The Easywood Killers 09-05-25

vr 9 mei '25

Bjorn Eriksson and his all star band

Bjorn Eriksson doesn't do "music" half-heartedly. What originated as a solo project from his lifelong appreciation for the better film scores grew into a veritable all-star band.

The sound and atmosphere? Something between David Lynch and a dreamy trip through decades of film music. With a band full of heavyweights, that translates as just about everything between jazz, roots and film music, with crackling vitality, musical eagerness and bins of imagination. Widescreen cinema on stage!

The Easywood Killers
Bjorn Eriksson (Eriksson Delcroix, The Broken Circle Breakdown Band, Les Blauw - guitar, compositions), Tomas De Smet (double bass), Jeroen Stevens (drums, vibraphone), Roel Poriau (vibraphone, drums), Sander Smeets (keys), Peppie Pepermans (saxophone), Alain Rylant (sound)

Opening: Melting pot

At Melting Pot, you always get a meeting of fresh talent on stage. The musicians meet and play together with the energy of the moment. And exciting meeting that always produces something special. Line-up t.b.a.

Melting Pot is a collaboration between five European venues: Victoria Scene (Oslo), Jazztopad (Wroclaw), Jazzfestival Berlin, Jazzfest Saalfelden and Ha Concerts. Each house contributes a musician.

The Easywood Killers - from solo to all stars

Not surprisingly, the project was born during the pandemic, the ideal time for solo projects to quietly take shape. Eriksson was working on songs for an imaginary film. In the process, he brought together a wide range of styles and influences, from Django Reinhardt, Eric Dolphy and Duke Ellington to Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota.

The result was The Easywood Killer, on which he played everything himself. Of course, he couldn't stop there: the music had to be translated to the stage. To this end, Eriksson gathered an ensemble with the versatility and eagerness to complete the task. A few rehearsals and the Easywood Killers were born.

This is an Antwerp band full of heavyweights who perform this music with verve and abandon. The first concerts were good for intense ensemble playing and a lot of energy.