21.00 Afro Sunday DJs
21.30 ZZ Twerkers
22.00 ZZ Crew
22.15 Total Hip Replacement
24.00 Afrojazz Quintet feat. Jimi Tenor
01.30 DK Balafu
Tickets: in advance 18,50 € Tiketti / 20 € at the door
Group tickets 75 €/5 people, Fri + Sat tickets 35 € in advance from Tiketti!
Zimbabwe’s pride, most successful artist and national treasure, Oliver Mtukudzi is gifted with a deep and gusty voice plus a talent for writing songs that reflect on the daily life and struggles of his people. ‘Tuku’ as he is known, began performing in 1977 and has earned a devoted following across Africa and beyond, all the while incorporating elements of different musical traditions. A member of Zimbabwe’s Kore Kore tribe, he sings in the nation’s dominant Shona language as well as Ndebele and English.
Tuku (along with Angelique Kidjo, Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo) is one of the most successful African recordings artists in North America, having sold hundreds of thousand of records on Putumayo, Heads Up/Telarc and Sheer Sound. One of Tuku’s biggest fans is Bonnie Raitt, who has not only called Tuku “a treasure,” and recorded a cover of “Hear me Lord” but also credits Tuku as the inspiration for the song “One Belief Away” on her album Fundamental.
Facebook fan page here.
Total Hip Replacement is a young band that blends reggae and funk, focusing on explosive energy that transcends stylistical borders and venues around the world. It consists of five guys from Aarhus, who have a lengthy history in the local underground scene. Apart from doing European shows the band also did a visit to Ghana in the spring of 2013.
Band members: Philip Akrofi – bass & trombone, Victor West Hosbond – vocals & trombone, Malthe Jepsen – keys, Alexander Arlien-Søborg Dutschke – drums, Carl West Hosbond – guitar
Noël Saizonou – voice and percussion | Petri Kautto – guitar | Kari Ikonen – moog synthesizer
An ultra-positive, high-energy, extraordinary afro-pop-jazz trio that makes you smile, dance and feel happy!
More info, photos etc from here.
Advance tickets from Tiketti and Lippupiste.
Free entrance with the ticket for Pakkahuone.
Mzungu Kichaa, or “Crazy White Man”, was born in Denmark, but grew up in Tanzania, where he learned to speak swahili fluently and later got involved in music. He is well known in Tanzania and all around East Africa as one of the pioneers of Bongo Flava music style and has worked as part of the jury for Bongo Star Search, a talent search competition on TV (much like Idols or Talent).
“Weather Report meets Fela, you might say. They are good enough.” This is how Rick Sanders of fRoots magazine wrote about Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble.
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble impresses it’s listener not only with intense moods and joyful yet virtuoso performances, but also with fresh and carefully crafted songwriting. As composers Noel Sazonou and Janne Halonen are enough far apart to make the cocktail something completely new, yet they both possess enough musicianship to complement each other’s works.
Drawing inspiration from the roots of Afrobeat, they use their jazz experience to expand on Voodoo rhythms with a modern urban touch. In November their second Album “Fire, Sweat & Pastis” was released in Finland, and only few months later it received the Ethno Album of the Year award.
www.helsinkicotonouensemble.com
The award-winning Malian-Danish bass player Moussa Diallo has a long career in playing pop and rock music in his other home country Denmark. In recent years, he has been using music from Mali, his other home country, as his main source of inspiration.
Doors open 20.00
22.00 Moussa Diallo
23.30 Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble
01.00 Mzungu Kichaa
DJ Cliff
DJ George MTV
Age limit 18 years.
Advance tickets 22 € (from Tiketti), at the door 25 €.
Also combination tickets available from Tiketti:
Friday & Saturday 42,50 €
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 49,50 €