Monsieur Dubois

In the past years, Monsieur Dubois has created a strong live reputation with an attractive mix of jungle beats, funk, soul, jazz, and afro grooves, a.k.a. "danceable hardjazz." With this convincing hybrid, sounding both catchy and sophisticated, Monsieur Dubois has been able to attract an extremely diverse public wherever they show up.

From its beginning in 1999, Monsieur Dubois has been in the news on several occasions, promptly reaching the finals at the Nederlandse Jazz Concours in their first year, later followed by a nomination at the leading Dutch Jazz Competition in 2001. Other highlights certainly include the furious debut at the renowned North Sea Jazz Festival in 2002, and their regular appearance at the Amsterdam Uitmarkt (the annual opening of the cultural season) where thousands of people enjoy their music.

Over the years, Monsieur Dubois organized various evenings and club nights in hometown Rotterdam and Amsterdam, such as the legendary Blue Beatz nights at Club Blauwe Vis, Djazzedelic with DJ Alias Poeh in the Mazzo and Panama, or Supersonic in Off Corso together with the Utrecht-based MFP-collective and the unmistakable funky DJ Soul Rabbi (currently one of Europe's leading rare groove specialists). Since then, Monsieur Dubois and DJ Soul Rabbi have been cooperating on a regular basis. In 2003 they were guests at the Soulful Boulevard in Maastricht and turned a crowd of 800 dancing people absolutely crazy. Later that year, Dubois and Rabbi organized the first Groove Soul Party at one of Rotterdam's oldest jazz cafés, Dizzy.

In March 2004, Monsieur Dubois took a first look behind the former Iron Curtain during a series of concerts in Berlin, but in autumn they took a step further; As Ambassadors of Dutch Culture, Monsieur Dubois played at fully packed clubs in the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) as well as in St. Petersburg, receiving great feedback from all the audiences.

Over the following years, the band released a number of successful albums — Ruff (2006), Soul Integration (2008), and Slow Bombastik (2011) — but by the end of 2012, the band announced its disbandment. The band's members continue to work with other musical projects.