Dat ass déi selwecht Bün, op där och Black Eyed Peas an Imagine Dragon gespillt hunn.
Lëtzebuerger Artiste vun haut (Chaild, Culture the Kid…) a vu gëschter (Park Café, Surf Cowboys…) triede mam OPL op.
Dat Ganzt ënnert der Leedung vum Gast Waltzing.
Rockhal et Post en association avec Esch2022 présentent :
OPEN AIR BELVAL meets OPL with Gast Waltzing le 19 June 2022.La Rockhal et Post Luxembourg s’association avec Esch2022 pour présenter un nouvel événement 100% « made in Luxembourg » dans le cadre de la série de concerts exceptionnel Open Air Belval : OPEN AIR BELVAL meets OPL with Gast Waltzing.
Dans la foulée des concerts open air de BLACK EYED PEAS le 15 juin, IMAGINE DRAGONS le 16 juin, et quelques semaines avant celui de THE KILLERS le 10 juillet, c’est au tour des artistes locaux de faire le show au pieds des hauts fourneaux de Belval, accompagnés sur scène par l’Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, le dimanche 19 juin prochain dès 17h00.
La Rockhal et Post braquerons ainsi les projecteurs sur les artistes et solo ou en groupe qui font la scène musicale contemporaine mais également celles et ceux qui ont marqué la scène musicale du pays ces dernières décennies : CHAILD, CULTURE THE KID, DER DÄIWEL, EDSUN, ENGLBRT, FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM, FRED BARRETO GROUP, MAZ, PARK CAFÉ, SERGE TONNAR, SURF COWBOYS, THEM LIGHTS, TUYS et DREAM CATCHER.
Pop, Rock, Blues, Hip-Hop, Electro... ce programme éclectique pensé pour tous les goûts et pour toutes les générations sera conduit par un chef d’exception : Gast Waltzing, lauréat du Grammy Award dans la catégorie « Best World Music Album » en 2016 et musicien internationalement reconnu.
Plus qu’un concert, OPEN AIR BELVAL meets OPL with Gast Waltzing sera définitivement un événement à célébrer en famille !
CHAILD: CHAiLD (pronounced “Child”) is a queer, rising electro-pop artist from Luxembourg. His unique, soothing, yet intense voice grabs you by the gut, only to let it go with a rush of exhilaration and a tear in your eye. Catchy hooks and earworm melodies; that’s how CHAiLD has managed to establish himself as one of the most promising and undeniable young artists from the Grand Duchy’s musical landscape. His melancholic universe combines the Italian and Portuguese musical influences he grew up with alongside his own take on modern electro-pop.
CULTURE THE KID: Culture the Kid (Matteo Griz Wolff) has always had an attraction to music. As a child, he bathed in the music he heard from both his Luxembourgish father and his Brazilian mother. Music has always accompanied him throughout his early years, pushing him to take guitar lessons and write songs to accompany the playing. He then joined the collective “Rock club” created by Chris Hewett and Fred Barreto at age 13 which gave him the chance to make his first experiences in live stage performance with a band on numerous venues such as the “Fête de la Musique” in Luxembourg. At age 14, Matteo stumbled upon rap and instantly felt attracted to the numerous possibilities of expression the genre contains. In its diversity and its greater depth in terms of lyrics, he found a way to project a more complete image of himself into them and thus have his music fulfill its introspective role for the young man to a greater extent. Culture the Kid places himself among the new-school Hip-Hop stream but tries to keep close ties to the roots of what the genre stands for. By retaining an organic sound to his beats, Culture tries to assure this meddling of times and styles In December 2020, Culture participated in the “The Qwest Freestyle Challenge” by Rocklab in which participants received a beat on which they had to perform a freestyle themed “a new world”. Along with fellow rappers DaMensa and Mellow, Culture won the challenge by public voting, winning a recording session along with the challenge’s producers to record an original song on the given beat. More recently, his original song ‘Glass Walls’ contained in his first mixtape “General Culture”, was a great success and managed to land in the local ‘Eldoradio Chartbreaker’ and to remain in the first place on the station’s charts for two weeks. https://konektisentertainment.com/artist/culturethekid
DER DAIWEL: Däiwel ass eng musikalesch Rebellioun géint déi nei Plastikidoler déi eis alleguer wéi dat gëllent Kallef an de Bann zéien an doduerch verhënneren dat sech eppes ännert. An obwuel déi Wandmillengeschicht schon en alen Hutt ass, gouf et mol rem héich Zäit fir op en Iesel ze klammen. D’Resultat vun dëser perséinlecher Rees ass en musikaleschen Potpourri aus Rock, Hip Hop an Rap ‘n’ Roll. Ënnerstëtzt vum Joachim Lichter op der Batterie, dem Achim Ziwes an dem Gilles Loes un den Säiteninstrumenter zitt Der Däiwel elo als infernalescht Quartett duerch Lëtzebuerg an léisst et live nawell gutt kraachen. https://dd666.org/
