Evénement unique de deux jours autour du label suisse (mais surtout mondial) Bongo Joe

Avec le soutien de Liveurope et 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!”, affirme Cyril Yeterian, musicien et numéro un de Bongo Joe.

(*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…)

20h00
Alice (CH)
Alice est un trio suisse avec une dynamique mère-fille particulière : Lisa et Yvonne Harder forment le noyau du groupe. Bongo Joe : “Alice’s music subverts French and Occitan folk music to create a unique sound that combines art-pop, folk song vocals and synth experiments.” Leur album L'Oiseau Magnifique en est une preuve éclatante. Attendez-vous à “a thrift-store synth, bizarre wit and arresting vocals with an intergenerational, all-female micro-choir”.

21h00
Cyril Cyril & Le Syndicat du Futur (CH)
Quelle belle histoire ! Cyril Cyril réunit deux musiciens prénommés Cyril, dont Cyril Yeterian, le numéro un de Bongo Joe. Le Syndicat du Futur rassemble leurs enfants : Jeannot, Zoé, Marilou, Marlowe et Lénaïs. Leur instrumentation : des voix, une machine à écrire et des balles de ping-pong. Leur premier fait d’armes, le single La Meteo / Le Monde Embêtant, propose des “sharp and joyful manifesto-like texts to express how absurd and boring the adult world seems to them”.

22h00
Lalalar (TR)
Au cœur de Lalalar se trouve Ali Güçlü Şimşek, déjà connu à l’AB. En tant que guitariste de Gaye Su Akyol, il est monté à quatre reprises sur notre scène et était présent en 2022 pour une Bongo Joe label night. Lalalar combine des sons synthétiques modernes avec des instruments traditionnels turcs. Leur dernier album En Kötü İyi Olur (2023) se traduit par ‘au pire, ce sera bien’. C’est leur “beacon of hope in our ever socially, politically, and climatically challenged world”. La réalité montre que c’est plus urgent que jamais. Leur précédent passage était explosif et dansant. Prêts à faire trembler les murs ?

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."