Our last episode of Barrio Sonoro was memorable!! Full of music, culture, friendship and collaboration 🌹✨
Return on this beautiful evening through the lens of the great @carsten_zoltan !
Thank you to @berlinbiguine and their warm Antillean music for the dance and laughters! Thank you also to the first composers of Biguine, Mazurkas and Valses of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyane for leaving such a beautiful musical legacy that still resonnates today!
Merci aux musiciens @bardiquentin@matthieubaud@schuhbert@les_colores_hervehartock #Antonwunderlich 🙏🏽
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See you on the 18th of May for the next episode with the visit of the great @lutchinha_music and @grupo_alafia_con_ire ! A night of music connecting the islands of Cuba and Mindelo Cape Verde! Tickets already on sale in our BiO 🎟️
We will be playing the Festim in Agueda on July 9th! But we have some downtime in Lisbon July 4th - 7th.
We are looking for GOOD BUSKING SPOTS in Lisbon as well as any swing dancers that would like to help us organize a dance! Can you help us? Know somebody who can? Write to us here at @therealtubaskinny or @theglowormtrio or at [email protected]. Spread the word!!! Tell your mom! We’re finally making it to Portugal!
#tubaskinny #neworleansmusic #portugaltubaskinny #aguedafestim
Thank you, Robin
Hey! we finally got a good band picture, it is of course the works of @andrea_ramirez_ruiz 🎥
Here comes the last planned concert of Berlin Biguine until next autumn!
We'll be back at our neighbourhood bar, @bechereck , this wednesday 29.4 at 8pm.
Come shake it one last time to biguines, mazurkas and creole waltzes!
🥥 @bechereck
Okerstrasse 35
12049 Berlin
Schillerkiez
Wesnesday 29.4, 8-10pm
Entry on donations, 10-20€ suggested.
Bechereck is a smoking kneipe, but we'll keep the room where we play smoke-free during the concert.
🎵❤🎵
#berlinbiguine
#biguine
#berlinlivemusic
#caribbeanmusic
THIS WEEK
Sun 26.4 8-11pm @speiches_berlin with TimeRagDpt
Tue 28.4 9pm Crack Bellmer @bellmerbalboa with the Friends of Rhythm
Wed 29.4 8pm @bechereck with Berlin Biguine
Thu 30.4 9pm Frannz Club - @swingpatrolberlin with "Die Schöne Swingband"
Fri 1.5 7:30pm Primitiv Bar @primitiv_bar with the Primitiv Trio. French jazz and absinth!
- Join us for a special edition of Bellmer Balboa !
On this particular Tuesday, we're delighted to invite you
to dance to the most beautiful music
from the French Carribean
played brilliantly
by
Berlin Biguine - LIVE ! ! !
Come early and stay late ! -
The band is going to start at 21:00. -
They are:
Quentin Bardinet | Tenor Guitar & Vocals
Laurin H. Bert | Saxophone & Clarinet
Anton Wunderich | Piano, Trombone & Vocals
Stephen Scharmin | Percussions
Hervé Hartock | Drums
Matthieu Baud | String Bass -
Aaaaand the special DJ of the night is
the delightfully enchanting Duke Enric !!! -
19:30 - 21:00 DJ
21:00 - 21:45 Berlin Biguine - LIVE
21:45 - 22:15 Duke Enric
22:15 - 23:00 Berlin Biguine - LIVE
23:00 - 2:30 Duke Enric -
Generous donations for bands and DJs
are highly appreciated and expected.
Friday 10.4 at KulturCafe Neukölln, join us for a concert by the trio version of Berlin Biguine!
Vintage folk music: Biguine and mazouk form Martinique and Guadeloupe, waltzes from Trinidad and Venezuela, some calypsos and boleros from the Bahamas and maybe even some choro from Brasil… tropical discoveries!
Quentin Bardi: Banjo, Mandoline, vocals
Helena Fontaine: Cavaquinho, Percussion, vocals
Noah Orchard: Guitar, vocals
19h-22h
Entry on donations, suggested 10-20€
🐬 Hi everyone!
It is a real pleasure to do our part to keep this wonderful music alive in Berlin, and make you dance and sing with us!
Thank you for following Berlin Biguine on social media, here's a special treat with some videos from our last concert at @rotbart_rixdorf for @balboaswingclub !
We hope to see you at one of our shows that is coming up next month ...👀
🌴 10.4 Kulturcafe Neukölln
🌴14.4 @bellmerbalboa
🌴25.4 @barriosonoroberlin
🌴29.4 @bechereck
THE SONGS!
"L'Age Atomique" is a creole mazurka from Loulou Boislaville, famous singer and figure of Martinique folk preservation.
"La Guadeloupéenne" is a rumba-biguine composed by trumpetist Abel Beauregard.
"Sépan Meg" was composed as "Tickled to Death" a ragtime from american composer Charles Hunter. It was later turned into a biguine and renamed by the legendary clarinettist Alexandre Stellio.
🎥 Videos are by the incomparable @lnklmkt ❤
@stephenscharmin@schuhbert@djanovi@les_colores_hervehartock@bardiquentin@matthieubaud
- Join us for this month's Jam Cats Session
hosted by Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm !!!
This monthly highlight of „Bellmer Balboa“
has gained international recognition for world-class jazz
grown with the local swing scene.
The night features an opening set of finest 20s / 30s rhythms,
led by clarinettist Laurin Habert,
followed by an open jam session for all and everybody.
Bring your instrument / voice and get in for free!
Schuhbert & The Friends of Rhythm
are:
Laurin Schuh-Hubert : reeds
Carlos St. Ana : piano
Quentin Bardinet : tenor guitar & banjo
Sidney Werner : string bass
Aaaand the DJ of this jam is the delightful Dizzy Ella !!!
Timeline:
20:00 | Doors open & DJ
20:30 - 21:15 | BAND
≈ Short break & DJ set ≈
21:45 - 2:30 | JAM CATS SESSION & Party !!!
Come dance and jam with us !
_
Generous donations for bands and djs
are highly appreciated and expected.
This friday, don't miss us playing a rare trio concert at the cozy @primitiv_bar Simon-Dach Str, 28, 10245 Berlin
Warschauerstr/Ostkrz
We'll play the best of Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, some french and creole songs, and more.. its gonna be goude, tu vas voir mon ptit pote.
@matthieubaud : contrebasse
@bardiquentin : guitare, banjo, chant
@sofianeatta : clarinette, saxophone soprano.
Berlin Biguine at @bechereck was a beautiful success.
We were thrilled to perform again for the first time in three years.
It was especially heartwarming to see friends from the swing dancing community come discover the beautiful music of Antilles and try their feet on biguine, valses and creole mazouk!, congratulations!
Thank you all for all the dancing, the laughing and the beautiful vibes you brought ❤.
Mega-thanks to our amazing DJ "Discos da Jajá" @elleftn who really carried the party with great taste..
Thank you @lnklmkt for the videos and being so helpful ♠️.
Here are some chosen moments of yesterday's concert.
Next, you will find us there:
🐠4.3 @rotbart_rixdorf for @bellmerbalboa
🐬14.4 @crackbellmer for @bellmerbalboa
🌴25.4 @artspaceinexile for Barrio Sonoro latin party.
More TBA!
Stay warm, keep shaking it, see you next time!
