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- February 23, 2024 EL GARAJE DE FRANK
entrevista a Jean-Marie (DDDJMX – TC Matic)
por François Zappa
- ON TOUR now ! EXIT ABOVE – after the tempest
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker ‘s Rosas production
Music: Jean-Marie Aerts, Meskerem Mees, Carlos Garbin
(Brussels May 31, 2023 world premiere)
- November 20, 2023 (+ review March 8, 2024)
DDDJMX EP release “23”
4 new tracks + pre DDDJMX recording “Wow Ze Wow”
clubbin’ WOW ZE WOW video by Walter Verdin
- JEAN-MARIE AERTS (JMX) @ Het Depot, Leuven
pop-up photos on musician page
Friday, September 15, 2023
bedankt! merci! thanks for being there!
- October 10, 2022 HUMO review “domeztik” (see media releases)
- May 25, 2021 J-M 70 VI.BE
- BELPOP HELDEN – Absynthe Minded eert Jean-Marie Aerts –
“Hij heeft al veel betekend in de Belgische muziekscene”
video on Facebook
discography
producer
As a producer Jean-Marie knows that a studio is an instrument you can deal with in a refreshing way. He knows how a good song works and how you can create your own ‘sound’. He knows that music constantly changes but he also knows that certain basic rules are permanent. Eclecticism has made him into one of the most innovative producers to come out of Belgium to date.
JMA ́s wide range of adventurous experiences include a.o.: T.C. Matic, Arno, The Neon Judgement, Urban Dance Squad, Jo lemaire, Luc Van Acker, Big Bill, Arbeid Adelt!, Kurt V.E., Elisa Waut, Babylon Fighters, La Fille d ́Ernest, Odieu, Tom Wolf, Ashbury Faith, Junkfish, Cobraz, Stricktly Rockers, El Fish, Kris De Bruyne, Gorki, J.D. Circo, Piet Vandeveire, Victoria Tibblin, Mira, Absynthe Minded, Melting Time, Le Grand Bateau, Raymond van het Groenewoud, JMX…
producer
musician
Starting off as a hard-edged guitarist (Split, RvhG, Johan Verminnen), he fully disclosed his wizardry on the strings as a member of T.C. Matic, the Belgian band that astonished both the public and the critics all over the continent.
All kinds of musical activities followed; invitations, sessions, cooperations or gigs w/ DDDJMX, Ostyn, Arno, Philippe Léotard, BJ Scott, Seven Dub, Specimen & the Rizikoos, Alain Bashung, Mark Ritsema, Kaz Lux, JMX, Tone Clusters, The Messieurs Blues, Blaute-Aerts-Melaerts,…
Co-writing/arranging; Femme Femme, Putain Putain, Elle adore le Noir, Bathroom Singer, Funky You’re Not, Jive to the Beat, China Jon, Love goes Stumbling, Yep, Tristesza, Tikisong, 2’s & 2’s, Light Years, Hawaiian Dub, Thanx to Soca, Pray for Rain, Here’s Ruby, Scarlett, One Track, Cab, Inédit, Automatic, La Valse de la Vie and many more…
photos: W. Mattelin, J. Vergauwe, D. Willems
about
Once the North Sea Channel was a symbol for good fishermanship, strength and purity. That was in 1951, when Jean-Marie Aerts was born in Zeebrugge on the Belgian seaside. At the age of 17 he learned to play the guitar and decided to move first to Ghent and then to Brussels where soon he was welcomed as “the new kid in town”. Step by step he gained widespread acclaim and a rock-solid reputation as a musician, writer/arranger and studio-producer.
His dertermined quest for whatever is new drove him to explore an endless variety of bands and acts. Without any hurry, Jean-Marie had been tinkering and constructing his ‘own’ project for a while. He set up JMX in 1994. The home recordings and gigs (so far) made for a very personal creative process, resulting in a surprising number of new tracks. Skill and technology are both reflected in Jean-Marie ́s today’s work.
…there’s some serious talent at play here… (UK – Muzik)
photo: Danny Willems