Unieke tweedaagse rond het al even unieke Zwitserse (maar vooral wereldse) Bongo Joe-label
Met de steun van Liveurope en Pro Helvetia.
BONGO JOE RECORDS x 10th ANNIVERSARY
“After seeing many of our artists perform at Ancienne Belgique (***) over the past decade, we’re truly honored to host two nights in this iconic venue as part of our 10 Year Anniversary Tour. The connection between Les Disques Bongo Joe and Brussels is a special one, as we’ve collaborated with some of the key players in the local scene - including Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, DJ soFa, Cheb Runner, Funky Bompa, as well as local collectives, radios, venues and record stores. Coming to Belgium to celebrate this anniversary together means a lot to us!” (Cyril Yeterian, muzikant en Bongo Joe opperhoofd)
(***) Altın Gün - Baby Berserk - Chouk Bwa - Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Lalalar - Meridian Brothers - Meril Wubslin - Nyati Mayi & Astral Synth Transmitters - Pixvae - Societé Etrangé - Nunsantara Beat - …
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CITRON CITRON (CH)
Zwitsers duo met een heuse zuster/broer band. Citron Citron omschrijft zichzelf als “Analog poetry laying on finely crafted rhythms & melodies.” Alsook: “home-made organic sound machinery”. En dat valt te horen op hun jongste album Maréeternelle. Lazen we ook: “Think about Brigitte Fontaine singing with Woo.” Alleen: ‘Who’s Woo?” of: “Wie is Woo?”
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THE SPACE LADY (US)
Achter The Space Lady - ook bekend als Suzy Soundz – schuilt Susan Dietrich Schneider, een vaste verschijning in de late jaren '70 en '80 in straten van San Francisco. The Space Lady speelde op een accordeon die ze in een rommelwinkel vond en op een goedkoop Casiotone-keyboard. Ze was de levende belichaming van outsider art. Haar repertoire: songs van de hand van haar man met een mix van downbeat covers als Ghost Rider (Suicide), Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) en Ballroom Blitz (Sweet). NME zette haar album ‘The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits’ in de lijst van ‘101 Albums to Hear Before You Die’ en The Guardian nomineerde het album als ‘The 101 Strangest Records on Spotify’. Perfecte match met Bongo Joe als u het ons vraagt!
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THE MAUSKOVIC DANCE BAND (NL)
The Mauskovic Dance Band is het geesteskind van de Amsterdamse producer, muzikant en drummer Nicola Mauskovic. Net zoals bij Citron Citron is de familieband hier sterk: familieleden Donnie, Em Nix en Mano Mauskovic maken samen met Nicola namelijk het gros van de band uit. Rough Trade wist de band perfect te omschrijven: “They make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the five-piece are synonymous with flipping global music traditions and creating new, sound-system stylised, synth powered, dance-floor experiments.” Feest gegarandeerd!
Fun fact
"We decided to name our store and label in tribute to the very unique American street musician George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman (1923 – 1999) who was very popular in Texas and despite lucrative offers from established venues, for 30 years, preferred playing on the streets of different US cities and recorded his only album in San Antonio: George Coleman: Bongo Joe, in 1968 with producer Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records.His self titled record is one that we have always cherished and was reissued years ago by our friends from Mississippi Records. His music was created with a pure DIY attitude and his message and the way he sung was in our opinion very ahead of its time. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman's family were over the moon after seeing photos of our record store in Geneva, named and were very excited that European music lovers, so far away, decided to honor the name of their loved and long-lost relative."
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