Press

Happy to announce that our album Taisa by Mec Yek made it's debut in the Transglobal World Music Chart! Sparkling new at #34. Have a look at the full list on the Transglobal World Music Chart Website

Songlines gave Super Diver City a four star review in their Top Of The World section!

Belgian music magazine RifRaf got their hands on a copy of SuperDiverCity and published a nice review (in Dutch).

"Virtuosity and emotion fit together wonderfully, and the kind of Roma music Mec Yek makes today has effortlessly made the step into the modern era without giving up any of its authenticity." Dani Heyvaert honored Mec Yek with a great review for Rootstime Read his full review: Here ! (Dutch)

Recently, Jaune Toujours frontman Piet Maris was interviewed about his roots, youth and more by De Standaard (Belgian newspaper).

We need more champagne! Our album Taisa by Mec Yek has also made it to #9 in the - very prestigious -World Music Charts Europe We're in the Top 10, can you believe it?! And we're in the good company of fellow Belgians from Tamala, produced by Muziekpublique, who rank at #8 See the whole listing of 20 tracks and artists at https://wmce.de THE WMCE are radio-Worldmusic-specialists from twentyfour European countries who select their individual top ten favourites out of current Worldmusic releases from their playlists and the top ten is then published as the WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE.

Ton Maas from Mixedworldmusic.com went to the Glatt und Verkehrt festival in Austria and couldn't resist shaking his hip to the stomping sound of Mec Yek. You can read his report (in Dutch) on the Mixedworldmusic.com website.

Piet Maris was interviewed by Metro (Belgian paper), talking about his biggest influences, first album he bought and his favorite concerts.

Another SuperDiverCity review (in French), this time by Le Canard Folk!

"A warm mélange of ska, soul and Roma music" All right, an announcement for Mec Yek's release concert at Muziekpubliek on BRUZZ! Check out the video here!

A great 3-star review of Mec Yek's new album Taisa by Simon Roxland in the English RnR Magazine! Read the full review by clicking the link on the right.

Well... It doesn't happen very often, but this review has left us speechless for a moment. Only once in a very while is a band lucky enough to be reviewed by a big eared listener like Seuras Og. He somehow managed to pinpoint some of the exact influences and intentions song by song. Thank you for this At The Barrier. We really want to encourage you to read the whole thing, so we've chosen a general quote to get your appetite up, but please read through until desert: "But this is no sanitised curio brought out for chin stroking WOMAD bean munchers(*), this is rough, ready and raw, akin to Les Negresses Vertes at their most alarming, the vocals savage and untutored, the whole reminiscent of the streets in a mediterranean port that you probably should avoid, the smell of sweat, cheap perfume and drains that fully show just how long it has been since the Romans came. These, I should add, are all good things, with a hefty dollop of Balkan influence, some ska and anything else the cat brought in. Heady stuff!" *WOMAD bean munchers, we love you though and hope to have the opportunity to come back to perform for you amongst the other WOMAD Festival-ers Read it HERE A little p.s. is needed to point out that we never intended to make a difference between Katia and Milka in the vocal/voice section, as Seuras suspects. That must be a typo in the press release and is not stated this way in the artwork with the CD. They are both equal front women and needless to say we're immensely proud to have them.

Super Diver City just got reviewed in Stirrings magazine.

"Stirring music that connects Eastern and Western Europe in an original way" Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in Lust for Life Magazine! Read the full review (in Dutch) by Harry De Jong clicking the link on the right.

Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in the Financial Times! Read the full review by David Honigmann here!

Our album Taisa by Mec Yek appears at #13 on the Roots Music Report world chart!! Check out the full chart HERE!

Songlines gave Super Diver City a four star review in their Top Of The World section!

De Standaard gave Super Diver City four stars today, as well as naming it album of the week! You can read the full review on their website.

Belgian music magazine RifRaf got their hands on a copy of SuperDiverCity and published a nice review (in Dutch).

"Virtuosity and emotion fit together wonderfully, and the kind of Roma music Mec Yek makes today has effortlessly made the step into the modern era without giving up any of its authenticity." Dani Heyvaert honored Mec Yek with a great review for Rootstime Read his full review: Here ! (Dutch)

We need more champagne! Our album Taisa by Mec Yek has also made it to #9 in the - very prestigious -World Music Charts Europe We're in the Top 10, can you believe it?! And we're in the good company of fellow Belgians from Tamala, produced by Muziekpublique, who rank at #8 See the whole listing of 20 tracks and artists at https://wmce.de THE WMCE are radio-Worldmusic-specialists from twentyfour European countries who select their individual top ten favourites out of current Worldmusic releases from their playlists and the top ten is then published as the WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE.

MixedWorldMusic.com published a nice review for Mec Yek's laterst album SuperDiverCity. You can read it at the MixedWorldMusic website.

Ton Maas from Mixedworldmusic.com went to the Glatt und Verkehrt festival in Austria and couldn't resist shaking his hip to the stomping sound of Mec Yek. You can read his report (in Dutch) on the Mixedworldmusic.com website.

