Alberto Caicedo

Pablo Martinez

Ramon Mendeville

Sebastian Nickoll

Nique Quentin

Los Melos, a superb salsa line-up, will bring a small part of sun-drenched Colombia to Lab Grounds with their rhythmic percussion set and catchy brass arrangements.

With band members from the Netherlands, Spain, Venezuela, Italy, Colombia and Germany, Los Melos consists of a mishmash of nationalities, yet they sound as Colombian as formations such as Grupo Niche, Grupo Gale and Curao en Salsa. Expect a band that excels with musical virtuosity, impressive vocal outbursts and a sky-high danceability factor.

Percussionist and conguero Nique Quentin released last year A Los Melómanos, an album that brings out the passionate love of music in each of us. It is a true melting pot of cultures, influences and stories from all over the world, just like salsa is! With a place in the Colombian charts and compliments from salsa legend Rubén Blades, the album was also received extremely positively outside the Netherlands. So come sing and dance along on September 12 at Lab Grounds.

Vocals: Alberto Caicedo
Vocals/backing vocals: Ramon Mendeville
Piano/backing vocals: Thomas Boettcher
Bass: Samuel Ruíz
Bongo: Sebastian Nickoll
Timbal: Giovanni Molinari
Congas: Nique Quentin
Trombone: Pablo Martinez
Trombone: Maarten Combrink

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Live music

Culture

World music

Salsa

Cultural

🪩 Party

Grounds

Los Melos

Early bird ticket

Regular ticket

After a very successful season performing at international festivals and prestigious music venues worldwide, Mario Bakuna brings to GROUNDS his latest release ‘Brazilian Landscapes’.

Mario Bakuna is a Brazilian artist currently based in London, UK. Over the past few years, he has emerged as a leading figure and a reference in the Brazilian Jazz Music scene in England. Bakuna and his band have extensively performed in Europe and beyond, playing at distinguished venues and festivals across 18 European countries, Canada, Brazil, Madagascar, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, with sold-out concerts and great acclaim.

Following his first album ‘Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia’, Mario’s most recent release is ‘Brazilian Landscapes’ which features new arrangements of material by great composers such as Marcos Valle, Claudio Bertrami, Rique Pantoja, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, João Bosco, Arismar do Espirito Santo, and the ‘forrozeiros’ Dominguinhos and Luiz Gonzaga.

The album is a tribute to the culture and memory of Brazilian people and it’s the result of years of inspiration Mario Bakuna drew upon while travelling through Brazil, experiencing its rhythmic and harmonic richness. From the arid landscape of the northeast, which is reflected in the chorus of songs of Forró, Baião and Xaxado, to the African influence found in Ijexá, the popularity of Samba and the sophistication of Bossa Nova, Mario Bakuna and his musicians celebrate the most musically rich territory on earth.

Artist website: https://www.mariobakuna.com/
Artist facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarioBakunaMusician
Artist instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariobakuna

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Jazz

Mario Bakuna Band

Thrax Punks

Thrax Punks is a Greek band originating from Thrace. Starting from the region’s traditional music, the band members began to experiment over the years and incorporate more modern aesthetics and styles from various musical genres around the world, such as live looping, psychedelic parts, heavy guitars, math-rock and punk outbursts. This September, they will be back at Grounds to present us their latest album.

Traditional songs bear so much authenticity in their melodies and lyrics, that they effortlessly remain indelible over time. Each generation adapts its own perspective to these and passes them on to the next. So do Thrax Punks, with their main instruments gaida (bagpipe), davul (drum) and an electric guitar. Through their sounds you can travel to older times, stories and emotions, so timeless that past, present and future seem to be one.

To date, they have performed at most major music festivals in Greece, as well as concerts and festivals in the UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Cyprus. In 2016 they released their first EP, and in 2019 they presented their first self-titled LP, in a nationwide tour, with many sold out shows.

Over the last years, they have collaborated with renowned artists and recorded music for film and theater plays. In 2021 they performed live their own original music for the tragedy of Euripides “Bacchae” in the ancient theater of Epidaurus, as part of the Athens Epidaurus festival, with additional performances in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and in Cyprus.

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Event source:
https://www.grounds.nu/en/grounds-events/20240920-thrax-punks-2/

Experimental

Punk

🎨 Cultural

Ticket

Liquid Sun Orchestra

Fede Carreras

Wherever Liquid Sun Orchestra goes, it always will be the glorious ray of sunshine that unites audiences with its rousing afrobeat and afro jazz. At New Grounds, this will be no different: they will make us sizzle with positive energy.

The Leiden based band consists of members from different generations, coming from different corners of the world. Their multicultural character is also echoed in their music. Throughout their intriguing mix of jazz, funk, soul, dub and reggae, we always hear the influence of Nigerian grandmaster Fela Kuti.

