophone
Artan Buleshkaj - guitar
Roeland Celis - guitar
Cyrille Obermüller - double bass
Elias Devoldere - drums

Ubi Sunt

Photonic

Photonic (single)

Solidude Records presents: ‘Ubi Sunt’

Release: 15th January 2021

Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux


• File under: Tyft, Ben Monder, Human Feel, The Bad Touch, Car Bomb, Meshuggah, …

• RELEASE INFO SINGLE ‘TUFFE’:

Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.

'Tuffe', the first indication of the coming EP 'Ubi Sunt', sheds light on the more unruly side of the band, with cutting riffs and wild improvisations alternating in a whirlwind from start to finish.


Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.

Mastered by Karel De Backer.

Release single:  9th October 2020 (digital)


• RELEASE INFO EP ‘UBI SUNT’:

The EP ‘Ubi Sunt’ is the successor of H A S T’s debut album ‘Elegy’ (2019). 

Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.

H A S T, founded by alto saxophone player Rob Banken, is an instrumental band rooted in jazz, heavy rock and improvisation. Their signature sound can best be described as not shying away from exploratory intellect while still maintaining passages of stunning simplicity, rock riffs and free improvisation.
Ubi Sunt (Where are... {they}?), is part of the Latin question "Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?". (Where are those who were before us?'). This kind of questioning evolved into a stylistic figure in medieval poetry, which was mainly used in the then popular elegies (a reference to 'Elegy', the debut album of H A S T).

Originally an expression of a sense of nostalgia, it became more and more a reflection on transience and mortality. The music on 'Ubi Sunt' was written and recorded in the middle of a the coronacrisis. Ubi Sunt: “Que sont mes amis devenus. Que j’avais de si près tenus. Et tant amés? …” (Rutebeuf).


Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.

Mastered by Karel De Backer.

Release:  15th January 2021 (10” vinyl)


• ACCOLADES

- Laureate STORM! Contest (2018)
- Winner Jazztract Gent Jazz Festival (2017)
- Laureate Theater Aan Zee (2016). Jury comment: “Best song of Theater Aan Zee Festival 2016”.

• LIVE SHOWS:

- Leuven Jazz, Leuven
- Ha'Fest, Ghent
- RSL Jazz Festival
- Ghent Jazz Festival
- AB | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
…

• LINE-UP:

Rob Banken - alto saxophone
Artan Buleshkaj - guitar
Roeland Celis - guitar
Cyrille Obermüller - double bass
Elias Devoldere - drums

Tuffe

Tuffe (single)

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