FULU MIZIKI (Congo) live
Congolese afro-futuristic punk sensation Fulu Miziki return to Romania and will perform for the first time in Bucharest – Thursday, September 19 at Control Club – as part of the 8th edition of DokStation Music Documentary Film Festival.
Tickets are now available via Eventbook.
Fulu Miziki roughly translates as “music from garbage” which is in a literal sense is an accurate description of the thrillingly chaotic Eco-Friendly-Afro-futuristic-Punk-Assemble collective of artists who comes straight from a future where humans have reconciled with mother earth and with themselves. This multidisciplinary collective of artists is based in the heart of Africa, in the Congolese capital city Kinshasa. For several years now, it’s members have spent an amount of time conceptualizing an orchestra made from objects found in the trash, constantly changing instruments, and always in search of new sounds.
Making their own instruments, performance costumes, and mask is essential to the approach of Fulu Miziki’s musical core ideology. Their unique sound supports a pan-African message of artistic liberation, peace and a severe look at the ecological situation of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the whole world. For Fulu everything can be recovered and re-enchanted.
Fulu Miziki – Pieteron (video) : https://youtu.be/AXMw7MCqpd0
“Known for elaborate handmade instruments and stage costumes, the veteran Congolese eco-punks Fulu Miziki have amassed an international following for their industrious take on the region’s “rumba”—guitar-driven big-band music inspired by Afro-Cuban sounds.” – Pitchfork
“We like the sound of PVC tubing: Fulu Miziki, the band who make music out of trash” – The Guardian
Liraz (Iran) live
The queen of Persian electro-pop Liraz will perform for the first time in Bucharest – Saturday, September 21 at Control Club – as part of DokStation Music Documentary Film Festival’s 8th edition.
Singer, songwriter and actress Liraz has taken her shimmering electro-pop underground. She’s turned it into something dangerous and even more beautiful than before.
The new third album from award-winning Israeli-Persian singer Liraz is an invitation to dream. Anthems, love ballads, glittery Middle Eastern dance tunes… a collection of 11 tracks that enrich that signature blend of tradi-modern rhythms and retro-Persian sonics, Roya (‘fantasy’ in Farsi) is music as a magic portal, an arched gateway to a place of peace, joy and unfettered, chador-waving freedom.
“With its combination of traditional Persian instruments, primitive electronics and Liraz’s dramatic delivery in Farsi, ‘Zan’ is a glimpse into another world.” – The Times
“Filled with electro-dance tracks that revive and remix a 1970s era remembered for a lively Iranian pop scene.” – The Guardian
“A mix of bleeding-edge warped pop and traditional Persian instruments and, in some cases, melodies.” – Financial Times
Liraz – Enerjy : https://youtu.be/swcMi1RS-7c