Orkesta Mendoza, Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band and Monoswezi will play on the OTP world stage at INmusic festival #11
There are times when the world needs beautiful music and Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band certainly know how to do that! Uniquely powerful and resonant, yet silky sweet “Golden Voice Of Africa” and Ghana’s “first rock star” - the legendary Pat Thomas will bring African beats to Zagreb's INmusic festival! Just recently the song 'Odoo Be Ba' is selected by the BBC in top 10 African tracks of 2015.
Lineup:
Pat Thomas
Kwame Yeboah
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff
Eric Owusu
Emmanuel Ofori
Prince Larbi
Emmanuel Opoku Ware
Orkesta Mendoza will bring some mambo rytham and Latino adventure to this year's INmusic festival!
Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, now called Orkesta Mendoza, have already proved how sensationally they music works. After an impressive Europe Tour in 2012, they are ready to bring back some desert wind from Arizona! This summer at INmusic festival the audience will enjoy a melting pot of Mexican Mambo, psychedelic Cumbia, Merengue, Rumba, Jazz und Indie-Rock. A Bigband with punk attitude, who shows that Mambo is very much alive! „It’s so much fun to see them playing. They are maybe happiest band on the planet. At least they play the happiest sound.” (Howe Gelb)
Lineup:
Sergio Mendoza - voice, guitar, vihuela, keys
Salvador Duran - voice, box
Jack Sterbis - percussion
Larry Lopez – drums
Sean Rogers – bass
Joe Novelli - lap steel
Marco Rosano – sax
Raul Marques – trumpet
Monoswezi is an african/scandinavian quintet based in Norway of musicians originally from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe. Monoswezi seeks a musical expression, where respect for tradition is combined with different references and experiences from pop, jazz and modern Western music. In addition to traditional music, Monoswezi performs music composed by the band members, with a strong improvisational approach. Very often, their music is accompanied by dancing and participation by the audience. That way - there is little distinction between the performer and the audience, both are often actively involved in the music-making.
Lineup:
Hope Masike - vocals, mbira, percussion (Zimbabwe)
Calu Tsemane - vocals, percussion (Mozambique)
Hallvard Godal - saxophone, clarinet (Norway)
Putte Johander - bass (Sweden)
Erik Nylander - drums (Sweden)
These 3 world music groups are a part of a "Multiculturalism in music" project. By shaping contemporary and popular culture, the project aims to address the importance of cultural differences to a festival's audience. Since music is a medium unhindered by language differences, it serves as the perfect vessel for promoting the values behind this project, and thanks to new technologies, music is available to the widest public on a global level.
INmusic festival #11 is set for June 20th -22nd 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia, at the well-known and beautiful location - the lovely isles of lake Jarun.
With a 3-days-ticket for only 40€ and just 27€ to enjoy 7 days of festival camping INmusic is the Europe's best buy festival!
Tickets available here: http://goo.gl/Zn5r41
Florence + The Machine. PJ Harvey, Skunk Anansie, The Kooks, Wilco, The Coral, Yeasayer, The Heavy, Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band, Orkesta Mendoza, Monoswezi & many more to come!
Start your summer in Zagreb at INmusic festival!