Ruben Machtelinckx & Arve Henriksen / Karel Van Deun Solo

Aspen Label Night

RUBEN MACHTELINKCKX & ARVE HENRIKSEN

In 2014 Ruben Machtelinckx first played at the Singer with the duo Linus. Since then he has grown into a leading musician who works with Hilmar Jensson and Joachim Badenhorst, among others. For his brand-new album ‘A Short Story’s’ he joined forces with the Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen.

Henriksen has recorded several albums for the famous ECM label. He can be heard on albums by Trygve Seim, Christian Wallumrød, Anders Jormin and Dhafer Youssef, among others. But he also sometimes plays with the rock band Motorpsycho.

‘A Short Story’ stands for soft, acoustic yet intense music. Jockum Norström designed the artwork of the LP.

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KAREL VAN DEUN

The name will ring a bell with few, and that is not surprising. Active as a professional musician in the ’80s and ’90s, he disappeared from the stage because of hearing problems and ended up in a full-time job that made a music career almost impossible. He never stopped composing and making home recordings, though, which eventually found their way to a few fellow musicians, including saxophonist and teacher Kurt Van Herck and the guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx, a generation younger. In recent years Karel Van Deun ’s music has been brought back to life in the form of solo albums, collaborations and interpretations. His most recent release, titled ‘Zij Ziet Het Zonnige’ {bwaa.005} on the record label bwaa, is a fine example of that, as is the record ‘Almadies’ {Aspen.005} on Aspen Edities.

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