OUI079 : The Unmoored Dreaming / Sensitive Chaos

 

OUI079: The Unmoored Dreaming / Sensitive Chaos

Sensitive Chaos is the second journey in the sonic dreams of The Unmoored Dreaming. For this spontaneous compositional outing, we invited fellow creative collaborator João Lobo. We pick up where we left off in our debut album released in 2023.

Exploring different soundscapes, inviting the listener to immerse themselves in a shared dreaming, so a collective spontaneous soundtrack for an imaginary film ensues. Rooted in free jazz traditions and branching out to new music, this music seeks ways and plays freely.

The album was recorded at Studio Noyer in Brussels and produced by Manolo Cabras.

Bjorn Vandenneucker:

Bjorn is a double bass player/composer currently based in Madeira. In 2011 he started to learn jazz double bass with Manolo Cabras. From 2014 he began his bachelor in The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, studying with Janos Bruneel and Tony Overwater. In 2023 he released his first album with The Unmoored Dreaming, a collaboration with Gonçalo Oliveira. He continues to explore jazz and improvised music, and in 2025 worked together with percussionist Levi Szendro on the soundtrack for the short film The Inner Ramblings of Alan Grey (Teresa Correia). He is inspired by the sound of rocks being moved by ocean waves, raindrops and the sound of a forest breathing.

Pic by Cees van de Ven

João Lobo: 

From jazz to gnawa music, electro-acoustic trance to total improvisation, in solo or in a big band, collaborating on dance and theatre productions and making soundtracks for movies, João Lobo maintains a versatile career as a musician mainly playing the drums. He has released three records under his name: “Nowruz” in 2017, “Simorgh” in 2020 and "Nahang" in 2026.

He is the co-founder of Oba Loba, Going, Tetterapadequ, Norman, Mulabanda, and a proud member of Giovanni Guidi Trio, Manuel Hermia Trio, Punk Kong, An Pierlè&La Lumière, Daniel Stokart Quartet and The Miracle.

He has recorded more than 60 albums, some self-produced and others for labels such as ECM, Clean Feed, CamJazz, De Werf, El Negocito, three:four records, Challenge, NEOS.

He has performed and/or recorded in many countries around the world with many musicians including Enrico Rava, Marshall Allen, Roswell Rudd, Carlos Bica, Nate Wooley, Maalem Hassan Zogari, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Thomas Morgan, Chris Corsano, and collaborates intensely with Norberto Lobo, Giovanni Di Domenico, Lynn Cassiers, Manolo Cabras and Giovanni Guidi.

See his last album on Off HERE.

Gonçalo Oliveira:

Gonçalo is a Portuguese guitarist, bassist, composer and music teacher based in The Netherlands.

He is an active performing musician with several ongoing projects, which he either co-leads or collaborates with, including, Flowers/Ghosts&Echoes, Proper Looney, Provisional, Zero Happy Campers, The Unmoored

Dreaming, Wagon, Morato 4, and a few other interdisciplinary projects.

From rock bands with influence on sub-genres such as post-rock, punk rock, math-rock, noise-rock and hardcore punk, to contemporary jazz groups and improvised music, his work is diverse and experimental in nature.

Digital and physical release on the 9th of June 2026.

Track listing:

1: 15- Juniper Fuse
2: 12- Schoënberg o'clock
3: 6- Fomalhaut
4: 13- Jack's lost box
5: 9- Grandfather
6: 17- Secret Blossoming / Datura 

7: 16- -Strange Attractors / Promethea

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/sensitive-chaos

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ODG241-OUI078 : OdNu & the Omnibus Orchestra / No Jazz Singularity

 

Cover art by A.L.

ODG241 : OdNu & the Omnibus Orchestra / No Jazz Singularity

Alinovsky says:

"A few months back I saw OdNu performing some improvised guitars numbers on his Instagram and as I was so happy by our previous collaborations, I asked him to choose a few and he ended up emailing 12 tracks.

Listening to them and after some exchanges with OdNu who wanted an 'ambient jazz whatever album', I had this idea to ask some of my favorite musicians from the label to pick the tracks they liked and improvise on them.

I emailed a skeleton with basic rhythms but they were free to not use them.
After collecting all the tracks I started to edit, add my parts and do a general mix.

When finishing it I choose to keep the alternate takes and mixes as they bring a very different mood to the original ones.

The album is very far from 'Jazz' therefore the title but we really gave it a try!

A massive thank you to OdNu for letting me twist his original tunes and  to all the world musicians involved.

Hope you will enjoy the result.

