Arden

about

There are two groups that call themselves Arden. The first Arden is a Belgian-Canadian-French six-piece band that unites the forward-thinking micro-forces of Mitchell Akiyama, aMute, sogar, Jeuc Dietrich, Christophe Bailleau, and Sébastien Roux. Their debut, "Conceal", was conceived across a three day production bender at an old house nestled in beautiful Belgian country. The album’s style marries a minimal-electronic approach with post-rock sensibilities from each artist’s sonic palette to birth an entirely unique improvisational sound. "Conceal" is a delightful production piece with unlimited moments of candid melodic beauty that spring into dynamically intense yet masterfully contained emotive exaltations. Canadian Mitchell Akiyama is perchance the most known members of Arden. With two critically acclaimed albums with his band Désormais, one album on the highly regarded German Raster Noton and Canadian Alien8 imprints, and two albums on the Belgian label Sub Rosa. He’s also the boss of our the very fine Intr-Version label, but above all Akiyama is a special and talented musician. Belgian Jérôme Deuson, also known as aMute, released his first album on the Intr-Version label in 2004 and immediately found success among press and audience. Since then he performed in Europe and Canada and runs Stilll with his friend Alain Lefebvre. Under the Sogar moniker lies German Jürgen Heckel who released two albums on the New-York based label 12K, one album on the French label List. A