OJP086-OUI093 : trio export 63 / locomotive

 

Cover art by A.L.

OJP086-OUI093 : trio export 63 / locomotive

'locomotive' by trio export 63 is an experimental and challenging album.

In addition to the improvisation of jazz, it also aims to incorporate elements of contemporary music such as Poulenc, Bartok and Reich and current music such as noise music.

Most importantly, their music adopts the unique element “ Ma a  i ” seen in traditional Japanese music (such as Noh music). 

 “ Ma a  i ” means an arbitrary time interval between the sound and the sound that occurs during the performance.

Close your eyes for an internal sounding journey.

Keisuke, Heitetsu and Masatsugu

Heitetsu Rin: pianist composer

Started playing the piano at the age of four, and studied classical piano and music theory at the Tokyo College of Music until the age of fifteen, when he won the Encouragement Prize at the 1988 Mainichi Newspaper Student Music Competition.

In 2001 he moved to the USA to study Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music, where he continued his studies in Jazz Piano and Music Theory. Since then, he has been involved in a wide range of musical activities.

Performances with Vincent Herring & Eric Alexander at jazz live houses across Japan and Tokyo, BLUE NOTE Shanghai and Beijing in 2023.
Played the piano accompaniment when the performance group "Theater Triangle" won the Grand Prix at the Czech International Puppetry Competition in 2004.
Media appearances (NHK-FM J-Wave, etc.).

Keisuke Furuki: bassist

Born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1990 in a musical family ( his mother is a singer and his father a pianist), he grew up listening to jazz and world music and started to participate in the live sessions held at his parents' restaurant.

He studied double bass with Koji Yamashita and jazz piano with Gohiro Iinuma. He taught himself the music theory necessary for improvisation and began his professional career in his teens and is known for his deep understanding of each person's composition and musicality.

He has gained the trust of musicians from a variety of genres, although his main focus is jazz.

Some collaborators include:

Kit Downs(p), Danny Grisett(p), David Barkman(p), Davy Moony(Gt), Adam Unsworth(hl), Gene Jackson(Ds), Shunzo Ohno(tp), Masafumi Yamaguchi(sax), Junko Onishi(p), Fumio Karashima(p),
Shingo Okuhira(dr), Yoshiaki Masuo(Gt), Kazumasa Akiyama(Gt),
Wataru Omura(ds), Yasumasa Kumagai(p), Hideaki Hori(p), Keishi Matsubara(gt) etc.

Masatsugu Hattori: drummer

Born in 1979, After studying at MI Japan in Nagoya, he started his career while still at university.

He plays mainly jazz music but is also active in a scene that demands  radical aesthetic sense of the times.

Some collaborations:

In 2014 he appeared as Sugadairo trio in TV Asahi's "Ongaku-kai with no title" and in 2015 he participated in the Japanese premiere of B.A. Zimmermann's "A Requiem for a Young Poet", conducted by Kazushi Ohno and also in the ISSEY MIYAKE Spring Summer 2016 show at the Paris Collections.
In 2020 he participated in the music for the movie "Sasaki, In, My Mine".
Participated in Sugadairo's works such as Sugadairo Trio. 
As a recording and live support, he has worked with Bakurocho Band, Hiroko Seibu, Taisei Iwasaki and many others.
Some collaborators include:
Kit Downes(p), Roy Campbell(tp), Laurent Larcher(b), Sugadairo(p), Yosuke Yamashita(p), Eiichi Hayashi(as), Shinpei Ruike(tp), Hiroshi Minami(p), Motohiko Ichino(g) , Naruyoshi Kikuchi(ts), Aimer, K-BOMB, SHING02, Eriko Hashimoto (Chatmonchy), Hidenori Mukai (ZAZEN BOYS), Ei Wada (Open Reel Ensemble) and many others.

Digital release on the 30th of October 2026.

Track listing:

1: ao i heya

2: locomotive

3: spiral

4: there's what to be

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/locolotive

And on Bandcamp:

OUI091 : Vigdis Hansa Elst / Ruis

 

Cover art by Megan-Leigh Heilig 

OUI091 : Vigdis Hansa Elst / Ruis

Vigdis says:

'Ruis is my debut album as a composer, singer and bandleader. The album grew out of a fascination with listening: to one another, to what is happening around us, but also to silence and to what is left unsaid or unplayed.

