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R.I.P – twelve funeral songs

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1.	La Malle-Valise de l'Heimatlos du Sleeping 04:38		buy track
2.	In Scum and Sludge 04:04		buy track
3.	Zwerfuil 08:10		buy track
4.	Rip It 02:35	info	buy track
5.	Midsummer Night Swim 05:43		buy track
6.	Aapverbranding - epiloog 03:19		buy track
7.	Blue Braine 03:37		buy track
8.	Malacology 03:10		buy track
9.	Man Man Man 03:13		buy track
10.	MQK 02:35		buy track
11.	Left Alone 03:33		buy track
12.	La Malle-Valise de l'Heimatlos du Sleeping (reprise) 03:30		buy track

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For more than twenty years, Flat Earth Society, the flagship of slightly deranged Belgian jazz, has wreaked havoc on national and international stages, with musical programs bursting at the seams, defying genre labels and confounding listeners with their multi-colored jazz.

During this song cycle each musician passes away, as they inevitably will in real life.
They are celebrated in a personal farewell song, played by the remaining members of the band. Once the last musician has left, the band reunites and the process starts all over again. RIP-FES is a macabre ode to life, sticking out its tongue to the Grim Reaper.

In this project FES creates its own funeral repertoire and Perpetuum Mobile: 12 farewell songs for the funeral of the members of the orchestra. All fifteen of them must die, through illness, plain bad luck, old age or a stupid accident, there is no shortage of causes. As the suite progresses, the orchestra dwindles until no one is left: a tragicomic preview of what is to come.

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released November 1, 2022

Teun Verbruggen - drums
Peter Vandenberghe - keys
Kristof Roseeuw - double bass
Frederik Leroux - guitar
Wim Segers - vibraphone
Bart Maris - trumpet
Pauline Leblond - trumpet
Peter Delannoye - trombone
Marc Meeuwissen - trombone
Berlinde Deman - tuba
Peter Vermeersch - clarinet
Martí Melià - (bass)clarinet
Bruno Vansina - bariton sax & flute
Benjamin Boutreur - alto sax
Michel Mast - tenor sax

Recorded in Werkplaats Walter, Brussels and Johnny Green Giant Studio, Ghent, May 2021 by Laurens Ingels & Jonathan Troch
Nr 10 MQK, recorded at home (thank you, Jeroen)

Mixing: Frederik Segers, Boma Studio, Ghent
Editing, premix and mastering: Peter Vermeersch

Artwork: Marc Meeuwissen

℗ & © 2022 - IGLOO Records

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FLAT EARTH SOCIETY (Igloo) Belgium

FES was founded in 1998, when no-‐nonsense artist, former architect, clarinettist, saxophonist, keyboard player, composer and producer Peter Vermeersch, wanted to explore new horizons after having convinced music lovers all over the word with Maximalist! and the cult legend band X-‐legged Sally. ... more

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May 22

Rataplan

Borgerhout, Belgium
May 25

De Casino

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Jun 1

CC Lokeren

Lokeren, Belgium
Jun 5

Toneelhuis

Antwerp, Belgium
Jun 6

Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (KVS)

Brussels, Belgium
Jun 9

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke

Ghent, Belgium
Jul 7

Brosella Jazz Festival

Brussels, Belgium

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