binair01 ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2019

DE CENTRALE, Ham 72, 9000 Gent

07/12/2019 at 17:30

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The 5th edition of the annual Balkan Sessions will once again show the incredible versatile faces of Eastern music and its ability to fuse genres and people by covering several cultural domains and integrating loads of musical influences, dance rhythms and historical backgrounds.

Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018

DE CENTRALE, Ham 72, 9000 Gent

08/12/2018 at 17:30

 

The 4th edition of the annual Balkan Sessions is a broad festival covering several cultural domains, exploring the incredible versatile faces of Eastern music and its ability to fuse genres and people.

◔ 17:30 - 20:00 | FOOD | DOCU | ACOUSTIC CONCERTS

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The 1st part of the Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018 consists of live stories, foto & docu by The Caravan's Journal, food and acoustic concerts by The Gipsy Wolves – a Gent based Roma band –  and Wouter Vandenabeele's violin players. Join these 16 musicians and journalists in their deep quests to the heart of the Balkan region from 17:30 until 20:00!

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♫ The Gipsy Wolves (SLOV/BE) 18:00 - 18:20
Gent hosts some excellent Roma musicians forming a 4-piece Slovakian Balkan band.
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☄ live story + photo from Bulgaria by The Caravan's Journal 18:20 - 18:35
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♫ Wereldmuziekschool De Centrale olv Wouter Vandenabeele 18:35 - 18:50
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☄ live story + docu from Ukrain by The Caravan's Journal 18:50 - 19:05

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♫ The Gipsy Wolves (SLOV/BE)
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☄ live story Srebrenica + NESTOR photo presentation by The Caravan's Journal
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♫ The Gipsy Wolves + 4 violins closing concert 1st part 19:40 - 20:00

♫ 20:00 - 21:00 | Tcha Limberger Trio (BE/HUN)

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Composer, genius violin player, guitarist and singer Tcha Limberger belongs to that tiny circle of world class musicians living on Belgian soil. Born half tzigane, or manouche, or European nomad, his musical mission is to break the existing prejudices towards Rom people from Eastern Europe by expanding their rich history and culture. Thanks to his incredible versatility, Tcha Limberger is like no other able to connect two historical sides of the Eastern-European music in all its beauty: the jazz manouche and the Rom music, thus resulting in a combination of gypsy swing and Balkan chants. At the binair01 ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018, Tcha Limberger Trio will bridge the acoustic live story part perfectly with the full band international headliner part, introducing the gypsy swing initiation at the end of his concert. Listen to some more Tcha Limberger music clips here!

➂ Gypsyswing show + dance workshop ● Balkan Sessions festival 2018

03/12/2018

웃 21:00 - 21:40 | Dance show & workshop gypsyswing

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The first dance part ties up perfectly with the concert of Tcha Limberger: Shana Van Cauwenberghe and Joren van Eyken (teachers at De Ingang, connected with Crazy Legs) show their skills followed by a dance workshop gypsyswing.

♫♫ 21:40 - 22:50 | Gypsysoundsystem Orkestra (CH/FR)

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The 1st out of 2 international headliners of the binair01 ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018 is a 7-piece full body Orkestra. Gypsysoundsystem connects Balkan music with swing, hiphop, dub, tango and electro creating a fresh, contemporary sound. The musicians have very different backgrounds; some with a jazz education, others are rappers on hiphop beats or producers of drum'n'bass and dub tracks, and brass instruments show clear funk, balkan and ska influences. The accordion and sax floats on a solid rhythm section and supports both MC and vocals. Listen to some more Gypsy Sound System clips here!

♫♫♫ 23:15 - 00:30 |  Giufà (IT) 

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Meet Giufà, a solid Sicilian mix of gypsyska, rumba gitana and Balkan melodies with a South-Italian tarantella flair. For this clip they joined forces with Baciamolemani. Their #PROPAGANGSTERTOUR2018, supported by the Istituto di Cultura Italiana of Brussels, brings them to the binair01 ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018 on 8 december. Listen to some more Giufà clips here!

웃 00:30 - 01:15 |  Dance show & animation bollywood

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The dj-set party at binair01 ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018 opens with a dance show of Maya Sapera and Aaricia Ponnet (teacher at Danshuis De Ingang), both specialists Indian dance, followed by a workshop / animation contemporary Bollywood, searching for one of the historical roots of gypsy music all the way to India. Watch some dance clips of Maya Sapera and Aaricia!