The Omnibus Orchestra is born, lets have more fun in the future..."

OdNu (US): guitars, compostions, all tracks

The Omnibus Orchestra:
Alinovsky (Belgium): Keys, percussions, editing, mixes, all tracks
Akira Film Script (US): keys and electronics, tracks 1/2/3/4/6/7/9/10/11/12
Tetsuroh Konishi (Japan): trumpet, tracks 2 (center), 3, 4 (right),7, 10, 11 (center), 12 (left + right). 
Nick Calligeros (Australia): trumpet, tracks 1, 2 (left + right), 4 (left), 11 ( left + right), 12 (center), 13/16/18
Chiara Bacci (Italy): voices, electronics, tracks 7/15/17
Lydie Thonnard (Belgium): flutes, tracks 4/14

Mastering by Pierre Vervloesem

Digital release on the 5th of June 2026.

Track listing:

1. A rare Wildflower

2. Bluring the Line

3. Composite Being

4. End to End

5. Flightless Birds - short version

6: Flightless Birds

7: Mirror of the Mind

8: Mnemonic

9: Psithurism

10: Shimmering Quilt

11: The Water in your Cells

12: Unshaken in your Aloneness

13: Bluring the Line - Alternate take with Nick

14: End to End - Alternate take with Lydie

15: Mirror of the Mind - Alternate mix with Tetsuroh and Chiara

16: End to End - Alternate take with Nick

17: Psithurism - Alternate take with Chiara

18: A rare Wildflower - Alternate mix with Nick

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/no-jazz-singularity

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ODG243 : music for hiccups / songs from the ground

 

ODG243 : music for hiccups / songs from the ground

music for hiccups is a duo composed of Brussels-based musicians Chiara Bacci and Nicola Lancerotti.

The improvised music they create centers around a continuous dialogue between modified voice and modular synthesizers. In their performances, the roles they play are intentionally left undefined: sometimes the voice can become an abstract disturbing sound, while modular synths can create melodic textures and often they are intertwined in a manner that blurs the lines between them.

Nicola Lancerotti: Modulars, electronics
Chiara Bacci: voices, effects, electronics

Chiara Bacci is a Brussels-based singer and composer. Her way of using the voice combined with electronics plays a fundamental role in her practice as it allows her to develop an idea of vocality which is no longer necessarily anchored to its traditional function, as she passes nimbly from being a storyteller to a source of abstract sounds.

Nicola and Chiara - pic by Peter Leyssens

When not playing his modulars with Chiara, Nicola Lancerotti is a double bass and composer mainly playing and recording jazz either with various bands or leading his own group.

Digital release on the 1st of June 2026. 

Track listing:

1: to charm a moth

2: choirs and church bells

3: swarms

4: we call this a song

5: a bubbly litany

Apple music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/songs-from-the-ground

And on Bandcamp:

OUI076 : Elton Dean & The Wrong Object / The Unbelievable Truth

 

OUI076 : Elton Dean & The Wrong Object / The Unbelievable Truth

A sizzling session recorded live in Paris in October of 2005 (less than four months before Elton Dean's untimely passing), The Unbelievable Truth demonstrates the remarkable breadth of the late British saxophonist's reach. The repertoire highlights the range of his compositional skills, as well as The Wrong Object's equally-diverse writing and freewheeling improvisational abilities. From quirky Zappa-esque complexity to ominous material reminiscent of Dean's 1970s tenure with Soft Machine (and even a hint of swing), The Unbelievable Truth documents how Dean remained a vital musical force to the very end.This disc features some fine playing by all, as the group performs some of their brilliant, quirky originals -- as well as rendering versions of some of Elton's best-loved tunes. Included are Elton Dean's old signature piece "Seven For Lee", the classic "Basho" (from what many consider his finest album, 1980's Boundaries), and the more recent "Baker's Treat". This is an incredibly fresh, vibrant performance, and one of Elton Dean's very last.A classic, timeless performance by a true progressive music legend; a deep communication between some great musicians.

Originally released on Moonjune in 2007.

