Left Bank Drive (Elko B, Joris C, Simon L, Frans VI) will perform their last musical accompaniment to Wim Vandekeybus’ film Monkey Sandwich… The situation is 23rd December 2015, NTGent.

14 NOVEMBER 2015, Antwerpen: EXPOSED MUSIC met o.a. Rudy Trouvé Trio met Elko Blijweert , Joris Caluwaerts & Rudy Trouvé! www.stadsmagazijn.be/exposedmusic Exposed Music facebook 21 NOVEMBER 2015, Antwerpen: FOREVER LOW met o.a. Rudy Trouvé, Elko Blijweert, Capsule, Eriksson Delcroix… https://www.facebook.com/events/1619684188283111/ 28 NOVEMBER 2015, DE STUDIO, Antwerpen: DE NACHT VAN PAFKE met o.a. Rudy Trouvé, Bert Lezy, The Valerie Solanas, Circus Bulderdrang,… Also check the tourdates section for upcoming shows by Gruppo di Pawlowski and Ultima Vez…

 photo by Bache Jespers 18 09 2015: Salle Jeanne / Pluymvee – Deurne 22 09 2015: De Living – Noordstraat 2 – Heist op den Berg Muzikant / schilder Rudy Trouvé (bekend van de eerste platen van dEUS, Dead Man Ray en zichzelf) zal, begeleid door een loopstation en voorzien van een videoprojectie, liedjes spelen uit het grote Heaven Hotel Songbook. Dingen die hij maakte voor theater, Kiss My Jazz, Gore Slut, The Love Substitutes, Tape Cuts Tape, Pasmans en The Rudy Trouvé Octet. Verwacht u aan een intieme set, al eens onderbroken door animatiefilmpjes… iets tussen een klassiek singersongwriter-optreden…

Elko is currently occupied with a new play by Wim Vandekeybus called Speak Low When You Speak Of Love. The music is composed and played live by Mauro Pawlowski, Elko Blijweert and Jeroen Stevens. For this occasion they are joined by the remarkable south african singer Tutu Puoane. Jeroen does a great acting job as well! A new Left Bank Drive album is being made during this summer. It will again contain music composed by Elko and Joris and Simon Lenski and Frans Van Isacker are being featured… Also Angels Die hard are working on a new album! The recordings…

Up until the year 2010 guitar hero Elko Blijweert and saxophone virtuoso Frans Van Isacker brought jazz music to the rocking masses as key members of Franco Saint De Bakker. Now they have joined forces again to bring us “Atlajala Land”, a voyage through time and space that takes the listener from avant-garde free jazz over melancholic melodies to the sensual sounds of a late-night make-out session in an abandoned castle. This release (vinyl and cd) is brought to you by Heaven Hotel in collaboration with Teun Verbruggen’s RAT records! “A candid, mysterious and sometimes simply beautiful album…”  (Guy Peters/cobra.be)…

This spring has been quite busy for Rudy Trouvé. He was featured on national television in De Canvasconnectie and he hosted some fine label nights. Tape Cuts Tape released Lost Footage in March and presented it in a few clubs. Today Tape Cuts Tape presents it’s brand new video, called “Scales In Orange And Grey” (featuring DAAU). Tape Cuts Tape shares the bill with Taxi Wars at Openluchttheater, Oostende on 30th August. After summer break Tape Cuts Tape will tour again. Rudy Trouvé also plans a solo tour! VOX | artist management. booking agency. promotion. 

3 bands will perform during this Heaven Hotel Night… Heaven’s Basement: A “minimal festive impro folk jazz dub band” formed especially for this occasion with line-up: Mauro Pawlowski: bass, vocals Elko Blijweert: guitar Rudy Trouvé: guitar, vocals Milan Warmoeskerken: synthesizer Eric Thielemans: marimba, drums Jeroen Stevens: marimba, drums Niels Van Heertum: tuba Tape Cuts Tape The Tone Zones    

LOST FOOTAGE – the mini music documentary Shot by Fairuz & Maaike during an impro session in august 2014!

Saturday 23 May: I H8 Camera @ Monk, Brussels Line-up: Rudy Trouvé, Teuk Henri, Elko Blijweert, Hugo Antunes, Jeroen Stevens, Stef Kamil Carlens, Maarten Sunday 24 May: “De Canvasconnectie” met Rudy Trouvé om 20u35 op Canvas!      

  Saturday 9 May: Elko Blijweert & Frans Van Isacker @ Audio Plant, Merksem Sunday 10 May: Tip Toe Topic & Joris Caluwaerts: Das Triadisch Ballet @ Het Bos, Antwerp Monday 11 May: Wij Blij Quartet featuring Rudy Trouvé @ Korsakov, Antwerp Wij Blij Quartet is a spacejazz ensemble consisting of  Gert Wijninckx (tp, ts, effects), Elko Blijweert (g), Hannes D’Hoine (b) and Alfredo Bravo (d). For this occasion they will be joined by Rudy Trouvé! Photography: Mark Rietveld