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Heart-stopping rhythms, otherworldly melodies and a childlike, carefree yet energetic voice: The winning formula behind tracks like Yebo Mama, a formula that has given this young singer, songwriter and dancer an international audience over the past few years.
Now based in Munich, the Mongolian-born singer combines the grace of vocal jazz with chamber folk and urtiin duu, the traditional music of her Central Asian homeland known for its endless steppes. Influenced by the great voices of American jazz, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae, Enji's voice is at once warm and graceful, discreet and assured.
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Musician Gizmo Varillas blends his Spanish roots with British indie spirit. Flamenco, folk, and world music are the unexpected ingredients of his unique pop sound. His songs speak to us of loss, hope, and the courage to make a new start. Since childhood, music has been a way for him to connect with the world. There's no better place than the Reeperbahn Festival Collide to strengthen that bond.
Kingsley Okorie and Benjamin James, two brothers from Nigeria, combine nostalgia and contempory styles. With influences from highlife, Afrobeat, jazz and soul, they create their very own genre: "Highlife Fusion".
An electrifying performance by German band Get Well Soon to celebrate the 74th Berlinale. Every year, the German capital hosts one of the world's biggest film festivals: the Berlinale. For the 74th edition, in February 2024, the band Get Well Soon—formed around singer-songwriter Konstantin Gropper—headlined the "ARTE Berlinale Party" music event, which took place at Schwuz, an iconic Berlin club. In addition to his studio albums, Konstantin Gropper has created the music for three episodes of the German series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). He also contributed to the soundtrack of Detlev Buck's film A Very Bad Plan (2020). His cinematic streak made his band the ideal candidate to rock the Berlinale.
With her husky voice, Zaz captivated the international stage in 2010 with her song “Je veux.” More than fifteen years later, she is performing at the MO Museum in Vilnius, surrounded by works by young contemporary artists such as Selma Selman, Vytautas Viržbickas, Andrius Arutiunian, and the group Baltos Kandys. The singer will perform songs from her latest album, “Sains et saufs.”
Since the release of her debut album I'm Feeling Hopeful in 2021, Milan Ring hasn't been doing things by halves! Exploring the fields of alternative electronic music in her compositions, she creates ethereal vocal arrangements with her inseparable guitar, which always takes centre stage.
The direct sincerity of Tom Walker's poignant lyrics was front and centre for Leave A Light On, released in 2017. This phenomenally successful single took the Scottish artist on tour to every continent and won him the Best New Brit Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Filmed on July 29, 2024 at the Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg.
Golden Years begins with a farewell that is not a farewell. No goodbye is forever, is it? Tocotronic are concerned with the self-contradictions of our existence in an ever more refined way. For the 75th edition of the Berlinale, Tocotronic celebrates the start of its fourth decade as a band at the Columbia Theater.
