Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 8 PM – 10 PM
Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa
As part of the "ON THE GRIND" festival, we’re
bringing in a bold and pulsating musical project from Uganda, which fuses
ancient influences from central Luo culture with hypnotic electronic beats.
Ugandan resident Dj and Electronic music producer FAIZAL
MOSTRIXX MUSIC is collaborating with Alur queen Suzan Kerunen creating an
electro folk fusion performance. The set features original vocals of Suzan
Kerunen alongside Njige, Agwara and Ndara drums. Dynamic synths and bass lines
to make you dance and groove taking you to a whole new cosmic afro-journey.
Are you all ready?
Free entrance.
This entire festival is made possible thanks to the support
of Ambassade de France en Éthiopie et auprès de l'Union africaine የፈረንሳይ ኤምባሲ, BGI Ethiopia
PLC, The Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia, the European Union in Ethiopia,
Embajada de España en Etiopía, Yibuti y Seychelles, Goethe-Institut Addis
Abeba, LinkUp Addis.
SUZAN KERUNEN: Suzan has rapidly established herself as one
of the new voices in African music. Hailed as the “Alur queen”, Suzan has been
enchanting audiences with her music in her local Ugandan languages of
Alur-Jonam (her Luo mother tongue), Kiswahili, English and French. Kerunen’s
music offers a bold cultural statement through which all of her ancestral
influences from Nebbi-Junam and Zombo palwo come to life. Her music clearly
spells the desire to break all cultural boundaries used to keep people divided.
FAIZAL MOSTRIXX: Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx is one of the most
original talents to emerge on the new East African electronica scene. He is a
regular feature on the Ugandan festival and club scene, has headlined festivals
such as Bayimba and Nyege Nyege (Uganda) and African Nouveau (Kenya) and has
visited us in Addis a few times already. Unlike many other African electronic
producers, Faizal draws more from his native Ugandan music tradition than from
international influences to make a radically new form of African dance music
that is unmistakably Ugandan, yet like no other Ugandan music ever made before.