After performances at Bevrijdingsfestival Amsterdam, Zwarte Cross, Houtfestival Haarlem, Soulfest Antwerp, Peel Slowly and See festival, Gentse Feesten and Surfana Festival, these messengers of the sun are now coming to New Grounds. Get ready for an evening full of hypnotic rhythms, fiery brass and powerful vocals: Liquid Sun Orchestra will make you dance!

Liquid Sun Orchestra consists of Augusto de Campos Neto (vocals), Bie Muusze (guitar), Marco de Meijer (bass), Sebastiaan van der Klooster (keys), Laurens van Heesch (trumpet), Oliver van Gulik (tenor sax), Marco Pipolo (baritone sax), Fede Carreras (alto sax), Ruud Souhoka (percussion) and Patrick Bek (drums).

Soul

Funk

Afro

Reggae

Party

🏀 Active

🍿 Chill

New Grounds

Ntjam Rosie

Licks & Brains

In this unique collaboration, Ntjam Rosie and groove/funk big band Licks & Brains explore the boundaries between electronic dance, jazz and African music. The result is ‘Embrace The New’, a surprising album full of danceable songs like the new single ‘Keep Movin’, that they will present in a majestic way to the audience at Grounds.

Cameroon-born singer Ntjam Rosie blends jazz, soul, pop and African rhythms into a catchy whole like no other. With the release of her second album ELLE in 2010, she conquered hearts nationally and internationally and has since worked with many big names in the Dutch jazz scene, including the Artvark Saxophone Quartet, Bart Wirtz, Eric Vloeimans, Martin Fondse, Reinier Baas, Ronald Snijders and Teus Nobel.

The 18-piece Dutch big band Licks & Brains, led by one of the leading alto saxophonists Rolf Delfos, brings an appealing mix in which horns, electronic grooves and adventurous playing harmoniously blend into compositions that move between a heavy dose of jazz, afrofunk, minimal music, soul funk and dance. The band developed a unique live performance and has already collaborated with top artists from the Dutch and international jazz/funk scene such as Eric Vloeimans, Benjamin Herman, Anton Goudsmit, Mrs. Hips and Joseph Bowie (Defunkt). Together with Rosie’s powerful stage presence, they guarantee an explosive performance making it you impossible to stand still.

Ntjam Rosie | Licks & Brains

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Concerts

Ntjam Rosie meets Licks & Brains

Kostantis Pistiolis

Kostantis Pistiolis, a multi-instrumentalist hailing from the mountains of Epirus, is a dynamic member of Villagers of Ioannina City. His energetic stage presence, enhanced by his mastery of Greek instruments, adds a unique flair to the band’s performances. Pistiolis also collaborates with other renowned Greek musicians such as Giannis Haroulis and Thanassis Papakonstantinou.

The clarinetist and singer Kostantis Pistiolis comes from Konitsa, Ioannina. He has worked with many well-known musicians such as Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Giannis Charoulis, Villagers of Ioannina City, Chainides or Matoula Zamani. Using a loop station and his expressive singing style, he transfers the sounds of yesterday to today and takes listeners on lively encounters with musical traditions. With the help of the loop station and accompanied by a wide range of wind, string and percussion instruments, Pistiolis presents a diverse program of sound cultures from Asia Minor, Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus. 

Combined with his vocal performance, the sounds condense into an experimental sound mix that effortlessly builds bridges between the past and the present and also fascinates younger generations with traditional music.

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Event source:
https://www.grounds.nu/en/grounds-events/kostantis-pistiolis-05102024-en/

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Mix a dose of klezmer with a pinch of jazz, add a shot of Balkan and a smidgen of Gypsy, et voilà, you’ve got the recipe for Amsterdam Klezmer Band. Brass, double bass, accordion and percussion all bolster each other with pulsing grooves full of subtle yet raw energy. At Grounds they are going to make us sweat, but are equally going to make us dream away to soulful songs of lament.  

The Amsterdam Klezmer Band started out on the streets in 1996 as a group of buskers playing traditional Yiddish music. 28 years later, the band gained internationally success as a celebrated band with a rock solid live reputation. AKB re-energizes the sound of klezmer by throwing contemporary styles and techniques in the mix. Balkan and oriental music are gratefully used as key influences. The band manages to keep their music fresh, vital and often highly danceable wherever they take the stage.

Earlier this year, they released their latest album “Bomba Pop”, produced by Viennese DJ/producer Dunkelbunt. After 28 years, the band still sounds relevant, using klezmer as a foundation with a colourful and varied musical set on top. Inimitable, swinging and original.

With no less than 19 albums under its belt and after many successful collaborations with artists like Söndörgő, the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra, Galata Gypsy and Lilian Vieira, the Amsterdam Klezmer Band is all set to make Grounds swing again.