Piet Maris was interviewed by Metro (Belgian paper), talking about his biggest influences, first album he bought and his favorite concerts.

"Katia and Milka can put on a throat of your finest, but also coo so seductively that it makes the listener go week in the legs" Thank you for the appreciation MixedWorldMusic.com! About our album Taisa by Mec Yek : "Katia and Milka can raise a throat like a jack-in-the-box, but can also coo so seductively that the listener's legs go numb. The men of Jaune Toujours not only provide propulsive and cleverly arranged ensemble playing as backing, but also fine soloistic interventions on accordion, soprano sax, clarinet or trumpet." Read the full review (in Dutch) at MixedWorldMusic.com! Small p.s. for the purists among us: the review mentions Macedonian traditionals, but that should be Roma traditionals, more specifically from the Romungri tradition. And Roma as in the (gypsy) people, not the Italian city.

"A warm mélange of ska, soul and Roma music" All right, an announcement for Mec Yek's release concert at Muziekpubliek on BRUZZ! Check out the video here!

A great 3-star review of Mec Yek's new album Taisa by Simon Roxland in the English RnR Magazine! Read the full review by clicking the link on the right.

Super Diver City just got reviewed in Stirrings magazine.

Brussel Deze Week (now Bruzz) interviewed Mec Yek about their newest album SuperDiverCity and their views on the multicultural society.

"Stirring music that connects Eastern and Western Europe in an original way" Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in Lust for Life Magazine! Read the full review (in Dutch) by Harry De Jong clicking the link on the right.

Hurray ! We almost forgot to tell you that Mec Yek’s album TAISA made it to 62 in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2022 So proud! Without any doubt, listen to our songs and put our Taisa Album in your playlist!

Our album Taisa by Mec Yek appears at #13 on the Roots Music Report world chart!! Check out the full chart HERE!

In French this time!

Songlines gave Super Diver City a four star review in their Top Of The World section!

De Standaard gave Super Diver City four stars today, as well as naming it album of the week! You can read the full review on their website.

Happy to announce that our album Taisa by Mec Yek made it's debut in the Transglobal World Music Chart! Sparkling new at #34. Have a look at the full list on the Transglobal World Music Chart Website

"Virtuosity and emotion fit together wonderfully, and the kind of Roma music Mec Yek makes today has effortlessly made the step into the modern era without giving up any of its authenticity." Dani Heyvaert honored Mec Yek with a great review for Rootstime Read his full review: Here ! (Dutch)

MixedWorldMusic.com published a nice review for Mec Yek's laterst album SuperDiverCity. You can read it at the MixedWorldMusic website.

Recently, Jaune Toujours frontman Piet Maris was interviewed about his roots, youth and more by De Standaard (Belgian newspaper).

Piet Maris was interviewed by Metro (Belgian paper), talking about his biggest influences, first album he bought and his favorite concerts.

"Katia and Milka can put on a throat of your finest, but also coo so seductively that it makes the listener go week in the legs" Thank you for the appreciation MixedWorldMusic.com! About our album Taisa by Mec Yek : "Katia and Milka can raise a throat like a jack-in-the-box, but can also coo so seductively that the listener's legs go numb. The men of Jaune Toujours not only provide propulsive and cleverly arranged ensemble playing as backing, but also fine soloistic interventions on accordion, soprano sax, clarinet or trumpet." Read the full review (in Dutch) at MixedWorldMusic.com! Small p.s. for the purists among us: the review mentions Macedonian traditionals, but that should be Roma traditionals, more specifically from the Romungri tradition. And Roma as in the (gypsy) people, not the Italian city.

A great 3-star review of Mec Yek's new album Taisa by Simon Roxland in the English RnR Magazine! Read the full review by clicking the link on the right.

Another SuperDiverCity review (in French), this time by Le Canard Folk!

Super Diver City just got reviewed in Stirrings magazine.

Brussel Deze Week (now Bruzz) interviewed Mec Yek about their newest album SuperDiverCity and their views on the multicultural society.

Well... It doesn't happen very often, but this review has left us speechless for a moment. Only once in a very while is a band lucky enough to be reviewed by a big eared listener like Seuras Og. He somehow managed to pinpoint some of the exact influences and intentions song by song. Thank you for this At The Barrier. We really want to encourage you to read the whole thing, so we've chosen a general quote to get your appetite up, but please read through until desert: "But this is no sanitised curio brought out for chin stroking WOMAD bean munchers(*), this is rough, ready and raw, akin to Les Negresses Vertes at their most alarming, the vocals savage and untutored, the whole reminiscent of the streets in a mediterranean port that you probably should avoid, the smell of sweat, cheap perfume and drains that fully show just how long it has been since the Romans came. These, I should add, are all good things, with a hefty dollop of Balkan influence, some ska and anything else the cat brought in. Heady stuff!" *WOMAD bean munchers, we love you though and hope to have the opportunity to come back to perform for you amongst the other WOMAD Festival-ers Read it HERE A little p.s. is needed to point out that we never intended to make a difference between Katia and Milka in the vocal/voice section, as Seuras suspects. That must be a typo in the press release and is not stated this way in the artwork with the CD. They are both equal front women and needless to say we're immensely proud to have them.

