As a result of COVID-19 this concert will be postponed to a new date. 
Together with Les Ateliers Claus we are looking for a new date for this concert.

Ticket info via Les Ateliers Claus

Legendary experimental pop outfit Aksak Maboul returns with their first real new release in decades. Entitled Figures, it’s a double album containing 22 tracks & interludes: it took no less than that to accommodate the flow of ideas which arose after such a long gap… 

Drawing again from the multiple sources which have always inspired the band (from electronic music and pop to experimentation, jazz, minimalism, contemporary classical etc), Aksak Maboul reconfigure them with their inimitable style. Weaving electronic and acoustic instrumentation, improvisation and programming, songs, beats, found objects and sound collages, the album works as a labyrinth, full of secret passages and interconnections.

The album was wholly written, conceived and produced by Marc Hollander & Véronique Vincent  (respectively founder of Aksak Maboul & Crammed Discs, and former vocalist with The Honeymoon Killers), Marc being in charge of the music, while Véronique wrote the lyrics and made the drawings and paintings for the artwork.

Also appearing on the album are contributions by the band’s current live line-up: Faustine Hollander, Lucien Fraipont (Robbing Millions) & Erik Heestermans, and by guests including a.o. Fred Frith, Steven Brown (Tuxedomoon), three members of Aquaserge and more. 

The album is due for release on 15 May 2020. The band will be playing a string of shows in Europe and Japan (tba soon), and will be premiering their new live set in the intimate setting of Les Ateliers Claus on April 17 and 18.

live line-up:

• Véronique Vincent: vocals
• Marc Hollander: keyboards
• Lucien Fraipont: guitar
• Faustine Hollander: bass, keys, vocals
• Erik Heestermans: drums

Aksak Maboul will have the honor of being supported by Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, who will come specially to Brussels in between the Australia/Japan and the US legs of the current Stereolab tour. Laetitia will play solo sets of her own material (she’s working on a new album at the moment).