3'Ain at ChouXS-Fest, Plazey 2020: check the pictures!
Huge thanks to Plazey Festival, gc De Platoo & gc De Zeyp for making this possible. And of course big up to the crowd for facing the heat and celebrating with us!
Een geweldige recensie van 3'Ain's debuut EP in Jazzenzo Jazzmagazine
"... Verbasterd en onzuiver maar met een directheid en een gevoelswaarde om u tegen te zeggen."
"... corrupted and impure but with a directness and emotional value to say the least." Thank you Georges Tonla Briquet and Jazzenzo Jazzmagazine for the beautiful review of our debut EP 3'Ain. ′′Describing the debut disc '3'Ain' as crossover would be an easy solution without putting everything into context. For the five compositions, the trio borrowed style elements and motifs from both Western and Eastern circles. A subtle cocktail of merges, as jazz can be. With accordion, trumpet and double bass they tentatively test a (limited) number of possibilities. Swing is missing, improvisation and blues on the other hand partly determine the main colour but following to the Maris method. And that means corrupted and impure but with a directness and emotional value to say the least..." Read the full text (in Dutch) here
3'Ain review by Luminous Dash Musiczine
"Dit is een zeer interessante eerste EP, zeker de moeite waard om live te bekijken."
"This makes for a very interesting first EP, definitely worth checking out live" Nicolas Van Belle wrote a very nice 3'Ain review for Luminous Dash Musiczine. Check out his review (in Dutch) on their website or by clicking on the document on the right.
3'Ain featured by Concert Monkey
Big thanks to Concert Monkey for featuring the new 3'Ain EP! Check out concertmonkey.be to read their feature.
3'Ain newsflash at Musiczine.net
3'Ain newsflash at Musiczine.net. Check it out here!
Balcony Concert - 3'Ain @ gc De Markten Brussels: the pictures
3'Ain Balcony Concert at gc De Markten, Brussels. Due to the rain, the event took place inside - with open doors and windows for Covid 19 safety. Big thanks to photographer Jochem Oomen for the beautiful pictures!
First UK 3'Ain review by Bebop Spoken Here
You may be pleasantly surprised!
The highly influential Jazz blog 'Bebop Spoken Here' honoured us with the first 3'Ain review from the UK. Have a look at their website!
A first raving review of 3'Ain's debut EP
Van het beste dat er sinds Sexual Healing uit Oostende kwam.
"Of the best that came from Ostend since Sexual Healing." A first raving review (in Dutch) of 3'Ain's debut EP! Jordi De Beule wrote the first review of our EP for Jazz & Mo' "Anyone who has listened to Khaltoum by Ibrahim Maalouf in a loop by now, will surely enjoy the Middle Eastern jazz of 3'Ain. For what a pleasure it is to hear the Syrian trumpeter Yamen Martini! In 2015 he arrived in Belgium and there he quickly crossed the path of Piet Maris. Since then, the two have worked together several times and when the opportunity arose for a residency in the Ostend arts workshop O.666, they immediately drummed up Otto Kint. The result is an EP full of atmosphere. Inspired by the view of the harbour, the opening song, originally written for a short film, gets a firm dose of sailor's grief. And also other songs are often drawn by what the Portuguese call so beautifully saudade. The boats after which songs like Njord Puffin are named, you can almost hear them creaking and you can see them sailing towards the wide sea - giving and taking. Thanks to a flawless recording, we get all the subtleties of the interplay of this trio: the full bass sound of Kint, the swelling and dying movements of Maris, the copper breath of Martini. How the latter pierces the silence, at times even reminds us of Soleá by Miles Davis, to name a big shot. Of the best that came from Ostend since Sexual Healing." Read the review (in Dutch) on the Jazz&Mo' website
First EP by 3'Ain released today!
TODAY is the day! We proudly celebrate the release of our very first EP "3'AIN". It features 5 original tracks, created collaboratively by Yamen Martini, Otto Kint and Piet Maris, together they are 3'Ain. We hope you will enjoy our music video for the single "BZ-189", named after a boat in the port of Ostend. Filmed by Yamen Martini and Diana Takacsova, edited by Sarah Baur, during the Covid-10 lockdown. If you do like it, please share this to help grow our audience. To purchase our EP, order through your local record store (please support them) or visit our webshop . Physical CD or digital download or both are available. Payment possible through bank transfer, PayPal and Credit Card.
First single & video by 3'Ain released today!
Big news! Awaiting the release of their first EP on May 15, 3'Ain releases a first single & video today! Have a listen on Spotify or pre-order the full EP on Bandcamp and already download the track 'BZ-189' Be sure to follow them on Facebook, check out the video on Youtube, drop us a like and tell us what you think!