OJPO80 : Miss Canine Hoe / doves

Cover art by Miss Canine Hoe

OJP080 : Miss Canine Hoe / doves

Mytyl Sheena about the track:

'We created this sound ONLY from the voice recordings provided by the eight people mentioned in the credits. It has been a challenging and interesting project, and we are extremely grateful to the eight wonderful artists who kindly took the time to record their voices and sparrows living in the neighbourhood who sing very well.’

Miss Canine Hoe: music

Participants for the voices:

Chihiro Kuroki

Ellco Shogun

Lisa13

Mike Marubashi

MIKIKO (AKARA)

Toshiaki Yokoo

Yui Suzuki

Yuko Maenishihara

Digital release on the 14th of March 2025.

Track listing:

1: doves

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/doves

And on Bandcamp:

OUW023-OUC049 : Pierre Slinckx - Céline Lory / Extérieur/Intérieur

 

Pic by ACPerona (detail)

OUW023-OUC049: Pierre Slinckx - Céline Lory / Extérieur/Intérieur

Extérieur/Intérieur has a dual affiliation: 

From “Letters to the Lover” written in 2014, the extract was first used as part of the “New Erotic Songs” project initiated by Céline Lory, the author and musician, in a composition by Pierre Slinckx.

It is now also published in the book “Letters to the Lover” followed by “Letter to the Men I Did Not Desire” by NAND éditions, published in 2025.

Pierre Slinckx: composer - Bandcamp: https://pierreslinckx.bandcamp.com/album/pierre-slinckx-c-2

Céline Lory: words / piano and voice - Bandcamp: https://celinelory.bandcamp.com

Recorded at Laboratoire central by Gabriel Séverin 

Extérieur/Intérieur:

L'extérieur entre à l'intérieur
je deviens terre, homme, histoire,
il n'y a plus de guerre
Alors mon corps ouvre ton ventre
devient arbre, ton écorce,
disparaît.
Mes lèvres plongent
-ma langue peut-être -
te connaître te connaître - 
touchent tes racines
ta terre intérieure
Il n'y a plus d'extérieur, il n'y a plus d'extérieur
je suis un couteau
et j’entre sous ta peau.

Céline Lory – 2014 – Extrait de « Lettres à l’amant », 2025, NAND éditions

Digital release on the 12th of March 2025.

Track listing:

1: Extérieur/Intérieur

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/exterieur-interieur

And on Bandcamp:

OUI049 : Háromlábú / Helix

 

Cover art by Chantal Meng

OUI049 : Háromlábú / Helix

'Helix' is the debut album of Háromlábú and revolves around the constant spiral that shapes the album’s core. Háromlábú explores its extremes within a narrative that seeks balance between opposites: open/closed, wide/narrow, refined/raw, smooth/rough… Inspiration comes from various sources: Fly Trio, Mark Helias’ Open Loose, Thomas Strønen, Ben Sluijs, Olivier Messiaen, Erwin Schulhoff, Claude Debussy… but also from fascinations such as the rhythm of spoken language and the spatiality of sound.

Háromlábú consists of Adia Vanheerentals (saxophone), Adriaan Campo (double bass), and Juri Jansen (drums). A versatile improviser, a classical double bassist, and an architect come together to create music that unites them while intentionally pushing their boundaries. Somewhere at the intersection of their different worlds, a distinctive sound and unique identity emerge, unconstrained by genre.

The album was recorded in January 2024 by Koen Gisen at Studio La Patrie (Ghent) and mastered by Karel De Backer.

Adriaan Campo:


Adriaan Campo wears many hats. With degrees in classical bass, but also in engineering, he currently conducts research at LUCA School of Arts and the Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music at Ghent University. His research explores the interplay between motor learning, musical performance, and health. Initially drawn to classical music, Adriaan fell in love with the rich and ever-evolving narrative of jazz while living in New York. His diverse background and musical foundation shape his playing and compositions, which blend elements of classical music, bebop, and scientific insight.

 Juri Jansen:


Juri Jansen (°1989) has been active as a drummer and composer since 2003 in an eclectic range of musical and (music) theater projects. His work often resides at the intersection of styles: psychedelic rock, IDM with hybrid drums, spoken word, (music) theater, traditional and contemporary jazz, electro-acoustic improvisation, and sleep concerts.

Juri’s development as an architect relates to his evolution as a musician. Increasingly, his focus as a musician shifts towards improvisation and the spatiality of sound. Context—whether spatial or socio-psychological—is a central theme in his work. Additionally, his compositions originate from specific fascinations and take the form of a kind of design research. These unconventional compositions are visual, providing structure, direction, and space for improvisation.

Adia Vanheerentals:


Adia Vanheerentals works as a saxophonist in diverse contexts. In recent years, she formed the jazz/improv bands Bodem, Waarlijk, and Vanheerentals/Beeckaert/Lasure. With Bodem, she is preparing to release a second album, followed by a tour through Flanders and Brussels. She also performs in the dance production Change of Plans by Femke Gyselinck and collaborates as a sidewoman in bands such as Klinck Trio, Fanfaar Fatal, Jazz Ellendelingen, and the Anaïs Vijgen Quintet. Recently, Adia has been exploring solo improvisation, combining playful melodies with calm, meditative breathing, as featured on her album Here are 5 reasons to meditate, released by Ultra Eczema.

Digital release on the 7th of January.

Track listing:

1: Prelude II

2: Moyenne

3: Interlude

4: Untitled #2

5: Shaant

6: Talk

7: Trochee

8: Bop

9: Lofzang

10: Sisu

11: Stella

Itunes,Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/helix-1

And on Bandcamp:

ODG210 : Fleur de Feu / Weep

 

Cover art by Nicole Boitos

ODG210 : Fleur de Feu / Weep

Fleur de Feu offers an intense, spiritual journey of epic proportions that spans a wide breadth of psychoscopic sounds. An array of traditional instrumentation conveys meditative explorations of the divine, while remaining grounded in its core message – the cyclical nature of life. In its presentation of expansive soundscapes cut with soaring, celestial vocals, it’s an album of not just personal introspection, but universal. 

The music of Fleur de Feu is a soothing, esoteric mix of guitar loops and primal rhythms layered with soft and spoken vocals, accompanied by the spacious guitars of Teuk Henri, the melancholic cello melodies by Matthieu Safatly, synths by Raphaël Rastelli, and James De Backer’s haunting lapsteel guitar. The percussion created by multi-instrumentalist Déhà brings the audience into a dream-like state which enables them to leave linear time in favour of “the sacred, non-linear time”.

Special guest Jacopo Andreini (Al Mustaqil, L'Enfance Rouge...) plays yayli tambur on How Shall I Begin My Song?  

Fleur de Feu was conceived of, and curated by Dominique Van Cappellen-Waldock, whose British grandfather was a member of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Dominique is the founding member of belgian post-punk band Baby Fire. 

The collective's debut album was released in 2022 via One Little Independent avant-garde subsidiary Caliban Sounds, recently launched by punk pioneer Penny Rimbaud of Crass. 

Weep, Fleur de Feu’s second album, was chiefly inspired by writings by Owl woman, a Cheyenne medicine woman who lived in the US in the 19th century. The album is a tribute to our ancestors, including a homage to Dominique’s father who passed away in 2023.

My hand:

Dominique Van Cappellen-Waldock: guitar loops, voice 
Déhà: production, guitar, bass, percussion, synth 
Teuk Henri: guitar 
Alinovsky: percussions 
Raphaël Rastelli: guitar, synth 
Matthieu Safatly: cello on In the Great Night and My Hand 
James De Backer: lapsteel on My Hand and White Feathers 
Jacopo Andreini: yaylı tambur on How Shall I Begin My Song? 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Déhà at Opus Magnum Studio, Brussels, 2023-2024. 

Artwork by Nicole Boitos Hayworth.

Some of the members: Dominique, Déhà, Teuk and Brute

Digital release on the 4th of March.

Track listing:

1: How Shall I Begin My Song? 

2: In the Great Night

3: Weep

4: My Hand

5: Mother

6: White Feathers

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/weep-1

And on Bandcamp:

OUI048 : Sarcastic Fringehead / Dive Into It

 

Cover art by Luis Yary

OUI048 : Sarcastic Fringehead / Dive Into It

Sarcastic Fringehead emerged from a shared interest in improvisation, sound, texture, and transformation by the four band members

The quartet moves between diverse musical worlds such as jazz, improvisation, rock, drone, and others. Difficult to summarize under one term; it’s eclectic, quirky, and boundary-pushing. Raw, growling textures give way to more immersive sounds, only to land through bowed guitar and bass in a still life, with cymbals tolling ominously, while the harmony distorts until only repetition remains.

About Dive Into It:

Dive Into It was recorded and mixed by Dries Vanende and mastered by Pierre Vervloesem.

The pieces are all free improvisations. The first three tracks form a suite that was recorded in one take. This is followed by a rougher track without a fixed time signature, transitioning into a bowed drone piece. The album closes with a composition that spontaneously arose on the day itself, written by Emanuel Van Mieghem.

Dive Into It presents a series of specific sounds that Sarcastic Fringehead wanted to capture, and it offers a clear view of the versatility of the tonal colour by the band.

Joseph Nowell - Piano, keyboard, FX
Nicolas Van Belle - Guitar, FX, Voice
Emanuel Van Mieghem - Double Bass
Gionata Gardina - Drums

Recorded and mixed by Dries Vanende at Zinnema, Brussels
Mastered by Pierre Vervloesem
Artwork by Luis Yary: https://luisyary.myportfolio.com/
Eternal well composed by Emanuel Van Mieghem

Emanuel Van Mieghem: 

Emanuel Van Mieghem is a Belgian double bass player and composer, primarily active in jazz and improvised music. He began playing electric bass at age 15, teaching himself by playing along with records. After studying with Janos Bruneel and Wouter Berlaen at Kunsthumaniora Brussel, he was inspired to switch to the double bass. He earned a Master of Arts with Magna Cum Laude from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2020. 

Emanuel 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.

Joseph Nowell: 

Joseph Nowell, born in England in 1994 to an Italian family, began playing piano at age 4. He studied at Pimlico Academy in London and performed in Paris and Prague. At 14, he moved to Siena, Italy, winning third prize in the “G. Burrini” classical competition the following year. He completed his Master of Arts in classical piano at Conservatorio “Rinaldo Franci” in Siena in 2015, while also studying jazz piano at Siena Jazz. In 2019, he earned a Master of Arts magna cum laude in Jazz Piano at Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, performing at the Jaffa Jazz Festival and with the Antwerp Jazz Orchestra. Joseph was a finalist in the “Concorso per Solisti Jazz” in 2021 and participated in the final of Umbria Jazz’s “Conad Jazz Contest” in 2022. In 2024, his band Iqnovara was shortlisted for Jong Jazztalent Gent. 

Gionata Gardina: 

Born in 1987 in Bergamo, Italy, and resident in Brussels since 2018, Gionata Giardina is a drummer and teacher of jazz, rock and its derivations. He has collaborated with important artists on the Italian and Belgian jazz and rock scene and has recorded over the years more than a dozen albums and participated in several festivals (Klara Festival, Brussels Jazz Weekend, Bergamo Jazz Festival, Berchidda Jazz Festival, JazzMi, Blue Flamingo Festival etc.). His education includes a bachelor diploma from the Conservatory of Brescia in Italy, an Erasmus year at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands, a master's degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and numerous masterclasses along with summer workshops. 

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. 

Digital release on the 28th of February 2025.

Track isting:

1: Suite - Something in the water

2: Suite - Movement by the lake

3: Suite - Sunbathing on a peeble beach

4: Try something different

5: The sea is as oil

6: Eternal well

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/dive-into-it

And on Bandcamp:

ODG209 : DISORGANISM / A Thyrsus

Cover art by DISORGANISM

ODG209: DISORGANISM / A Thyrsus

A Thyrsus 

In the dust and tragedy under Čelet’s bed, in the tiny attic room where he dwelt, lay a long-forgotten cardboard box containing incomplete letters from old lovers; voices on cassettes from a previous time and a photo booth likeness of himself from a former life- poor, hunted, glowing. 

It can only have been for a matter of moments that the Disorganism had been placed on the floor in this room and yet one morning in the early innocent 2000s, T. Čelet returned to the empty club, freshly desolated, to be confronted with 7 voices in full flow. How it had rendered sound from magnetic tape we don’t need to understand, such are its tongues, but Čelet fell onto all fours under the sound being formed around him from the flies at the window, from the calls in the street, abandoned instruments and, after hollow decades, the voice of Maya Horiuchi. 

Such lonely and exquisite agony, as this perfect ghost-lover gorged on his current self. He could only writhe and rotate like some arthritic sleeper, desperate to placate their tortured bones. And his dance became the music and music his dance as he pleadingly groped for something to hold onto. 

At some point he had managed to start recording and what arose is a reliquary of the incident; the pine cone atop the ivied shaft. 

Soaked in sweat he fell out into the bustling street below, blinded in the watery white sunlight, clutching fistfuls of tangled tape and whispered, 

” …a thyrsus!” 

Čelet, Thébru 

Les Batignolles - 2003

Maya Horiuchi

Digital release on the 21st of February 2025.

Track listing:

1: Piety nor Wit (feat. Maya Horiuchi)

2: People Aren't

3: Meniscus

4: Certainty Creases

5: The Keres' Feast (feat. Maya Horiuchi)

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/a-thyrsus

And on Bandcamp:

ODG208 : Les Boucles Absurdes / J'entends le sable murmurer

 

Cover art by Jean-Pierre Jonckheere and A.L.

ODG208 : Les Boucles Absurdes / J'entends le sable murmurer 

'J'entends le sable murmurer' was originally a track from the previous Les Boucles Absurdes album 'L'homme qu'on oubliait vite' released in 2023 (see ODG175). 

Jean-Pierre went then to ask some of his most favorite musicians on Off to do a rework of the piece with total freedom. 

Here is now 6 completely different interpretations of the track. Enjoy!

Digital release on the 14th of February 2025

Track listing:

1: Pierre Vervloesem 
2: Wataru Iwata 
3: Ruben Van Rompaey 
4: Alinovsky 
5: Tetsuroh Konishi 
6: Bruno Vansina

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/j-entends-le-sable-murmurer

And on Bandcamp:

ODG207 : Floy Krouchi / Below sea level

 

ODG207 : Floy Krouchi / Below sea level

Floy Krouchi (see also OCD047, OCD052 and ODG159) gives us again her subtle mix of her fragile and inventive bass playing  over an electronic background / drones.

It's a musical introspective work dedicated to to the people that lost their lives, their homes, or their black and white family photography generations of black people scattered with no title of property.

’Below Sea Level’ is a sonore road movie drifting from interior landscapes which retraces in 11 abstract, experimental and minimal tracks the encounter of musician Floy Krouchi, bassist and electroacoustic composer, with New Orleans: its geography, its history — delta from Mississippi, “Wetlands”, “Second Lines” — and his poetic imagination.
This album is, as is often the case with Floy Krouchi (Bass Holograms Ensemble 2016, Vibrant Continuum 2020, and FKBass Solo 2022), an exploration of the fretless electric bass exploited in all its potential, accompanied by some field recordings.
It was conceived, composed and recorded during a residency in Studio B at Piety Street Studio, and mixed by Mark Bingham.

Initially released in 2015 on CD on the Magnetic Deer label 'Below Sea Level’ is re released ten years later on Off.
You can order the cd directly from Floy. Just write her an email here: drfloy@yahoo.com

Digital release on the 7th of February.

Track listing:

1: In D

2: Interior Bass

3: Imaginary train

4: Flood 2

5: Lost homes

6: Second line

7: Old B&W negatives

8: Wetland

9: Firecraks

10: Flood

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/bellow-sea-level

And on Bandcamp:

ODG206 : Fabio Keiner / Solve et Coagula

 

Cover art by A.L.

