Aranis "Made in Belgium II"

Country: Belgium
Sub Genre: Chamber, Fusion, Art Rock
Format:  CD, digital
Release date: September 24, 2014 (digital), October 1, 2014 (CD)
Tracklist: 

1. Skip XXI - 06:19
2. Hit - 06:25
3. Intermezzo 1 - 01:03
4. Tolles pferd - 04:33
5. DSK - 03:37
6. Kablamo - 03:19
7. Intermezzo II - 01:43
8. Boki II - 06:06
9. Chanoi - 02:56
10. La vague - 04:32
11. Intermezzo III - 01:15
12. Cell stress - 09:50
13. Funambul - 04:29

Line-up: 
Liesbeth Lambrecht: violin, viola
Marjolein Cools: accordion
Stijn Denys: guitar
Jana Arns: transverse flute, voice
Joris Vanvinckenroye: contrabass & composition

Description/Reviews: 

Aranis, year 2014: a Belgian band that brings something definitely off the beaten tracks! The second installment in their "Made in Belgium" series (aka MIB 2) is now on the road...and it's more captivating than a thriller! In it, a subtle blend of rejuvenated classical influences mix with (aming other things and with no specific order) a touch of drumless/ clarinetless Balkanic Klezmer- punk, a glimpse of 100% Brussels- deserts tango and a few improvised moments that manage to never really sound like "jazz"...No easy label comes to mind when it comes to describe Aranis' sound...and so its should be! A pretty unpredictable sextet...Classical? Jazz? Folk? Rock?...Well, a little bit of all this...That's what you'll taste in the Aranis pizza! So, why wouldn't you treat your ears and get a slice of it? With real chunks of Peter Vermeersch (FES), Koen Van Roy (Cro Magnon), Walter Hus (Maximalist!), Ananta Roosens (La sieste du dromadaire), Aurélie Dorzée (Aurélia) and many others...

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