Very sad news reached us today from our Belgian friend, Mark Hollander, musician, producer and creator of the independent record label, Crammed Discs. The leader of the Belgian avant-rock group Aksak Maboul, which he founded in 1977, along others, with Vincent Kenis.
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Mar
[ March the 3rd,2023 release via Crammed Discs: Aksak Maboul – Une aventure de VV, Made To Measure Vol 48 ]
release date: 03.03.2023 on Crammed Discs, Made to Measure Vol.48
In the wake of their acclaimed comeback album Figures (2020), Aksak Maboul took a playful sideways step to create this total work, a 63-minute, conti- nuous suite of fifteen pieces, which could be described as an experimental audio play.The thread running through Une aventure de VV (Songspiel) is Véronique Vincent’s text, an enigmatic philosophical-poetical tale unfolding through monologues and dialogues, spoken and sung by a series of characters. The music was written & arranged by Marc Hollander and features his characteristic genre-hopping tendencies: strands of electronica, pop, jazz, collage, techno, ambient, improv, krautrock, contemporary classical & systems music are merrily woven together, in the inimitable Aksak Maboul style.
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Oct
[ October the 22th, 2021 release via Crammed Discs: AKSAK MABOUL – Redrawn Figures vol. 1 & 2 ]
release date: 22.10.2021 via Crammed Discs
Crammed Discs release Redrawn Figures 1 and Redrawn Figures 2 on LP & Digital on the 22nd of October 2021.
Following the release of Aksak Maboul’s acclaimed Figures double album (in mid-2020), fifteen artists have revisited songs from the legendary experimental pop band’s ‘comeback’ opus (mini-biography below).
These diverse, colorful interpretations range from simple remixes to reconstructions and cover versions, or a combination of all of these. They’re now ready to be released on two separate, limited-edition vinyl LPs, as well as on two digital albums.
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Apr
[ April the 30th, 2021 re-issue/release via Crammed Discs: Aksak Maboul, Benjamin Lew, Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon : Made To Measure Vol.1]
release date: 30.04.2021 via Crammed Discs
Crammed Discs‘ legendary Composers’ Series is reactivated in 2021, with the release of new albums remastered vinyl reissues of several classics starting with: MADE TO MEASURE Vol.1 : Minimal Compact, Benjamin Lew, Aksak Maboul and Tuxedomoon (April 30th – further details below) and MADE TO MEASURE Vol.5: Hector Zazou‘s Geographies (May 28th)
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May
[Crammed Disc release Aksak Maboul – Figures on the 22nd of May ]
release date: 22.05.2020 via Crammed Discs
The legendary experimental pop outfit returns with a brand-new record entitled Figures, written, conceived and produced over the last couple of years by Marc Hollander (founder of Aksak Maboul and of the Crammed label) and Véronique Vincent (former singer with The Honeymoon Killers).