The BBK Live 2017 is happening in less than two weeks and the festival timetable was finally released.
There are going to be five stages with music and artists for the taste of everyone. Concerts and Dj-sets will start at 17:00.
Below each day-schedule you’ll find our handpick of the favourite three acts of each day:
THURSDAY
Just before their first concert in Madrid, we met Henry Wu and the Kamaal Williams Ensemble at the Fundación Telefónica. The guys received us with an amazing openness and we spent the very last minutes before they went on stage chatting about their music, their impression of the Peckham scene and simply about life. We discovered that some of the guys are already dads and the three had already known each other for many years before starting this new project together: The Kamaal Ensemble with MckNasty on the drums, Tom Driessler on the bass, and last but not least, Henry Wu aka Kamaal Williams on the keyboard and synths. Yet, the Ensemble is open to collaborations with other musicians, like Tenderlonius joining them for some of their gigs in London.
… Behind the scenes with the Kamaal Williams Ensemble – Madrid, Fundación Teléfonica, May 2017
A few months ago we had the pleasure to meet Hailu Mergia in Berlin during his 2016 tour through Europe. Now that he is back on this latitude to bring us his musical delight, we rescued from our archives this beautiful and intimate chat we had with him in his hotel lobby in East-Berlin. Get to know this Ethiopian music legend…
… Meeting one of the most iconic and eclectic Ethiopian musicians: Hailu Mergia
World is Music Mixes is back with a sweet edition coming from the Malmö based selector Pontus A. Enjoy this hour of goodies and soulful vibes, a perfect sound to end this beautiful summer.
We had a little chat with Pontus about himself, his influences and his selection… read more
This year at the amazing Into the Valley festival in Sweden we had the chance to talk to one of the early innovators of Chicago House music, the legendary Jamie Principle. After enjoying his magical live performance where we felt transported back to the beginnings of the raw house in the 80s, we met up with Jamie and his manager Maria from NY based Def Mix records. The two of them welcomed us warmly and we felt like being friends all over the interview. To start with, we passed Jamie our questions and gave him the freedom to speak about whatever comes to his mind, and so he started to tell us his very unique history…
