LusoSonic Festival

Adalu, Moods and the Portuguese Consulate in Zurich present the “Lusosonic Festival” - an intimate festival with a strong musical presence. A powerful sound journey through contemporary lusophone music. The program brings together promising talents from Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola and Brazil and demonstrates the diversity and strength of the current musical landscape in the Lusophone world.

Lisbon-based Angolan singer/songwriter/performer Pongo has firmly established herself as one of the best Afro-Fusion artists working today. From her sellout shows around Europe, famous for their raw energy, to her captivating COLORS Studio performance, Pongo has become a true vanguard of modern African pop.

A formerly of cult favorite electro-crossover band Buraka Som Sistema (joining when she was just 16), Pongo has built a huge following since going solo for her blend of traditional Angolan stylings with hard-hitting, energetic electronic production, seeing her shortlisted for African Artist of the Year at the Kora Awards in 2024 for her album ‘Sakidila’ and her song ‘Kuzola’ featuring on the Fifa 23 Soundtrack. Pongo marked the start of a new creative cycle with her single ‘Katana’ - a fiery, exhilarating track that immediately fired her to 3 the TikTok Viral Charts.
Now, she presents ‘Sugar Rush’, a feat with the artist NoMBe, with a joyful energy in a melodic fusion of pop and afro-beats.

A very recent and somewhat mysterious entity in transit between Lisbon and Cape Verde, Fidju Kitxora releases "Racodja", their first album, in 2024. Evoking the past, present and future voices of the diaspora, they reorder different languages into a lively and constantly changing music where the heat of funaná, the swing of semba, the syncopations of kuduro and afro-house and other sincere miscegenations flow, among field recordings, gliding synths, vocal samples and an unstoppable barrage of infectious beats.

Angelo Romeu is a music selector from the south of Portugal who has been playing music in various venues for over 20 years. With his broad repertoire of music, he manages to get audiences dancing or relaxing by the pool. His travels have taken him to Oslo, Lisbon and currently to Zurich, where he is part of the Kasheme project. He loves sharing musical treasures and taking people on a journey through his record collection.