'That Tough Tender' is the debut album of Mobilhome, an initiative of Brussels based pianist and composer Camille-Alban Spreng. Following the over kitch statement: "music is where your home is", the band explore the boundaries between subtlety and chaos frantically borrowing from various traditions such as kraut rock, post-punk, and improvised music. Happily mixing electronic ambiant improvisations, deep wild distorted riffs and imaginary bel canto, the eleven tracks album is an attempt to translate into music that strange feeling we get when we try to recount or write down a dream. Overall Camille-Alban likes to describe this project as an avant-garde jazz band for birdsongs lovers. Mobilhome also features Sam Comerford on tenor saxophone playing the role of lead singer, Vitja Pauwels on unpredictable guitar, Lennart Heyndels on electric bass and Théo Lanau on drums.
'Hiking In The Mountains After Escaping The Deadly Fire' - Videoclip
'Reunited Again Around A Common Quest' - Fanlink
Camille-Alban Spreng is a Brussels-based pianist and composer, trained by Emil Spanyi (HEMU, Lausanne) and Kris Defoort (KCB, CRB, Brussels). He is active on Belgian and European stages in a variety of fields, including jazz, improvised music, performance and theater. Beside his band Mobilhome, Camille-Alban also plays with ODIL (Sam Comerford, Geoffrey Fiorese, Tom Bourgeois, and Paul Berne). Their 3rd album, released on W.E.R.F. Records is a collaboration with singer Nina Kortekaas (Noa Lee, Sylvie Kreusch, Portland), and an hommage to beatnik authors and Allen Ginsberg.
In 2022, he founded trio Dear Uncle Lennie with guitarist Benjamin Sauzereau and Marco Giongrandi on banjo. They released two records: a first album in 2022 on Yolk and a second one in 2025 on BMC Records.
Camille-Alban also plays with the bands Limite (Alice Perez, Benjamin Sauzereau, Jordi Cassagne, Théo Lanau) and Bodies (Alejandra Borzyk, Mateusz Malcharek, Elie Gouleme) and he's the co-organizer and curator of the Pool Sessions, a concert series dedicated to improvised and experimental music.
Live:
- 21th January 2026, AB, Brussels - album release show (w/ Alice George Perez)
- 25th January 2026, Jazz Cats club show, Courtrai