Please note: this is a listening session, not a concert!
Exodus was already Bob Marley's 5th album, but it was certainly the album with which he became a star worldwide.
Released a year after the attempt on his life, in a turbulent time in Jamaican history and after he had left Jamaica, it became a manifest in which Marley calls upon the Rastaman to break free from the oppression in which he had lived until then.
There are various international hits on the album – which was recorded with The Wailers, in the UK – and it is considered by many critics to be one of the best reggae records ever made. In 1999, Time Magazine chose Exodus as the best album of the 20th century.
The session will be introduced (in English) by Karel Michiels aka Jah Shakespear, writer (De Rasta Revelatie) and journalistic jack-of-all-trades, but mainly: big reggae fan and connoisseur.
You can attend this free listening session by signing up via reservationshuis23@abconcerts.be (making mention of ‘Exodus’ in the subject title)
33 1/3 – Classic Album Listening Sessions
The idea behind Huis 33 1/3 is as simple as can be: music lovers gathering to listen to a 'classic' album - uninterrupted and in the most ideal circumstances possible (technically, surroundings,..) - always introduced by an adept of the album in question.
The intention of this new series is to offer an alternative to the manner in which the musical experience has evolved over recent years. By listening to strongly compressed MP3s, YouTube films, or to sites like Spotify, with small earphones or via laptop speakers we miss out on essential elements of the music, often without realising it.
Many albums were created as an artwork in themselves and so deserve to be listened to in their entirety. A great deal of attention was often paid to obtaining the best possible sound quality, the artwork, the order of the songs, the mood of the songs and the ‘story’ the artist wanted to involve the listener in. In many cases, no effort was spared to record the albums in the best studios, in order to make use of the best sounding mixing tables, microphones, pre-amps, compressors, reverbs, etc... All of this is completely destroyed in a few mouse-clicks.
During the Huis 33 1/3 sessions we will listen to an album in its entirety – without interruption and with the best possible technical means – and in that way attempt to experience the album in the way originally intended when it was recorded, mastered and released.