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Just as all life can be traced back to one defining moment – the Big Bang – there is one event in Malvin Moskalez’s life that completely changed the path of his career. Seventeen years ago, a motorbike ride ended in a dramatic accident in which Moskalez lost a lower leg. In a flash, everything was different. Ever since that day, Moskalez has been trying to come to terms with that painful event. Music has offered a vehicle for this process. Gradually, Moskalez gets a grip on his new life. He rediscovers his love for guitar, singing and songwriting. He spends his time refining his songs, playing them first for friends and family, and later in living rooms and small bars. For a while, Moskalez continues making plans and moving intimate audiences with his performances. Enter Steven De Bruyn. The two get talking and De Bruyn proposes to produce Moskalez’ debut together with Brussels studio wizard Géraldine Cappaert. The result is a beautiful DIY collaboration, a cross-pollination between two musicians who find connection in the same musical experience: deeply emotional songs informed by a no-frills approach: pure and unadulterated, yet warm and personal. Moskalez christens his album ‘For the beauty kept inside’, which could just as well be read as ‘nothing is what it seems’.  
 
 
Malvin Moskalez is the nom de plume of Nico Goethals (Ghent, 1973). Behind this stage name lies a touching, personal story: “My grandmother, Malvina Tweckhuizen, ran a pub in Ghent. It was a people’s pub, whose patrons would come for a chat, a glass of the good stuff and a bit of fun. This high-spirited environment was in stark contrast to the life of my maternal grandmother, Tatiana Moskalez, a Russian-Ukrainian who, following two world wars, ended up in Belgium with a hard life behind her. The duality of pleasure and pain is something I also live with. The name Malvin Moskalez is a tribute to my roots, to two women without whom I would not be here today.”

Renton Jules might be a person. It might be a band. But this is Renton Jules, the Antwerp (B) based four piece of singer songwriter Geert Laenens. 

Geert Laenens: vocal/ keys/ guitar
Jussi De Nys: guitar/ vocal/ production (i.a. King Dick, Jan Fabre, Daalman, Paper James, ..)
Tijl De Ridder: bass (ex-Mercelis, Spacca)
Erik Heestermans: drums (Steve Gunn, Hand Habits, Night Nules)

'Renton Jules' was formed by singer songwriter Geert Laenens in 2012, as the succesor of his previous band Newtown. Newtown had released a titleless EP in 2010 that was well received; it got good reviews and airplay on the national radio (Radio 1, MNM). With this EP Newtown performed as the support act of several international artists (The Stranglers, Throwing Muses, The Walkmen, Glasvegas) in renowned venues like Ancienne Belgique, De Roma, Trix, De Handelsbeurs and Mezz. In 2011 Newtown recorded and put out two new singles, which were produced by Serge Feys (Arno). One of these songs was selected for the soundtrack of the TV-show Solar Race on TMF.  A while later the members of the band changed, and so did the name: with Renton Jules they were ready for a fresh start. By the end of 2013 the band produced the EP 'How to catch a deer' on their own; Guy Fixen (producer/sound engineer of The Pixies and Throwing Muses) did the mixing. 'Are you ready', one of the tracks on this EP, was used for the TV-documentary Soundtrack on the Flemish channel Canvas.

In 2017 Renton Jules went on as a trio, playing concerts in more intimate settings. However, they are a full four-member band again since May 2018, when drummer Erik Heestermans joined. They are, right now, recording their debut album with songs about love and life, averse to trends and hypes.

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