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Event source:
https://www.grounds.nu/en/grounds-events/amsterdam-klezmer-band/

Charlie Parr

Attention: the concert hall is not accessible for wheelchair users, as there is no lift. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Charlie Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows, writing and rewriting songs as he plays, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. At New Grounds, he will take us with him on his interesting journey through life.

Parr first picked up his guitar when he was eight years old. Although he never had a formal lesson and learned by listening to records and watching musicians he admired, he knows how to amaze his audience with incredible fingerpicking on his 12-string baritone resonator, guitar and banjo.

The bluesman poet pulls closely from the sights and sounds around him, his lyrical craftsmanship built by his influences. The sounds from his working-class upbringing—including Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie—imbue Parr’s music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of the past decades. When he sings and plays his resonator or 12-string, you can hear influences like Mance Lipscomb, Charley Patton, Spinder John Koerner, Rev. Gary Davis, and Dock Boggs.

In his 2024 release, Little Sun, Parr weaves together stories celebrating music, community, and communing with nature. Putting forth an ambitious and raw album that exemplifies the best of Parr’s sound: a blend of the blues and folk traditions he continues to carry with him and the steadfast originality of a poet.

Artist website: https://www.charlieparr.com/
Artist facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Charlie.Parr.Music
Artist instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie.parr/

Poetry

Nature

Folk

Blues

NaraBara

NaraBara is a musical collective that harmoniously blends the intricate rhythms of jazz with the mystical storytelling and atmospheric qualities of Mongolian folk. Yider, the producer and vocalist, has collaborated with keyboardist Asr, guitarist Suoty, and drummer Zhitong Xu. Together, they use their extensive technical expertise to create a soundscape deeply rooted in disciplined energy and rich textural layering, which will be showcased at Grounds, this October.

NaraBara represents a new possibility, breaking away from traditional music classification. This band creates an atmosphere that adapts to its environment, generating their unique musical language in different spaces like concert halls, art galleries, and large venues. Naturally, you can step into the world of NaraBara anywhere. They are like the light during the day and the stars in the dark, symbols of natural romance.

NaraBara’s music is difficult to fit into any known genre. It blends the tension of Mongolian folk music, the complex harmonic changes of jazz, and the melodiousness of MarrioF music. This fusion embodies the charm of the new Chinese style.

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Event source:
https://www.grounds.nu/en/grounds-events/191024-narabara-en/

El Khat

El Khat pays tribute to the Golden Age of traditional Yemeni music in a joyful and solid DIY-ish way. With a barrage of freaked percussion, whomping bass, hypnotic choral voices and detuned brass, they take you at Grounds on a rousing, psychedelic and slightly addictive sonic adventure.

In a search for his own roots, frontman Eyal El Wahab became intrigued by the culture of his grandparents, who had emigrated from Yemen to Israel in the 1950s. After listening to the LP ‘Qat, Coffee & Qambus: raw 45s from Yemen’, a new world opened up for him and he took up the goal of reviving traditional Yemeni music.

El Wahab gets this innovation in his music by playing mainly homemade instruments, such as the dli and the kearat. To do so, he recycles items ready for the junkyard and transforms them into musical gems, shaping El Khat’s extraordinary sound. It is a practice that harks back to the time-honoured tradition of his homeland.

The result is retro-futuristic Yemeni folk music that both looks over the shoulder to the past and ahead to the world that lies outside. With two albums behind and a third to be released in 2024, El Khat is constantly on the move to spread their authentic sound around the world, creating a brotherhood among their audience.

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Event source:
https://www.grounds.nu/en/grounds-events/el-khat-2/

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

Standard

Grounds is een podium waar je baanbrekende, opkomende en bekende (inter)nationale muzikanten en bands in de meest uiteenlopende muziekstijlen kan zien. Bij Grounds gaan we van Turkse folk naar Afrobeat en van Latin naar Sahara blues. Met wekelijks concerten is Grounds de plek waar je de grotere namen uit de scene live ziet en tegelijkertijd nieuwe muziek ontdekt.

Naast het programmeren van live muziek wil Grounds iets bijdragen aan het culturele klimaat in Delfshaven door een podium te bieden voor talenten uit de wijk en muziek naar de wijk te brengen door openlucht wijkevenementen te organiseren of hier actief aan deel te nemen.

Grounds organiseert, faciliteert en neemt actief deel aan verschillende wijkevenementen in Delfshaven.  Voorbeelden hiervan zijn festival Werelds Delfshaven, Wereld Wijde Wijk, Pop-up Zomerparade, Pilgrim Harbour festival en Delfshaven Festival. Wijkactiviteiten zijn de ideale evenementen om buurtbewoners met elkaar te verbinden en mensen in aanraking te laten komen met muziek en met verschillende culturen. Waar Grounds met de wijkactiviteiten naar buiten treedt is Grounds ook de plek voor talenten uit de wijk om een keer op het podium te staan.

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