clan dest ino
anniversary 2022
20th
AySay
SATURDAY 14 MAY
OCEANEN
Nadah El Shazly dj marcelle
THURSDAY 7 JULY
OCEANEN
TootArd Rizan Said
FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
OCEANEN
Kurdish and Turkish music merges with Nordic folk melodies in the songs of this young Danish group. AySay’s saz player and singer Luna Ersahin grew up in a Kurdish-Turkish-Danish family, and in her songwriting she mixes her influences freely, both in terms of language and musical composition. As an ensemble, AySay presents the songs in a tight kind of semi-electronic east-west folk jazz. AySay was formed when Luna Ersahin met Aske Døssing Bendixen (drums and percussion)
at a music education in Copenhagen. Eventually, they found a guitarist in Carl West Hosbond, and bassist Jens Mikkel Madsen was added to the group’s live format. Somewhere along the way, Luna Ersahin also managed to live in Sweden for a period and study Swedish folk music – on the group’s debut album Su Akar, sounds from this side of the Öresund can be heard in the form of violin polska as well as kulning – a vocal technique stemming from an ancient herding call.
NADAH EL SHAZLY
A crackling sample from the dawn of the 20th century, filtered through modern effects, commences Nadah El Shazly’s debut album Ahwar
A few tracks later there is a cover of Sayyid Darwish, the artist considered by many to be the father of Egyptian popular music, working at the beginning of the 1900s. It is a cover whose relation to the original can be likened to the relation between a text and the paper it is written on. Nada El Shazly – who earned her wings in the underground scene of Cairo as both a punk and jazz singer – builds her version from a kalimba, a harp and double bass, and when the instrumentation almost falls apart, it is lashed back together by her voice. And that is how her music works. Even when it carries a clear reference – as to the old Cairo in the opening track, or to bebop in Koala – it remains at its core both timeless and rootless. It is port music; at home anywhere around the east Mediterranean, any time during the last century. Thus Barzakh, named after the
TOOTARD
Rami and Hasan Nakhleh grew up in the Golan heights. Like many others in the Israeloccupied territories they have never owned a passport, instead they are using a document called ‘Laissez passer’ to be able to travel. Laissez Passer is also the name of an album they released in 2017, influenced by both desert blues and reggae.
Since then the brothers have shifted the focus of their music, back to the Lebanese and Egyptian electronic disco of the 80s. Hasan Nakhleh nostalgically recalled a simple keyboard with oriental scales he used to have in his childhood home. He tracked down a second hand instrument of the same type and that became the start of their latest album Migrant Birds. It is smooth, sparkling, and filled to the brim with pining melancholy. Most of the tracks are built on funky disco with microtonal synth melodies – sometimes the album feels like a Levantine mirror work to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. But Tootard’s most important influences derive from the Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, who, alongside keyboardists like Ihsan Al-Munzer, introduced Western disco and funk to classical Arabic tonalities. As the title Migrant Birds suggests, freedom is a recurring theme: the dream of moving freely across physical borders and walls, but also across those invisible barriers that limit one’s way of being and loving.
Islamic equivalent to purgatory, might just as well be listened to in a rebetiko taverna in Piraeus as in an Egyptian café. And the club banger Palmyra transforms, without seeming to change much at all, to a jazz jam when it is played with a live band. The one thing that remains permanent is the deep powerful voice of Nadah El Shazly.
DJ MARCELLE
Although DJ Marcelle has been collecting music longer than most of us have been alive, she still feels like The Netherlands’ sweetheart. She’s an artist with a mischievous, rule-bending and almost ironic approach to her DJing, producing and radio hosting – cut with her trademark wit yet supported by an unquestionable amount of skill. Well known for her three-turntable setup, DJ Marcelle makes compositions out of songs and symphonies out of mixes – colliding disparate genres, appropriated vocal snippets and warped soundscapes into a giant Frankenstein-like melting pot.
RIZAN SAID
During the last two decades Rizan Said has established himself as an extremely productive, genre-hopping songwriter for a long line of Syrian artists, while also reaching an international audience, not least through his collaborations with Omar Souleyman. His nimble and fast playing has given him the nickname “King of Keyboard” –which is also what he named his first solo album, released in 2015.
It all began in Ras Al Ain, in northeastern Syria. Already as a boy Rizan was proficient on flute, saz and accordion. After much ado he managed to get his hands on a synth and started transposing his accordion skills to the electronic keys. He had his first gigs as a musician at Kurdish weddings, and soon enough he was releasing cassette tapes, as well as writing scores for Syrian TV shows and movies. After having learnt Arabian shaabi, Rizan Said embarked on a long and fruitful partnership with Omar Souleyman, who was already a major star in the region.
In recent years Rizan has lived in Sweden for periods and performed at many of Europe’s leading festivals. In 2019 he dropped Saz Û Dilan, his second solo album, filled with a cavalcade of electronic dabke music played on a keyboard in defiance of all speed limits.
