RELEASES 2008 :

j029 - Pierre Van Dormael & Hervé Samb - "Solos/Duos"

j028 - Antoine Prawerman - "Troposphere"

j027 - j027 - Peter Hertmans 4tet

RELEASES 2007 :

j026 - Charles Loos - Steve Houben & Quatuor Thaïs

j025 - Françoise Derissen - Carla Van Effeltaire

j024 - Alain Pierre & Steve Houben - "Dolce Divertimento"

RELEASES 2006 :

j023 - Gilles Repond 4tet- "Lost"

j022 - Véronique Bizet / Bert van den Brink - "Quiet hearts"

j021 - Premier cd de "ALIEN BITSIZE"

j020 - Erwin Vann, Peter Hermans, Nic Thys + BILLY HART! "Stone Sculpture"
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j019 - Phil Abraham + saqueboutes

f010 - Gaquere / Martins

RELEASES 2005 :

RELEASES 2004 :

Musician of many talents, composer and guitarist Pierre Van Dormael (may 24, 1952 - Sept. 03 2008), has been an essential figure of the Belgian Jazz scene, and had a significant influence on several generations of musicians. This album, carefully prepared, recorded and mixed by himself shows a side of his talent rarely heard on CD : an intimate and acoustic album alternating solo pieces and duo with Senegalese guitarist Herve Samb. The repertoire is made of personal compositions, chosen standards, and covers of the years 70’.

African percussion cooked Bruxelles sauce. Harmonies mixed sweet way. Multicolored kind of jazz.
Acoustic sound, intense music ..
This project celebrates the meeting with Malian culture and the friendship with Malian percussionist Sidiki Camara.

The music on this CD is the result of two years of playing with my quartet. Daniel, Theo and Lionel are stimulating musicians who pushed me to rethink my way of composing.

This compilation (2cds) celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Belgian independent label Mogno Music. You will find tracks from almost every album released by us between 1997 & 2007, that means 2h30 of musical substance that could positively affect your brain!
Don’t hesitate to buy the cds of the artists you like or to see them live.
(Remember that the production costs are supposedly paid by the sales of the cds, so try not to make copies…thanks!)

Steve Houben and Charles Loos have been playing together for over 30 years.
Their preference has always gone to being original: as a duo (in which Charles sometimes plays the church organ), or as a trio with Maurane (making the famous HLM trio)...
On this album, they perform with the sublime string quartet, Thaïs, in a repertoire composed and orchestrated entirely by Charles Loos.

Françoise and Carla, who have written all compositions on this CD, enjoy mixing styles, influences and rhythms.
Their own personal style has its roots in their common classical music training. Their project? A poem, a tribute, an urge to move, a story directly inspired by life.

A repertoire of original compositions of guitarist Alain Pierre who creates on the twinkling harmonies of the 12-string and classical guitars, with Steve Houben very inspired on flute and sax, a subtle, rich and sparkling acoustic universe.

Gilles Repond, trombone player from Switzerland, writes a modern jazz anchored in Afro-American music, and gives us an original repertoire played with a lot of contrasts by his belgian 4tet : the perfect balance between the respect of tradition and the neverending creativity of jazz musicians!

Instant improvisations by the two talented jazz pianists Véronique Bizet and Bert Van den brink, inspired by classical and contemporary music.

Solid jazz trio meeting up with two turntable artists, exchanging jazz themes & original compositions and creating instant-free melodies.
Brought together on a live-recorded studio album, spiced up with electronica and special guest performances.
“If it sounds good, it’s good music.”

It was my dream to make a record with Erwin Vann. We talked about doing so in New York and thought it a wonderful idea to contact a master drummer we both admired since years, the great Billy Hart. Nicolas Thys, the exquisite Belgian bass player living in New York, was the obvious choice to complete the project.
Peter Hertmans

"Tempo Feliz is a great recording, bare, sober, incisive, full of life and rhythm. An original duo formed of a Belgian guitarist and a Brazilian percussionist. The material is written and arranged by contemporary Brazilian guitarists and composers (Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira). Also to be found, music from Baden Powell and Luís Bonfá arranged by the great Sérgio Assad. Boris Gaquere also proposes his own music imbued with the colours of Brazil. There is in Boris a marvelous control of the guitar, a beautiful essential rhythmic sprightliness for this demanding repertoire. He finds in Renato Martins, straight out of São Paulo, an ideal partner for these melodies.”
Philip Catherine

This cd is the result of a fantastic meeting between two teachers in the summer workshop of La Musique des Cuivres in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (France). Stéphane Legee (baroque music teacher) and Phil Abraham (jazz teacher) decided to work together for a concert, a unique event in this festival, mixing the two wide fields of those two musical streams.

New collection : X - "X-perimental and new music" - Unique musical x-periences... don't hesitate to x-plore it!

Inspired and impressionist music based on different electronic effects applied to real instruments. The sounds are manipulated while the musicians are playing and mixed with the original sounds.