Butsenzeller can be booked as solo live act with electronics and drums, as dj or with the following currently active live bands and projects
FRED ANGST
When Aroma Di Amore broke up at the end of 2022, Fred Angst's creativity and ambition was far from waning. So, the idea quickly arose to continue the tradition and he started working on a solo album. For this he could count on the support of a whole bunch of artist friends, such as Bootsie Butsenzeller, Marcel Vanthilt, Sietse Willems,Janis Vancoppenolle, Roos Janssens and Philippe Gunst, and former colleagues Elvis Peeters and Lo Meulen contributed to the record too.
The album is called "Stockholm Syndrome" and the theme is the political and economic degradation of our society, and the incomprehensible apathy of the masses.
The 5 piece band is available for bookings and according to availability can be expanded with extra guests.
fredangst.be Bookings: fred@fredangst.be
BANDS & PROJECTS
FORD'S FUZZ INFERNO
Dutch / Belgian fuzztopian punktrio founded by legendary Dutch singer, guitarist and songwriter Hans F Ford (Waste, Betty Ford Clinic, Ford's Imaginary Inferno) who decided after 20 years musical inactivity, that the world could use some honest catchy fuzzpunk again. Six 7inch ep's, 2 cd's, 2 vinyl records and appearances on a bunch of compilations released so far. But Ford's fuzz flow seems unstoppable, so more is expected. Welcome guests in the UK underground scene. Live they're a blast, so experience that for yourself and book them!
Bookings: subunderground@ziggo.nl
THE BETAMAX PROJECT
The mix of garage, glam and delta blues riffs on groovy basslines, funky breakbeats, disco and electro with a touch of softpopporn! From Bonney M. solo to a studio duo with Butsenzeller, now a foursome with bassmaster Dirk W and keymistress Paola P. Check our 11 Year old single "Tupperware" and fresly newborn "Popporn" also remixed by Buscemi, Fred Angst, Butsenzeller , Zool. and Monballiu on our Popporn ep on:
Bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
KLOOT PER W & PUNK SOUL BROTHER
Belpop legend Kloot PerW (The Employees, Kreuners, Polyphonic Size, De Lama's,..) formed a new band to have livefun and play whatever they like: new work, old legendary work from his very first two cassettes "Music For Girls" & "Sex Wars", covers, jams,... no style restrictions just a blast of eclectic musical FUN like you never experienced before.
Bookings: punksoulbrother@telenet.be
SCOUNDRELS
Oh No, Not Again ! Back after more than 30 years: Dutch/Belgian punkrock outfit who survived and lightened up the roaring eighties with their catchy yet critical songs. They released 3 full albums and appear on lots of compilation albums (Hol, Bel, Ger UK, USA,...) so now back with a brandnew bassplayer and a brandnew album !
bookings: info@scoundrels.nl
BUTSENZELLER & ZOOL.
ZOOL. is originally the solo outlet of Gerry Vergult (a.k.a Fred Angst of Aroma Di Amore, Nasca,..) For his 4th album 'Bombykol' he started to perform with a five piece band including Butsenzeller on drums, or just as a duo with electronics, drums and guitar. But these two separate entities seemed extremely compatible as they proved already on various occasions (guest appearances on each others tracks and albums, remixes, production assistance and mastering) So now there's the joint venture album released by Consouling Sounds (vinyl) & Cluster-Park (digital): "Humanity/Empathy" contains 10 instrumental musings about humanity and their empathic (in)ability. That's 5 each, but the ZOOl ones are also with Butsenzeller on drums. So now they perform a mesmerizing duo-show playing eachothers compositions, genrehopping between jazz, funk, postrock, newwave and punk. BOOK US NOW !
info & bookings: info@butsenzeller.be or info@zool.be
THTHE WILD CENTURY
Hailing from the mystic borderlands between Belgium and The Netherlands, this untamed pack of mavericks takes you on a mesmerizing trip along sitar-tuned cosmic dimensions, where harmonic basses and mantric rhythms pump while the astrals project their ethereal grooves on everyone's lucidity.
Drawing heavily from the musical sources of psychedelic rock and punk-blues from what today seems like a forgotten era long gone, they manage to recreate that spirit as a mysterious reverie that, as soon as it comes to life, continues to reverberate into the deepest of your visions. Nowadays a five piece unit with Stan Aarts: vocals/guitars, Gerton Govers: acoustic guitar/electric sitar/vocals, Joris Verbogt: bass, Butsenzeller: drums, Paola Pica: Hammond organ. With four albums in their pocket: 'Raga Blue', 'Raw', '5', and the most recent one 'Organic' released by the German Tonzonen Records label !
Bookings and info: info@butsenzeller.be
WILD BABIES
Crazy groovy Jazzy funky improv trio that captures the vibe and the atmosphere of the audience and the moment. Knead it and throws it back as an asteroid with double velocity.
Paola Pica: keys
Butsenzeller: drums
Bert Droushoudt: bass
info and bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
HERSENCELLEN
A stream of conciousness, words and sounds in this threesome with Writer/ Poet Gert Vanlerberghe and guitarist Gert-Jan Luyckx.
The spoken, whispered and shouted words (in Dutch) are the glue that keeps this interaction together. From electro over dark jazz beatpoetry to audio stories and punkrock. Everything comes out of their hearts, guts and Braincells.
Merch on Jezus Factory website
Bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
STOVEPIPE
Rock'n'roll baby, but with a slight exotic touch !
Stovepipe is a groovy rockband that combines own songs and covers from acts as Link Wray, Fuzztones, Mudhoney and more with trembling guitar, a stovepipin' Hammond organ, sparkling drums and soulful vocals.
Rocking Rolando (ex Spanners) vocals
Jan Peeters (Incredible Sucking Spongies) guitar
René Hermkens Hammond organ
Butsenzeller: drums & backing vocals
Bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
BEARGUTS
A trio that sometimes appears as a quartet or even a quintet, everything depends on the moment for these guys. Even the music is composed on the spot, and fluctuates between (dark & free) jazz, avant garde and funk.
The line up is also subject to change according to availability of the members. Over the years they played various concerts, live movie soundtracks and even bookfairs, with following members: Butsenzeller, Adriaan Lenski, Simon Lenski, Buni Lenski, Fre Madou, Nicolas Rombouts, Andrew Claes, Hannes D' Hoine, Elko Blijweert, Craig Ward, Vincent Brijs, Wim De Busser, Jeroen Olyslaegers, Gert Vanlerberghe, Hanne De Backer, Bram Weijters, Benjamin Hermans and Simon Beeckaert and maybe some we can't even remember. But those last two are mostly the core of the present gig line-up and also appear on the Butsenzeller birthday release 'Half A Century'.
Info and bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
Butsenzeller featuring Bearguts: Half A Century
Live with Jeroen Olyslaegers on Beatnight @ De Studio
MIXNUTTEN
Putting the nuts back into the mix !
If your party really needs to get out of bounds, invite these creatures of the night behind the decks !
Block rocking beats, sniffs of gently weeping guitars, surely will smell like teen spirit, that's rock'n'roll so let's dance !
Not just dj's but a dj band ! Butsenzeller teams up with François Du Painlait, two A.B residents with 4 hands handling turntables, laptop, synths, percussion and an ocassional vocal. They mix and mash every possible style to make you move like a maniac on the floor !
"No riff too high, no beat too steep for these turntable champs, they even manage to make De Kreuners sound good in their sets" (Fred Angst of Aroma Di Amore)
View the promovideo
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Info & bookings: info@butsenzeller.be
