Based in Brussels, 4nouki produces an electronic project somewhere between experimental art-pop and ambient music. Her debut EP Fallen Angel, released in autumn 2023 on Marseilles-based Olga Productions, unveils a dreamlike universe in which vaporous synth strings and field recording mingle with melancholy pop-sung melodies. Also a visual artist, she accompanies her songs and live performances with 3D projections, immersing the spectator in her fantastical universe.

BΞNNY BØØ is cosmic loser energy. After a breakup that turns everything upside down – as it always does – Ben rediscovers his first love: the guitar. Broke as hell and a lot of bad luck.

Just over a year after the release of their first EP Class Craic, Stonks has already become a completely different band.

There have been changes in the line-up, with Antoine now taking care of the bass parts, but more importantly, the past year has led each band member to ‘ask themselves questions they never had to ask before.’

In response, Stonks decided to write off their fears through a period of intense creative immersion, with the help of their long-time collaborator painful2remember, for the five songs on this new EP. The sound remains post-punk noise, but the influence of the shoegaze scene beautifully illustrates the evolution of the Brussels band.

The result is a saturated soundscape in which introspection justifies the outburst. With an average age of 22, the ‘leaderless’ band has developed and distanced itself from its hybrid identity as neo-urbanites ‘between forest and pavement.’ The reckless spirit of Class Craic is now behind them; Stonks fully embraces the loss of lightness and allows the atmosphere to darken.

Confronted, albeit reluctantly, with the end of innocence, the quartet maintains the tension and gains depth, powerfully supported by the floating brass sounds of the indispensable trumpeter Mathis, who, depending on the mood, either sounds a distorted death knell or evokes cinematic melancholy.

After two EPs that firmly established him in Belgium, Edouard van Praet is now releasing his debut album, ‘Mascarades’, a logical but bold follow-up to his previous rock experiments (‘Doors’ in 2021, ‘Cycles’ in 2022). The album features predominantly French vocals and an openness to electronic sounds.

Edouard van Praet shakes things up with ‘Mascarades’, a debut album where rock flirts with electronic without ever allowing itself to be limited by the codes of one or the other. Between haunted Tom Waits-style ballads and feverish techno blasts, he blurs the boundaries between genres with disconcerting ease. An iconoclastic and eclectic approach, but consistent in his constant quest for adventure. On stage, the energy is raw, the show wild, oscillating between rock, glam and techno in controlled chaos. With his attitudes of damned crooner and mannered punk, Edouard imposes a magnetic stage signature that leaves no one indifferent.