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The Sound Of The Belgian Underground January & February 2022

E/MOTION Last days: until January 23rd!

MOMU - FASHION MUSEUM ANTWERP | momu.be

FASHION IN TRANSITION

MoMu Late Night Thursday January 13 & 20, until 10PM

4 & Saturday January 15 & 22, until 10PM

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Brussels Touch

27.08.21— 15.05.22 E.R : D. Laurent, rue du Poivre 1, 1000 Bruxelles Graphic design: Bureau Wolewinski

Rue de la Violette 12—1000 Brussels fashionandlacemuseum.brussels

Editor’s note

THE SOUND OF THE BELGIAN UNDERGROUND We all qualify time with different markers. For you, maybe two years is half a bachelor’s degree, the time in which a newborn baby becomes a destructive toddler or the wait for your favourite biannual festival. No matter how we used to see time, we can’t deny that two years feels different to us now. Where were you two years ago? Did you have any idea of what was in store? Or, like many of us, were you blissfully unaware of how dramatically your life, your mentality, and your perspectives were bound to change. So a lot can happen in two years, even more than everything we see on the news. Two years can be enough time to move somewhere completely new or even rediscover the place you have always been, and fall in love with its unmistakable sound, the Sound of the Belgian Underground. words by Dlisah Lapidus Thank you Astrid, Dlisah, Julien, Jonas, Kasper-Jan, Linde, Salome, Dushime, Edouard, Chiara, Eline, Lars, Celina, Simon, Geerten, Joséphine & Leentje. Your editor-in-chief, Herlinde

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Music

Performance

15.01 Belgian Jazz Festival: 07.01 Dissident Ghent, Arca (NTGent) Kamaal Williams + Chelsea Antwerp, De Roma Carmichael Brussels, Flagey 19.01 De Meisje 28.01 Meetsysteem Brussels, Botanique 20.01 Performance: ICE Brussels, KVS 02.02 Steve Gunn 02.02 Farida Amadou

Antwerp, De Studio Antwerp, De Roma

21.01 Solipsist

Ghent, Minnemeers (NTGent)

21.01 Madrigalen

Antwerp, deSingel

05.02 De Beren Gieren Antwerp, De Roma 03 + (something flat, something 04.02 cosmic, something endless) 12.02 Kate NV Brussels, Botanique Brussels, Beursschouwburg 15.02 Brik Tu-Tok + Benjamin 10 + The Bastards Abel & the Unrequired 11.02 Brussels, Beursschouwburg Love Ghent, Handelsbeurs (Democrazy) 12.02 Outwalkers Brussels, KVS 15.02 Asa Moto Leuven, Het Depot 26.02 Categoreez Brussels, KVS 19.02 Piano Days: Maki Namekawa Brussels, Flagey

Expo

27.02 The Sound Of The Belgian Until EURASIA − A Landscape of Underground 23.01 Mutability Antwerp, M HKA Brussels, Ancienne Belgique Until SWIPE RIGHT! Data, 09.01 Dating, Desire Brussels, iMAL

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Until E/MOTION + P.LACE.S 23.01 Antwerp, MoMu Until Fabrice Samyn + Rachel 31.01 Labastie + Aimé Mpane Brussels, KMSK

13 – 22.01.22 BILL FRISELL TRIO & BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC [USBE] JEANPAUL ESTIÉVENART EMMAJEAN THACKRAY

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KAMAAL WILLIAMS [UK] MURIEL GROSSMANN QUARTET [AT] TIMO LASSY & TEPPO MÄKYNEN [FI] DE BEREN GIEREN [BE] JAKOB BRO [DK] CHELSEA CARMICHAEL [UK] ECHT! [BE] & MANY MORE © JOHAN JACOBS

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Until La Vie Matérielle 13.03 Brussels, CENTRALE Until Mira Sanders & Cédric 06.02 Noël - A Voyage into the Moon Brussels, Botanique Until The Mental Masonry Lab - 06.02 The Phenomenal Park Brussels, Botanique Until Alexis Gautier - L’heure de 28.02 la Soupe Leuven, M Leuven Until 10 Years Muller Van 06.03 Severen + connectDING

Ghent, Design Museum Ghent

Until A.J. Lode Janssens - A 27.03 Balloon Home Brussels, CIVA Until POPART van Warhol tot 30.04 Panamarenko Ghent, S.M.A.K.

