Babelouze
MICHEL MASSOT
compositions, arrangements, direction
- tubas - JULIE SOBLET, ESTELLE PETIT,
ANDRÉE VAN DE STEENE, FLORE BIGOT,
CHRISTINE LAMY, BENOIT GÉRARD
- trombones - CATHERINE DE BIASIO,
CÉLINE TAUBENNEST, BASIL PHILIPPE,
TOM VAN ANTRO, ANNE DIEZ,
BERTRAND MONETTE, EMMA BALDEWYNS,
MATHILDE DE MONTDESIR, BARBARA LENAIN
- trumpets - ANDREÏ BEUTHE DE JAEGHER,
SOPHIE LOYE, CLÉMENT PIMENT, CHLOÉ LARRÈRE,
JEAN FRANÇOIS RASKIN, ROSALIE BALLEREAU
ZÉPHYR ZIJLSTRA, PHILIPPE WITJES
- buglers - HUGUES DEVOS, CHLOÉ BAYENS,
XAVIER LE DEN, SOPHIE GÉRARD, CATOU PECHER
- sousaphone - BENOIT RANDAXHE
- helicon - THIBAULT DRAMAIX
- flute - YVAIN LONGARETTI, BORI ILLES,
MYLÈNE BARLET-SIRE, ANNABELLE PIRON
- percussion - VÉRONIQUE RAVIER, WATTHA SANANIKONE
BRASS BAND - This large orchestra of tubas and trombones is a unique project.
MICHEL MASSOT is the conductor of this orchestra, which brings together tuba players, trombonists and sousaphone players, as well as professional and amateur trumpeters, flautists and percussionists.
This joyful band plays compositions by Michel Massot that oscillate between jazz, world music, polka and other burlesque music difficult to describe, but always festive and colourful.
In 2010, Babelouze recorded its first album at the Théâtre de l'L; this recording follows Babelouze's participation in Un éléphant dans la Ville... de Liège in 2009. The trumpet player Laurent Blondiau is featured on two of the tracks.
In 2015, they released Pavane de l'âne fou, their second CD, also self-produced.
The history of Babelouze is closely linked to the brass ensemble class of the Académie d'Etterbeek - Jean Absil; if you are interested in the adventure, do not hesitate to contact the Académie.
