La Perla
Concert

La Perla are a percussive vocal trio that combine tambora, tambor alegre, llamador, gouache, and maracas with rap and beatboxing to create a lively mix of bullerengue, hip hop, merengue and Caribbean rhythms.


Mazaher
Concert

Mazaher are an ensemble who draw upon the zar tradition, a community-oriented healing practice of drumming, chanting, and dancing undertaken mainly by women Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, North Africa, and Somalia. In Egypt, the practice is in danger of disappearing: only around twenty-five people continue to hold the ceremonial gatherings that reconcile spirits. Mazaher’s chants and polyrhythms describe spiritual worlds of experience that reach back into pre-Christian and pre-Islamic pasts.


Makumba (Dengue Dengue Dengue)
DJ Set

Rafael Pereira aka Makumba is half of the well known electronic duo Dengue Dengue Dengue. His sets fuse African, Caribbean, and Afro-Peruvian sounds, resulting in eclectic mixing samples of traditional sounds from South America together with dub, dembow, and heavy bass lines.


Chrisman (Nyege Nyege)
DJ Set

Mazambi Mukamba Christian, aka Chrisman, was born in Congo, where he started his music career as a member of the hip hop band Young Souljah, working as a sound engineer and producer on the side. In 2019 he moved to Uganda where he joined the Nyege Nyege Crew. His music reflects his personal universe, combining electronic underground sounds from gqom, Afro house, tarraxinha, and kuduro with intense synths.