Film 14.01 Pig 18.01 Bixa Travesty

Antwerp, De Cinema Ghent, KASKcinema

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CAMILLE CAMILLE

02.02

HENRY ROLLINS

02.02

WENDE: ‘DE WILDERNIS’

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THE BONY KINK OF NOWHERE

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EMMA RUTH RUNDLE

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BRIK TU-TOK, BENJAMIN ABEL

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SAINT JHN

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COZIN

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PALACE

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BLACK FLOWER

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ASA MOTO

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BOY PABLO

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TSAR B

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TORRES

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HAYDEN THORPE

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FINK

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NEIL COWLEY

30.03

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CHARLATAN

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DUB FX

DE VOORUIT

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FEDERICO ALBANESE

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SYLVIE KREUSCH

15.04

MESKEREM MEES

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KAINA

CHARLATAN

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COBRA THE IMPALER + HIPPOTRAKTOR

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The Sound Of The Belgian Underground 27 Feb - AB, Brussels

Mainstream comes to you, but you have to go to the underground. (F. Zappa) with Frankie Traandruppel, Kleine Crack, Salome, Knechtjong, Helenah, Azertyklavierwerke, Pega, Dushime, Naomie Klaus, Victor De Roo, Meril Wubslin and more What better way to ring in the new year than with refreshing new music? Put aside your mid-winter blues and enjoy Belgium’s finest underground talent at the fifth edition of The Sound of the Belgian Underground on 30 Jan 2022! Subbacultcha and Ancienne Belgique present a curated lineup of must-see up and coming artists. So if you’ve been getting bored of your same old playlist, or want to 13

party to some alternative music with the Subbacultcha community, you can’t miss out! For ten years, Subbacultcha has been connecting artists with new audiences through their membership, agenda, online editorials, and print magazines. The Sound of the Belgian Underground is one of Subbacultcha’s many approaches to supporting new artists and providing members with a taste of the Belgian underground music scene. #sobu2022 You can enjoy this event for free as a Subbacultcha member. Scan to discover our plans & our special end-of-the-year offer.

Music

I always say that if music was a person I think I would chase them for the rest of my life

Dushime

A creator with many titles, musician, singer, performer, and so much more, Dushime, has a lifelong intimate connection with music. We sat down with her to discuss the spaces in which she exists and draws inspiration from, how she incorporates her past into her current and future work, and the many ways she connects with her audience and herself.

Interview by Dlisah Lapidus, photos shot by Chiara Steemans

When did you start making music, and what have been your greatest influences? I think I have always been ‘doing’ music, and then by the age of 11, I kind of realised I had a voice, and that I love singing. And from there I just started practising more, creating more for myself and just listening more. I always say that if music was a person I think I would chase them for the rest of my life. I grew up with a lot of jazz, a lot of soul music and hip hop too, and then when I was 14 or 15 I got more into rock and indie. For me I was attracted to what music, specifically what the love of music does to somebody, the ways it affects somebody, the power it carries with itself, and how it is this universal language. I know that’s super cheesy but it’s true. Nina Simone was a huge inspiration, she is somebody I really look up to and am a huge fan of. With jazz, the first time I heard ‘Blue Monk’ by Thelonious Monk, that was it for me, and I fell deeper into the genre.

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What are you working on now? I’m planning to finish my EP, which has been really nice because these are songs that I wrote a while ago, or even years ago. Some are new, but most are old songs that I have carried with myself, and they grew more, and are going to continue growing. It is a package that I want to give and liberate myself from so I can start something new. I think my main goal in everything I do is just to understand myself more, which is very therapeutic as well. I want my music to be a healing force. Do I have an end goal? No, I think it is more about becoming content with who I am, understanding myself more as a human being and understanding this life we’re in. Where does your songwriting inspiration come from? These are stories that I’ve lived through, processed and feel ready to let them be expressed for the eyes and ears for whom they are destined to be. My process of writing starts with a melody in my mind, and out of that, come words. Because sometimes, 18

I don’t even have the words for it. There is also a lot of repetition, that’s a big thing for me. I enjoy repetition and layers because I think the more you repeat something, it begins to make more sense and become clearer. What I would like to do is to create a whole dictionary with new words. I want to create this dictionary because sometimes there are no words to describe how I experience certain feelings or events. How do you connect with an audience through your music? I think you have to be honest with yourself. It doesn’t matter what kind of art you make, if there is this honesty, people really resonate with that, and I try to provide that. Sometimes of course I have days when I am not in the mood, but I try to channel that. I also meditate before I perform. I have my own little rituals that I do. Can you tell me about those rituals? I do a prayer. Sometimes I do some meditation. Sometimes I listen to a song, it depends,