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Sekondi Band
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
INKONST
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER
OCEANEN
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER
FOLKTEATERN
Gyedu Blay Ambolley first made a name for himself in the Swinging Accra days of the sixties, as a member of the Uhuru Band together with Ebo Taylor. Ghana was celebrating its liberation from the colonial masters and highlife was the soundtrack. For a long time, this West African dance music had been played exclusively on congas and other rhythm instruments, but after the advent of calypso, guitars were introduced and bands competed to create the most intricate melodic layers.
A few years later, highlife was already on the way down, and everyone was looking for a way forward. While others copied James Brown uninhibitedly, Gyedu Blay Ambolley was now searching for ways to marry parts of the American sound with Ghana’s own heritage. He formed
the funk-jazz combo Apagya Show Band, again with Ebo Taylor. At the same time, he released the solo effort The Simigwa, which he calls the world’s first rap song. The compilation albums Ghana Soundz 1 & 2 give an indication of the importance of Gyedu-Blay Ambolley during that time. In one way or another, he par ticipates in almost every other song: as a singer, saxophonist, bassist or composer. Today, he is known as a living afro-funk legend all over the world, and has become a sought-after guest artist in Ghana’s hiplife scene – for example in a remake of The Simigwa with the duo Replay. But at the same time, Gyedu Blay Ambolley remembers his roots. On his thirty-first album 11th Street, Sekondi, he looks back to the highlife music that shaped him as a young man.
When Karl Jonas Winqvist found himself in the tiny fishing village Toubab Dialaw south of Dakar, he wasn’t able to communicate neither in French nor Wolof. But he did have the language of music, and through it he managed to make friends with some local musicians, setting in motion a collaborative project that continued online after he had returned home to Sweden. Out of this grew Wau Wau Collectif, as well as one of last year’s most thrilling releases. Wau Wau isn’t just a collective by name, the music is an epitome of collective Yaral Sa Doom is like sitting by the Atlantic coast with the cream of West Africa’s musicians and listening to them jam, find unexpected melodic paths and throw in
Death and disappointments are subjects that this Finnish ensemble creates great entertainment from. However, the main theme of Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha is still love: bittersweet, euphoric, or a source of despair. The matter is picked apart and viewed both from a cosmic perspective and from the bottom of a wine bottle.
Trumpet, bouzouki accordion, double bass and drums create a rich mix of Balkan stomp, Finnish humppa and tango. The mighty baritone
ideas which lead to one song after another. The music is characterised by Karl Jonas Winqvist’s searching aesthetic and open ears. One of the finest tracks on the album – Mouhamodou Lo and His Children – came about when Winqvist met a cab driver and family father from Senegal, and it came to light that the man wrote poetry and sang in his spare time.
But for all its spontaneity the record is just as much a result of skilled craftsmanship. In addition to the village musicians, it also features the Senegalese producer Arouna Kane, as well as the swedes Emma Nordenstam – a frequent collaborator of Winqvist’s – and Maria Arnqvist from the experimental folk duo Siri Karlsson.
voice belongs to Jaakko Laitinen. With pomaded hair and a red velvet blazer, he is a complete estrador in the cut of Olavi Virta. Despite the colorful appearance, however, it is impossible to mistake his genuine feeling for the music from Lapland. Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha (= “fake money”) was founded in 2009 and has since released four acclaimed albums, including Börek from 2020. Diligent playing in everything from dance halls in the far north to clubs in Helsinki has given them a reputation as Finland’s best live band.
SATURDAY 9 APRIL
SATURDAY 16 APRIL
FRIDAY 22 APRIL
MONDAY 2 MAY
TUESDAY 3 MAY
FRIDAY 6 MAY
SATURDAY 14 MAY
venue program
OCEANEN
SKEPPET GBG
INKONST (INTONAL FESTIVAL)
SKOGEN (KOLONI)
GOTHENBURG FILM STUDIOS (VETENSKAPSFESTIVALEN)
HUMANISTEN, TRAPPSCENEN (VETENSKAPSFESTIVALEN)
OCEANEN
20 TH CLANDESTINO FESTIVAL IN GOTHENBURG 9–12 JUNE
THURSDAY 9 JUNE
FRIDAY 10 JUNE
SATURDAY 11 JUNE
SKEPPET GBG
GÖTEBORGS STADSTEATER
NEFERTITI
SKEPPET GBG
PUSTERVIK
Alai K
Mabe Fratti | 食品まつり a.k.a Foodman | Linnea Talp | Dj Idealist
Gordan
Moor Mother | Arrington de Dionysos | Senyawa
Park Jiha
Agustín Fernández Mallo in coversation with Lina Wolff – Physics and Writing
AySay
Yama Warashi | Hailu Mergia | Kokoko!
