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 and will presented on 2nd May at Het Bos in…
Tenace Orchestra plays Mutiny On The Bounty (17th April @ Het Bos)
This instant composing orchestra conducted by Rudy Trouvé play their third concert! It will be an exclusive show in which the group will play improvisations inspired by the motion picture Mutiny On The Bounty. Personnel: Mauro Pawlowski: vocals Frans Van Isacker: sax Buni Lenski: violin Sjoerd Bruil: guitar Milan Warmoeskerken: guitar Elko Blijweert: guitar Hannes D’Hoine: bass Jeroen Stevens: percussion Aarich Jespers: drums Rudy Trouvé: conductor Other bands performing on this “Tenace On Tour” night: Why The Eye Les Filles de Hirohito Boris Klerx info: www.hetbos.be
Triple Team performance featuring Elko Blijweert
On 4th April 2015 Elko B. plays solo at Filmhuis Klappei in Antwerp. After the performance one of Blijweert’s favorite films can be seen… “DOUBLE TEAM”, a Tsui Hark film with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mickey Rourke and Dennis Rodman. Starts at 20:30!
Willem’s keuze Heaven Hotel
Tape Cuts Tape, The Tone Zones, 20 years of Heaven Hotel Compilation and new site
20 years of Heaven Hotel Presents releases Exciting times, 3 new Heaven Hotel releases, 5 Heaven Hotel label nights with live Heaven Hotel bands.. We’ll start by proudly presenting The Tone Zones, a 2 man surf-electronica band featuring Elko Blijweert and Milan Warmoeskerken, check their band page here Their brand new vinyl is ready, and can be pre-ordered in our shop There are original interpretations of The Pyramids, The Ventures, The Shadows and – cultband avant la lettre – The Jokers and Front 242. You can see them live on our label nights! Then there is the new Tape Cuts…
20 years of Heaven Hotel: Tape Cuts Tape + The Tone Zones + I H8 Camera
20 years Heaven Hotel! “We were in bands. We went to bars. We met people who were in bands … so we started new bands. We made a record. With the money we made … we made new records. … That’s basically what we still do.” (Elko & Rudy – Heaven Hotel) Live dates: Thursday, March 19 at 8:00pm TENACE ORCHESTRA + TAPE CUTS TAPE + THE TONE ZONES + MITTLAND OCH LEO (DJ) Het Bos Ankerrui 5-7, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Friday March 20: Tape Cuts Tape, The Tone Zones, I H8 Camera (feat. Stef Kamil Carlens) – Les Ateliers…
Heaven Hotel Label nights
God Owes Us a Swimming Pool is a Heaven Hotel double vinyl compilation being released because of the Heaven Hotel label being in existence for 20 years, which is accompanied by a tour of Heaven Hotel bands all over Belgium, in different venues, with different bands, and labelled as the Labelnights 2015. Some old, some new will be presented, and in any case every night will be unique and full of surprises, for both the bands and the audience. Tape Cuts Tape will be playing every night because of their upcoming 3rd release, and also The Tone Zones, a…
Expo: Rudy Trouvé – “Scenes from a beach and other paintings”
On December 20 Rudy will have an exhibition of his paintings at Coffee & Vinyl , a specialized coffee bar and vinyl store in antwerp’s south. The record store is home to a massive collection of music, spanning most genres, both new and second hand, and organizes regular exhibitions. Rudy Trouvé will be in the shop on the 20th December to open the expo and play a little live set..
Exhibition Rudy Trouvé at Bernaerts
Great news: Rudy has an expo at Bernaerts. From the 20th of May until the 25th you can discover some new paintings, drawings and videos. Rudy will perform solo during opening night, which starts at 19. Bernaerts, Museumstraat 25, 2000 Antwerpen.