DAAN

Refined songs in an intimate setting. For 30 years, Daan has been surprising his loyal audience with a whirlwind of musical genres. From pop noir and indie rock to electro, country, and beats & ballads. Mostly in English, but sometimes also in Frans of Nederlands. Anyone looking for the common thread in his work will be able to discover in this theater tour that all those songs have something in common: the often melancholic and at the same time humorous lyrics full of visual metaphors (Daan is, after all, a graphic designer) and a (storm and) urge to translate this into almost baroque musical paintings. This tour refines all his songs in the same musical way: Daan behind the grand piano or guitar, Isolde Lasoen - Daan’s permanent musical muse for 25 years - on vibraphone, drums, trumpet, bells, and angel vocals, and the virtuoso Jean-François Assy - known as a musician with, among others, Alain Bashung, William Sheller of Yann Thiersen - on his atypical cello. The intimate setting of our theater brings Daan closer to the audience and allows him to take the time to share the stories behind his colorful life path and mysterious lyrics, through which the crooner creates a theatrical cabaret full of emotion and ecstasy. Every evening something just a little different happens, because Daan interprets his favorite covers, besides his own repertoire of more than 300 songs, just as gladly and originally as if they were his own children. Piano, guitar, vocals Daan Stuyven | Drums, vibraphone, trumpet, bells, vocals Isolde Lasoen | Cello Jean-François Assy