Dez Mona & BOX

The Dez Mona band brings us a combination of jazz, gospel, drama and spirituals. The wide vocal range of singer Gregory Frateur and the playing of bassist Nicolas Rombouts determine the sound, which is reminiscent of that of Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits and Antony and The Johnsons, among others. With BOX (Baroque Orchestra X), they extend their musical world to include a number of typical baroque instruments - a cross-fertilization of musical languages and emotions. Lighting artist Jan Pauwels and fashion designer Véronique Branquinho complete this entrancing and intimist universe. With 'Sága', Dez Mona has created an opera as a reflection of our times, a poetic expression of our inner and outer worlds. Frateur and Rombouts have written a completely new repertoire consisting chiefly of ballads and narratives in what, for Dez Mona, is a characteristically dramatic and theatrical style. Sága is the goddess of history who sings and relates tales of the world around her. Dez Mona tells stories about the soul and examines the love of a country, a home, the world we live in, with all its imperfections, and the search for light among these imperfections. Is there hope for improvement, or is that a utopian notion?