Aarich Jespers
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Line-up for New Old World
ZitaSwoonGroup.be published the line-up for New Old World. SKC (musical director, organ, guitar, vocals) Aarich Jespers (percussion) Wim de Busser (piano, Farfisa organ) Tomas de Smet ! (contra- and electric bass) Jeroen Baert (violin) Karel Coninx (alto violin) Seraphine Stragier (cello) Continue reading
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New Old World
Stef Kamil Carlens and Aarich Jespers are making a soundtrack about how they feel about the year 2012. About a new world we can’t yet imagine and organize and an old one that, the way it’s turning now, can’t be stopped and seems to be headed toward disaster. With new old music that sounds like… Continue reading
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the rhythm section
Last year De Bassist.nl had an interview (in dutch) with Aarich, Amel and Bart. Hoe heet een tandem waar je met zijn drieën kan opzitten? Terwijl de meeste bands hun ritmesectie vormen met een duo, hebben ze er bij Zita Swoon een trio van gemaakt. Voor deze ene keer is het drie voor de prijs… Continue reading
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The birth of this band is bound in a book
Bert Middelbos collected the story of 50 famous* musicians, each of them telling about their first band. Stef’s first band was called The Zoom. In this book you can read SKC’s story from playing along to Queen and Kiss on a tennis racket as a 12-year-old, to signing a record deal with Island Records. More… Continue reading
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Rudy Trouvé Septet video by Aarich
Aarich made a video for the latest Rudy Trouvé Septet single ‘One day our house will become so heavy it will sink into the ground’… There is a high quality download available at the Heaven Hotel website. (over here) + upcoming septet date: February 6th, De Tunnel – Londenstraat 52, 2000 Antwerpen (with Aarich and Joris) Continue reading
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Carte Blanche – On the wings of a rabbit, day 1
An old fashioned welcome… Aarich smuggled a Decap organ into the hall/bar of the venue, and it played all the classic 50’s and 60’s tunes you (or your parents) might have danced to back then. Aarich also wanted to add some Zita Swoon songs to the computer operated ‘machine’ but time got in the way (it would have… Continue reading
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Aarich takes the break
If you didn’t subscribe to the Zita Swoon-mailing list yet… do so at the official website. In today’s newsletter: the artwork you see on top of this article, the program of SKC’s Carte Blanche-weekend (as mentioned before), and something mysterious about Aarich. “Op beide dagen zorgt Zita Swoon drummer Aarich Jespers voor een muzikale verrassing… Continue reading
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It’s just a sound
Below you find the translation of this interview (in french) Radio Campus Anger had with Stef Kamil. Maisie: How would you define your music? Stef: I try not to do that. If you don’t, you’re free, you can always change. M: Where does the name of the group comes from? S: It’s just a sound. The group has… Continue reading
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The Rudy Trouvé Septet – Tourdates
(with Joris and Aarich) april 27, AB Club, Brussel (+Kawada) may 07, Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp july 27, Dijlefeesten, Mechelen more Rudy-dates at Rudy’s great ideas Continue reading
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