The music consists of compositions for a jazz quintet, in which I explore different relationships between composition and improvisation. My influences lie both in jazz and classical music, from counterpoint to contemporary compositional techniques, as well as in free improvisation. These different approaches to material, form, time and interaction are not an end in themselves, but rather ways of finding expression and telling stories.

I write the lyrics myself, in both Dutch and English. Language, sound and rhythm are an integral part of the compositional process. The texts grow out of personal experiences and observations, touching on themes such as grief, letting go, distance, connection and listening. Hoorschelp, for example, is about listening to the sounds of the sea and sand at the beach, through a personal lense.'

The music moves between extremes: from very soft and intimate, almost on the edge of silence, to moments of powerful and explosive expression. Sylvain Debaisieux (tenor saxophone), Joseph Nowell (piano), Manolo Cabras (double bass) and Gaspard Sicx (drums) each bring their own musical language to the music, coming together in a continuous musical conversation.

Vigdis by Simon Debbaut

Vigdis Hansa Elst is a composer, vocalist, performer and improviser based in Brussels. She holds a Master's degree in Composition from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, where she studied with Wim Henderickx and Luc Vanhove.

Her musical practice moves between two closely connected worlds: the composed and the spontaneous. She writes chamber, vocal and music-theatre works, while also exploring improvisation as a performer and vocalist. Her practice is rooted in both careful composition and the freedom of live, improvised music. 

Vigdis increasingly brings these two sides together on stage, performing her own compositions as well as improvisations, both solo and with ensembles.

Her work has received several distinctions, including a special mention in the European Award for Choral Composers and third prize in the Soundtrack competition of La Semaine du Son in Brussels.

Vigdis Hansa Elst: voice
Sylvain Debaisieux: tenor saxophone
Joseph Nowell: piano
Manolo Cabras: double bass
Gaspard Sicx: drums

Recorded by Manolo Cabras on December 18th and 19th, 2025, at the American Theatre, Laeken (Brussels)

Mixed & Mastered by Manolo Cabras

Met de steun van Muziekmozaïek & de Vlaamse Overheid
Artwork by Megan-Leigh Heilig
All compositions & lyrics by Vigdis Hansa Elst

Digital and physical release on the 23rd of October 2026.

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/ruis

And on Bandcamp:

CD prices and shipping:

Price

World shipping (except USA) 19,00 € EUR Europe 18,00 € EUR Belgium 15,00 € EUR

ODG244 : Charles-Eric Charrier / Early sliding to opening

 

Covert art painting by Gilda Temple

ODG244 : Charles-Eric Charrier / Early sliding to opening

‘Early sliding to opening’ is a 4 tracks mini album which will pave the transition between his last double ‘Un’ album (see OUW025) and his forthcoming new one in February 2027 ‘I am sailed’.

Once again with strong texts and minimalistic but effective and powerful emotional music Charles-Eric gives us a moment to reconnect with another dimension in time and space.

A moment to forget about the day to day busy life and reflect about something else while floating on his voice and music.

All songs by Charles-Eric Charrier
*"Ghost" by Charrier & Cousin

Recorded and mixed by Jérôme Cousin at studio Vetter.
Played by Jérôme and Charles-Eric.
Painting by Gilda Temple

Digital release on the 16th of October 2026.

Track listing:

1: Easy sliding to opening
2: Sharpness groove
3: 75 joys
4: Ghost

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/early-sliding-to-opening

And on Bandcamp:

OUI092 : douBt / never pet a burning dog

 

OUI092: douBt / never pet a burning dog

With moods and registers ranging from heavy-rock riffs to cosmic grooves to more lyrical and pastoral flavors, douBt's debut release, Never Pet a Burning Dog, is amazing in its' intensity and magnitude. This new power electric jazz trio -- featuring Alex Maguire (Hatfield and the North; Elton Dean), Michel Delville (The Wrong Object, Machine Mass Trio) and Tony Bianco (Dave Liebman, Machine Mass Trio) -- combines the energy of rock, the spirit of free-jazz, and post-Canterbury Nu Jazz lyricism.This aggressive, ambitious record also features a special guest contribution from Canterbury legend Richard Sinclair [Caravan; Hatfield & The North; National Health; Phil Miller & In Cahoots (1982-84)] on vocals and bass. Aggressive and ambitious, this album packs a wallop -- especially if one considers that this CD consists exclusively of first takes recorded live in the studio!Despite being rooted in traditions that inspired the members' respective careers, Never Pet a Burning Dog is decidely contemporary and one of the most forward-looking electric jazz albums released in a long time. ... And, as one might expect, it sounds unlike anything before.