I also take a breath for the audience

What are your go-to pre-show songs? ‘I am Light’ by India.Arie. Throughout the song, she

says ‘I am light, I am light.’ That helps. Sometimes I just put on ambient music like William Basinski. What is your happy place? I go for runs and walks sometimes at parks near my place. I just like to walk and see where I end up. I write down street names that I like, I have a whole book filled with street names. I constantly travel with music, even when I am sleeping, I do everything with music. There is always music on. Sometimes I try

I just like to walk and see where I end up

I have a couple of songs I like to hear before I go on stage. Most of the time I just do a prayer. And breathing exercises. It’s just about being focused. I also breathe for the audience. For example, I take a breath for everyone who’s playing with me, and one for the crowd, it makes me feel like at this moment we are together.

Now I am trying to learn to cherish my energ y not to and just listen to the silence between the sounds. But even that is more trying to find the rest in the silence. That sentence always stays with me.‘The silence between the sounds’. Is the stage also a happy place for you? It really is my safe space. I feel like when you are on 22

stage there is so much that you can say or do and it’s all okay in a way? It’s like there are no boundaries. Even my nerves are good nerves most of the time. The beauty of seeing people perform, and performing myself is that you just create this new world in which both the audience and performer live, and there is a sense of

giving and receiving, somewhat healing the audience and healing oneself at the same time, I view the art of performing as a healing process where one can truly come to their purest form. My purpose is to create a space through sound, movement, textures and shapes that generate light to connect one another. How do you balance how much you give as a performer? Now I am trying to learn to cherish my energy as a human first and foremost. It is precious, sometimes you just have to stand still. You can give so much, and not receive anything back, so I am trying to find the balance. Right now

I am figuring out how much I can give. I think when I was younger I gave too much, and sometimes I felt kind of empty afterwards.

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Music

I’d rather be surprised by the risks being taken

Salome

As a focused singer, songwriter and composer, Salome uses music as a method of growth and development, so that she can now return to old chapters, to focus on improving the craft. Salome’s voice and storytelling remain clear and natural amid the electronic or drum and bass sounds present in her music. We sat down to discuss her influences, old and new, her musical process and the transition towards performing in a live setting.

Interview by Dlisah Lapidus, photos by Linde Stevens

layer my voice a lot too, I think because I was somewhat afraid to sing out loud. Right now I’m re-working on a track that I actually released about two years ago. Back then I hadn’t been singing for a while, so when we recorded I sang it so high pitched that I am incapable of singing it properly on stage. So, we re-recorded it and we just reworked the whole thing. For this song, because the sound is so much more electronic than my EP, we have to use autotune, because it allows the topline to merge into the music.

I feel really conte doing right now nt with what I'm because it feels o rganic

How has your style changed since you started making music? When I started making music, it was mostly no-drum music. I don’t produce, I focus on the singing and the writing of the music, and I help with composing. Eventually, I managed to develop what I wanted to be doing lyrically, and Dviance, who I’m currently working with, joined the project. By that point our desire to implement drum effects on the music became unavoidable, and now we have made our first EP, which is very drum and bass influenced, very electronic. We definitely started leaning towards very shoegaze sounds, but there is almost no treatment on the voice; we try to keep it as natural as possible. It kind of balances it out. Is keeping your voice natural an important part of your sound? At first, when I was experimenting, I didn’t really know what I was doing, and I added autotune and effects because that’s what was cool. I would 27

You have begun to perform more recently, has this changed your music in any ways? When I started playing, I was singing slow music, but I decided that I don’t want people to see my set and cry thinking of their problems, I want them to be happy, which does influence the music we want to make and perform. I don’t like to listen to sad music, so why would I want to make sad music?

After adding the drum and bass, we also decided to include the guitar, played by Dviance, who is classically trained. He also has a lot of experience playing live, so it’s really great that he can take care of the technical side when we perform. Just being on stage with him, because we both enjoy it so much, feels so nice. I love that I am doing it for myself as much as I am doing it for him. I also insist that we are at the same level on the stage, either I am on the left and he is on the right or the other way around. I think it’s more entertaining for the audience to watch that as well because we have good chemistry, he is my best friend. It's so nice to give another dimension to the music, even for me, and it’s very simple, but having a real instrument on stage is baffling for everyone. Is it helpful to work with someone who does different things than you? I don’t produce per se, but I am always there for the mixing and the mastering, even if my role is just a support system. But, my job is to be a good singer and to propose lyrics 28

