Lova Lova : Guembri Superstar

Presented by Le Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (L-7502540/541/542). Handcrafted percussion and electronically augmented strings trigger raw, danceable music for a timeless party where cultures wildly amplify as they intersect. Led by Lova Lova aka Maître Tonnerre, Guembri Superstar takes you on a hybrid folkloric trance rooted in ancestral traditions and pumped with urban energy straight from the Kinshasa ghetto. Alongside them, magnetic French-Central African singer Emma Lamadji, with her powerful and soulful voice, infuses this electric ceremony with soul and spiritual intensity. 2nd part: Hieroglyphic Being / Hamid Drake / Shabaka / Dudu Kouaté. Four visionary sonic explorers united for an unprecedented creation where ancestral African traditions, trance, improvisation, spiritual jazz, and electronic music meet. Around the cosmic textures and hypnotic beats of Chicago DJ Hieroglyphic Being, the telluric rhythms of drummer Hamid Drake dialogue with the incandescent breath of Shabaka and the ritual percussion of Dudù Kouaté. A free and vibrant sonic ceremony — and perhaps, already, the music of the future.