This event is part of HIP-HOP 50. AB is celebrating the 50th birthday of one of the most exciting cultures in recent music history. The programme includes concerts, talks, a podcast series, film screenings, workshops and more. 

Black Flower are at the (provisional) peak of their creative powers. Having received glowing praise (from Mojo and BBC Radio 6 Music's Gilles Peterson) for the 2019 album 'Future Flora', the upcoming album 'Magma' embraces plenty of synth and organ sounds. Led by Brussels-based saxophonist/flute player/composer Nathan Daems (Echoes of Zoo, Dijf Sanders), the quintet continues to bring a vibrant, hypnotic mix of ethiojazz, afrobeat, psychedelia and oriental influences, inspired by Mulatu Astatke, Fela Kuti and diverse Western music traditions.

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Nathan Daems – saxophones, kaval, washint

Jon Birdsong – cornet, conch shells

Karel Cuelenaere – keys

Filip Vandebril – bass, bass VI

Simon Segers – drums

Concert pictures © Julie Van Den Bergh