Crossing Bosporus

Piano

Keyboards

Bass

Percussion

Alex Wilson, Heiri Känzig, Burhan Öçal

In this trio, cultural idiosyncrasies and cosmopolitanism come together with great skill and inspiration: Burhan Öçal&#x27;s Turkish rhythms combine with the melodic, poetic jazz of Europe and the powerful pulsating beat of London&#x27;s cultural melting pot of Heiri Känzig and Alex Wilson. Three extraordinary musicians have found each other! Courageous, full of relish and with joy in experimenting, they explore boundaries and create something new. Inspiration, improvisation and creation from three cultures meet and lead to a unique music and listening experience. Music becomes a world language!

Çiçek Taksi

Vocals

Clarinet

Accordion

Album Release «Bin Dilde»

Even if you don&#x27;t understand the lyrics, the music of Çiçek Taksi goes straight to the heart. The band, which the Turkish-Kurdish-Swiss singer Selin Dettwiler founded with three musician friends in Bern, dedicates its new album to the love of poetry; a love that knows no language barriers. Bin Dilde - in a thousand languages – is about love, repression, pain and hope, all woven into the songs. The Turkish poems that the band members collected as the basis for the songs were written by people living in Switzerland. They provide touching insights into arriving in an unknown place and tell of the very different circumstances that led to a departure to new homes in the writers&#x27; country of origin.

BCUC

Congas

Bass Drum

Moods & On The Corner Records present

BCUC stands for Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness. Their music is made up of indigenous funk, hip-hop and punk energy. But instead of trying to classify and analyze the music, you should simply visit a live show: An absolute stunner! In recent years, BCUC has played with legends such as Femi Kuti and Saul Williams, fascinated audiences at the most important European festivals (Glastonbury, Roskilde, Womad, Fusion, Sziget and many more) and also won the prestigious Womex Artist Award. And should anyone still have any doubts as to whether it&#x27;s worth it: “without a doubt the best live act I saw” - Gilles Peterson “Loved their set, it was one of my highlights of a great weekend” - Nick Dewey, Glastonbury Festival “guaranteed to touch untapped corners of your soul” - Okayafrica “the most impressive newcomers this year” - The Guardian It all started in a shipping container in Soweto, South Africa, where the band members of BCUC met. The shipping container was converted into a community restaurant and stands next to the church where Desmond Tutu organized the escape of the most wanted anti-apartheid activists. This historical background is echoed in BCUC&#x27;s music: Their music is a hedonistic trance, but also as a weapon for political and spiritual liberation. The concert ticket is also valid for the party afterwards.

Golnar Quintet

Saxophon

Guitar

Moods & jazzhane present

Born and raised in Tehran, the Iranian-Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist Golnar Shahyar understands music as a political act. Drawing equally from the traditions of Southwest Asian, North Africa, and contemporary music of Europe and America, she creates an extraordinary mixture of languages and styles. She dedicated her last tour to the slogan Woman* Life Freedom in the light of the ongoing revolution in Iran. With her current song &#x27;Tell my mother she has no daughter anymore&#x27; she touched thousands of Iranians at home and abroad. With the festival pass for CHF 80, you can visit both evenings of the Nowruz Festival 2024: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/nowruz-2024-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=65277 Supported by the Südkulturfonds.

Inner Unity Ensemble & Sakina Teyna

Regie

Cello

Defying the colonialist term &quot;World Music&quot;, the Inner Unity Ensemble connects musicians of the diaspora with a very diverse set of backgrounds to (re)create music across cultural, regional, and genre borders. Their music is defined by modal and microtonal concepts found in Iranian Radif or Arabic and Turkish Maqams blended with various harmonic concepts in European classical music or jazz. Welcoming rhythmic accents and melodic harmonies as rich as their very own diverse heritage, the band features musicians from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the Kurdish regions, and Italy. For the first time and perfectly fitting to the Nowruz festival, the Inner Unity Ensemble will also welcome Sakina Teyna, a Kurdish-Alevi singer from Varto in Turkey. With the festival pass for CHF 80, you can visit both evenings of the Nowruz Festival 2024: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/nowruz-2024-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=65277 Supported by the Südkulturfonds.

David Virelles Trio

Drum Kit

Cuban-born pianist and composer David Virelles grew up in a musical home. He began learning to play the piano at a young age, immersing himself in the diverse Cuban musical tradition and discovering jazz greats such as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Andrew Hill. After recording with Juan Pablo Torres and Jane Bunnett in Cuba, Virelles graduated from Humber College in Toronto and moved to New York City in 2009, where he studied composition with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Henry Threadgill. Since then, he has collaborated with musicians as diverse as Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Chris Potter, Tomasz Stanko, Wadada Leo Smith, Hermeto Pascoal, Ravi Coltrane, Marcus Gilmore and many more. rrDavid Virelles has received various awards and prizes for his versatile, creative work, including the Oscar Peterson Prize. In 2023, his trio album Carta was released on Intakt Records: eight of the nine compositions were penned by David Virelles, all oscillating between composition and improvisation and opening doors to free interpretation and development.

