18 MUSICIANS. ONE SOUND.Cinematic orchestra from Belgium
OOOTOKO / 大男 / GIANT · COLOSSUS
A LARGE-SCALE CINEMATIC ENSEMBLE.
Strings, brass, woodwinds, voices and rhythm collide in a living ensemble built to sound intimate and colossal at once.
The music
COMPOSED BY DAMIEN CHIERICI.
The music is composed by violinist Damien Chierici, then brought to life by the sound, personalities and collective force of the OOOTOKO ensemble.
The orchestra
ONE LIVING ENSEMBLE.
OOOTOKO is a large-scale cinematic ensemble built around twelve instrumentalists and a vocal ensemble — strings, brass, woodwinds, rhythm, keyboards, accordion and voices moving as one.
Meet OOOTOKOVideo filmed during the 19-musician configuration
01
Damien Chierici
Violin · Composition · Arrangements · Artistic Direction
02
Leticia Collet
Vocals
03
Olivier Cox
Drums
04
Antoine Dawans
Trumpet · Flugelhorn
05
Clément Dechambre
Flutes · Bass Clarinet · Saxophone
06
Christelle Heinen
Cello
07
Jean-Paul Kasprzyk
Guitar
08
Louan Kempenaers
Piano
09
Elena Lacroix
Vocals
10
Didier Laloy
Diatonic Accordion
11
Moran Le Bars
Percussion
12
Maxime Lhussier
Vocals
13
Jérôme Magnée
Vocals
14
Thomas Medard
Vocals
15
Quentin Nguyen
Keyboards
16
Liam O’Maonlai
Vocals · Bodhrán · Piano
17
Bernard Thoorens
Bass · Double Bass
18
Nicolas Villers
Trombone
Before the stage / Botanique
BEFORE THE LIGHTS.
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Backstage photography — Guillaume Van Ngoc · Botanique, Brussels
LIVE.
A large ensemble on stage. No prerecorded stage tracks. Musicians and voices breathing, reacting and moving together in real time.
WATCH.
From the first record to the next chapter — three entry points into the world of OOOTOKO.
The debut album introduces OOOTOKO’s cinematic language: large-scale arrangements, acoustic detail and the tension between orchestral writing and the immediacy of a live band.
Chapter II · Work in progress
NEW MUSIC IS TAKING SHAPE.
The second OOOTOKO album is currently in development. MOUNTAIN — captured live at OPRL — is the first open window onto what comes next.
Selected press
WORDS ABOUT OOOTOKO.
01 / A Closer Listen
FILM PRODUCERS SHOULD REALLY START LINING UP NOW TO BOOK THIS BAND.