Originally released on Moonjune Records in 2010.
Alex Maguire: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, synthesizers
Michel Delville: electric guitar, Roland GR-09
Tony Bianco: drums
Special Guest:
Richard Sinclair: vocals (Tracks 1 & 5), electric bass (1, 2)
Recorded in August 2009 in San Sebastiano da P, Italy, at Beppe Crovella's Electromantic Studio.
Produced by douBt & Leonardo Pavkovic.
Executive Producer: Leonardo Pavkovic.

Digital release on the 9th of October 2026.

Track listing:

1: Corale Di San Luca

2: Laughter

3: Over Birkerot

4: Sea

5: Passing Cloud

6: Cosmic Surgery

7: Aeon

8: Beppe's Shelter

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/never-pet-a-burning-dog

And on Bandcamp:

OUI094 : Vigdis Hansa Elst / Hoorschelp

 Cover art by Megan-Leigh Heilig 

OUI094 : Vigdis Hansa Elst  / Hoorschelp

'Hoorschelp' or (h)ear shell (auricle) in English is the first single out of the forthcoming first album from Vigdis who composed and sings on it in Dutch and English.

Text: 

op het strand schelpen rapen voor geluid
geluid
van de zee
op je huid
van het wier in het water en het waden
het ruisen van het suizen
langs de sluizen naar de koude zoute baden onder het lawaai van het laaiende waaien
maar
niet van het verliezen van de vliezen van de trommels en de roffels, zachter, doffer alle donderdagen
niet van alle regenvlagenvragen
noch van het vertragen
niet van het vergeten
van het waden in het water en het wier
en van je huid en van de zee dat geluid
zomaar gevonden in een schelp
op het strand

English translation:

on the shore
 gathering shells
 for sound
sound
of the sea

against your skin

of seaweed in the water and the wading
 the whispering, the washing

through the sluices to the cold salt baths
 beneath the roaring of the raging wind
but
not [the sound] of the fading of the membranes
 of the drums and the drumrolls — softer now,
 duller every Thursday

not the questions asked by bursts of rain

nor the slowing down

nor the forgetting

of wading through water and weed
and of your skin and of the sea that sound
simply found inside a shell on the shore

Vigdis Hansa Elst: voice

Sylvain Debaisieux: tenor saxophone

Joseph Nowell : piano 

Manolo Cabras: double bass

Gaspard Sicx: drums

Digital release on the 6th of October 2026.

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/hoorschelp

And on Bandcamp:

OUI089 : Ever Present / alledaagse gedachten

 

Cover art and design by Ramona Vangrinsven

OUI089 : Ever Present / alledaagse gedachten

Ever Present is a musical imagination of everyday life, as perceived by Tobias Volckaert. Ideas sprung from recurring scenes in familiar environments and on the road, but equally influenced by ongoing musings and reflections on our living world. Everyday thoughts that are sometimes light, playful and hopeful. Then again searching, reluctant, doubting. With this project, Tobias hopes to share the interweaving of impressions and thoughts in a wordless way with those around him.

Tobias' compositions have a strong melodic character and deliberately take the time to develop in an organic way. Analogous to the influence of daily impressions on our thoughts, melodies are constantly presented in a different light through changes in harmony, tempo and dynamics. This creates a coherent but ever-changing soundscape that evolves throughout the album from mysterious and questioning to cheerful and driving.

