"And there the bowl of ambrosia was mixed, and Hermes took the ladle to pour out for the gods; and then they all held goblets, and made libation, and wished the bridegroom all good luck." Sappho from Lesbos
The band came into existence in 1996, where the origin of the name has his roots in the Greek mythology. Ambrosia (in English) is the holy wine giving the Greek Gods their eternal youth.
In the very beginning Ambrozijn played folk sessions in cosy pubs of Ghent. However, they started soon searching for their own roots which was looking for traditional songs and tunes and twisting them in all kinds of directions. On top of that, they immediately started with their own composed repertory.
In November 1998 they released their first album "Ambrozijn" produced by the French folk legend Gabriel Yacoub. Together with Laïs, they were immediately considered as the leading band in the new Belgian folk wave. As a result of that they performed at a lot of concerts in Belgium and abroad.
In 2000 they signed up with the Virgin label and they made their second album "Naradie" from which the title track was taken as a single. This song gave Ambrozijn a large national recognition.
After played a lot on the major festivals, they joined up again with Yacoub in 2002 to record their third album "Kabonka" (Wild Boar) with Sylvie Berger as guest musician. They album was recorded in less than three weeks in Yacoub's summer house in the Berry, France. Tom Theuns wrote most of the songs.
In 2002 they also work together with Paul Rans, a renowned tradional singer/lute player with whom they attack "De Hertog Van Brunswyk", a medieval tale of 65(!) couplets. The program passed the country with 35 shows and they recorded a CD which was released in September 2003 (Euphoda).
In 2003 they went more international: e.g. the Rudolstadt festival and a ten day tour in the villages of the Futah, the sahel region of Senegal, an experience which was captured by a French television team.
"Botsjeribo", produced by Fritz Sundermann an released by Kloefmusic in July 2004, is their latest album. Tom Theuns is in charge of the leadvocals. With this CD they certainly aim at a much larger public where the sounds are between well known singer-songerwriter music and European Folk.
Hey Ambrozijn, mijn stoffige hoed af voor uw muziek! Heb jullie leren kennen door Myspace en het smaakt naar meer! Vooral Marske klinkt lekker! Altijd welkom op mijn plek! Rudolf
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Fantastisch, Ambrozijn online! Het is al een half jaar dat ik wacht tot mijn favoriete folk band op Myspace komt! Ok, Follia is ook zalig,… Ik ben blij dat jullie uiteindelijk toch de weg naar het internet gevonden hebben! Bedankt voor de Acceptatie (en de optredens van Balbrozijn).
P.S. Aanrader: eenmaal op Myspace kunnen jullie misschien ook jullie last.fm pagina aanvullen.
Goed bezig! 'k Heb gezien dat Wouter ondertussen ook alweer Wouter heet en geen "etc" :-) Moesten jullie het knopje voor belangrijke vriendjes vinden, dan mag ethno daar altijd tussen hé? Een paar klikjes en 't is in orde ;-)
Can't believe we have the honour to be the first to comment... :-)
So... lots of greetings from the far shores and green pastures of Austria to one of the finest and most influential bands in Western post-, neo- and metatraditions.
