Tickets für Batila & The Dream Bus & Guests Kabumbayi Joh + DJ Gabi Monteiro 14.06.25 in Berlin, Schokoladen

Café Chocolat, is a music series and community building event. 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.

“An evening of Bantu Soul, global rhythms, and diasporic celebration”… Café Chocolat returns officially with another edition of its community-rooted series, presenting an unforgettable evening led by Batila & The Dream Bus—a Berlin-based collective of outstanding international musicians known for their soul-stirring fusion of grooves, melodies, and ancestral rhythm. The sound? Bantu Soul—music by people, for people—coined by bandleader and songwriter Batila, whose Congolese roots and deep love for Rumba Congolaise anchor this rich and spiritual sonic journey. https://www.instagram.com/cafechocolat.sessions/

Kabumbayi, known professionally as Kabumbayi Joh, is a Congolese singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. His music is a fusion of jazz and soukous music, originally from the Congo. At the age of 8, Joh started singing in the church choir, but he couldn’t imagine taking up music as a profession until he won a music competition at his elementary school. Winning this competition encouraged him to start a career in music and record his first album “Nos âmes”.

Kabumbayi Joh draws deep inspiration from the everyday experiences of life, weaving stories of love, struggle, hope, and resilience into his music. Singing in French, English,Swahili, and Lingala, he creates a bridge across cultures and communities, delivering messages that resonate far beyond borders.

The Dream Bus lineup includes Dodo NKishi (Mouse on Mars) on drums, Skyline Sun on guitar, Paul Hoyle on bass, Nane Kahle on backing vocals, Sam Konzi and Kalle Zeier on guitars, Adam Pawel Dziewialtowski-Gintowt on percussion, and Mauricio Fleury on keys and flute. and some lovely interchanging dreamers!

DJ Gabi Monteiro, based in Berlin, born and raised in Chapéu Mangueira and Babilônia favelas of Rio de Janeiro. She loves blending soulful tunes with dance rhythms. Focusing on sounds from the Global South, her club sets feature a range of high-energy banger tracks like baile funk, dancehall, dembow and soca. She also curates groovy, sun-kissed sets with Highlife, Brazilian boogie, Arabic disco, samba-rock, salsa and cumbia.The selections are always filled with vibrant rhythms that make our bodies move organically.