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Edouard van Praet dévoilait en 2021 son premier EP indie rock « Doors ». Résultat d’introspections, de diverses névroses et de psychoses, ce 1er EP réalisé entièrement seul était un hommage aux ballades de Leonard Cohen, aux top hits kitch des Beatles ou à l’univers psychédélique des années 60 - le tout avec une pointe d’humour dandy et d’auto-dérision. « Doors », mettait en scène divers personnages confrontés à leurs crises existentielles dans une solitude parfois consolante, parfois glaçante. La suite mettra cette solitude en rapport avec le monde extérieur et tout ce que cela implique : oppositions, conflits, fusions apaisantes… Il s’entoure à présent de musiciens tout aussi névrosés que lui pour ses concerts. Une énergie électrique, démente, un univers pop rock alternatif pluriel.
Les rappeurs le détestent. Il les adore.

« A childhood passed in the theatre amongst actors, musicians and craftsmen gave Ivan Tirtiaux his first taste of music.

Sung in his deep, supple voice in his native french he has created a unique kind of ‘folk nouveau’ drawing equally on chanson française, folk, blues and latin music. Both chiselled and organic, poetic and precise, a rich spectrum of experience is refracted through his sparse narratives.

After « l’Envol » in 2015, Ivan Tirtiaux now presents « L’oasis » (out on the 3rd of may 2019), a new album of worldly and other-worldly reflections distilled into 8 shots of knowing tenderness, light and shade.

His voice of brandy and torn velvet stands comparison with John Martyn, his melodic sophistication and harmonic depth with Jeff Buckley. The whole is imbued with Tirtiaux’s meticulous lyrical vision and feline grace, and laced with delicate orchestrations that shimmer like ice palaces in the sun ».

Coming from a milieu of both the visual and performing arts, Mathilde Fernandez enriches her baroque universe through numerous collaborations. Recently the duo “ascendant vierge” which she formed with
Paul Seul. Breaking the barrier between disciplines has become a necessity for her, leading her to mix different media in a radical way.

Nicolas Michaux is a Belgian electronic pop group leaded by the same-named artist Nicolas Michaux, accompanied by Clément Nourry, Morgan Vigilante, Ted Clark, Felicity Williams, Rodriguez Vangama, Julien Rauïs, Habacuc Mfundani, Tshamala Mufubela, Jan Dhaene, Els Vandeweyer and Thomas Vancottom, formed in the city of Brussels. Most of its members are from Walloon and Flemish cities like Liège and Aarhus. Some are from other corners of Europe, like Britain or the Italian town of Perinaldo Read more on Last.fm