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Babel Kertem, which is set to open soon, awaits everyone in Budapest with themed weeks, an outdoor cinema, a dance hall and, of course, exciting concerts.
The Kertem beer garden, which has been operating for almost two decades, and the Babel community, which promotes world music, will merge under the name Babel Kertem in Kőbánya. The aim of the venue is to provide a professional stage for creative bands that are little known to the public, who can play here in front of an audience of up to a thousand people from the beginning of May to the end of September - the organizers told MTI.
The program will be spiced up with thematic weeks, with the emphasis on Mediterranean world music, African music, jazz, Greek, Bulgarian and Hungarian folk music, among others.
Where the Musical World of Italy and Africa Comes to Life
As they wrote, the vibrant energy of Mediterranean world music comes to life during the Italia Soundwave week. The southern Italian Bandadriatica fuses the pulsation of Salento music and the folklore of the entire eastern Mediterranean coast into a unified sound, while Stefano Saletti and Piccola Banda Ikona will transport the listener to the music of the ports in the hinterland. Giovanni Seneca's music balances classical and folk styles with the Southern Italian battente guitar, while Quartetto Areasud and Agricantus combine traditional Sicilian music with modern sounds. To close the week, Luca Bassanese & P.O.P. brings folk-rock, with humor and irony, as if Manu Chao meets Kusturica.
The Africa Soundwave week brings the rich musical world of the African continent to Kőbánya. The virtuoso balafon playing of the Kanazoé Orchestra from Burkina Faso brings a mix of Afro-groove and griot traditions, Nakany Kanté's music is nourished by Guinean and Manding roots and interwoven with social messages, Morgane Ji, the Creole Queen, plays electronic Afro-rock, while the Ogún Afrobeat formation presents the traditions of Afrobeat with Afro-Cuban, Ethiopian, funk and jazz elements.
Jazz, with a twist
Jazz and improvisation lovers can discover how the freedom of jazz meets the world's different musical traditions during the Babel World Jazz and Babel Jazz Europe weeks. Among the figures of the Hungarian music scene, the concert of Ági Herczku and Nikola Parov brings the meeting of Hungarian folk music and Balkan world music, while György Ferenczi and the 1ső Pesti Rackák mix blues, rock and Hungarian folk elements. The Kerekes Band combines Hungarian motifs with rock energy in its unique ethno funk style, Tárkány Művek explores the borderlands of jazz, folk music and world music, while the Qualitons represent modern groove and psychedelic sounds. The band of Livius Varga, known from Quimby, awaits the audience with alternative folk-rock, and the folk musicians Vudu Jabba with Hendrix reinterpretations.
Hungarian and International Acts at Babel Kertem in Budapest
The May lineup includes Babra, Maszkura and Tücsökraj, Csík János and Mezzo, Loyal Apples Club and Baricz Gergő, Riverside Soul and A Nyugahatlan. Malacka and Tahó are celebrating their 30th anniversary with Ef Zámbo, and Cabaret Medrano is inviting its old and current members to the stage on the occasion of its 25th birthday. Rock and roll and world music will join forces on the joint evening of Mocskonyi Dörgő and Edgar, and an exciting concert is promised by Los Orangutanes and Hét Hat Club + Hakumba, Pilgrims - Bluestones feat. Tamás Takács, Óperentzia, and Freddie's concert in September.
Other international acts will include Oratnitza, with its blend of Bulgarian folklore, electronica and dubstep, Chilean Subhira, which operates at the intersection of South American rhythms, electronica and contemporary world music, while French flamenco Qairo integrates Turkish and Balkan influences with electronic elements.
The new world music venue in Budapest will also feature a Kertmozi, and the Berka and Martenica dance house will bring Moldavian and South Slavic folk music traditions closer to the audience.
Source: MTI.hu
Photo: Kertem Facebook page
