Andries Boone Quartet – Album Presentation

Andries Boone is one of the musicians who helped shape Flemish folk music over the past fifteen years. Both with the mandolin quartet MANdolinMAN and through his solo trilogy C.O.L.O.R.S (2019), T.I.M.E.L.A.P.S.E (2021), and C.O.N.V.E.R.S.A.T.I.O.N.S (2023), he has created surprising, eclectic, and experimental albums that effortlessly transcend the boundaries of folk, earning widespread acclaim from the press and radio. His new album, Rhagium Inquisitor, will be released in September 2026.

The title Rhagium Inquisitor refers to the ribbed pine borer, a small beetle that lives under the bark of dead conifers and symbolizes the layered sound world of the new album. The sound of Raghium Inquisitor is inspired by Scandinavian and Breton folk music and the hunting horn tradition, but also by 80s electronic music (including Depeche Mode) and 90s dance and trance influences. On this album, Boone merges acoustic and electronic worlds, bringing together old and new musical traditions. Traditional instruments such as violin, octave violin, mandolin, nyckelharpa, Hardanger fiddle, and baroque musette meet the sounds of rock, modern chamber music, and electronica. Synths and sequencers form an integral part of Boone’s layered and immersive sonic universe. Boone played most of the instruments himself, but also worked with two young talents: Marieke Van Ransbeeck (bagpipes, baroque musette, Swedish säckpipa) and Oscar Beerten (violin, octave violin, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle). Both young musicians hold a Nordic Master in Folk Music and are firmly rooted in the Scandinavian tradition.

With Rhagium Inquisitor, Andries Boone once again explores the borderlands between tradition and innovation. This album confirms his place as one of the most inventive voices in contemporary folk.