Alex Koo's Kimono Garden, Jazz café Friday

Friday, December 4 - Alex Koo's Kimono Garden Alex Koo’s Kimono Garden Muzikale jack-of-all-trades Alex Koo - praised by Trouw as “of the same rare level as Keith Jarrett" and with his Trio included by Downbeat and De Standaard in the list of best records of 2025 - takes a bold new step with his brand-new live project Kimono Garden. Four leading voices from the Belgian music scene join forces in a universe of groove and sound colors. Expect an organic mix of jazz, neo-soul, electronic music, ambient, and future beats - a sound world that is both playful and immersive, and that leaves the traditional jazz stage far behind. Influences blow in from the spheres of Flying Lotus, Hiatus Kaiyote, Erykah Badu, Björk, and Thom Yorke, reinforced by a good dose of experiment, improvisation, and pure stage energy. The band consists of Lorena Del Mar (keys, vocals, loops), Andrew Claes (EWI, flutes, electronics, percussion) - one of the creative forces behind STUFF. and numerous innovative projects - and Trui Amerlinck (bass, cello, vocals), known from, among others, Ivy Falls, Tsar B, and NΔBOU. Especially for the JazzLab tour in Oct–Nov 2026, an exclusive vinyl re-issue of Kimono Garden will be released, with some new pieces in quartet and only available during the concerts. A collector’s item that breathes new life into the dreamy, cinematic sound worlds of the original album from 2020 (released only digitally at the time).