Tobias Volckaert: Saxophone and clarinet

Nicolas Van Belle: Guitar, effects and voice

Emanuel Van Mieghem: Double bass

Robbe Broeckx: Drums and percussion

All compositions by Tobias Volckaert

Recorded and mixed by Dries Van Ende at Zinnema, October 2025

Mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering

Cover work and design by Ramona Vangrinsven

Tobias, Nicolas, Emanuel and Robbe

Band members:

Tobias Volckaert:

Tobiasexplores different musical landscapes through a variety of woodwind instruments. After graduating as a jazz saxophonist, he started playing clarinet and flute to broaden his sound and textural possibilities. He developed his sound in different genres, being part of projects such as Abel Ghekiere and the Hnita Bigband, with which he had the opportunity to play in AB, Botanique, Eurosonic, Gent Jazz and Hnita Jazz Club among others.

Besides playing as a sideman, Tobias also explores his own artistic vision and compositional skill with two projects of his own. The music of Ever Present, played together with Nicolas Van Belle, Emanuel Van Mieghem and Robbe Broeckx, is influenced by folk, song-writing, free jazz and ambient. We, Lovebirds, with Suzan Peeters, Orlan Ghekiere and Ramona Vangrinsven, is an audio-visual project composed around birdsong and focused on live interaction with sounds that constitute the landscape.

Emanuel Van Mieghem: 

Emanuel Van Mieghem is a Belgian double bass player and composer, primarily active in jazz and improvised music. He has performed at notable festivals such as the Jaffa Jazz Festival and Gent Jazz Festival, and has studied under various renowned musicians. In 2023, he won the ‘Prix de la meilleure composition’ at the Avignon Jazz Festival for his project Mojo Jojo. He has performed at prestigious events like the Flagey Jazz Festival, Brussels Jazz Weekend, and many other European venues. Now based in Brussels, Emanuel is a sought-after bassist in the jazz scene.

Nicolas Van Belle: 

Nicolas is a guitarist and composer, active in sound-improvised music, jazz, rebetiko, noise rock. He completed his master’s degree 2019 from ‘The School of Arts’ Ghent, studied one year at the Royal Academy of Music, Denmark and also met different Norwegian artists in Oslo which led him to develop his own music palette. Nicolas seeks unconventional playing possibilities, resulting in compositions that capture specific sound colours. As a sideman, he is involved in various projects such as Suura, Erem,, Yarès, Ever Present, Baljuw and others. His work combines acoustic and electronic music, experimental sounds, and influences from various genres, often using effects to bring his sounds to life. 

Robbe Broeckx :

Started playing drums at an early age and in 2003 graduated cum laude from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, where he also received the Playright+ price.

Currently Robbe is an active sideman and is fortunate to play and be part of a wide variety of bands, projects and collaborations. 

Open to experiment and exploration, Robbe has got the chance to work with musicians from different musical backgrounds in different genres and musical worlds. Current bands and projects are, amongst others: Noa Lee, The Radar Station (winner de nieuwe lichting 2020), Chimaera (an interdisciplinary ensemble by dancers from P.A.R.T.S, a classical string quartet and two improvisers), a duo with classical pianist Brecht Valckenaers, folkcollaboration 'Trail Up North', Enara Navaira, Lars van de Voorde trio, Tobias Volckaert ‘Ever Present’, Nero Vergaert ‘Tiny Orchestra’,...

A vinyl will be available via Tobias at: tobias@volckaert.mobi

Digital release on the 2nd of October 2026.

Track listing:

1: Eerst

2: We, Here

3: Much Room

4: Vervolgens

5: Teruggeven, wat je nooit had 2

6: Overgroeid

7: Teruggeven, wat je nooit had 1 (this one is not on the vinyl, only digital release!)

8: En verder...

9: Flight of the Plastic Seagull

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/alledaagse-gedachten

And on Bandcamp:

OLB006 : Lastboss / Tues BESTOW

Cover art and pic by Tate McNeil

OLB006 : Lastboss / Tues BESTOW

Tate says:

"Between 2024 and 2025, I committed to creating something everyday. Utilizing a field recorder, Koma field kit, Mood Mk2, guitar, bass and a variety of other portable devices, I built a collection of musical, and some not so musical, ideas to act as a record of the two year process. Each piece was performed and recorded live at my small home studio."

Digital release on the 25th of September 2026.

Track listing:

1: truth javelin

2: laburnum principle

3: machinations (interlude)

4: equatorial virgins

5: raceme magnificent

6: bin routing mega fauna

7: sellafield (interlude)

8: Tues BESTOW

9: ghosts of GCSEs past

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/tues-bestow

And on Bandcamp: