Klubb Komle på tur
and Gasper Nali Band / DJ Daeva
There will be music on two floors - for one ticket - when Klubb Komle, Bergen's own folk music nightclub, takes the trip directly from the West Norwegian Theatre to Førdefestivalen and Larris Scene. In the library, one floor up, there will be African god rhythms with the Gasper Nali Band from Malawi.
Klubb Komle serves danceable home-cooked food in a club format and presents some of the best in folk music right now. The menu includes several dishes with the most delicious folk music mixes.
We start by teaching some basic steps in folk dancing, so everyone can try their hand at some jumping, halling and other Norwegian, before you get an introduction to Cossack dances, kolomyjka, mazurka and other when brilliant Polish-Ukrainian HrayBery becomes part of the Klubb Komle menu this evening. Then we turn up both the bass and the temperature when Folksomt Musikkollektiv serves up some fresh folk techno, before DJ RADSEN rounds off the evening and keeps the atmosphere going with his dark beats and rarities.
Join Larris Scene for an evening of spinning, snacks and sweating!
Program:
ON LARRY'S STAGE
22.30 Folk dance course with Are and Lars
23.20 HrayBery
00.00 Folksomt
O1.15 DJ Radsen
AT THE LIBRARY
22.30 Gasper Nali Band
23.45 DJ Daeva
Folk dance instruction with Lars and Are
Gasper Nali Band / DJ Daeva
Gasper Nali has been something of an internet phenomenon since 2015, when an old video of his song "Abale Ndikuwuzeni" went viral on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and has surpassed 20 million views.
He plays his homemade babatoni, with a stick in one hand and an empty bottle in the other, used as a guitar slide. The rhythm comes from a powerful bass drum covered with cowhide, driven by an advanced foot pedal. The result is an intense and driving sound, which alone fills the room.
Gasper's music has its roots in the Kwela tradition, a musical style that emerged in South Africa in the early 20th century, where local musical traditions were mixed with the music of Malawian migrant workers. Later, the style returned to Malawi with musicians returning home.
Gasper has taken this legacy further, transforming the babaton into an accompanying instrument, and itself the engine of a completely unique musical style.
Gasper Nali – babatoni, vocals
Devie Luhanga – percussion, vocals
Mattias Stålnacke - guitar
After Gasper Nali band, DJ DAEVA takes over:
Rhythms travel the world much like humans do; they cross oceans, pick up languages along the way – and then somewhere they end up dancing together. Daeva invites the audience to a world of sounds and movements across all seven continents, so all you have to do is open your senses and get on the dance floor.