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is a house for and from musicians. We transform sounds from the belly of the city into a unique musical universe.
In close collaboration with enthusiastic artists coming from the most different horizons we manufacture the creative elements in order to form bands, events and educational processes.

Our acoustic universe is closely linked to that of the steaming capital: sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes beautiful, sometimes ugly. Never smooth. Always exciting.

Moving music
Music that moves

News

28 January > Enzyme is getting ready for the Zinnekeparade!

Bagadski & les Forges de Krakeb

Brussels will be going mad on the 22th of May! That's the day that the Zinnekeparade rolls thrue the capital with a number of 'zinnodes'. MET-X will be there too, with its 2 zinnodes 'Potironsoep' and 'Enzyme'. To get a preview of Enzyme, just check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCEyP1_0YX0

19 January > MET-X invites you to an afternoon with plenty of music: ME(e)T-X!

Do you love music? Hou je van muziek? Tu aimes bien la musique? Te gusta la mùsica?
Welcome! Bienvenu! Welkom! Bienvenidos!

MET-X invites you to its open day! Free workshops with horns and percussions will keep up the pace… Bring your instrument and join in, or just come around for a drink or a snack on the 14th of February! The workshops start at 14.00h!

Place to be: VK* De Vaartkapoen, Schoolstraat 76, 1080 Brussel
More info? Via met-x@met-x.be of 02 218 70 52

04 January > Brassafrik prepares its first album!

Brassafrik

During the month of April, the percussion and brassgrooves of Brassafrik will be omnipresent! The group will proudly present its first album and this - we promis- shall be heard!

21 December > MET-X thanks you...

...for all the good moments of 2009!
The entire team and all the music makers of MET-X wish you all the best for 2010!

02 December > Marockin' Brass on Myspace!

Marockin'Brass

From now on you can check out more music and pictures of Marockin' Brass on their brand new myspace! The place to be: www.myspace.com/marockinbrass

12 November > MET-X starts to sing: VoiXlà!

A unique vocal project where words, colours and sounds are mixed into a world language with a rhythmic syntax. Voices and melodies stimulate the imagination and reflect a universal and bordercrossing energy. An idiosyncratic repertoire arises with adept and driven singers who dare to colour outside the lines, both vocal or together with other singers, as an original patchwork.

Compound rythms, casual melodies and haunting grooves. Onomatopoeia and sounds who refer to ‘here’ and ‘elswhere’. Dreaming is allowed, experimenting is a must…

11 November > Come and join ReMork, the Brass section of MET-X!

Remork

After the premiere of Koersparcours during BRXL BRAVO and a concert with Bagadski during ‘Ballet Inyange’,ReMork has very well started. People interested in joining our MET-X section of brass players are still welcome!

The data for the rehearsals for 2010:

January 06/01, 20/01; February 03/02, 24/02; March 03/03, 17/03; April 21/04, 28/04; May 05/05, 08/05: Soumonce Molenbeek, 12/05, 19/05, 22/05: Zinneke Parade; June 09/06, 23/06

For more information 02 218 70 52

10 November > Premiere of Ghiwanyat Orchestra 14 th of November in 'Zuiderpershuis' (Antwerp)

Ghiwaniyat Orchestra

The ‘Ghiwanyat’ movement started out in the 70' in Morocco. Bands such as Jil Jilala and Ness El Ghiwane caused a rage with critical lyrics on a new kind of popular music.

The Ghiwanyat Orchestra project is a meeting point of musicians with different musical backgrounds that get together and bring an ode to the the Ghiwanyat movement. They bring an interpretation of the original music and add new flavours. The original melodies, originally sung by voices, remains recognisable in the cord section. The horns improvise, add new melodies and rhythms.

02 November > A great first WOMEX for MET-X!

Last week, MET-X-ians Jo Zanders (co-artistic director) and Sara Moonen (communications) went to WOMEX -the worlds biggest world music exposition- to represent MET-X. The expo took place in Copenhagen, a city that became the center of the music world for a while. The focus was put on Marockin' Brass and Brassafrik who's musicians can hardly wait to hit the international scene! To be continued...

28 October > DiasphoraSounds on 29/10 with Noujoum Bruxelles & Laurent Blondiau!

Diasphora

DiasphoraSounds, the series of concerts around non-occidental traditional music, focuses on hidden musicians ever since Beursschouwburg and MET-X started with the project in 2008. Brussels is a melting pot of ethnic groups coming from all corners of the world, that very often don't come out with their traditional music. The Diasphora project gives these ensembles the opportunity to get a broader attention for their talents and to be appreciated for it beyond their common social environment.

Free entry for the concerts!

More info: www.beursschouwburg.be