FOKKOP. UNPLUGGD @ SOUNDS.BRUSSELS

Thursday 8, October · 20:00
FROM JAZZ TO HIP-HOP
BETWEEN BAROQUE LYRICISM & JAZZ, ADDING SLAM POETRY & SPOKEN WORD, THE QUARTET CALLED 'FOKKOP. UNPLUGGD' IS THE ACOUSTIC ALTER EGO OF PUNKRAP POWERTRIO FOKKOP.ERA. FOUNDERS HERB CELLS & MARTIN DANIEL HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THIS MUSIC GENRE SINCE WAY BACK WHEN (CF. WILD BOAR & BULL BB, FROWN-I-BROWN, GLÜ, RDP, TARMAC ...). HAILED IN BE PRESS, THEIR BRAND NEW ALBUM "THE IMPOSTER ACOUSTIC" RANKED IN THE TOP 3 OF EUROPE JAZZ NETWORK'S AUGUST NEW HOT MUSIC CHART. IT IS THE ICONIC JAZZ LABEL IGLOO'S 400TH RELEASE TO ROLL OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE!
A 'MADE IN BRUSSELS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE JAZZRAP & SPOKEN WORD LEGACY AND A HOMAGE TO ITS PIONEERS SUCH AS : THE LAST POETS, GIL SCOTT-HERON, DADDY-O, STETSASONIC, B. MARSALIS & BUCKSHOT LEFONQUE, URSULA RUCKER, GURU’S JAZZMATAZZ, US3, DREAM WARRIORS, DANA BRYANT, G-CLEF & GHETTO PHILHARMONIC, GREG OSBY’S 3-D LIFESTYLES, DIGABLE PLANETS, THE ROOTS, STEVE LEHMAN, TRUFFAZ & NYA, SOWETO KINCH, GREETINGS FROM MERCURY ... AND MANY MORE.
PRESS (BE)
Jazzmania.be / album review by Yves Tassin (20.07.26) :
"... No one knows who whispered the name of rapper Herbert Celis (aka Herb Cells) to the label bosses, but let them know right away that we thank them! This is all the more surprising since we could have expected something more conventional to celebrate the 400th release of the Brussels-based label. (...) No matter how much you turn this record over in your hands, from front to back, there is absolutely not one wasted note."
(translated fragment from French)
JAZZQUES / album review by Jacques Prouvost (06.08.26) :
" ... Un flow qui s’épanche. Des références, on pourrait aussi en trouver parmi la nébuleuse des Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, mais Fokkop impose son style entre jazz et hip hop âpre. Il faut écouter et lire (les paroles se trouvent sur le sleeve intérieur) pour se rendre compte de la poésie qui traine dans ces discours qui revendiquent et dénoncent. ... Ruptures, relances, relâchements, jazz et rap, Fokkop ne vous laisse pas tranquille. ... "
LINE-UP
Herb Cells - vox
Martin Daniel - piano
Manolo Cabras - upright bass
Benjamin Tequi - drums
PRACTICAL INFO :
WHERE�? Rue de la tulipe 28, Ixelles
DOORS� - 18:00H / 6pm
ACCESS� : 2 min from Porte de Namur
12€ / at the door Price : 14€
Tickets : https://www.sounds.brussels/jazz-concert/fokkop-unpluggd/

bandpic by Ricardo Raposo Neto @clic.ric