ALBAN

ALBAN is the solo project of musician Alban Sarens (Stef Kamil Carlens, Ellen Schoenaerts, Equal Idiots, Slow Pilot, Birthe, … take your pick …). His debut album, *To Break Your Heart*, was released on February 12, 2026, on the Dutch label Télès Music and is the result of an introspective process that took shape in eleven songs, fueled by grief and personal transformation. Over the course of three intense years, Alban turned to his saxophone to express what words could not capture.

The album is a musical reflection on loss and the search for what love truly means. The saxophone became his voice: an instrument that transforms emotions into melodies that carry both heaviness and lightness. Music born of absence, yet reaching out for a warm embrace that whispers, “It’s okay, I’m here.”

“To Break Your Heart” is not about despair, but about what can emerge from it. It is a soundscape in which grief deepens into growth, and in which music shows the way.

“There’s only the path we took.”

“A soundscape in which grief deepens into growth and where music showed the way. Music born of absence, yet reaching out for a warm embrace. A powerhouse of an album where sadness, love, and resilience come together.” (Klara) “The Flemish, folky answer to Albasten dePlume” Jasper van Loy (Humo) “Breathing room after the blow. *To Break Your Heart* is a striking example of the most deeply personal expression that can also pry open someone else’s heart.” Focus Knack