ELTON DEAN: saxello, alto sax
LAURENT DELCHAMBRE: drums, assorted percussion
FRED DELPLANCQ: tenor sax
MICHEL DELVILLE: guitar, voice
JEAN-PAUL ESTIEVENART: trumpet
DAMIEN POLARD: bass, electronics

Recorded live in Paris, France at Glaz’Art, on October 18, 2005.
Mastered by Bastien Gilson, Brussels, Belgium, in June of 2006.
All tracks are copyrighted by The Wrong Object & MoonJune Records.
Executive Producer: Leonardo Pavkovic

Digital release on the 29th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: Seven for Lee

2: Millenium Jumble

3: Baker's Treat

4: The Unbelievable Truth

5: A Cannery Catastrophy

6: Cunnimingus Redux

7: The Basho Variations

8: Baker's Treat, live at Le Triton 2006 - Bandcamp only Bonus track

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/the-unbelievable-truth

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ODG240 : Akira Film Script / Bidirectional Dissociations

 

Cover art by Ryan Watts

ODG240: Akira Film Script / Bidirectional Dissociations

Akira Film Script 'Bidirectional Dissociations' is an album about trauma dissociations, and the chemistry behind the molecular split that produces mental health states like PTSD, depression, and sleep-related issues as mental protections, and not viewed as society does, with them being considered undesirable in the larger social fabric.

Written alongside the 'Bidirectional Associations' album that explores themes of life and death (due out later this year), 'Bidirectional Dissociations' explores our disconnect (as a way to serve and protect us) from external factors on our bidirectionally associated life journey.

Many look at life as a one-way street (especially when viewed under the premise of time being a consistent, ever-forward-moving constant), however, it's a continuous series of cycles with bidirectional associations that keep us tapped into ourselves, and our place in the universe, outside of the 5 main senses - and our mind is powerful enough to split molecules to create recessive states to physically warn or protect us of incoming, or currently happening, external harms.

'Bidirectional Dissociations', much like its sister album, 'Bidirectional Associations' is an electronic ambient album rooted in jazz ideas and modal chord structures, all presented using classic Detroit Techno sounds in a modern ambient presentation.

Digital release on the 21st of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: A Closure (Of Sorts)

2: In All Actually, It's You

3: Of It

4: Ramona

5: 625

6: El Palo Alto

7: 278

8: Asian Conversations

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/bidirectional-dissociations

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OUI075 : Daniele Morelli / Sentieri

 

Cover art by Daniele Morelli

OUI075: Daniele Morelli / Sentieri

Daniele says:

'Sentieri” is an introspective album that explores the many stages of life’s journey. Through each track, I aimed to capture moments of change, growth, and reflection.

The chameleon embodies the passage of life itself — constantly shifting, adapting, and redefining its identity. Just like us, it moves through different environments, never fixed, always becoming.

My friends on this journey — Tommaso Iacoviello, Federico Bertelli, Fabio Di Tanno, and Abraham López Calderón — truly connected with the music, interpreting it with depth, intuition, and extraordinary musicality.'

Daniele Morelli:

Daniele morelli is an Italian jazz guitarist who spends his time mostly in Mexico where he plays a lot with various formations from solo to quartet. 
He composed and released already 5 albums on Off.

When not in Mexico he spends his time in his beloved Toscana or play live in a lot of different European cities with always different formations. 

Abraham López Calderón:

Abraham López Calderón drummer is originally from SanCristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. He studied drums inMexico City at the DIM music school with teachers such as Beto Díaz, Hernán Hetch, Gabriel Puentes, among others. 

He has developed his drumming within jazz, rock and pop, playing in numerous festivals inside and outside Mexico. He has participated in more than 20 musical productions, such as the album "la metamorfosis » by the pop singer Reyli Barba which was nominated for the Latin Grammy 2020 and for whom he has been drumming since 2016.

Tommaso Iacoviello:

Tommaso Iacoviello was born in Cecina (Livorno) on July 16, 1991. He graduated in 2009 with a degree in trumpet from the "Pietro Mascagni" Institute of Musical Studies in Livorno and in October 2016 he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Trumpet from the Siena Jazz Foundation.

From 2007 he started to perform with numerous orchestras, bands and toured extensively with those and still is buzzy touring 

Fabio Di Tanno:

Bassist, composer and arranger Fabio Di Tanno is a versatile musician with over twenty years of professional experience. His artistic identity seamlessly bridges the gap between the rigor of classical music and the freedom of jazz improvisation, extending into modern sounds such as funk, prog, and electronics.

Federico Bertelli:

Born in the outskirts of Pisa, he has been playing diatonic harmonica since 1987 and gained experience in several blues bands. Few years later he collaborated with the Blues Harbour, Michael Coleman, Nick Becattini & The Serious Fun.