that make sense and are relatable. Sometimes I have this sort of imposter syndrome about not producing, but there would be no point for me to actually produce because I am working with one of the most genius people I have ever met. Also, I find it better to collaborate because there’s never any underlying ego issues, because we both do what we know how to do, and we can help one another without having the knowledge. If I’m stuck on a topline, sometimes he can come, and although he’s not a singer, he sometimes gives advice that I might never have thought about in that way. The same goes the other way around, and I might say I want the bass to be one way, a way he hadn’t thought of. We move faster this way. What kind of music influenced your style and taste? Growing up, I was lucky that my father introduced me to non-french singing music, so I never listened to French music. I learned English through song lyrics, which must have influenced my music because

in the art of rap for a while, so they are still discovering their singing voice, which is super nice to see; it breeds so much creativity. What is your lyrical process? I try not to write about romantic love stories. It doesn’t bring anything to the table for me. Of course, I am influenced by my own life, but I try to write music that has a moral to the story. It’s about trying to close a chapter, of an embarrassing moment or a frustrating relationship. If I can write a track, I can almost close that chapter and move on. I also always want to bring both sides to the story, rather than just throwing blame around. I have always sang about very specific moments, but looking back, most of the tracks could be directed at many different people or things that have happened. For me, lyricism is a big part of the music itself. I think toplines are very important, and artists can either

They are still discovering their singing voice, which is super nice to see; it breeds so much creativity

now I also sing in English. It does kind of feel like the musical language for me, and a way to access so much information. Although I knew so many different bands and types of music, I was a bit of an indie head growing up. The first song I downloaded on my MP3 was ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ by the Arctic Monkeys. On the other hand, I was obsessed with R&B, specifically Rihanna and Mariah Carey. I downloaded Mariah Carey’s entire discography. When I moved out of France, when I was 19 years old, that is when I started being interested in French lyrics. Maybe it was nostalgia from being away from home, but I became super interested in it, especially the underground rap scene that was going on at the time. From the moment men started singing I was like ‘we’re onto something.’ Men were rapping and really exceeding 30

choose easy ones or make them challenging. Often, when I listen to music, I am a bit underwhelmed by the toplines because just by listening to the song somewhat attentively, I can often come to the same conclusion as the artist. I’d rather be surprised by the toplines and the melodies and the risks being taken.

to be consistent. I put in the work, so now I am confident about it. I feel really content with what I’m doing right now because it feels organic. One good event brings another good event; I think that’s how things are supposed to go.

You seem to appreciate things fitting together in the right way, is this a part of your artistry? When I think about it, a lot of people want to be artists, a lot of people want to make music, but only a few people want to put in the work. If you analyze how people around you are working, it’s not that hard, you just need

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Art

On functionality, facades and fresh starts

Edouard Devriendt

As an artist who paints and designs furniture, Edouard Devriendt is constantly navigating his position in relation to those two different mediums. We met up in his studio in Ghent, where he’s preparing for a fresh start. We drank coffee, ate bananas and talked about his previous exhibition, the |vormen| collective and the painting he made for our End-of-the-year campaign.

Interview by Eline Cremers, photos by Lars Duchateau

What have you been up to lately? A year and a half ago I started to paint and, six months later, I got the idea of doing an exhibition [note: Edouard Devriendt toont] in memory of my father, who passed away four years ago. So I’ve been working on that all year, up until two weeks ago. Now I’ve been preparing my studio for a fresh start. This week I made three paintings, so I’m happy that my productivity is higher than before and that I’ll be able to experiment more - that’s also why I painted that pony.

oldest son passed away. I wanted to share this with her, but I could also feel that she was overwhelmed. Now I feel free, because it’s as if I was able to prove myself. That’s a powerful feeling. I haven’t experienced that often, especially not in this medium. The work I do when designing furniture is way more planned, while what I paint depends on how I feel at that moment. So you see both mediums as something separate? When I focus on furniture, I only focus on furniture. That’s also the case with painting. Eventually the idea would be to bring the two together, but I don’t want to push it too much.

How can a vase disappear and just show you the flowers?

Why a pony? When passing by a house, you often see children’s stickers on the windows, which I think is very beautiful. Here, the curtains turn the pony sticker into something like a bull with a pony body. How did the exhibition make you feel? I was excited to show my work. I gave a preview to my family, and my grandparents, who are both over 90, also showed up. It was special to have them there. It has been very difficult for my grandmother since her 34

Could you tell us a bit more about how you started your furniture makers collective, |vormen|? In my first year of architecture I wanted to design a lamp. My father told me to ask my cousins Emile and Leon for help, and apparently they were already toying with the idea of starting a design company.

