In order to emphasise our good neighbourly (musical) relations, the Flemish Cultural Houses AB and Beursschouwburg will begin working together on a structural basis as of September ’13. The two houses have already collaborated occasionally in the past, remember the co-production for the Æthenor concert (the band encompassing Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’ Malley) or for the latest edition of Brussel Feest whereby Tommigun provided the soundtrack for Marc Didden’s film classic ‘Brussels By Night’.
But now, as of September, these occasional collaborations become structurally embedded. Both houses will organise, more or less monthly, a concert in the Beursschouwburg promoted by both and focusing on exciting and adventurous music. All with only one goal in mind: further enriching Brussels' cultural and musical landscape.
The first in this concert series will be:

Shangaan Electro

Tickets via Ticketlink Beursschouwburg

“It’s fantastic, best thing I’ve heard for a long time. It’s how music should be” (Karin
Dreijer Andersson -The Knife)

“Daring... wildly inventive... a rare depth charge in dance music used to inspire movement” (Pitchfork)

“The future sound of Africa... a curveball for UK dancers” (The Quietus)

One Richard Mthetwa, but we may say Nozinja or Dog, left his chain of phone shops behind him and began to work fanatically with MIDI-instruments, distorted vocal samples, ultra fast rhythms and traditional Tsongadisco from his country. The hyperactive dance music, labelled Shangaan Electro, flooded the streets of South Africa and in 2010 it blew over to Europe via London's (and Damon Albarn's) Honest Jon label. When hip producers like Ricardo Villalobos, Theo Parrish and Dan Snaith aka Caribou started incorporating Shangaan Electro-beats into remixes too, it started a buzz in the London underground that led pioneer Nozinja to the stages of Roskilde and Sonar.

After tours in America and Australia, the lean mean Shangaan machine is now back in Europe for an extreme serving of high-speed beats (up to 190 bpm for goodness sake!) and dirty disco dancing, African style! As always, Nozinja will be accompanied by the inimitable and extremely infectious Tshe Tsha Boys (see video below) to get things shaking. Be sure to check out the soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/nozinja and definitely start practising at home, in front of the mirror!