Digital release on the 15th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1. Té negro

2. L'Aruspice

3. Perso in un sogno

4. Tsikuaki

5. Cinco petalos 

6. Onde

7. Moodscape 

8. El beso del agave 

9. Tra i silenzi  

10. La ruota della memoria 

11. Suspiros

12. Cambiaventi

13. Bosque de niebla 

14. Sentieri  

Apple Music, tunes, Deezer, etc./

https://bfan.link/sentieri

And on Bandcamp:

OUI073 : Laurence Cousseau Quintet / Les Groseilles de Novembre

 

Cover art by Cécile Nierenberger

OUI073: Laurence Cousseau Quintet / Les Groseilles de Novembre

Les Groseilles de Novembre, the debut album of the quintet, is framed within an aesthetic of magical realism, at the boundary between the tangible and the dreamlike. Inspired by the eponymous book by Andrus Kivirähk, the project explores themes of transition and memory, inscribed in bodies, landscapes, and traditions. The quintet draws from these in-between spaces a narrative material full of poetry, which structures forms, improvisation, rhythms, and sonic textures.

The group’s distinctive sound notably relies on the combination of alto flute and bass clarinet. Jazz energy (Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus) meets colors of modern music (Olivier Messiaen) and language from contemporary jazz (Magic Malik, Pierre Van Dormael, Bo Van der Werf). The result is a sonic experience where tension and release, mystery and playfulness, fragility and raw beauty converge.

Laurence Cousseau: alto flute, composition
Luis Miguel Aguilar: bass clarinet
Joseph Nowell: piano, FX
Emanuel Van Mieghem: double bass
Pierre Ferrand: drums

Emanuel, Pierre, Laurence, Joseph and Luis Miguel

Laurence Cousseau:

Trained in jazz from childhood on the drums (Collège de Marciac, France), Laurence Cousseau first pursued a scientific path, earning a doctorate on the social behavior of birds. Discovering the alto flute at 24 marked a decisive turning point, leading her to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels  where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2023 and presented her final master recital with the highest distinction in 2025.

Her musical universe sits at the crossroads of jazz and contemporary languages, explored within ensembles where diverse colors and musical traditions meet. In 2024, she founded a quintet around her own compositions, alongside Luis Miguel Aguilar, Joseph Nowell, Emanuel Van Mieghem, and Pierre Ferrand.

Active on the Belgian scene, she regularly performs in clubs and at festivals such as the Brussels Jazz Weekend, and internationally, including a 2026 tour in Réunion with the group Nacelle, presenting a repertoire blending spiritual jazz and local influences.

Her dual artistic and scientific background also fuels an interdisciplinary research project on the links between musical improvisation and social organization in animals.

Joseph Nowell:

Born in England in 1994, half Italian. He started playing piano when he was 4 and studied at Pimlico Academy, London, with trips and concerts in Paris and Prague. At the age of 14 he moved to Siena (Italy), winning the third prize in the “G. Burrini” classical music competition a year later. I followed studying jazz at various places and with various teachers, participating in a lot of workshops.

He is the leader of a trio which has released an album on Off.

Emanuel Van Mieghem: 

Double bass, Composer, Music Teacher born in Brussels (Belgium) on January 6, 1994, Emanuel Van Mieghem started playing the bass at the age of 15.

Emanuel has become a highly in demand double bass player in the jazz and avant-garde music scene of Brussels. He collaborates with a new generation of talented musicians such as Roeland Celis, Umberto Odone, Diogo Alexandre, Hyiung Jin Ee, Nicolas Van Belle, Joseph Nowell, Gaspard Six, Stan Maris, Yarno Hoedemakers, and many more.

He has also performed with established musicians such as Erik Vermeulen, Frans Van Isacker, Erik Bogaerts, Toine Thys, Daniel Stokart, Lieven Venken, and Free Desmyter.

He has released an album on Off with his band Mojo Jojo.

Pierre Ferrand:

Pierre is a drummer and percussionist based in Brussels. He first studied at the Conservatory of Chambéry, then in Lyon, and completed a Master’s degree in Brussels under the guidance of Stéphane Galland. He now performs in the world of jazz and its many related genres.

Luis Miguel Aguilar:

He is engaged with a wide range of musical languages and traditions, cultivating versatility and a cross-disciplinary approach. Initially trained as a classical musician, he performed with the Youth Orchestra of Andalusia, the Barenboim-Said Academy, and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra. Today, he is involved in various bands.

Digital and physical release on the 8th of May 2026.

Track listing:

1: Terre de Sienne

2: Forêt de Nuages à l'Aube

3: Danube

4: Le Roi des Aulnes

5: Les Voussures du Tympan

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/les-groseilles-de-novembre

And on Bandcamp: