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:

OUI088 : Haard / Haard

 

Cover art by Maria Prokopaki - Design Manos Barkatsas

OUI088 : Haard / Haard

Neither the night. Nor the last drink. Neither the morning. Nor the birds.

Ούτε η νύχτα. Ούτε το τελευταίο ποτό. Ούτε το πρωί. Ούτε τα πουλιά.

Deriving inspiration from the Cretan mountains, this Brussels based band brings free improvised music going from ear-tickling noise to meditative soundscapes and free jazz outbursts. The improvisations have a suite-like form, developing slowly, sometimes cutting fast from one idea to another, creating one long body of work.

The self-titled album is a first encounter of Jordi Cassagne (double bass), Manos Barkatsas (guitar & fx), Stan Maris (accordion & fx) and João Lobo (drums).

Recording: Manos Barkatsas - Studio Grez - June 2025

Mix and mastering: Dries Van Ende

Stan Maris (see also OUI058) is a Belgian accordionist, composer and electronics artist based in Brussels.
Growing up listening to hip hop beats and alt-pop, combined with a background in jazz studies and improvised music, he brings a new sound to accordion.
Stan has performed and recorded with artists like Joe Talia, Robert Landfermann, Giovanni Di Domenico, Sofia Jernberg, Julian Sartorius, Radwan Gazi Moumneh, Clara Levy and others.

Manos Barkatsas is a boundary-pushing musician based in Brussels active in the spheres of free improvisation, experimental ambient  and interdisciplinary performance.
Primarily a guitarist, he also plays the Cretan lute and performs live electronics. 

His Cretan origin functions as an underlying thread in his musical practice, without limiting his work to geographical or stylistic boundaries.
He has collaborated with important musicians from the international experimental scene, including Akira Sakata, Luke Stewart, Chris Pitsiokos, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Aquiles Navarro, Shoji Hano , Giovanni Di Domenico, Peter Jacquemyn, Audrey Lauro, and Christos Yermenoglou among others.

João Lobo (see also OUI070): 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 two records under his name: “Nowruz” in 2017 and “Simorgh” in 2020.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

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.

Based in Brussels since 2014, Jordi Cassagne ( see also OCD048) is a composer and musician from southwestern France, skilled in bass, double bass, and violone. Jordi’s musical journey has taken him along a path shaped by his diverse artistic encounters. At times, he is drawn by the alchemy of jazz and improvised music, while at others; he experiments with various musical aesthetics, including early music, modal traditions, and alternative rock.

Jordi composes and arranges for various groups, including the quintet Barbastelle, the post-rock group Limite, the sextet Cielo Vivo, the duo Yiasemi and his violone solo Soir Fossile. He has also been involved in numerous other projects over the years, including: Terpsichore (contemporary jazz), Haratago (Basque music), Julien Marga Quartet (jazz), Omega Impact (post –retro songs), Le Bal de Marie Galante (Caribbean ball), HAARD (improvisation), Beñat Achiary’s Un Poète à New York (jazz, improvisation). He also crossed paths with musicians such as: Denis Badault, Beñat Achiary, Maddi Oihenart, Mixel Etxekopar, Pedro Soler, Nicolas Nageotte, Olivier Thomas, Catherine Delaunay, Léo Jassef, Théo Lanau...

His discography includes several albums that have been warmly acclaimed by the music press. Barbastelle's album "Vestige Étésien" (Aut records) is selected in the Best Jazz on Bandcamp playlist of March 2025 and is awarded "Élu Citizen Jazz". “Bengalifère” (Futura/Hôte Marge - 2014) and “Terpsichore” (Outnote Records - 2022), were awarded “Révélation Jazz Magazine”. In 2016, the Julien Marga Quartet won the "Trophées du Sunside", and in 2019, they also won the 'Tremplin' prize at both the Tonnerre de Jazz festival in Pau and the Cosmojazz festival in Chamonix.

Digital release on the 18th of September 2026.

Track listing:

1: Neither The Night

2: Nor The Last Drink

3: Neither The Morning

4: Nor The Birds

Apple Music , Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/haard

And on Bandcamp:

OUI084 : Max Devereaux / Expression on the Rooftop

 

Cover art by Max Devereaux

OUI084 : Max Devereaux / Expression on the Rooftop

Recorded in the fall of 2025 using a portable electric guitar rig, this project is a dialogue between intentional composition and environmental chaos. Standing on the roof of his downtown Minneapolis apartment building, Devereaux performs pieces directly influenced by the wind, city ambiance, and the unpredictable textures of the atmosphere.

These recordings are intentionally raw, featuring natural wind distortion and unique environmental sonic elements. By overlaying the direct guitar signal with the ambient audio from the video recording, the album creates a blend of deliberate playing and the "dis-organization" of the world outside. It is a document of a performer reacting to his environment in real-time.

Full video for Expression on the Rooftop:  

Digital release on the 11th of September 2026.

Track listing:

1: Facing North

2: Facing West

3: Center

4: Facing South

5: Facing East

Itunes, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/expression-on-the-rooftop

And on Bandcamp:

OJP087 : Miss Canine Hoe / Four Bootlegs I

 

Cover art by Mytyl

OJP087 : Miss Canine Hoe / Four Bootlegs I

A secret Bandcamp only album with various live recordings which were found back on diverse bootlegs cassettes. Passing from hand to hand until Mytyl found one and decided to make it available to all.

To enjoy before their long awaited new album!(see also OJP079, OJP080 and OJP085).

Digital release on the 8th of September 2026.

Track listing:

1: Indifferentia (15/07/2023@Osaka)

2: Here, there, but nowhere (02/02/2025@Osaka)

3: Onism (20/09/2025@Osaka)

4: Pèlerinage de l’âme : de la Genèse à l’Acéphale (13/06/2026@Yokohama)

5: Concrete Poetry Party Vol.1 - Seiichi Niikuni Tribute & Cover - (25/08/2024@Osaka) - Bonus Track

Bandcamp:

OUI083 : The Wrong Object featuring Annie Whitehead - Harry Beckett / Platform One

 

OUI083 : The Wrong Object featuring Annie Whitehead - Harry Beckett / Platform One

John Kelman in AllAbout Jazz (2007):

"Belgium's The Wrong Object is on a roll. An album as strong as The Unbelievable Truth (MoonJune, 2007), documenting a first (and, sadly, only) encounter in 2005 with the late British saxophone legend Elton Dean, would be more than enough for any group in any year. But with Platform One, this intrepid art/rock group teams with another legend—trumpeter Harry Beckett, born in Barbados but a fixture on the British scene since the 1950s—and trombonist Annie Whitehead, who may not be a legend yet, but deserves to be. Recorded live, Platform One isn't necessarily better than The Unbelievable Truth, but it is more powerful, brimming with reckless abandon and rock energy.

The term reckless abandon makes a lot of sense for The Wrong Object. The group's reputation was first established paying tribute to the music and, more importantly, spirit of the late Frank Zappa. Platform One features two Zappa covers—the complex, twisting and turning and ultimately swinging "Big Swifty, from Waka/Jawaka (Ryko, 1972), and the slower but no less visceral "Filthy Habits, from Sleep Dirt Ryko, 1979). The former features a lithe and unpredictable solo from Whitehead, while guitarist Michel DelVille's unfettered solo on the latter approaches Zappa's solo of complete abandon on "Zombie Woof, from Overnight Sensation (Rkyo, 1973).

There's no shortage of fine original material either. The brief improvised fanfare of "Intruth leads into Delville's Middle Eastern-tinged "Honeypump Riff, where bassist Damien Polard and drummer Laurent Delchambre propel a brief but outrageous Zappa-esque solo from DelVille, before Jean-Paul Estiévenart takes an increasingly frenetic trumpet solo that's equally matched by Whitehead. The guitarist's episodic "Wet Weather Wet moves from gentle waltz to "Peter Gunn -style rifferama to periods of greater freedom that the group navigates with complete ease.

The rest of the album features equally strong material by Whitehead and Beckett. Whitehead's title track, a 5/4 minor blues, is introduced by a probing a capella trombone solo that is reason alone for Whitehead to garner greater international acclaim, while "This Affects That swings hard, but is kept sonically off-kilter by DelVille's guitar synth. It's a testimony to the flexibility of the group and its guests that Beckett's fiery and open-ended "Scarlet Mine, from 1970's Flare Up, sounds absolutely contemporary thirty-five years later. Beckett's elegant flugelhorn work is featured on "Tinseltown, an elegant jazz waltz carried by The Wrong Object's flexible support.

That Platform One sounds like a group that's played together longer is even more remarkable for the fact that the group and its guests never met prior to hitting the stage. Instead, they passed mp3 files back and forth before meeting, so each could learn the other's material. It may be a new way of dealing with the prohibitive costs of bringing geographically distanced artists together, but based on the many wondrous sounds of surprise on Platform One it's one that, in the hands of capable musicians, clearly works just fine."

The album was originally released in 2007 on JazzPrint UK.