Hassan Wargui | Edrix Puzzle | Dina ögon | Los Pirañas
Guedra Guedra | Chúpame El Dedo | Coco Em
Naoko Sakata
Oumou Sangaré | Alabaster DePlume | Gordan | Lova Lova | Ecko Bazz & Chrisman |
Aunty Rayzor | D.WattsRiot
SUNDAY 12 JUNE
OCEANEN
SKEPPET GBG
FASCHING
FRIDAY 10 JUNE
SATURDAY 11 JUNE
THURSDAY 7 JULY
FRIDAY 29 JULY
FASCHING
OCEANEN
MALMÖ SOMMARSCEN
CLANDESTINO X BOTTNAFJORDEN 29–31 JULY
FRIDAY 29 JULY
SATURDAY 30 JULY
SUNDAY 31 JULY
FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER
TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER
KKV BOHUSLÄN
BOTNIK STUDIOS
EVJA FOLKETS HUS
OCEANEN
INKONST
OCEANEN
FOLKTEATERN
FOLKTEATERN
Tarta Relena | Marina Herlop
Maya Dunietz plays Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbrou
Alabaster DePlume | Lova Lova
Maya Dunietz plays Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbrou
Nadah El Shazly | Dj Marcelle
Groupe RTD
Selda Bağcan & Boom Pam | Coco Maria | Etran de l’Aïr | Ayom
Groupe RTD | Haepaary | BCUC | Phelimuncasi
Lorena Alvarez & Sus Rondadores
TootArd | Rizan Said
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Sekondi Band
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Sekondi Band
Wau Wau Collectif
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha
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Clandestino Festival has been organized by the non-profit Clandestino Institut since 2003. This event is made possible with support from Västra Götalandsregionens Kulturnämnd, Statens Kulturråd, Göteborgs Stad Kulturnämnd. Artistic director: Aleksander Motturi. Production
Manager: Katarina Markovic. Graphic design: Milena Karlsson. Editor and text: Markus Görsch & Lars Lovén. Translation: Petter Yxell. Tech coordinator: Danilo Borgerth. Press: Hansi Friberg & Kajsa Olofsson, Ascari PR. Financial administration: Silva Hildbrand, Kjell Aronsson + Anna Hedin, Baker Tilly, EMK. Web: Jesper Lind, Nodestar. Board of trustees, Clandestino Institut: Catharina Bergil, Erling Björgvinsson, Nathalie Bödtker-Lund, Stefan Jonsson, Anja Hellström, José Lagunas Vargas, Mariam Wallentin & Julia Willén. Previous co-curators: Dave Watts, Sara Parkman, Goran Kajfeš, José Gonzáléz, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, El Perro del Mar, Mariam The Believer.
PUSTERVIK: Järntorgsgatan 12, 413 01 Göteborg. NEFERTITI: Hvitfeldtsplatsen 6, 411 20 Göteborg. GÖTEBORGS STADSTEATER: Götaplatsen 4, 412 56 Göteborg. OCEANEN: Stigbergstorget 8, 414 63 Göteborg. SKEPPET GBG: Amerikagatan 2, 414 63 Göteborg. FOLKTEATERN: Olof Palmes Plats, 413 04 Göteborg. GOTHENBURG FILM STUDIOS: Polstjärnegatan 19, 417 56 Göteborg. HUMANISTEN: Renströmsgatan 6 412 55 Göteborg. SKOGEN: Masthuggsterrassen 3, 413 18 Göteborg.
FASCHING: Kungsgatan 63, 111 22 Stockholm. MALMÖ SOMMARSCEN: Friisgatan 15B, 214 21 Malmö. INKONST: Bergsgatan 29, 214 22 Malmö.
BOTNIK STUDIOS: Skärholmen Övergård 2: 457 48 Hamburgsund. KKV
BOHUSLÄN: Skärholmen, 457 48 Hamburgsund. EVJA FOLKETS HUS: Evja, 455 98 Dingle. GAMLA SVENNEBY KYRKA: Kustvägen, 457 48 Hamburgsund. H22 HELSINGBORG: Oceanenhamnen: Redaregatan, 252 36 Helsingborg. Slottshagen: Stortorget 16, 252 23 Helsingborg Drottninghög, Helsingborg City.
Ticket information can be found online at www.clandestinofestival.org.
PHOTO CREDITS Guedra Guedra: Fayssal Zaoui. Los Pirañas: Mateo Rivano.Oumou
Sangaré: Holly Whittaker. Alabaster DePlume: Chris Almeida. D.WattsRiot: Christian Buehner. Lova Lova: Robert Carrubba. Gordan: Spajic Stecher Moebius. Tarta Relena: Duna Vallè s & Clàudia Torrents. Selda
Ba ğcan & Boom Pam: Juri Hiensch. Coco Maria: Kay Nambiar. Etran de L’Air: Abdoulmoumouni Hamid. Haepaary: Hyojin Lee. Groupe RTD: Janto
Djassi. Lorena Alvarez & Sus Rondadores: Jesús García. Moor Mother: Bob Sweeney. Nadah El Shazly: Alan Chies. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Sekondi Band: Clarence Aryee.
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