Belgium-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abel Ghekiere conjures a soothing mix of experimental jazz, slowcore, folk and field recordings – songs that marry romance and ache in similarly generous ways as Caroline, Nils Økland, Sufjan Stevens and Arthur Russell. 

Music that fearlessly courts intrusive emotions like grief and sadness; but thanks to the immense care, detail and expressionism poured into the playing itself, these songs will ultimately leave you with a comfort, joy and serenity. Ghekiere’s debut LP Voor het verdwijnt, en daarna (Translation: ‘Before it disappears, and after’), is a tender exercise in tension and release, celebrating life in all its blemished beauty.