03.11.2025
episode
Soul Ableta
The record dealer’s role is to uncover unusual music, stay current, and promote local, innovative artists. This edition features standout Brussels projects by Lara Humbert (I’m Not Done Cooking) and Jordi Cassagne (Barbastelle), inventive quartets by Caroline Shaw and Denis Levaillant, my take on Thomas Adès (Asyla, Living Toys), a rare Arvo Pärt work (Colourful Dreams), and favourites including Kaja Draksler, Anna Clyne, Zwangere Guy & Lander Gyselinck, JPEGMAFIA, Mach-Hommy, and Bernard Parmegiani.
Kaja Draksler – Sotto l’Ombrellone
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Caroline Shaw Quartet – Cant voi l’aube (by Attacca Quartet)
Esthée Nack – Eedeot Bwoy
Makaya McCraven – Tall Tales
Punkt Vrt Plastik – Helix Ga (Kaja Draksler, Peter Eldh, Christian Lillinger)
Caroline Shaw Quartet – Blueprint (by Attacca Quartet)
Thomas Adès – Asyla (London Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Adès)
Mac Hommy – Band Anna
Jordi Cassagne – Asphodèles (Yann Lecollaire, Hanne De Backer, Adèle Viret, Jordi Cassagne, Samuel Ber)
Arvo Pärt – Colored Dreams (by Himself)
Denis Levaillant – Voyage Tsigane “Quatuor nr.3” (by Quatuor Varèse)
Lara Humbert – I’m Not Done Cooking “Beauty Queen” (Lara Humbert, Amèle Metlini, Lúcia Pires, Adrien Lambinet, Alejandra Borzyk, Matteo Mazzù, Raphaël Desmarets, Gaspard Sicx)
Kronos Quartet – Outer Spaceways Incorporated “The Furthest Out Things”
JPEGMAFIA – Post Verified Lifestyle
Thomas Adès – Living Toys nr.6 (London Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Adès)
Makaya McCraven – The Count Down
Punkt Vrt Plastik – Somit (Kaja Draksler, Peter Eldh, Christian Lillinger)
Bernard Parmegiani – Question de temps “Le temps pour soir”
Zwangere Guy & Lander Gyselinck – ’t Leven is te kort
Thomas Adès – The Origin of the Harp
Marius Constant / Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit “Le gibet”