Tickets für Café Chocolat #1 w/ Batila & the Dream bus (House band) and Gäste 29.08.24 in Berlin, Schokoladen

Café Chocolat #1 w/ Batila & the Dream bus (House band) and Gäste: Miziguruka, Huguette Tolinga & Special: Jolez Bo feat, Garey Godson & DJ Set by Chi AKA Robert Machiri + congolese cusine by Food Fruit African ( Ma Bijoux) + Special Drinks

Café Chocolat, is a music series and community building event created by Melissa Perales (M:Soundtrack, Durchlüften, Music Pool Berlin) and Batila (the Dream bus, BantuSoul Allstars) which will take place at Schokoladen-Mitte beginning on August 29, 2024. Over the course of 4 events, we aim at celebrating and supporting local talents and newcomer black and brown artists & DJ’s within the diaspora of Germany’s communities. Our main thesis is that when communities are supported and treated fairly they will thrive. Instead of each artist struggling alone we wish to create and activate a system where all benefit beyond the one-off event. Aside from the showcases, this series is about surviving as an artist and creator in the black and brown community. We believe with more emphasis on “all of us”, we can create a more equitable event and make a contribution to our music scene. Please come out and support our efforts so we can continue this event!

Program #1
Batila & the Dream bus (House band)
Miziguruka
Huguette Tolinga
Special: Jolez Bo feat, Garey Godson:
presenting their new single “Higher”
& DJ Set by Chi AKA Robert Machiri
+ congolese cusine by Food Fruit African ( Ma Bijoux)
+ Special Drinks

Funded by: Musicboard Berlin
@Artwork 4 the brand of Café Chocolat is designed by the amazing Diana Ejaita https://www.instagram.com/dianaejaita?igsh=ZDYzNWh5YW8wbzBs)

Featuring Guests:

Natacha Muziramakenga, also known by her artist name: Miziguruka, She is a multi-disciplinary artist and has been working for 15 years as a poet, performer, actress director, curator and translator. Recurring themes in her work are resilience, the female body, feminine freedoms, memory and transmission. Her performances combine poetry poetry live music and fireworks! As an actress, she has appeared in such films as Saul Williams Afro-futuristic film “Neptune”, “Petit Pays” by Eric Barbier, "Grey Matter” by Kivu Ruhorahoza, "Un du manche à Kigali by Robert Favreau. Miziguruka’s latest performance was presented in Berlin as part of the “Frequencies Festival” organized by the Goethe Institut in May 2022 Combing video art, poetry and staff spinning (fire). She toured 2022-2023 in Germany with the Afropolination partnership with the Nyege Nyege Festival.
https://www.instagram.com/FLYINGROOTS/

Huguette Tolinga is a self-taught songwriter, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and singer, founder and artistic director of Hugembo Studio, lives in Kinshasa. Born in Boende, she began her career as a percussionist in Kinshasa with a contemporary dance group, Compagnie Jacques Banayanga, before moving on to Koffi Olomides Quartier Latin. In 2009, she founded her own group, Huguembo, with which she performs in the Congo. Huguette regularly collaborates with theater and dance. In 2018, she joined the team behind Not Another Diva... a musical creation by South African Hlengiwe Lushaba and Faustin Linyekul. Huguette Tolinga will be on stage among the musicians accompanying the dancers' battle in Reims (France):This year she performed at the Mikanda Festival in South Africa with the 50/50 group and is scheduled for a live show at the Geneva Opera in September. On the 29th of August she will take a ride on the Dreambus and make a stop at Cafe Chocolat !
https://www.instagram.com/huguettetolinga_officiel/?locale=it
https://huguettetolinga.bandcamp.com/track/amani-bombe

Special Guest Appearance:

Jolez Bo feat, Garey Godson: (Afrobeat)
presenting their new single “Higher”
https://www.instagram.com/jolez_bo/
https://www.instagram.com/gareygodson/

And of course our Houseband:
Batila & The Dream Bus

Berlin based live Band featuring some of Berlin’s top live instrumentalists: Dodo Nkishi Drums, Paul Hoyle- Bass, Sam Konzi - E- Guitar, Jarrah Skyline sun - E Guitar, Adam Pawel - percussion, Nane Kahle / Rachelle Jeanty- Vocals, && Mauricio Fleury- keys.Each evening will feature some of these outstanding artists along with Batila as the Band leader and songwriter, the sound of the Dreambus is quite unique, which he labels as Bantu Soul, a fusion of all genres created and inspired by people of african descent. Bantu, the plural of muntu means people. “Music by people for people '' as Batila likes to say. Batila’s roots are in the Kongo and with his Artistic being he clearly declares his love for la “Rumba Congolaise '' and his continent. The sound is groovy, melodic with empowering messages and stories which will take you on a spiritual journey. And since it is a Dreambus, you will also experience many other extraordinary Artists jumping on and off the Bus.

LIVE : 19:00 Uhr — 22:00 Uhr | ab 22Uhr DJ