Yamen Martini is a trumpet player and composer whose music blends eastern and western music across genres such as jazz, oriental “maqam”, Balkan, and experimental music.
Ashtabiez: Expressions
Following an extensive exchange of ideas, rehearsing and recording, a new project is born: please meet Ashtabiez! Our first single, Expressions was released in May 2023.
Ashtabiez is Victor Khaddaj, Mehrad Hezarkhani, Kuan Yu Chen, Thomas Decock, and Yamen Martini. Bringing together five distinctive musical voices through the compositions of Yamen Martini, the quintet builds on an oriental, classical and jazz background while fusing groovy rhythms with spiced chords, shaping it into a truly borderless endeavour.
Artwork by Catarina Santos
Produced by Yamen Martini at Studio666
Mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering
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Doesn't matter
Coming from the middle east
Syria
Sixteen Day Trip
Events in 2024
Jan 14
3’Ain at Leietheater
Deinze, Belgium
Jan 19
3’Ain at Grignoux
Liège, Belgium
Jan 25
3’Ain Showcase private concert
Brussels, Belgium
Jan 28
Cinemaximiliaan - Silent Films
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Feb 3
Ashtabiez at Chambres d’O
Ostend, Belgium
Feb 9
Dreun XL at We Rea Open Festival
Antwerpen, Belgium
Feb 13
Ensoriades Ensemble
MuZee, Ostend, Belgium
Feb 15
Ensoriades Ensemble
MuZee, Ostend, Belgium
Mar 3
Ensoriades Ensemble
MuZee, Ostend, Belgium
Mar 13
Ensoriades Ensemble
MuZee, Ostend, Belgium
Mar 14
Ensoriades Ensemble
MuZee, Ostend, Belgium
May 5
Dreun XL at Dunk Festival
De Vooruit, Gent, Belgium