Claudia Masika

Dance

Claudia Masika is a natural born singer from Kenya, whose talent was recognized early on by her grandmother. It was from her that Claudia learned the magic of traditional singing in the Luo language. Claudia has been gaining a foothold in Switzerland for around 15 years and has established herself as a top act with her international band. Her own version of the Afro-fusion sound has found favor with a wide audience at home and abroad, far beyond the Afro fan community. On stage, Claudia Masika is a force to be reckoned with, and with a large portion of positive energy and humor, meaningful songs and an experienced band behind her, she brings a smile to the audience&#x27;s faces and rhythm to their legs. Before and after the concert, DJ Voilà Tim will play a selection of African grooves.

Kyoto Jazz Massive

Trumpet

Moods & Spirit Music Society present

Kyoto Jazz Massive was founded over 30 years ago by the brothers Shūya and Yoshihiro Okino and discovered by Gilles Peterson. After a 15-year hiatus from European stages, the genre-spanning large-scale project now returns with a brand new live band. A fantastic opportunity to celebrate, 20 years after their groundbreaking debut album “Spirit Of The Sun”, their latest album “Message From A New Dawn” and some highly anticipated exclusive tracks. Music that ranges from jazz funk, broken beat to soulful house, cosmic grooves and everything in between!

Yoni Mayraz

Yoni Mayraz, who grew up in Tel Aviv and lives in London, has made a name for himself in the British new jazz scene since 2020 with a few singles and the EP «Rough Cuts». On his debut album «Dybbuk Tse!» he combines jazz with elements of 90s New York hip-hop, old-school breakbeats and Middle Eastern music. In Jewish folklore, the «Dybbuk» in the title is the spirit of someone dead in sin who drives into a living body. «Dybbuk Tse!» is the command to the spirit to leave the afflicted body. In this sense, the debut album can be read as the exorcism of evil spirits.

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc)

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) were Zambia&#x27;s biggest rock band in the 1970s and were at the forefront of a new genre called zamrock. They fused influences ranging from the Rolling Stones to Black Sabbath to James Brown, and blended them with traditional African rhythms and songs. At the height of their popularity, the band often needed police to keep fans at bay while their lead singer Jagari - whose name is an Africanization of Mick Jagger&#x27;s name - roiled the crowd. As Zambia&#x27;s economy stagnated and the country suffered from the AIDS crisis, WITCH disbanded. Jagari, now the only surviving member of the original lineup, retreated to a life of quasi-anonymity as a university music professor before being wrongfully arrested in Zambia&#x27;s toughest hour. Now a man in his 60s, he spends his time mining gemstones. WITCH didn&#x27;t receive greater attention outside their home country until 2012, when Now Again Records reissued their entire discography. In 2016 Jagari began a collaboration with Dutch musicians Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauskoviç, and together with them WITCH is coming to Moods in November.

Masterclass mit WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc)

Open to musicians and music lovers. Duration: 2h Language: English Admission: Free WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) were Zambia&#x27;s biggest rock band in the 1970s and were at the forefront of a new genre called Zamrock. They fused influences ranging from the Rolling Stones to Black Sabbath to James Brown, and blended them with traditional African rhythms and songs. At the height of their popularity, the band often needed police to keep fans at bay while their lead singer Jagari - whose name is an Africanization of Mick Jagger&#x27;s name - roiled the crowd. As Zambia&#x27;s economy stagnated and the country suffered from the AIDS crisis, WITCH disbanded. Jagari, now the only surviving member of the original lineup, retreated to a life of quasi-anonymity as a university music professor before being wrongfully arrested. Now in his 60s, he spends his time mining gems. The Mastercalss will be held by Jagari Chanda, Patrick Mwondela and Jacco Gardner and will cover the history and working methods of Zamrock from its beginnings to the present day.

Leyla McCalla

Banjo

Deeply influenced by Creole music as well as American jazz and folk, Leyla McCalla&#x27;s music is at once earthy, elegant, soulful and witty. Her music vibrates with three centuries of history, yet feels strikingly fresh and unique. Leyla McCalla draws inspiration from her past and present, whether it&#x27;s her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans. The bilingual multi-instrumentalist and former member of the Grammy-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, has developed a distinctive sound that reflects her roots and her experiences. Her latest album, &quot;Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever,&quot; explores the legacy of Radio Haiti, the first private Creole-language radio station in Haiti, as well as the journalists who risked and lost their lives to be on the air for nearly 50 years. The result is simultaneously a work of radical performance art, historical scholarship, and personal memoir, a sweeping and powerful meditation on family, democracy, and free expression that could not have come at a better time.

Leo Middea Solo

Moods & Adalu present

The Solar - Brazil Music Festival is an event organized by the Adalu Association that presents the cultural richness of Brazil with a fresh, active and conscious approach. It is a bold movement to promote Brazil&#x27;s multicultural synergy through dialogues between popular traditions and modern experimental music. Solar 2023 is the fourth edition of the festival and presents four concerts by artists who reside in Brazil, but also Brazilian artists who live in Europe. Leo Middea comes from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 27 he has already traveled the world with his guitar and currently lives in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Anyone who sees him on stage is immediately gripped by the energy of his delightful and catchy songs and his tireless presence. Now his latest album Gente was released in May this year. Get your festival pass for both days for CHF 85.– via: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/solar-2023-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63405

Gilsons

Formed in 2018, the trio Gilsons, consisting of Francisco, João and José Gil, is currently taking the music world by storm. With the auspicious, as well as obvious, band name Gilsons referring to their family name, they also allude musically to the classic MPB music of their father and grandfather Gilberto Gil, incorporating elements of pop-rock, samba, reggae and bahiano.rAfter a string of successful hits, including Várias Queixas and Devagarinho, the band released their debut album Pra Gente Acordar last year, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese in September 2022. In it, they sing with confidence about journeys and encounters, about light and about love, to which one should surrender without fear.

Da Cruz

Electronics

Trombone

Brave songs for confused times: The sixth album by Da Cruz (Bern/São Paulo) is called Baladas da Luta (Ballads for the Struggle), and that&#x27;s exactly what it sounds like. It is profound, urban music against hate, delusion and political short-sightedness. It is a musical reappraisal of the last four years, during which Brazil has undergone an uncanny transformation politically and socially.

Mauricio Caruso Solo

The Solar - Brazil Music Festival is an event organized by the Adalu Association that presents the cultural richness of Brazil with a fresh, active and conscious approach. It is a bold movement to promote Brazil&#x27;s multicultural synergy through dialogues between popular traditions and modern experimental music. Solar 2023 is the fourth edition of the festival and presents four concerts by artists who reside in Brazil, as well as Brazilian artists who live in Europe. In his musical diversity, guitarist and composer Mauricio Caruso, who trained at the University of São Paulo, has spent the last two years researching guitar composers who are enormously relevant to Brazilian music of the early 20th century. These musicians used elements of popular music from different regions of Brazil, as well as elements of nature and their regional culture. Among them are Villa Lobos, Garoto, Guerra Peixe, João Pernambuco, as well as Astor Piazzolla (Argentina) and Leo Brouwer (Cuba). Get your festival pass for both days for CHF 85.– via: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/solar-2023-festivalpass?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63405

Leenalchi

Leenalchi shows us how experimental and avant-garde the K-pop scene can be. The band from Seoul has dedicated itself to reinterpreting the Korean storytelling genre Pansori, which is characterized by a special performance style with vocals and percussion. The band sings verses of traditional Korean fairy tales and draws musical inspiration from alt-rock and eighties new wave. By dissecting and rearranging traditional elements, the result is music that is forward-looking, but at the same time strongly rooted in tradition. In Korea itself, the band has long been established, filling concert halls, winning various Korean Music Awards, and appearing in a Netflix production. Leenalchi gained international attention in 2020 with their song Tiger Is Coming and subsequently thrilled audiences at renowned festivals including Roskilde, Pohoda, Womad, Fusion and the FMM Festival.

Schmidi Schmidhauser & The Hasta Luegos

Abschiedskonzert

What luck: Mrs. Schmidhauser buys a guitar but doesn&#x27;t find enough time to practice. So she gives the instrument to her boys. Beat and Jürg don&#x27;t waste much time and start rocking. Some time later Beat, meanwhile matured to Schmidi, plays his first gig at the age of 14. Today, about 1500 concerts and 46 years later, Schmidi delights us for the last time live on stage, because – and to our regret – &quot;it&#x27;s enough of a good thing.&quot; From now on, he wants to devote himself to things that have came up short in all these years. Schmidi has experienced indescribable things on a thousand and one stages, on the road with &quot;Stop the Shoppers&quot;, &quot;HOT DC&quot;, &quot;Los Hobos&quot;, &quot;Chica Torpedo&quot;, &quot;Traktorkestar&quot;, &quot;Oso loco&quot;, with Polo, Kuno, Endo, Büne, Sina, Lo &amp; Leduc - and again and again with Jürg/Jiri, the beloved brother. So then: clear the stage!

Boubacar Traoré

Mundharmonika

In the early years of Mali&#x27;s independence, 20-year-old Boubacar Traoré picked up an electric guitar and shaped the sound of the young state. But with the military coup in 1968, his songs were banned from the radio and Traoré had to support his family as a farmer and small trader. In the late 1980s, however, his comeback was abruptly interrupted once again by the death of his wife. Traoré went to Paris and made a living as a construction worker. Finally, in 1990, he re-emerged as a musician and recorded six albums in short intervals. Very soon, Vincent Bucher&#x27;s harmonica became the sonic alter ego of Traoré&#x27;s voice and guitar playing. Since the turn of the millennium at the latest, he has been celebrated as one of the great fathers and ambassadors of modern Mandingo music, combining characteristic playing techniques and ideas from West Africa with the philosophy of the blues from the southern United States.

Elina Duni Trio feat. Rabih Abou-Khalil

Flugelhorn

Jurykonzert

Born in 1981 as the daughter of a writer and a director in the Albanian capital Tirana, Elina Duni first appeared on stage at the age of just five. A lot has happened since her first musical steps on radio and television: today, Elina Duni is an ECM artist and, since 2017, a laureate of the Swiss Music Prize. In this ZKB Jazz Prize Special, the oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil meets the Elina Duni Trio with Marc Méan and Matthieu Michel. A unique constellation that will probably bring some golden moments. Festival pass (qualifying rounds, final and jury concert) for CHF 70.- available via https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/b2b/zkb-jazzpreis-festival-2023?referrer=preview&amp;productId=63456

Orchestra Baobab

Timbales

Moods Summer Special

Last year, Orchestra Baobab, one of Africa&#x27;s greatest bands, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Its story begins in the heart of Dakar&#x27;s medina in Senegal in the late 1960s and stretches around the world and into the 21st century. The group of singers and musicians from all over the continent play a mixture of Afro and Latin American styles, international pop and traditional griot music. After last year&#x27;s sold-out concert, the band returns to Moods this August. Before and after the concert, DJs Afreekaya &amp; Voilà Tim will be spinning some tunes.

Yarima Blanco Y Son Latino

Tres

Yarima Blanco is an outstanding Tres Cubano player and one of the few outside of Cuba to master this unique three-stringed instrument. With her own septet, Son Latino, she combines various Cuban styles with Latin American influences. Her electrifying performances showcase not only her impressive technique on the tres, but also her powerful voice and charisma. Blanco perfected her skills during several years of study in Cuba and quickly became a sought-after artist, also making waves on the international jazz scene with the orchestra ANACAONA. Pancho Amat, international master of the tres cubanos, describes Blanco&#x27;s talent as exceptional. Before and after the concert DJ Saltho invites you to dance.

Alina Amuri + Special Guests

Flute

Synthesizer

Sousaphon

Tuba

Album Release im Moods

Alina Amuri&#x27;s record launch will take place as part of the Schiffbaufest. The concert is free of charge, but we ask our guests to reserve a ticket via the link in order to have guaranteed admission. With different cultural influences and a lively and bold message, Alina Amuri manages to create magical musical moments. Born in DR Congo Kinshasa and raised in Switzerland, the singer and multi-instrumentalist has developed her own homemade style between Afro, Neo Soul and Trip Hop in the last ten years. An unforgettable voice meets Congolese percussion joy and surprising flute interludes, releasing forces where optimism returns and dancing becomes inevitable. A sound that creates a new sense of togetherness and the promise that everything will be alright. Alina Amuri&#x27;s music combines influences from Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone and Alicia Keys with a fresh, lively twist. Alina has already been selected for SRF 3 Best Talent, has been nominated for the most important Swiss music award (Swiss Music Awards) and won the Swiss Live Talent Award with her last album (Chasing Traces). At this concert Alina Amuri will present her next studio album Back To You. It is the most personal record so far and tells about her journey back to her birthplace Kinshasa, back to her family roots.

Luedji Luna

Sampler

Disk Jockey

Singer and songwriter Luedji Luna is a prominent name in the Brazilian music scene. Winner of numerous awards and nominated for the Latin Grammy Best MPB Album in 2022, she soon achieved notoriety far beyond the country&#x27;s borders. Her music explores and celebrates the connections between her homeland and her African roots, and addresses the marginalizations of Afro-Brazilians and women in Brazil. This theme, coupled with her soulful voice, carries an infectious energy that is already palpable in her albums or online at the NPR Tiny Desk Concert, but especially unfolds live into an unforgettable musical experience. Afterwards DJ Sampa will play the best tracks from Forró, Samba-Rock, Gafieira and Tropicalia. This event takes place in cooperation with Adalu: https://www.adalu.ch/

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Crossing Bosporus

Alex Wilson, Heiri Känzig, Burhan Öçal

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