"Stirring music that connects Eastern and Western Europe in an original way" Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in Lust for Life Magazine! Read the full review (in Dutch) by Harry De Jong clicking the link on the right.

Hurray ! We almost forgot to tell you that Mec Yek’s album TAISA made it to 62 in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2022 So proud! Without any doubt, listen to our songs and put our Taisa Album in your playlist!

In French this time!

Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in the Financial Times! Read the full review by David Honigmann here!

De Standaard gave Super Diver City four stars today, as well as naming it album of the week! You can read the full review on their website.

Happy to announce that our album Taisa by Mec Yek made it's debut in the Transglobal World Music Chart! Sparkling new at #34. Have a look at the full list on the Transglobal World Music Chart Website

Belgian music magazine RifRaf got their hands on a copy of SuperDiverCity and published a nice review (in Dutch).

MixedWorldMusic.com published a nice review for Mec Yek's laterst album SuperDiverCity. You can read it at the MixedWorldMusic website.

Recently, Jaune Toujours frontman Piet Maris was interviewed about his roots, youth and more by De Standaard (Belgian newspaper).

We need more champagne! Our album Taisa by Mec Yek has also made it to #9 in the - very prestigious -World Music Charts Europe We're in the Top 10, can you believe it?! And we're in the good company of fellow Belgians from Tamala, produced by Muziekpublique, who rank at #8 See the whole listing of 20 tracks and artists at https://wmce.de THE WMCE are radio-Worldmusic-specialists from twentyfour European countries who select their individual top ten favourites out of current Worldmusic releases from their playlists and the top ten is then published as the WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE.

"Katia and Milka can put on a throat of your finest, but also coo so seductively that it makes the listener go week in the legs" Thank you for the appreciation MixedWorldMusic.com! About our album Taisa by Mec Yek : "Katia and Milka can raise a throat like a jack-in-the-box, but can also coo so seductively that the listener's legs go numb. The men of Jaune Toujours not only provide propulsive and cleverly arranged ensemble playing as backing, but also fine soloistic interventions on accordion, soprano sax, clarinet or trumpet." Read the full review (in Dutch) at MixedWorldMusic.com! Small p.s. for the purists among us: the review mentions Macedonian traditionals, but that should be Roma traditionals, more specifically from the Romungri tradition. And Roma as in the (gypsy) people, not the Italian city.

Ton Maas from Mixedworldmusic.com went to the Glatt und Verkehrt festival in Austria and couldn't resist shaking his hip to the stomping sound of Mec Yek. You can read his report (in Dutch) on the Mixedworldmusic.com website.

Another SuperDiverCity review (in French), this time by Le Canard Folk!

"A warm mélange of ska, soul and Roma music" All right, an announcement for Mec Yek's release concert at Muziekpubliek on BRUZZ! Check out the video here!

Brussel Deze Week (now Bruzz) interviewed Mec Yek about their newest album SuperDiverCity and their views on the multicultural society.

Well... It doesn't happen very often, but this review has left us speechless for a moment. Only once in a very while is a band lucky enough to be reviewed by a big eared listener like Seuras Og. He somehow managed to pinpoint some of the exact influences and intentions song by song. Thank you for this At The Barrier. We really want to encourage you to read the whole thing, so we've chosen a general quote to get your appetite up, but please read through until desert: "But this is no sanitised curio brought out for chin stroking WOMAD bean munchers(*), this is rough, ready and raw, akin to Les Negresses Vertes at their most alarming, the vocals savage and untutored, the whole reminiscent of the streets in a mediterranean port that you probably should avoid, the smell of sweat, cheap perfume and drains that fully show just how long it has been since the Romans came. These, I should add, are all good things, with a hefty dollop of Balkan influence, some ska and anything else the cat brought in. Heady stuff!" *WOMAD bean munchers, we love you though and hope to have the opportunity to come back to perform for you amongst the other WOMAD Festival-ers Read it HERE A little p.s. is needed to point out that we never intended to make a difference between Katia and Milka in the vocal/voice section, as Seuras suspects. That must be a typo in the press release and is not stated this way in the artwork with the CD. They are both equal front women and needless to say we're immensely proud to have them.

Hurray ! We almost forgot to tell you that Mec Yek’s album TAISA made it to 62 in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2022 So proud! Without any doubt, listen to our songs and put our Taisa Album in your playlist!

In French this time!

Mec Yek's new album Taisa got 4 stars in the Financial Times! Read the full review by David Honigmann here!

Our album Taisa by Mec Yek appears at #13 on the Roots Music Report world chart!! Check out the full chart HERE!