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Staff Benda Bilili

29.04.11

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Artist Staff Benda Bilili
Support act Hoquets
Genre pop, world, roots
Date Friday 29 April 2011
Organisation AB
Location
Main Hall standing
  • Accessible to visitors with handicap
  • Smoking Ban
  • Hearing damage risk - Earplugs available
Hour 20:00

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Congolese Staff Benda Bilili reaches us from Kinshasa and we should be very glad about it! Staff Benda Bilili is that dauntless group of musicians and 'sheges'* in wheelchairs and on crutches that has...

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Congolese Staff Benda Bilili reaches us from Kinshasa and we should be very glad about it! Staff Benda Bilili is that dauntless group of musicians and 'sheges'* in wheelchairs and on crutches that has been conquering world-pop stages with their irresistible up-tempo sound, their immense enthusiasm and their infectious act! Plus of course that unique, intriguing sound of the self-made, single-stringed 'satonge' over compelling rumba and other rhythms too.
'Très Très Fort', their exquisite and extremely relevant debut, is out on the alert Crammed label (via Pias). Following a full Bota, this summer 2010 they'll be turning festivals like Couleur Café, Esperanzah and Dranouter upside down. At De Standaard Staff Benda Bilili is already one of the eye-catchers of the 2010 Festival Guide. De Morgen also mentioned: '****... this crippled gold was quite simply the ultimate revelation of this edition of Couleur Café'.
Furthermore: following a first selection for the Cannes Film Festival, in September 2010 there will also be a film about Staff Benda Bilili released here in the better cinemas (via Cinéart).

* 'Sheges' = street kids, often ex-child-soldiers, and Benda Bilili apparently means 'behind the looks, see through appearances'. Listening (and dancing) is of course also allowed!

Strongly influenced by the Congotronics groups and their instruments made out of recuperated materials, the members of Hoquets use a similar attitude : this Belgian/American/French trio exclusively play with instruments that they invent and construct out of wooden boards, broken strings, tin cans, etc. They play music which is at times strange, overflowing with energy, and like no other : inspired by indie pop, punk funk and their use of unusual instruments, this music is both without precedent and strangely familiar at the same time.
Their debut album is planned for release in April 1st  on Crammed Discs.

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TinaC

TinaC (1 year ago)

Super concert!

sema

sema (1 year ago)

quel bonheur que ce concert quelle énergie quelle leçon d'optimisme... que du pur bonheur... merci à vous

meddesee

meddesee (1 year ago)

Morgen zaterdag 30 april ook nog in de Warande Turnhout!

anndedeurwaerdere

anndedeurwaerdere (1 year ago)

ik wil gerust die tickets, waar kan ik ze kopen?

damdub

damdub (1 year ago)

2 extra tickets here... contact me!

laantje

laantje (1 year ago)

"uitverkocht" eindelijk... écht 'n aanrader gezien (1dec 2009) in 't ZUIDERPERSHUIS Antwerpen heel veel plezier allemaal

Beelzebub

Beelzebub (1 year ago)

verleden jaar gezien op Dranouter Festival en ze waren super !!

marsupilami

marsupilami (1 year ago)

Het concert van vorige jaar in le Botanique was echt iuitstekend. Wat plezier! Om de fotos, andere videos en herziening (in Frans) van het album, volg deze link : http://mmarsup.blogspot.com/search/label/Staff%20Benda%20Bilili

marsupilami

marsupilami (1 year ago)

Le concert de l'année passée au Botanique était vraiment excellent! Quelle vitalité et quel plaisir de jouer! Pour voir les photos de ce concert, d'autres videos et la review de l'album, suivre ce lien: http://mmarsup.blogspot.com/search/label/Staff%20Benda%20Bilili

meddesee

meddesee (1 year ago)

En de film vanavond ook al weer op het Afrika Film Festival in Leuven!

meddesee

meddesee (1 year ago)

Recent nog dit verslagje kunnen lezen: 'Bonjour, gisteren zondagochtend Staff Benda Bilili 'Ze Film' gaan zien in de zeer goed gevulde Arenberg (gratis met ontbijtje en een initiatief van de Stad Brussel.) Hard en prachtig document over Congo vandaag en vooral pure ontroering ondanks fragmentarische documentaire stijl en kilo's Westerse compassie voor deze polio slachtoffers, hun hele gemeenschap, hun onvoorstelbare courage, hun onweerstaanbare muziek, hun harde eerlijke taal (yep, het Lingala of aanverwanten was ondertiteld) hun sportwedstrijden, hun humor? Wat een prestatie in een Kinshasa waar alleen de reclameborden voor Kabila nog perfect lijken. Ik heb zowat moeten wenen tegen dat het Europese succes dan toch komt, na alle tegenslagen en tijdverlies... Mijn dochtertjes waren trouwens ook danig gefascineerd door de hele, vaak toch brutale film, ondanks veel smoren en boozen, en plaspauzes (voor de dochters). Na Womex en Couleur Café nu nog meer een aanrader (voor wie het hier weer even niet zou zien zitten).' De DVD moet nu zowat uit zijn, en de film staat woensdagavond 30 maart op het Africa Filmfestival in Leuven!

meddesee

meddesee (1 year ago)

Ook gezien in De Laatste Show, gisteren woensdag 9 maart? Straffe Benda Bilili! En nu zondagochtend 13 maart de film blijkbaar gratis in de Arenberg Koninginnegalerij Brussel Centraal, met ontbijtje (pistolé moambé?)!

buzzat

buzzat (1 year ago)

c'est à voir et à entendre en priorité!!!!!

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