Elisabeth Klinck & Nils Vermeulen - Pioen (2026)

Pioen is the second album by Elisabeth Klinck & Nils Vermeulen, released on February 27th via blickwinkel on vinyl and digital formats.

The album was recorded in a small chapel of a monastery in the city center of Ghent. A chapel, by nature, is a place of contemplation and meditation, which inevitably influenced the music. Movements slow down, attention is sharpened and the overwhelming silence of the space becomes part of the music. Sound and silence are meticulously woven into each other. Even when the music grows at times dense and heavy, there is an ever-present sense of closeness and intimacy. This is reinforced by the use of the voice, which naturally appears throughout the album, not as a separate layer but as an extension of the instruments. The pieces - this time more curated then on their previous album Pair, Paire - arose from hours long improvisations where sound became space and space became sound.