EDSUN: EDSUN, a young, aspiring musician from Luxembourg, creates alternative R&B, smoothly laden with dark rhythmic beats. His musical style is unique to the Luxembourgish music scene and has been growing since the release of his debut EP “N.O.”. Incorporating contemporary dance in his performances seems to make this young act intriguing and limitless. EDSUN’s background consists in performing arts, in particular singing and dance, which he started at a very young age. https://konektisentertainment.com/artist/edsun
ENGLBRT: The indietronica duo ENGLBRT is the unexpected union between singer-songwriter Georges Goerens and the drummer and composer Niels Engel. Combining multiple influences ranging from Electronic, Contemporary Jazz, to well-crafted Indie-Pop they manage to create their very own musical symbiosis reminiscent of Radiohead, Jordan Rakei, Yussef Dayes and Tom Misch. Together they are ready to snatch you away from your day-to-day and take you on an entrancing journey to a place where densely layered synthie pads and finger-picked guitars combine with driving rhythms to provide a sparkling mosaic backdrop for silky smooth and catchy melodies. https://www.englbrt.com/
FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM: With three EPs (‘All Change’, ‘Wading’ & ‘The Funhouse’), Luxembourg-based 20-year-old Jana Bahrich’s Francis of Delirium have quickly caught attention, finding champions in the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, The FADER, Paste, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Clash, 6Music, Radio 1, KEXP, NPR and more. She was recently shortlisted for 2022’s highly prestigious ESNS Music Moves Europe Award.
A restless energy and desire to connect with the listener lies at the core of Francis of Delirium, with Jana’s personal lyrics being underpinned by an undeniable rock sound that is as liberating as it is intense. Hailed as a Gen Zer excitingly redrawing 90s classic indie rock (unsurprising given her chief collaborator Chris Hewett hails from Seattle and is three decades her senior), a deep admiration for contemporary acts such as Car Seat Headrest, Japanese Breakfast, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens is also abundantly clear.
Having recently returned from North America after playing 26 support dates with The Districts - plus a debut headline show in New York and festival slots at both Shaky Knees and Treefort - Jana arrives back to the UK/EU this summer for a run of support dates with Briston Maroney. Francis of Delirium then support Kings of Leon in Luxembourg City before playing 10 headline shows across the UK in September.
FRED BARRETO GROUP: The furious Brazilian guitarist, Fred Barreto, is one of a kind! He belongs to those musicians who are recognizable straight away from the first notes played by his guitar. His huge sound doesn’t leave his audience indifferent. And his ability to connecting directly to the listeners never ceases to impress Blues-Rock fans. Barreto means serious when it comes to play solid Rock or raw Blues. No need to try finding similarities with other guitar players, Fred Barreto is an accomplished guitarist and does his own « thing » with great talent, virtuosity and soul. https://www.fredbarretogroup.com/
MAZ: Maz is known for delivering a powerful and truthful message to his audiences with the aim to spark a raw confrontation with life in brutal honesty. A determination to not only scratch at the surface but to tear through it and see what lies underneath. He absorbs melancholy and reciprocates hope. His flow and highly evolved technical skills will leave the audience “Maz"merized. Risen out of the ashes of early 2000’s Metal and Rock influences - it is those heavy and dark, and yet extremely emotional and energetic beats that carry the words of the progressive rapper from the future. Maz is the new engine of a more genuine and profound generation and incarnates a courageous attitude of empathy with a solid perspective towards a future world. https://konektisentertainment.com/artist/maz
PARK CAFÉ: Park Café was a six-piece pop-jazz band from Luxembourg fronted by American singer Maggie Parke and active between 1986 and 1993. The band represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song Monsieur.
SERGE TONNAR: De Serge Tonnar ass fräischaffenden Auteur, Komponist an Interpret. Seng Haaptaktivitéit ass d’Kompositioun vun eegene Lidder, derniewent schafft e geleeëntlech am Theater als Museker, Schauspiller, Regisseur an Auteur. Hien huet mat groussem Erfolleg bewisen, dass et wichteg ass Geschichten vun hei an elo, an der Sprooch vun hei an elo ze zielen. Dem “Eeenheetsbräi fir et am Ausland ze packen”, grad ewéi dem klassesche Concertsbetrib, ass hien aus de Féiss gaangen an huet ëmmer nees nei Weeër gesicht fir de Publikum op ongewinnte Plazen, mat ongewéinleche Kläng z’iwwerraschen.
