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ABOUT


︎It’s quite incredible what a mutual love for Moondog, Jim O’ Rourke, French chamber music from the 19th century can amount to these days. As a result, Brussels’ adventurous Under The Reefs Orchestra have become a bombshell affair. One second their music sounds like some otherworldly prog jazz incursion, the next, their music dissolves into a hypnotic ambience. They also have an uncanny nose for catchy, cinematic melodies that sound like they could come from a vintage spy thriller.

Under the Reefs Orchestra is comprised of guitarist Clément Nourry, saxophonist Marti Melia and drummer Jakob Warmenbol – as a trio they somehow manage to live up to the ‘orchestra’ part of the equation, managing to sound way bigger and texturally rich than the sum of their parts. Under The Reefs Orchestra’s music isn’t a social commentary, but more a freewheeling escape – dropping terms like ‘divine’ and ‘apocalyptic’ in the same sentence should tell you a thing about the fabulist ways these guys sweep listeners off their feet.

Sometimes the trio sounds harsh and treacherous, like vast clusters of volcanic rock, but their music can be equally weightless and open, as if floating in a body of water over a lagoon. But there’s always something hot simmering beneath the surface, about to burst through. 
︎Post Rock , Post Jazz, Experimental

︎For those who like :
Moondog, Comet is coming, Yonatan Gat, ADHD, Kamasi Washington,  E. Morricone, Talk Talk (Spirit of Eden), Ryuishi Sakamoto, …

Sakurajima (Album)
September 23rd 2022

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Sakurajima (Single)
Aprl 28th 2022

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Under The Reefs Orchestre (LP)
June 5th 2020
LP/CD/DL HERE


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Sumo (2019)

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Tucuman (2019)

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UPCOMING SHOWS


08/02 Chouette Festival (Bruxelles Be)
19/03 Leuven Jazz Festival (Leuven, Be)




︎PAST SHOWS
2024
Festival Music City Hall (Bruxelles, Be)
Festival EJC 2024 (Gand, Be)
Illegal / Capitane Night (Bruxelles, Be)

2023
La boule Noire/ Capitane Night (Paris, Fr)
Superfourchette (Brussels, Be) w/ DiP
Trefpunkt (Gent, Be) w/ Kameel
Jazz à Liège / Reflektor (Liege, Be) w/ Echt! & Beesau
Brosella Festival (Bruxelles, Be)
De Muze (Antwerpen, Be)
Free House (Bruxelles, be)
Kulturfabrik (Esch / Alzette, Lu)

2022
Maison des musiques (Bruxelles, Be)
AMOR (Antwerpen, Be)
FDM (Visé, Be)
Microfestival (Liège, Be)
Jazz in 't Park (Gand, Be)
Botanique (Brussels,Be)
De casino w/ Dans Dans (St Niklaas,Be)
Festival Usina 22 (Dudelange, Lu)
Aralunaires (Arlon, Be)
Volta (Bruxelles, Be)
KfK (Bruxelles,Be)
Roma (Anvers, Be)
 
2021

CC Chiroux (annulé)
Le Periscope (Lyon, Fr)
La Bobine (Grenoble,Fr)
Atelier 210 (Bruxelles, Be)
Kulturfabriek (Esch-sur-alzette, Lu)
Footprints (Gand, Be)
Bucolique Ferrières (Ferrières, Be)
Fête de la musique Woluwe (Bruxelles, Be)
EUROSONIC (Live Stream)

2020

Botanique (Live Stream)
Bamp (Bruxelles, Be) SOLD OUT
Eden (Charleroi, Be)
La Marbrerie (Paris, FR)
Nuits Botanique (Bruxelles, Be)
Blikfabriek (Antwerp, Be)
La grange (Casteau, Be

2019

An Vert (Luik, Be) w/ l'Oeil Collectif
KultKom (Eupen, Be)
Festival Propulse (Brussels, Be)
Festival Les Tombées de la Nuit (Rennes, Fr)
Ramd'Âm (Namur, Be)
La Verrerie (Braine le Comte, Be)
Het Bos (Antwerpen, Be)
Maison de la culture(Namur, Be)
Le Chaff (Bruxelles, Be)
Maison des musiques (Bruxelles, Be)

2018

Botanique (Brussels, Be) Propulse Festival
Café Central (Brussels,Be)
Volta (Brussels, Be) w/ Great Mountain Fire
Het Bos (Antwerpen, Be) w/ Esmerine
Brass (Brussels, Be) w/ Selen Peacock
Festival "The Nest" (Brussels, Be)

2017
Walvis (Brussels, Be)
Festival Nuits Botaniques (Brussels, Be) w/ Esmerine



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