➆ mnsr zér0 dj-set ● Balkan Sessions festival ● 2018

29/11/2018

☊ 01:15 - 03:00 | Mnsr Zéro (resident binair01)⎯⎯
The dj-set party will be hosted by resident binair01 mnsr zér0. His mixes are a blend of rhythm variations. Expect not only balkan party classics, but also surprising Roma rap, Arabian dabke, Middle-Eastern hiphop, Scandinavian electroswing, moombahton, bhangra and other Oriental contemporary dance music. Listen to some of his mixtapes here!

Balkan Sessions #3

DE CENTRALE, Ham 72 9000 Gent

16/12/2017 at 18:00

 

After two successful editions the Balkan Sessions festival is growing a tiny bit bigger, with film'n'food, dj-sets and 3 very different live (big) bands from all around the globe.

◕ Oratnitza 21:00 - 22:30 ▷ Kelderzaal De Centrale

The combination of orthodox traditional Bulgarian chant and fast spitting rap rhymes is mesmerizing. Two didgeridoos pretend to be a double bass, a Spanish cajón replaces the traditional percussion with an explosion of hiphop, trap and drum'n'bass rhythms. No wonder Oratnitza is considered the most popular innovative band from Bulgaria.

◕ Gypsy Hill 22:30 - 00:00 ▷ Turbinezaal De Centrale

The most solid party beats will be brought by the headliner of tonight. Their contagious mix of balkan brass, Mediterranean surf-rock, ska- and swing rhythms makes the perfect connection to the party section. The core of Gypsy Hill is the legendary producers duo from London responsible for some world-famous classic balkan party grooves you'll probably already know by heart. Their very first show in Belgium with the full live band set-up will be a unique experience. The sound of this London based band is innovative and traditional in the meantime; thanks to an exceptional combination of guitars, wind instruments, tuba and scratch turntables they'll turn the concert room into one big dance floor.

The 12-piece strong Brussels based Bernard Orchestar turns East-European compositions and arrangements into irresistible and extremely contagious retro-modern balkan party music with a funky twist. They also opened our Balkan Sessions festival 2017.

The 2nd edition grew to festival proportions, and the 3rd one promises a sensational line-up on november 25, 2017. See you at our New Year's Eve dancefloor in a few days.

Aftermovie features Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra, Kocani Orkestar, Lekker Gec, Radio Barbã & Mnsr Zéro. Credits Joao Santos. This production was a collaboration with De Centrale.

Binair01 balkan sessions #2

DE CENTRALE, Ham 72 9000 Gent

02/12/2016 at 18:00

 

The 2nd edition dedicated to balkan music invites one of the very best orkestars from the balkans and one of the very best from the belgistans.

The race for balkantickets is on! First 50 tickets are a €13 bargain. Yes, this includes the complete festival program: film, concerts and party.

Full line-up balkan sessions #2 finally revealed

30/10/2016

The first Ghentish balkan festival since the confluence of Schelde and Leie with film, food, concerts and dj-sets in 2 rooms. Proud to present the line-up:

DOORS 18:00

◔ film'n'food (Kelderzaal)

▸ food by Lekker Gec 

▸ 'Black Cat, White Cat' by Emir Kusturica 18:30 - 20:30

CONCERTS 20:30 (Turbinezaal)

◑ Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra 20:30 - 21:45 

▸ soundcloud | bandcamp

◕ Kočani Orkestar 22:00 - 23:30

▸ youtube meshup | deezer | spotify

●  PARTY 22:30 - 3:00 (Kelderzaal)

Radio Barbã dj-set

▸ mixcloud

Mnsr Zéro (resident binair01) dj-set

▸ mixcloud | ▸ deezer

This mashup presents the headliner of binair01 balkan sessions #2 on december 2 at De Centrale, Gent. The tape is also on mixcloud.

binair01 # balkan sessions # w/ VETEX, Boris Viande, mnsr zér0

DE CENTRALE, Ham 72 9000 Gent

04/12/2015 at 20h00

 

This edition is dedicated to balkan music. Tonight is a joyful celebration of its incredible versatile faces and its ability to fuse genres and people. Some of the best French and Belgian examples of this border crossing phenomenon will make you dance from second # one.