Image & Sound
- Photography
- Audio recordings
- Video footage
- Artwork
Collections
Evidence
Not a warehouse — a body of evidence. Each item is catalogued, digitised and will eventually be searchable by anyone, anywhere.
- Posters
- Books
- Magazines
- Fanzines
- Press
Music carriers
- Vinyl
- CDs
- Tapes & demos
Ephemera
- Concert tickets
- Stage passes
- Setlists
- Merchandise
Objects
- Rare instruments
- Guitars
- Stage equipment
Paper trail
- Letters
- Documents
- Private collections
Private collections
A lifetime in
twelve boxes
Most of Belgium's music heritage is privately held: photographers with drawers of negatives, fans with complete run of fanzines, musicians with tapes nobody has heard since the mix. MABEL documents these collections where they are, digitises what matters and — when the moment comes — gives them a permanent home.
Access
Everything, eventually searchable
Each item receives a record: what it is, who made it, when, where and why it matters. Those records will power artist pages, photographer pages, exhibitions, research tools and licensing requests as the archive grows.