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Between man and machine: new KAU album explores the beauty of the unpredictable

'Unknown Waveforms' is the new album from Belgian trio KAU, out today via Sdban Ultra. Marking an evolution since their 2023 release 'The Cycle Repeats', this new record captures a more personal, immediate, and unfiltered version of the band’s sound. In an increasingly digital world, KAU takes a different route, with an album rooted in human connection, live energy, and creative spontaneity. Here... Read more October 09 2025

Sdban Records reissues Open Sky Unit on vinyl

On November 7, 2025, Sdban Records will release a reissue of Open Sky Unit (1974), the classic jazz fusion album by the eponymous Belgian collective featuring Micheline and Jacques Pelzer, Steve Houben, Ron Wilson, Janot Buchem and Michel Graillier. The record marks a pivotal moment in Belgian jazz history, where soul, funk and free improvisation came together in a family-driven project.... Read more September 30 2025

First-ever reissue of René van Helsdingen’s 1978 debut album 'Coal Mining'

Sdban Records is proud to present the first official reissue of Coal Mining, the 1978 debut album by Dutch jazz pianist René van Helsdingen. This album marks a significant milestone, the beginning of van Helsdingen’s decades-spanning career as an innovative and independent musician. Coal Mining was originally released on Munich Records, a respected Dutch jazz and roots label founded by music... Read more September 25 2025

Glass Museum maps the rhythms of city life on new album '4N4LOG CITY'

After two albums inspired by vast northern landscapes, the forces of nature, and an ever-present sense of duality, Glass Museum shifts gears. The Brussels-based group—originally formed in 2016 by pianist Antoine Flipo and drummer Martin Grégoire—welcomes bassist Issam Labbene as an official third member, opening up a richer, more immersive sound and setting its sights on the rhythms of the modern... Read more September 16 2025

Glass Museum announce new single 'Anchor', ahead of upcoming album 4N4LOG CITY

As a fragment of a reimagined urban landscape, Anchor, the new single by Glass Museum, evokes the memory of the harbor: a frozen remnant of a vanished maritime life, a symbol of time standing still. Its metallic tones recall the creak of cranes and the clatter of chains, echoing the traces of an abandoned port that still seem to resonate at night. The single’s artwork depicts a solitary figure, a... Read more September 08 2025