Talks and DJ-sets at Becco during the festival
At Becco, you can experience DJ sets and talks by Edna Martinez and Atiyyah Khan, plus an opening party with Christophe Boulmer and Dana Jdid
October 28th - 21:00 - Opening party with Christophe Boulmer and Dana Jdid
After the opening concert with the Lion of Egypt at Oslo Konserthus, we’re heading over to Becco… and we’re bringing along two festival friends who will keep the dance floor alive until the late night hours: Christophe Boulmer & Dana Jdid!
October 29th - 17:00 - Edna Martinez - Sound System Culture in Bogota
The DJ and visual artist Edna Martinez is a native of Cartagena, and she grew up in this environment. The Berlin-based creator released Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean, a compilation which serves as an entry point and history lesson, with sounds from all over the globe. It also tells a story about musical resistance in low-income neigbhourhoods. At Beccos new listening chamber during Oslo World, Martinez will invite the listener to delve deep in sound system culture from Bogota, expanding on its rich and varied history.
Edna Martinez will also DJ at Becco on wednesday, as part of the launch of the new edition of Lysløypa.
October 31st -17:00 - Atiyyah Khan - Protest and Resistance Music in Apartheid South Africa
Atiyyah Khan is a journalist, researcher, selector, crate-digger, event organiser and archivist from Johannesburg, based in Cape Town. She currently freelances as an arts journalist, documenting visual arts, theatre, music, film and other forms of culture in South Africa. As part of the Sonic Lecture series in the new listening space at Becco, she will explain how music has been a battlefront for Apartheid South Africa and the Black liberation movement against the white supremacist settler colony. Later in the evening, after her talk, Khan will also DJ at Becco.
