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In the Pyrenees, the bells worn by herds are carefully tuned, forming a unique sonic signature that allows shepherds to recognize their animals by sound alone. What may seem like noise becomes a living orchestra, rich, textured and deeply rooted in tradition. With TRUCS, Alexis Toussaint and Romain Colautti (Artús) transform these cultural objects into a bold musical exploration. Blending percussion, strings of bells and inventive instrumentation with electronics, they create immersive soundscapes where rhythm meets resonance and heritage meets experimentation.Centered around a striking setup of prepared drums, tambourines and suspended “bell trees,” TRUCS reimagines these symbolic instruments, revealing their raw musical power while expanding them into a captivating, contemporary sonic experience.
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📍 Driven by French-Syriac singer Climène Zarkan and guitarist Baptiste Ferrandis, the band Sarāb charts a course between post-punk chaos and Arabic poetry. After two albums (Sarāb, released in 2019, and Arwāh Hurra, in 2022) and an EP (Qawalebese Tape, released in 2023) with jazz and global music influences rooted in the rich musical heritage of the Middle East, the quintet returns in early 2026 with a devastating new album, Mīt Warde –Cent roses.
📍 To the ear: a visceral sonic odyssey, where waves of pure rock and techno sounds rub shoulders with politically engaged lyrics, acoustic and intimate tributes to the victims of war. On stage: raw energy, an incantatory voice, maqâmât, analogue synths and rhythms that border on rupture. After more than 100 concerts in Europe, Canada and Morocco, Sarāb (‘mirage’ in Arabic) embraces its rock shift while retaining a hybrid identity, somewhere between Rosalía’s autotune and the militant riffs of Rage Against The Machine.
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Drawing on Kurdish, Persian, and Mediterranean roots, the Elana Sasson Quartet creates an evocative musical landscape where contemporary jazz meets the beauty of folkloric traditions. Inspired by poetry and mountain songs, the ensemble blends modal melodies and odd-meter grooves, bridging ancient sounds with a personal search for belonging.
Their acclaimed album In Between reached #4 on the World Music Charts Europe (July 2025). Praised by Songlines for music “filled with both longing and joy,” the quartet’s sound is a “magical fusion” (BBC Radio 3) shining with Mediterranean light: a captivating dialogue that opens new sonic spaces for a global audience.
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Ão evokes many feelings at once—beauty, pain, wonder—something you’ve never quite heard before. Blending electronica, art pop, saudade and alternative Latin, the Belgian quartet creates a genre-defying sound. Fronted by Brenda Corijn, who sings in Portuguese and English, the band combines warm vocals with guitar, layered electronics and eclectic percussion to deliver captivating live shows across Europe. Their new album Malandra, out February 13, 2026, explores complexity and self-expression with a deeper, more rhythmic and playful sound, and will be toured across Europe, including a release show at Ancienne Belgique.
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Gordan mirror the mysticism of legends and stories from the Balkan region, creating a music that stretches between expressiveness and abstraction, tradition and the avant-garde. The visceral vocals of Svetlana Spajić (Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Antony and the Johnsons, Lenhard Tapes) are both rooted and deeply interpretive. In turn, drummer Andi Stecher (STECHER, Billy Bultheel, Orchestre Les Mangelepa) and Guido Möbius on bass and electronics employ sonic strategies that steer the songs in unpredictable directions. Tapping into minimalism, noise and the rich singing tradition of the Balkans, they create something radical, and entirely their own.
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AySay is a Copenhagen-based trio blending Anatolian folk with Nordic electronic pop into a genre-defying sound shaped by cultural exchange. Fronted by Luna Ersahin, whose voice moves effortlessly between languages, the band fuses traditional instruments like the saz with modern production. Award-winning and internationally touring, AySay explores identity, belonging and connection while captivating audiences across Europe and North America. Their third album Mal (2026) continues their distinctive cross-cultural sound and powerful live presence.
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📍Barcelona-born and Brussels-based singer-songwriter Bianca Steck crafts intimate, cinematic songs that move between indie pop and folk. With a background in classical piano and clarinet, her music blends delicate arrangements, atmospheric production and deeply reflective songwriting.
📍 Her debut album,‘The Joy of Coincidences’, was released in March 2025 on Unday Records. The album got international airplay and was well received in the press. Bianca Steck is one of those artists who immediately grabs your attention with depth, beauty and an incredibly unique sound.
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Nusantara Beat grew out of Amsterdam’s vibrant music scene, with several of its members previously playing in Dutch groups including EUT, Jungle by Night and the Turkish psych ensemble Altin Gün. But it was the allure of exploring Indonesian sounds that cemented their alliance. Nusantara Beat have staked out a daring place in modern music, paying homage to the tradition of Sunda Pop, while reinvigorating it for the 21st century with pristine production techniques, modern synthesizers and deep grooves.
Atmospheric, mesmerising and timeless - Nusantara Beat is the sound of an utterly unique musical collective, forging new ground with a breathtaking freshness and a seductive sense of folk history that echoes through the decades.
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Nama Dama is a Cyprus based performer and multidisciplinary artist. Working at the intersection of folk, electronic music and contemporary ritual, she creates immersive performances that blur the line between concert and ceremony.
Since launching her solo project in 2019, she has developed a distinctive practice centred on live looping, layered vocals and theatrical presence.
In 2024, she was awarded Young Artist of the Year by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. Her current work, PAGAN SOUL, blends ancestral elements with contemporary sound, drawing from her Cypriot and Pontic Greek roots and her connection to Ukraine.
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Alba Pujals is a trombonist, composer, and educator recognized on the international jazz scene. She has performed at prestigious venues such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, Palau de la Música Catalana, Bimhuis in Amsterdam, the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, and Dizzy’s Club in New York, sharing the stage with renowned musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Perico Sambeat, and C. Tangana. In 2023, she received the award for Best New Jazz Artist from Enderrock. That same year, she released her debut album APOLOGIA, followed by the EP of the project she leads, Two Slides.
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