Muax Biography

Muax (Henry Fecherolle) is a Belgian trumpeter, musician and songwriter based in Cologne. His music moves between atmospheric jazz, experimental improvisation, electronic textures, spoken word and distinctive pop. At the centre is the trumpet – sometimes melodic and restrained, sometimes raw, processed or freely improvised.

A piece often begins with a single tone, an inner image or a particular mood. From there, Muax develops music shaped by clear melodies, strong rhythms and a keen sense of space, silence and emotional detail. His work can be light and playful one moment, then serious, melancholic or unexpectedly direct the next.

His influences range from Ibrahim Maalouf, Ferdinand Schwarz, Daoud and Bart Maris to Chet Baker and Woody Shaw. Urban sounds, memories and spontaneous impulses also play an important role – anything that creates an atmosphere and can be translated into sound.

On his current album AMORE (2026), Muax explores love in its different states: longing, closeness, distance, memory and everything left unsaid. Trumpet-led instrumentals meet songs and spoken texts in an intimate, reduced and atmospheric setting. Earlier releases such as Trouble (2023), The Dictator Is Coming (2024) and Missing You (2025) reveal the many voices of his instrument between melody and noise, structure and improvisation.

Live, Muax works in a variety of musical settings. With the Cologne-based Anonyme Gesellschaft, he creates improvised music between soundscape, jazz, text and experimental performance. At selected concerts with the French-language duo Toi et Moi, he adds atmospheric trumpet lines to their warm take on Nouvelle Chanson. He is also part of Aeonlicht, a German-language indie pop/alternative band shaped by poetic lyrics and a feminist perspective.

Together with Lucia of Aeonlicht and Lea of Inleasmind, Muax is also developing a live format that brings music, poetry and personal stories together in one shared atmospheric experience.

Muax is also available as a trumpeter and guest musician for live performances, studio recordings and artistic collaborations.

His guiding principle: Do something, then something happens.