Programme
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| 18:00-19:30 | DJ Mukambo |
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19:30-20:45 |
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21:15-22:30 |
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23:15-00:45 |
DJ Mukambo
About
Afro-grooves from the Urb'n'Jungle: afrobeat, Afro-Latin and Afro-Brazilian music, soukous, Ethiogrooves, reggae/dub/dancehall, global hip-hop, tropical bass…
As a Brussels-based journalist, global grooves activist, radio presenter, and DJ, Benjamin Tollet has specialized in world music since 2005 for various Belgian and Dutch newspapers and magazines. He has a soft spot for African music – both from the African continent and the diaspora – and for hybrid, cross-cultural music.
By writing about world music and cultures, he’s always searching for artists who have something meaningful to say. That’s why afrobeat is his favorite genre: it's both committed and incredibly danceable!
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Parsons - Ravitz - Har Even
About
Parsons / Har Even / Ravitz is a pioneering trio merging jazz, folk, pop, progressive rock, and fusion into a boundary-blurring sonic journey. Their immersive soundscapes—featuring vocals, guitar, drums, electronics, and synthesizers—guide listeners through intimate and expansive musical worlds.
At the group's core is Claire Parsons (b.1993), a British composer, keyboardist, and vocalist from Luxembourg whose distinctive style shapes modern European jazz. Eran Har Even (Benny Golson, Harmen Fraanje, Gilad Hekselman) adds soaring solos, intricate textures, and rich harmonic layers, while Ziv Ravitz (Avishai Cohen, Shai Maestro, Lee Konitz), hailed as one of the world’s top drummers, drives the music with dynamic rhythms and innovative techniques. Their debut album, slated for release in 2025/2026, showcases the trio’s captivating creativity.
Artists
- Claire Parsons - vocals, keys
- Ziv Ravitz - drums
- Eran Har Even - guitar
Cymande
About
Cymande (sah-man-day). The most important black British group of their generation, a band so many people have heard, but yet not “heard of.”
In the early 1970’s in South London, a group of black musicians, who all emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean as children, formed the group. Led by Patrick Patterson (guitars, vocals) and Steve Scipio (bass, vocals) Cymande was so unique and ahead of its time that, notwithstanding the success in the States in the early ‘70s, it hasn’t been until recent years that the general public has truly begun to catch on.
The soul of the band has never been restricted to any individual player – Cymande’s guiding spirit is that inimitable mix of Caribbean sensibility and English experience. “There needs to be a connectedness, ” says Steve. “A need to buy into what we try to do musically, the messages.”
Artists
- Patrick Patterson - guitar, vocals
- Steve Scipio - bass, vocals
- Adrian Reid - keyboard
- Raymond Simpsons - vocals
- Richard Bailey - drums
- Donald Gamble - percussion
- Denys Baptiste - saxophone
- Kevin Davy - trumpet
- Toni Kofi - saxophone
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Adi Oasis
About
French Caribbean singer, bassist and fashion icon Adi Oasis is currently taking the music world by storm, thanks to her debut album "Lotus Glow". Released in early 2023, Lotus Glow showcases Adi’s artistic evolution – not to mention her trademark soaring vocals, funky bass, and retro-futurist production. The album has garnered over 100M streams globally, as has been featured on dozens of radio stations and media outlets across North America and Europe, including radio support from KCRW, KEXP (U.S), BBC Radio, and features in Elle, Vogue, Wonderland, Rolling Stone, Blackbook, Dazed, and more. It is Adi’s most personal work to date – and also her most political, reflecting Adi’s journey, from growing up in the Paris projects to being a Black female immigrant in America.
Adi has collaborated with numerous artists, including Leven Kali, KIRBY, Jamila Woods, Sam Hennshaw, Jitwam, Danielle Ponder and more. Since going solo in 2018 under the moniker Adeline, she has earned widespread critical acclaim and a thriving fanbase, partly due to her incredible live shows. She has toured globally, appearing with such artists as Lenny Kravitz, Masego, Anderson .Paak, Thundercat, Gilles Peterson, Yasiin Bey and more, and has performed at a wide variety of festivals including Newport Jazz Fest, Love Supreme, Central Park Summerstage, Afropunk, Montreux Jazz Festival, Cross the Tracks and Funk on the Rocks (Red Rocks) to name a few.
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