In 2022, Tristan Driessens wrote a cycle of new compositions as part of his creative trajectory as an artist-in-residence at the Concertgebouw of Bruges. For this occasion, Soolmaan became a six piece ensemble with established musicians coming from Greece, Turkey, Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium. The Kashgul album line-up consists of the Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutenist Nathan Daems, the Greek ney virtuoso, pianist and singer Christos Barbas, Italian tamburello pioneer Andrea Piccioni, Turkish doholla virtuoso Levent Yildirim and cellist from Luxemburg Annemie Osborne. The album presents new compositions where powerful contrasts and improvisations are at the center, inspired by the music from India, Persia and the Ottoman empire.
