SISELABONGA
Nongoma Ndlovu (voc, elec) & Fabio Meier (dr, perc)
Coining their own genre Afro Soul Tronic, the Swiss-African Duo Siselabonga weaves together diasporic African roots (afro), emotional depth and intensity (soul), and experimental electronic textures (tronic), perfectly blending traditional percussion with contemporary electronic mysticism. The result is a rich, emotionally-charged sound that is vibrant, sensual, and deeply resonant — music that moves both body and spirit.
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Spirit Music Festival 3rd Edition
11 – 14.06
„The strange is not elsewhere. It is embedded in what we thought we understood.“
— Mark Fisher
Spirit Music Festival is back for its third edition. Four days of art, music, literature, and film at Kasheme Listening Lounge, Neugasse 56, Zürich.
A pop-up exhibition in three different rooms, live concerts and DJ sets, a round table with writers Ken Bugul, @jeandamerique and @aliyehataei.official, film screenings at @riffraff.houdini curated together with @showtime_filmfestival , and on Sunday an Afrofuturist dinner by Ken Bugul - a performance in itself (rsvp only).
We open on Thursday with the vernissage of an exhibition that asks what happens when the familiar starts to feel like it’s
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SISELABONGA
Nongoma Ndlovu (voc, elec) & Fabio Meier (dr, perc)
Coining their own genre Afro Soul Tronic, the Swiss-African Duo Siselabonga weaves together diasporic African roots (afro), emotional depth and intensity (soul), and experimental electronic textures (tronic), perfectly blending traditional percussion with contemporary electronic mysticism. The result is a rich, emotionally-charged sound that is vibrant, sensual, and deeply resonant — music that moves both body and spirit.
***
Spirit Music Festival 3rd Edition
11 – 14.06
„The strange is not elsewhere. It is embedded in what we thought we understood.“
— Mark Fisher
Spirit Music Festival is back for its third edition. Four days of art, music, literature, and film at Kasheme Listening Lounge, Neugasse 56, Zürich.
A pop-up exhibition in three different rooms, live concerts and DJ sets, a round table with writers Ken Bugul, @jeandamerique and @aliyehataei.official, film screenings at @riffraff.houdini curated together with @showtime_filmfestival , and on Sunday an Afrofuturist dinner by Ken Bugul - a performance in itself (rsvp only).
We open on Thursday with the vernissage of an exhibition that asks what happens when the familiar starts to feel like it’s holding something back.
With works by Dharmendra Prasad (India), Jso Maeder (Switzerland), @melgugelmann (Switzerland), Michael De Veil (USA), @santiagolouridoanzola (Colombia) and Wayne Reddiar (South Africa).
From Friday to Sunday the exhibition and Kasheme open at 12:00 - come for coffee, drinks, and socialising.
Thursday 11 June — Vernissage
18:00 Vernissage & Apéro riche
18:00 DJ @mumbikameri
21:00 @siselabonga (concert)
22:00 DJ @r.typhina
Friday 12 June
12:00 Exhibition opening
18:00 DJ Misterioso
18:30 Nuhue (CO, 2026) by Santiago Lourido — film screening at Kasheme
21:00 None Of Them (concert)
22:00 DJ @jean.fonceee
Saturday 13 June
12:00 Exhibition opening
16:00 Round table with Ken Bugul, Jean D’Amérique & Aliyeh Ataei
18:00 DJ J’Peux Tim
18:30 Neptune Frost (RW/US, 2021) by Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams — Showtime Festival at RiffRaff
21:00 @jeandamerique & Bit-Tuner (concert)
22:00 DJ @ka_raba
Sunday 14 June — Closing Day
12:00 Exhibition opening
12:00 @lovevolv Sun Radio Omniversity
13:50 West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la liberté (MR/DZ/FR, 1979) by Med Hondo — Showtime Festival at RiffRaff
17:30 Om Shanti Om (IN, 2007) by Farah Khan — Showtime Festival at RiffRaff
18:00 Afrofuturist Dinner by Ken Bugul (reservation required)
20:00 DJ Pambelé
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