Choux de Bruxelles at Womex 2019
Piet Maris will be our one and only delegate for Choux de Bruxelles - artist collective, and therefore also for Jaune Toujours - at WOMEX 2019 A single delegate, because we want to minimize our CO2 footprint. Unfortunately, Womex sites are increasingly isolated and accessible only by airplane. Of course, we will pay compensation, most likely to BOS+ Come and visit the Belgian stand #2.53 or contact Piet Maris (piet@choux.net)!
New Jaune Toujours music video! Cinema Politika live @ Ancienne Belgique
Enough with the tweets, let's take it to the streets. Cinema Politika by Jaune Toujours, captured in its very first live performance at the Ancienne Belgique Club. Subtitles available in Dutch, French and English. We couldn't have anticipated how topical this song would be in all four corners of the world today, when we recorded it for the studio album EUROPEANA with Patrick KABRÉ on backing vocals. Back then, we just mused that everybody likes to mock African politics, but no-one takes a closer look at politics in the western world. Today, we're determined not to let the spectacle politics destroy democracy and the whole of humanity with it. With guest musicians Jo Zanders on a diy electric likembe and Yamen Martini on trumpet, next to the usual suspects Piet Maris on lead vocal & accordion, Mathieu Verkaeren on upright bass, Théophane Raballand on drums, Mattias Laga on clarinet and Dirk Timmermans and Bart Maris on trumpet.
Een topweekend in Geel - de foto's!
Ik en den Theo / Moi et le Théo played a very nice concert during the opening weekend of CC de Werft in Geel. Big thanks to house photographer Peter de Jongh for the beautiful pictures!
Encore une excellente revue de 'Europeana' par le Folkmagazin allemand
Die unterhaltsame Musik ist voller Vitalität und Dynamik, pulsierend, lebendig und trotz oft seltsamer Taktarten wie in ''Refugees Welcome'' (7/8) immer tanzbar, die Füße können unmöglich stillstehen, der Körper schwingt ständig mit.
"The entertaining music is full of vitality and dynamism, propulsive, lively, and despite some twisted time signatures, as in "Refugees Welcome" (7/8), always dancing, the feet never want to remain motionless, the body swings all the time." Nothing better to start the week then an enthousiast review: The entertaining music is full of vitality and dynamism, propulsive, lively, and despite some twisted time signatures, as in "Refugees Welcome" (7/8), always dancing, the feet never want to remain motionless, the body swings all the time. Their lyrics, written in a wild mixture of English, Dutch and French, are intelligent, poetic and demonstrate a sincere social commitment. The crazy horns, crisp grooves and unbounded enthusiasm by the six first-class musicians are fun, the mix of punchy acoustic music somewhere between ska, polka and Balkans-Brass with peppered lyrics ignites from the first song. "Europeana'' is a great album. Written by Guntmar Feuerstein in the German Folkmagazin.
Pauline, a short monologue
Pauline is a monologue (in Dutch) based on the story of a refugee who arrived in Brussels after a very long and trying journey. Sarah Baur met Pauline at the request of Médecins du Monde / Dokters van de Wereld in Belgium and wrote a text based on her testimony. Pauline and Sarah then collaborated on the creation of paper cut stop motion films to accompany the monologue. This resulted in a performance of half an hour: a good starting point for discussions, debates or interactive lectures. Originally Dutch spoken, but later in 2020 there will also be a version in French. performance dates: 22/2/19: Festival Bewogen, GC De Markten, Brussels (Try Out Text) 13/2/20: Festival Bewogen, GC Elzenhof, Ixelles, première 30/3/20: performance for secundary schoolchildren of KA Tervuren, Tour & Taxis, Brussels 04/4/20: Choux-Fest, Vaartkapoen, Molenbeek for bookings, please contact us at: info@choux.net
work on YANA, a short film finished
Choux de Bruxelles presents YANA, a short film by Sarah Baur Yana, a heroic 10-year-old girl, struggles with unprocessed grief that undermines her grip on reality, when she’s sent back to her former family home on a mission. She mourns in loneliness, until a wee bit of mischief releases her from the demands of the grown-up world and a new friendship blooms. Like its main character, the film steps in and out of reality: it is an ode to the healing powers of imagination and the resilience that children derive from it. with Hasse Huygens, Michael Vergauwen, Julie van der Schaaf, Wouter Krokaert, Birte Leurelle, Viggo Maris, Evelien Den Tandt and Lula Maris Written and directed by Sarah Baur Director of Photography: Jesper Rey Music: Piet Maris Sound Recordist: Ive Van Krunkelsven Sound Design: Alex Fostier Editor: Sarah Baur Colour Grading: Thomas Verbruggen with the support of Videohouse Media Facilities and Atonium
Music video for first single 'Alles Normaal' from JT's album Europeana
Alles Normaal is the first single from Europeana by Jaune Toujours. This song (in Dutch) is about how we all look the other way, pretend that nothing is wrong, while the world is burning. Sarah made this music video in March 2018 with footage of the live recording for the album at Magasin 4 and she also filmed Piet in the iconic Maximilian Park in Brussels.
watch the making of Europeana in 4 epsiodes
Choux de Bruxelles proudly presents Sarah Baur's making of 'Europeana', the new album by Jaune Toujours. Live footage from the studio, a concert in Germany and interviews with Piet Maris, Théophane Raballand, Mathieu Verkaeren, Mattias Laga, Bart Maris and Dirk Timmermans. Tri-lingual vlog in 4 episodes - subtitles available in English, Dutch and French. A longer version in documentary format is in the making.
Music video for second single 'Save le Monde' from Europeana, JT's new album
Save le monde is the second single from the EUROPEANA album by Jaune Toujours. The song calls for cheerful resistance and civil disobedience against all kinds of unsavoury lobbies: an unabashed step to a better world. Sarah Baur filmed and directed the music video as a friendly parody of the green key hype on social media, using stock video from NASA and Videvo. You can also view the clip on the Choux de Bruxelles YouTube channel (with subtitles)
A little review and pictures from Jaune Toujours @ Frequenzen Festival Meldorf
Jaune Toujours hat sich längst zur international renommierten Kultband gemausert, die das Publikum auch jenseits von Weltmusikfestivals begeistert
"Jaune Toujours has long since blossomed into an internationally renowned cult band that also delights audiences beyond world music festivals" Michaela Reh wrote a small review for Boyens Medien about the Frequenzen-Festival in Meldorf (Germany) where Jaune Toujours made young and old shake their tailfeathers. Read her full review (in German) by clicking the link to the right. Seelenfänger made some nice pictures, check them out below!