How does your collaboration work? We’re family and I think, as with any family business, it has its strengths and weaknesses. But in the end we enjoy making things together. Does functionality play an important role in your designs? Yes, it’s very important. Everything definitely needs to have a function. This is for example one of |vormen|’s designs. It has the function of a fruit bowl, but we still try to play with the design. First we wanted to create a drapery like in old paintings, but that looked too kitsch. By creating these separate balls it suddenly became exciting.

Speaking of fruit and pans, a lot of your paintings seem to focus on everyday objects. Why? Because of COVID, I finally had all this time to look for something besides what I was already doing, but I wasn’t doing anything. Then I started painting. The only place you could go to was the grocery store. So, that’s where I went and that’s how I started. I looked for things that I thought were fun, but those objects were also often linked to a childhood memory like a ‘mariasnoepje’ [Maria candy]. After a while, I wanted to move further. The question for me now is, what does it mean for something to be beautiful? Why does it touch me? What does that say about me? But that search goes much deeper. I’m barely just starting to investigate that.

Windows are special barriers. They seem to show you what happens on the other side, but they also hide it

I really liked the ‘pedestals’ that you created for fruit, flowers, pots and pans, etc. How did you come up with this idea? It was a focus on smaller everyday objects. We asked ourselves: what do these objects need? How can we make an object that supports these objects without drawing attention to itself? How can a vase disappear and just show you the flowers? 36

Could you tell us more about the work you’ve made for Subbacultcha? Everything in the exhibition was based on a facade or a sort of reflection. While I’m walking on the street or sitting on a train, I’m fascinated when I can sense

another world behind a wall or window. And windows are special barriers. They seem to show you what happens on the other side, but they also hide it. They only show you what the people living there are willing to show. A pony in this case. [smiles]

What I paint depends on how I feel at that moment

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Pronouns he Age 19 Zodiac sign lobster Instagram @smn_brynrt Location Brussels Subbacultcha member since Sep 2021

Tell us, what do you do in life? Making things. I’m studying free arts at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and this is in line with my day-today interest and fascination. I am a driven and passionate worker and I love nothing more than being busy with all kinds of things. By working I mean making sculptures, drawings, films, photos, T-shirts, stickers, logos, covers, edits, performance, and lately books. The visual is a way of thinking and processing, giving expressions to the daily impressions and the context in which I (we) live. But I also enjoy making food for people I love and making beautiful walks and bike rides. What do you like most about your hometown? My parents are divorced and I have a studio in Brussels. This means that I usually have three places to live during the week: Brussels (kot), Ternat (mother) and Denderleeuw (father). The nomadic life is difficult and busy but it offers me a lot of diversity in conversations and atmospheres. With my parents I reflect differently each time on the works I made past weeks, they are equal sources of inspiration and peace. Denderleeuw is the perfect place to reflect on my work with my father, Ternat is absolutely beautiful for a walk in the countryside, and I haven’t even started with Brussels. I have been living in Brussels for 1,5 years now with my two best friends. Brussels offers me the diversity and roughness that I need as a young adult. The city’s grandeur fascinates me greatly and I feel at home there to indulge and explore. What is your favorite pastime? It’s such an arsenal of things that interact, but if I really have to 42

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choose I might have to pick the one I’ve already done the most in my life and that’s drawing. Nothing better than you, your stilo (or whatever) and your book (or whatever). Drawing lines and making shapes through a simple hand movement. It is also always the medium that connects my different works. It is so pure, and offers me many insights about myself and my work. If you could become famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? Someone who makes people laugh. By playing the fool once in a while, the laugh automatically appears on the other person and actually in yourself. But for this I don’t have to be famous. Have you recently regretted anything? Every day I regret something, but that’s okay, tomorrow is another day. But yes, lately I have regretted not telling my feelings to others. Even though I’m pretty open and it doesn’t normally bother me that much. It’s stuck. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? A.J. Lode Janssens - A Balloon Home at CIVA. It fascinates me because Janssens has isolated himself from society, something that actually suited me quite well in the first and heaviest lockdown. The pure concentration, fascination, drive, power, emotions, rhythms, … everything is very intense when you embrace that situation. I read that he is also interested in architecture and that always appeals to me. My work starts from different concepts, but architecture will always be connected to it in very different ways. 45

