Apart from running a management agency 'Devil in a Box’, Thomas Van Dingenen has also been active as a European agent with Toutpartout Agency, taking care of international bookings for the more heavy bands in the roster (Hippotraktor, Cobra The Impaler, Bark, …).
Toutpartout has been around since 1994. Founded and lead by Steven Thomassen, the agency has been taking care of European / UK bookings for bands of all genres. From Kurt Vile to Amenra, from Brutus to Mdou Moctar.
The agency started during the pandemic an online vinyl recordshop called ‘Guided By Records’. Their aim is to sell only records they personally LOVE! An adventurous label for good alternative music (LABELMAN)!
For several years, Toutpartout did the radio and press promotion for independent distribution company ‘Konkurrent’ they worked for Sub Pop, Matador, Cityslang, Kitty Yo, Rough Trade, Merge, Secretly Canadian, Stickman, Chemical Underground, K-Records … They also ran their own physical recordstore (JJ Records – Hasselt) for 5 years.
They’re the promoter behind the Autumn Falls festival happening all over Belgium from late september till mid december.
Steven sometimes acts as a Tourmanager. He needs to like the music and the humans behind the music (at least they need to be interesting) Were sitting in his car/van in the past : Bill Callahan (Smog), Kurt Vile & The Violators, Quasi, Lisa Germano, Phosphorescent, Jana Hunter, Michael Gira (Swans/Angels of Light), Br. Danielson, The Thermals, Scout Niblett, Vincent Gallo, South San Gabriel, Centro-Matic, Undertow Orchestra (Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel, David Bazan, Will Johnson),…
So it’s all about ‘Music and Love to Art’.