Aka Moon

In 2022, Aka Moon celebrates thirty years of explorations, travels, scenes and meetings. The new album "Quality of Joy" (January 27th 2023, Outhere Instinct Collection) embodies the number of harmony, idealism and company: this is their twenty-fourth recording. When travel and concerts were no longer possible due to the recent pandemic, Fabrizio Cassol embarked on an inner exploration in search of the ‘memory bubbles’ scattered in his head from all his past musical experiences. It’s a subtle work, focused on the emotions linked to these intonations, the paths and the melodic and harmonic doors they open. Thanks to the 14 international guest musicians, the line-up of the album is made up of a permanent base of harmonic instruments in addition to the trio (accordion, guitars, cello) and guests on some tracks (trumpet, voice, brass ensemble). Since their debut in 1992, it has been hard to imagine the Belgian jazz scene without the innovative Aka Moon. Their refreshing approach to jazz gives the trio a highly distinctive sound. Aka Moon’s focus has shifted towards various different African, Indian, Maghrebian, Cuban, Arab, Afro-American and European traditions starting from their very first encounter with the Aka Pygmies. The unique place Aka Moon occupies in todays music scene is down to the fact that they, independent of any particular trends, combine art with inspired musical craftsmanship. Aka Moon juggles with polyrhythms and polyphonies like mad DJ’s.