HONEY

HONEY IS COMPRISED OF LUKAS SOMERS (YONG YELLO, SOLAK, OTTO KINTET), GERBEN BRYS ON BASS (CRAZY MEN, OTTLA, MOONBOAT), AND OLIVIER PENU (KEL ASSOUF, CALICOS, BANDLER CHING, ADJA). THIS INSTRUMENTAL TRIO FORMED FROM A LONG-STANDING CONNECTION AS A RHYTHM SECTION FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. GROOVE, SIMPLE MELODIES, AND A RICH PALETTE OF SOUNDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THEIR MUSICAL LANGUAGE. THE COMPOSITIONS, WHICH ARE COLLECTIVELY CREATED THROUGH JAMS, ARE INFLUENCED BY FUNK, SOUL, JAZZ, AND GOSPEL: AL GREEN MEETS D’ANGELO MEETS AHMAD JAMAL. THEY HAVE FINISHED A FIRST EP WITH 5 SONGS, RECORDED AND MIXED BY PETER DESMEDT AT STUDIO LEDEBERG. FOR THIS, THEY ALSO COLLABORATED WITH AMERICAN HAMMOND PLAYER JAKE SHERMAN (KNOWN FROM MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, ANDREW BIRD, BILAL) AND WOUT GOORIS ON CP-70, PIANO, AND SYNTHS. A FIRST SINGLE “BOSSA DOLCE” WAS RELEASED ON 15TH OF MARCH, AND GOT A WARM WELCOME. A SECOND EP IS SET TO BE RELEASED LATE 2025 WITH GUESTS JOZEF DUMOULIN (FENDER RHODES & PIANO) AND PERCUSSIONIST SEP FRANÇOIS.
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