Après 11 ans d’existence, Gratitude Trio sort le 2 septembre 2022 son 4eme album « BIRTH » sous le célèbre label belge W.E.R.F. RECORDS en partenariat avec Mercury et Collectif Koa de Montpellier, France. Jeroen, Alfred et Louis ont travaillé pendant plus d’un an sur ce nouvel album, en continuant de développer la trame musicale du disque précédent : un mélange de sensibilité et de groove, de chant contemplatif et de solos rageurs.

With Hamabiwa, RVB Quartet delivers a playful and powerful third album. The band fully embraces a bolder sound, featuring a prominent electric bass, gritty synthesizers, and a generous dose of distortion. The result is a vibrant jazz-rock record where improvisation and composition continuously challenge and reinforce one another. 

With this new quartet, vibraphone player Pieter Claus brings some of the finest jazz musicians on the Belgian scene together.  

They perform the leader’s new compositions, covering a wide range in sound and atmosphere that takes the listener from 

dynamic excitement to intense mystery.  Contemporary jazz under the influence of Bartok and Stravinsky.

Nawā was born of the encounter between cellist Adèle Viret (FR/BE) and singer and oudist Sarra Douik (TU/IT). Joined by Zé Almeida (PT/BE) on double bass and Pierre Hurty (FR/BE) on drums, they form a quartet whose soundscape blends poetic storytelling, jazz, ontemporary languages and Arab, North African traditions. In Arabic, Nawā means both “seed” and “intention”, sharing the spirit of the music; a core where diverse influences meet together and a shared desire to tell stories through it. 

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