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Erik Bogaerts
Gave masterclass at dance company ROSAS for the creation ' A Love Supreme' by Salva Sanchis and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
played with theater company tGSTAN (OOGST)
Awards
young jazz talent Ghent 2009 with Bender banjax
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Mephiti: Mephiti
by Mark Sullivan
Belgian alto saxophonist Erik Bogaerts leads Mephiti, a strings-heavy band with a light touch. The strings are Ruben Machtelinckx (electric guitar), Bert Cools (acoustic/electric guitar, electric guitar, and synthesizer), Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė ( kanklės: Lithuanian plucked box zither) and Brice Soniano (double bass). Stijn Cools completes the group on drums. Shilly" opens the album with a pensive alto-saxophone melody over a double-bass countermelody, the string section providing a rich texture of arpeggiated chords. Hymne I" provides immediate contrast with ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson