ROOTS&HYBRID FESTIVAL 2023
A PART OF SPOT 2023
Once again we are excited to present this years Roots&Hybrid Festival! Like last year, the festival will be held in the homely settings of our musical meeting point turkis. From the 5th – 6th of May you can experience a wide range of both local, Nordic and international talents, who, in their own way, fuse musical traditions and create their own unique sound!
TICKETS AND ACCESS
All SPOT guests have access to the Roots&Hybrid Festival at turkis. In addition, it is possible to buy access through a day pass. These are sold in limited numbers in the entrance at turkis.
Day pass holders can access the venue on the same terms as SPOT guests, meaning that they will wait in the same line as SPOT guests, should the venue reach full capacity.
During the next few weeks the full Roots&Hybrid'23 program will be announced here.
We look forward to seeing you again at turkis!
FRIDAY, MAY 5
HØST (DK/SE)
The four women in Høst have found the common vision to create a vocal playground, where with four voices and nothing else, they interpret and challenge the traditions in the Nordic folk music as well as in the modern polyphonic song. With inspiration from Nordic instrumental folk, Bulgarian women's choir and the harmonious universe of jazz Høst creates a new sound of Nordic acapella folk; a spring symphony of chirping birds, powerful raw dissonances and rhythmic poetry.
KLINGRA (DK/FO)
The risks and radicalism of quiet music prove to be a rich seedbed for Faroe Islands collective Klingra. Spawned from the band Afenginn in 2020, Klingra – the name refers to something circular – start from a point where all extraneous matter seems to have been pared away, leaving room for the members to explore and experiment with elemental and emotive currents of atmospheric pop and classical influences.
Photo by Betül Bas
TUHAF (DK/TR)
TUHAF is a Danish/Turkish rock band from Copenhagen fronted by charismatic Turkish born singer Berrin Bas. The band is a fusion of different types of musicians and all kinds of genres - Anatolian folk, indie rock, free jazz, Danish traditional songs and US roots rock. Even though the lyrics are and will remain poetry of love, it is not shiny happy songs about falling in love which the band excels in. Rather it is the breach, the sorrow, the conflict and profound longing that forms the subject matter.
Photo by Christoffer Paavilainen
SYMBIO (SE)
Symbio is regarded as one of the most prominent new bands from the Nordic Folk & World music scene. The music of Symbio has been described as musical storytelling where virtuoso folk, electronic dance music and minimalistic art music meets and becomes a cinematic experience for the listener. Their third album Endeavour is a sound painting where heartfelt melodies, dreamy soundscapes and hypnotic beats depict life-affirming themes.
Photo by Jonathan Mora-mercado
LA DAME BLANCHE (CU/FR)
With her always expanding and singular mix of hip hop, female empowerment, and catchy beats, singer, flautist, and percussionist Yaite Ramos, aka La Dame Blanche, delivers a powerful and compelling sound that summons the spirits. Daughter of Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos, artistic director of the Buena Vista Social Club orchestra, this Cuban living in Paris creates blends in every aspect; between Latin and Urban, Cumbia and Hip-Hop, the strong and the sensual, and the stage lights a show and the flame of a candle in a ritual.
FAIZAL MOSTRIXX (UG)
Driven by the urge to create his own musical hybrids, Faizal Mostrixx has pioneered “tribal electronics”, an infectious fresh new sound that weaves regional beats and moods with electronic soundscapes and hypnotic indigenous urban dances. Mostrixx's music gives African sound an electronic spin like Ibaaku or Guedra Guedra. It is both raw and full of futurist fierce energy like Onipa. It is a storm of tribal culture and innovation merged with epileptic rhythms and frenetic highly danceable loops like Tshegue.
SATURDAY, MAY 6
THORHAN (DK/TR/IS)
Thorhan is a collaboration between the Turkish/Danish Saz virtuoso Orhan Özgür Turan and the Icelandic guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and singer Þór/Thor Arnarsson. By starting from their musical differences, Thorhan creates a sound that can best be described as a new and unique interpretation of Icelandic and Turkish folk melodies as well as their own compositions that merge with Nordic folk, indie and psych rock.
DØSSING (DK)
Musically døssing move within instrumental jazz, which is largely emphasized by a playful approach and an unmistakable chemistry in their compositions and expressions on stage. Døssing's musical universe invites the audience to lean back in their chairs and let their thoughts flow, and at other times to let loose on the dance floor. They play with the meeting between electronic and analogue and create an atmospheric and dreamy universe.
KAISIN (DK)
Kaisin is a crossover world orchestra with a unique combination of instruments consisting of a classical string quartet, a folk/classical singer and an electric bass player. Their songs are in Danish and reflect the aspects of being a human being from infant to old age. Kaisin embraces the freedom to step outside boundaries and time trends, and shows a new take on what songwriting can be. You will experience a moving musical universe from intimate ballads to great symphony sounding works.
Photo by Frej Rosenstjerne
MEEJAH (DK/KR)
Meejah is a post/gazy/experimental Danish-Korean band. Meejah explores spirituality, Korean and Nordic heritage, transnational identity, Eastern philosophy and culturally and cross generationally based pain. The band takes influences from experimental, post-rock, post-metal, ambient, ethereal noise, gritty hiphop, tibetan singing bowls, Korean pansori singing and shoegaze.
Photo by Olof Grind
EBO KRDUM (SE/SD)
Ebo Krdum is a Swedish-Sudanese activist-artist born and raised in Sudan and residing in Sweden since 2010. His musical journey began when he was five years old in western Sudan where he taught himself multiple instruments, setting himself on the road towards his own unique sound, beyond what tends to be taught in music schools and institutions. Over the past four years Ebo has been vigorously present in various live music scenes both in Sweden and Europe.
AKABANGA (DK)
Akabanga sets the dance floor on fire with their instrumental club bangers. The trio is heavily inspired by music from several different African tribes, both on the western and eastern side of the continent. The music can sometimes be repetitive and almost trance-like, but at the same time it contains elements of wildness and ecstasy. Together they create their own form of Afrobeat, where they mix melodies, beats, rhythms and sounds from many different traditions.
DJ LOVECATT, MIRA CAMPAU, DEE BROWN & MALTE SANGGAARD (DK)
Come and dance your heart out when four of Denmark's most party-creating DJs will set the floor on fire at turkis. Expect a long b2b party, with soundscape of deep bass passages and groovy house beats, nostalgic vocals and musical influences from several corners of the world, which you don't want to miss! It will be blazing hot and don’t expect to stand still.
READ MORE ABOUT THE SPOT’23 PROGRAM AND FIND YOUR TICKET HERE