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Pronouns she/her Age 25 Zodiac sign Gemini Instagram @celinavleugels Location Brussels Subbacultcha member since Last year

Tell us, what do you do in life? I graduated in September from a Masters in Textile Design (after a Masters in Painting), and now I’m making felt paintings. These are a patchwork combining many different fabrics combined with embroidery, wool and dry felt. Besides my art practice I work part-time in Copyright Ghent! I love to get daily inspiration from new books and artists! What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I make a playlist every month, where all kinds of findings come together. Everyday I’m in a different mood so it’s a mix and match from all kinds of genres: At the moment I’m listening to the old albums of Radiohead, the new album of Ross From Friends and a lot of Eefje de Visser! Any guilty pleasures? Yeah, I’ve got lots of guilty pleasures! 47

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What I usually do daily is to dance and sing very loudly to very bad pop-songs with no shame! It is really good to let yourself be ugly and real haha. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Looking forward to the Meetsystem concert on 28/01!! And also the exhibition of Alexis Gautier, which is still going on till march! Who do you wanna give credits to? I want to give credits to my best friend Charlotte Verbiest!! She is always there for me, and is also a talented photographer! You should check out her work too!

GEERTEN STUMPEL

Pronouns she/her Age 23 Zodiac sign Aquarius Instagram @geerton Location Amsterdam Subbacultcha member since August, because a friend was playing Different Class at KASK

Tell us, what do you do in life? I’m a theatre director, writer and teacher. I direct and write performances that often centre around intimate and queer themes. What do you like best about your place? Honestly my roommate is my favourite thing about my place. But we also have a little balcony where the sun shines in the morning. In Summer, having my coffee there is my second favourite thing. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? This year I got really into Afrobeats. WestAfrican music, mostly from Nigeria and Ghana. But I’m also still putting James Blake, Noname and the Velvet Underground on repeat. 51

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What’s your favourite pastime? Dancing and laughing with friends until the sun comes up. Any guilty pleasures? Biting my nails. Talking about not smoking while having a cigarette. Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchkova’s web show called Unnnnhh. If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? In another life, I would’ve loved to be the next Esther Perel. Known worldwide for being really fucking smart and helping others with their lovelife. In this life I’d want to be the kind of celebrity that’s well-known with people in the same field, but isn’t recognised on the street. It’d be awesome to be on the inspiration mood boards of future theatre students. Have you experienced any regrets recently? Not asking the question: is this a date?

JOSÉPHINE ZITA JADOT

Pronouns she/her Age 21 Zodiac sign Sagittarius Instagram @josephinezitajadot Location Brussels Subbacultcha member since this year

Tell us, what do you do in life? I work around pleasure, daily routines and self-intimacy online through different kinds of media such as: sculpture, video, installation, drawing, text. I just finished a one-year program in Autonomous Design at Kask in Gent, after 3 years of Illustration in Brussels at Erg.

What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? Lately I have been listening to ‘février droppéé dans la brume’, a mix from seely_sangl on Soundcloud who’s part of a Brussels-based music collective called @m1cr0ch1ps. What’s the first record you bought? NRJ HITS compilation of 2008. Any guilty pleasures? Personal pleasures: taking selfies in bathrooms, collecting gums, lipstick as eyeshadow, cute pastries, smelling perfume on other people, honey eggplants in the oven, touching soft fabrics in stores, observing how people apply nail polish.

If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? I would wear hot couture outfits and hold hands with my fans.

Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? I am planning on seeing Maki Namekawa in February, very excited to listen to her performance. Who do you wanna give credits to? People writing about their feelings on online blogs.

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LEENTJE BRANDS

Age 42 Zodiac sign virgo Instagram @leentje_brands Location Ghent Subbacultcha member since 2019

Tell us, what do you do in life? I’m a photographer and teacher at the Academy of the arts in Kortrijk. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? Boy Harsher, Lebanon Hanover, The KVB, The Soft Moon, DIIV, … What’s the first record you bought? I think it was an album by Anne Clark, Hopeless Cases. What’s your favourite pastime? I just like to take my bike and go for a ride without any plan or destination (preferably to discover new places and inspiration for my work) ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there’. Any guilty pleasures? I collect a lot of useless objects. If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? Mmm… difficult question, maybe be a muse for a director, like Gena Rowlands was for John Cassavetes, I believe they were each other’s muse (and husband and wife). Have you experienced any regrets recently? Having no good work-life balance, I have to detox from all the screens and apps. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Madrigalen at deSingel on 21 January.

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