Hien ass dernieft Aktivist am soziokulturelle Liewen zu Lëtzebuerg, sou als Matbegrënner vu MASKéNADA, Kënschtlerkollektiv a Produktiounsplattform fir alternativ theatralesch a musikalesch Projeten. 2015 huet en d’Associatioun “Mir wëllen iech ons Heemecht weisen” an d’Liewe geruff, déi sech fir den interkulturellen Dialog asetzt, absënns tëscht Flüchtlingen a Leit vun hei. An der Pandemie huet hien 2020 de “Kulturkanal (KUK)” an d’Liewe geruff, eng online Plattform fir artistesch Kreatiounen. https://tonnar.lu/
SURF COWBOYS: The SURF COWBOYS released their first CD “Put The Peanuts..” in 1993 and after selling 2,500 copies with 2 Top 10 singles, Nowhere to Go and Not the Way, released “New Surf Same Deal” to critical acclaim in 1995 with the number 1 single including “Believe it or not” and “Crazy” and over 3,000 sales that still remains in radio rotation 20 years later.
The band opened for many rock legends such as Deep Purple, Status Quo, ZZ Top, Toto and many more and is recognised as one of the most iconic rock bands from Luxembourg in the 90’s
Crossroads, the third and final album was released in 2016 and included hits like Cross Roads, Run for your life and Breathless. The band is on Hiatus ever since with spin off bands such as Neo Tokio and Superdrive. https://www.facebook.com/SurfCowboys/
THEM LIGHTS: Influenced by the early work of Michael Jackson, the sound of artists like Radiohead, SOHN & Jai Paul and the productions of Timbaland and Pharrell Williams, Them Lights, covers a wide range of genres from pulsating electronica, energetic pop and soulful RnB. Having been a prominent player in the rock scene as the drummer for one of Luxembourg’s best-known exports (Mutiny on the Bounty), it wasn’t until 2017 that he finally immersed himself in the world of Them Lights. Starting with the propulsive ‘Got No’ in 2018 and topping it with his 2019 release “Mysterious Lights"; accompanied by the sci-fi movie-like video, shot in Iceland. Them Lights live shows are a captivating experience with heavy beats, looped vocals, and a custom-made light show. Recently he has collaborated with and produced tracks for exciting artists such as EDSUN, Maz, Like Lovers, Ryvage and Taipan. https://www.themlights.com/
TUYS: TUYS is a four-piece band established in Luxembourg and now based in Berlin, creating driving indie rock and emotive psych-pop music with chiming guitars, synths, and wide-ranging vocals in three-part harmony. The band also heavily focuses on visual art and navigates on the threshold between fiction and reality with a satirical edge. Quite impressively, TUYS first TV appearance was at thirteen and their first Rockhal gig at fourteen. Even in the beginning, with their first EPs “People” (2012) and “Carousel” (2015), the band displayed confidence and fervour and projected a wide-eyed charm that’s very endearing. So, it came as no surprise that they soon began building their fanbase also through their engaging performances at festivals like Reeperbahn Festival, MS Dockville, The Great Escape, Sonic Visions, and Rock-A-Field. The release of “A Curtain Call For Dreamers” series came out in 2020 as the band’s creative manifest, an audiovisual project through which TUYS explore a hooky dance-rock and a genre-bending pop aesthetic with a lush psychedelic twist, combining reality and dream, both in their sound and lyrics. The album consists of five songs/episodes with witty songcraft and deft arrangements, all winking at futurism and surrealism, both musically and lyrically, while also wallowing in warped dreams painting odd cinematic soundscapes, starring peculiar characters. Following “A Curtain Call For Dreamers” and their appearance in the digital version of Eurosonic 2021, TUYS have announced their cooperation with three new partners on the live side: Echelon Talent Agency (UK), Friendly Fire and Intersection (Netherlands and Belgium). TUYS are currently working on a new album while crossing fingers to be touring again soon. https://tuys.lu/
DREAM CATCHER: Whether as a trio, 4tet or full band, John Rech, the charismatic and passionate singer, is perfectly surrounded by his long-time friends Christof Brill on guitar, Wolfgang “wild fiddler” Wehner, Eric Falchero on piano and accordion, Claude Zeimes on bass and Steve Krippler on drums.