Michel Delville: Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Electronics
Annie Whitehead: Trombone
Harry Beckett: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jean-Paul Estiévenart: Trumpet
Fred Delplancq: Tenor Saxophone
Yves Dellicour: Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Frank van der Kooij: Baritone Saxophone (11)
Damien Polard: Bass, Electronics
Laurent Delchambre: Drums, Percussion

Liner Notes – Matthew Wright
Mastered By – Gaëtan Streel

Digital release on the 4th of September 2026

Track listing:

1: Intruth

2: Honeypump Riff

3: Big Swifty - Written by Zappa

4: Platform 1 - Intro

5: Platform 1

6: Filthy Habits

7: This Affects That

8: Wet Weather Wet

9: Scarlet Mine

10: Tinseltown

11: Hello Max

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/platform-one

And on Bandcamp:

OUI090 : Ever Present / Flight of the Plastic Seagull

 

OUI090 : Ever Present / Flight of the Plastic Seagull

Single taken out of the forthcoming album 'alledaagse gedachten' coming out on the 2nd of October 2026.

A teaser for the album:

Digital release on the 3rd of September 2026.

Track listing:

1: Flight of the Plastic Seagull

Apple music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/flight-of-the-plastic-seagull

And on Bandcamp:

OUC057 : Nicolaï Della Guerra / Five Birds

 

Cover art by Jonathan Gomand

OUC057 : Nicolaï Della Guerra / Five Birds 

Nicolaï says:

"*Five Birds* is a short musical poem in five stanzas for piano, featuring interludes on the Rhodes. 

Each stanza possesses its own color and world, while remaining part of a continuity that links these distinct elements."

Nicolaï Della Guerra is a pianist whose music evolves through the intersection of diverse worlds and approaches. Drawing inspiration from folk traditions, jazz, minimalism, and modal music, he seeks a balance in his work between composition and improvisation—and between the music itself and the imagery it evokes.

Deeply European, he is of Italian-Bulgarian heritage, was born in Germany, and divides his time between France, Belgium, and wherever the birds take him.

In recent years, he has developed numerous ensemble projects, including musical tales, an opera, contemporary works, and collaborations with artists from diverse backgrounds. For the past two years, he has been performing solo piano concerts in Belgium centered on his album *Piano Sketches*, in which the instrument is transformed and enriched by voice, singing, and electronic textures.

With *Five Birds*—a short album dedicated entirely to the piano—Nicolaï continues this theme of the journey. Five tracks representing five places, five landscapes, and five ways of moving. It is an invitation to listen, to view things from a new perspective, and to follow the birds.

The music of Nicolaï is more than just a classical crossover as it has touches of Jazz (Adage) and the musicality of soundtracks music at times.

The Rhodes interludes bring something more contemporary and modern as well.

As Nicolaï says, different colors but a very fine album which announces a full length one magistral more experimental tunes in November.

Stay tunes and meanwhile enjoy already this mini album.

Piano Recording — Studio Chroma
Rhodes Recording — Studio Archeus
Artwork & Photography — Jonathan Gomand
Mixing & Mastering — Gabriel Dubois, Studio Chroma

Digital release on the 28th of August 2026.

Track listing:

1: Le renard

2: Les pliés

3: Barbuyo

4: L'oiseau

5: Adage

Itunes, Apples music, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/five-birds

And on Bandcamp:

OUI080 : Max Devereaux / Free Jazz on a Saturday Afternoon

 

Cover art by Max Devereaux

OUI080 : Max Devereaux / Free Jazz on a Saturday Afternoon

A raw, solo electric guitar session captured in single, uninterrupted takes during the summer of 2025. Following in the avant-garde tradition of solo works like Masayuki Takayanagi’s 1982 recording Lonely Woman, this album finds Devereaux swapping between two separate Fender Stratocasters to carve spontaneous structures and gestural expressions out of thin air.

Recorded in Devereaux’s downtown Minneapolis skyscraper apartment, the music is a pure, free-form expression of the guitar. The session was filmed in its entirety by long-time collaborator Michael Sodnik, whose expressive, kinetic camerawork reacts to the sonic shifts of the guitars in real-time, capturing the physical intensity of the recording process.

A nice video:

Digital release on the 10th of July 2026.

Track listing:

1. Improvisation I

2. Improvisation II

3. Improvisation III

4. Improvisation IV

5. Improvisation V

6. Improvisation VI

Apple Music, Itunes, Deezer, etc.:

https://bfan.link/free-jazz-on-a-saturday-afternoon

And on Bandcamp: