Friday May 7, 2021 | 19:30 CET

Party

Pulse

HOVEN DROVEN  

Sweden

VENGA VENGA

Brazil

TAMIKREST 

Mali / France

AL-QASAR

France / Morocco / Algeria / USA

MAROON TOWN

UK

PARTY PULSE SHOWCASE

Presentation by Derek Andrews - Artistic Director of Mundial Montreal
Music: Venga Venga- Asi Dela Baba

Featuring artists that will bring the party and raise your audience to their feet.


Sweden

HOVEN DROVEN

Hoven Droven has been a performing band since 1991. After 6 albums and countless concerts all over the world they are still one of leading folk-rock bands and have influenced many younger musicians and groups.
Agency: D TOURS 

Brazil

VENGA VENGA 

Brazilian duo based in Lisbon since 2019, Ricardo Don and Denny Azevedo have been involved in the most important Brazilian street festivals. Their music offers a sonic journey through myths and rhythms from every continent, blending their research and authorial music project. Throughout vocal experiences, mixing samples with their own lyrics, Venga Venga leads their performances to a sensitive experience of collective catharsis, giving the audience the role of “collective interpreter” instead of simple witness.
Agency: TRANSIBERIA

Mali / France

TAMIKREST 

Desert-blues for fans of Can and Pink Floyd to sink their teeth into.” -MOJO
Rock ‘n roll out of the Azawad region. It’s pure, perfect rock bliss, a reminder of how music can speak with such a towering voice and why Tamikrest have become one of the best rock’n’roll bands in the world. That’s a big title to carry. But their latest album, Tamotaït proves they’re worthy of it. This album is what rock’n’roll can be. Music as a weapon of hope. Songs as a vessel of truth.
Agency: Gri Gri music 

France / Morocco / USA

AL-QASAR

Rock The Souk! “Arabian fuzz” band AL-QASAR. 
Their first EP was Recorded between Cairo, Paris, Los Angeles, and Nashville and this says a lot about the band. Al-Qasar fuses old school psychedelic garage rock with traditional instruments of the Arab world. Electric guitars and fuzz pedals encounter the oud, Ludwig drum kits shred along the darbuka, saz and mizmar. The socially conscious lyrics in classical Arabic speak of power, oppression, and the refugee experience, but also of liberty and passion. 
Agency: Gri Gri music 

United Kingdom

MAROON TOWN

London based multi-racial 8-piece Maroon Town first started out 30 years ago they were the first ska band to begin to mix ska and reggae with rap, funk and Latin/cumbia to produce a fresh new world music sound with conscious and uplifting lyrics. Their first album and singles were produced by John Bradbury of the Specials. extensive touring in Europe, Japan and South America, from Kosovo to Tajikistan and from Brazil to Brunei still at the cutting edge of creativity the result is a unique musical blend that has hooked fans and audiences from all over the world for over 30 years.
Agency:  Frusion / Fizzion