ODG206: Fabio Keiner / Solve et Coagula

'SOLVE ET COAGULA is a sonic attempt in ambient/drone/noisescapes to interprete the search for the famous 'philosophers stone' by ancient alchemists - 7  tracks corresponfing to the 7 stages of creating it by esoteric alchemical methods and rituals. it is said, that the philosophers' stone once achieved would have the quality to put transform every metal into pure gold providing also limitless wisdom, knowledge and moral superiority to every person touched with it. although the world is still waiting for being produced that miracle - let's indulge in a sonic experience to imagine it.'

'Fabio Keiner is an austrian sound artist living in vienna. wrangling and mangling sounds and frequencies of the most diverse nature (from windharp to overtone throat singing, generative piano pieces and - mostly - ambient drone soundscapes) for almost 20 years now, he has released his albums on various netlabels in the net (Aural Films, Slithering Black, Petroglyph, to name a few) over the last years. for some listening experience, take a look at his bandcamp-site, please::

https://fabiokeiner.bandcamp.com'

Digital release on the 31st of January 2024.

Track listing:

1: Solutio

2: Putrefactio

3: Distillatio

4: Sublimatio

5: Coagulatio

6: Fixatio

7: Lapidificatio

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/solve-et-coagula

And on Bandcamp:

ODG203 : Mycelium / Petrichor and twigs

 

Cover art by Nicolas Marchant

ODG203: Mycelium / Petrichor and twigs

Second album from this Belgian rio, one more time exploring the interactions between acoustic and electronic instruments. Mycelium is a perfect band name for their non stop organic and interlaced music which one more time will take you in another dimension. Enjoy!

Aurore Leloup : Guitar, pedals
Nicolas Marchant : Electronic, processing
Lydie Thonnard : Flutes, vocals

Digital release on the 24th of January 2024.

Track listing:

1: First rain

2: Compartiment 112

3: Les pieds nus

4: Underground activity

5: Wind swirling in the well

6: Rampants

7: Lepidoptera

8: Back to the sea 

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/petrichor-and-twigs

And on Bandcamp:

ODG205-OUW022 : John Americus Witt / Orbiter Dictum

Cover art by Silas Plum

ODG205: John Americus Witt / Orbiter Dictum

The formidable John returns with yet another musical exploration.

As he says: Have a listen!

"Obiter Dictum.  Latin.  Means “Other Things Said” 0r “Said In Passing”.  The songs speak for themselves.  The whole concept, really.  Small bits of thoughtless writing from about a decade ago.  Different artificial voices for different vibes.  It’s got some weight to it.  Not because anything is particularly insightful or intelligent, but because it is by its very nature the truth.  What I thought for a few minutes years and years ago, with no editing or self-protection.  The last song is newer, but it also is a passing thought.  No edits, just a simple chord progression and a poem.  Also the only time my actual voice is on the album.  Have a listen."

Digital release on the 17th of January 2025.

Track listing:

1: Intro – Electricity And Meat

2: A Sermon In Thunder

3: The Futility Of Measure

4: Reservations At Dorsia

5: Zenji’s Theory

6: Tabula Rasa

7: Swimming To A Distant Shore

8: A Scientific Examination Of Neurochemical Interplay Before Being Devoured By Birds

9: The Universe Shrugs

10: Outro – A Song About Death

Itunes, Spotify, etc.:

https://bfan.link/orbiter-dictum

And on Bandcamp:

ODG204 : Mathieu Babinot / Fractured Light

 

Cover art by Mathieu Babinot

ODG204: Mathieu Babinot / Fractured Light

A new album from Mathieu is always a new transition in his way to compose electronic music. This time he goes with a bit more rhythms and a bit less ambient.

What he says about his new project:

"It revolves around forgetting, the transformation of one's reality, the pieces are changing, they pass from one atmosphere to another like memories that become blurred."

Digital release on the 10th of January 2025.

Track listing:

1: Piece of Memories

2: Different Fragments of Me

3: Blurry Shaped

4: A Million Faces without Name

5: Black Hole

Itunes, Spotify,etc.:

https://bfan.link/fractured-light

And on Bandcamp: