Baloji is a very tall Belgian rapper with Congolese roots that combines a large arsenal of styles. Afrobeat, rock, acoustic soul, hiphop, dance, chanson, funk and reggea: he produces it all with a similar drive. Baloji was born in Lubumbashi and lived in Kinshasa, Oostende and Liege, where he started his musical carreer with the band Starflam. In 2008 he released his solo debute album, Hotel Impala, which was a personal and genuine illustration of his past. In 2010 he released the cd Kinshasa Succursale.

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A night with a whole lotta music! One night, four bands with four different styles, one jury and a fervent audience. Based on the success of the last editions we again invite bands to compete for your ears. No restrictions, only music. During this successful band competition – open to all – the four competing bands are assessed both by the jury of experts and by the audience.

Dance, scream, support and vote for your favourites, as the question remains: Who will be crowned as winner, straight from the battlefield?

With o.a.:
- NonEntity (punk funk rock covers)
- MASSA (catchy eclectic reggae)
- Solid Sun (Doors inspired psychedelic rock)

Already at the 3rd edition of the season, this first event of 2012 will bring better and more vibrant vibes then ever. In a quest to take the idea of party and social interaction to a new level, EVA and Strictly Vinyl bring now a new context in Maastricht with the good vibes you are expecting in a completely new atmosphere. Same location, same nice crowd and minimal techno sounds with a focus on another continent, another culture and the attraction for a same soundscape.

What comes to your mind when you think of Japan ? How is music in Japan ? How will YONE-KO bring a new vibe to the minimal techno we all know and like ?

Join JAPAN JAPAN dont plan what to expect, because we will still surprise you anyways ! We are preparing an electronic confrontation meant to make more connections in the global electronic music field and stage an electronic astonishment in the social landscape of Maastricht.

JAPAN JAPAN on 11th February will bring the underground vibes of the global technological capital, that we keep in the frame of a true electronic party and fuse it together with YONE-KO’s special touches of Asian inspiration. It will be more then party, it will be an ELECTRONIC WONDERLAND !

So, indeed again prepare for quite an unusual holistic audio-visual experience!!

Also joining the JAPAN JAPAN night are SITTARD´s famous Mark Antoni and last but not least, STRICTLY VINYL resident DJs VOLT.MAR
(minimood) and DIALOG (strictly vinyl) !!

The live VJ set will be covered by the Paris based, Romanian born, PO KE, almost famous anthropologist, photographer and cinema aficionado.

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The Isbells are a Belgian group with singer-songwriter Gaëtan Vandewoude. If you like slightly melancholic, folky popsongs? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve heard that Gaëtan wrote his songs by night, and it shows. They are melancholic and intense but also very nice to listen to. Come and check it out!

Support this evening is by Renée, who also played with among others Mark Lanegan, Isobel Campbell and Don McLean. Veyr promising! Honest, genuine songs that are completed by Renée Sys’s beautiful voice. This summer, she releases her new album.

Closing the evening after The Isbells is Clean Pete with songs about the seasons, great loves and the desire for the sea, to name a few things. Intimate and small songs, but great songs. Clean Pete plays in the quarter finals of the Grote Prijs in May and released its first EP ‘Niet nu, ja ook nu, maar vooral altijd’ in March.

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