A summer full of music: The Sonic Pluriverse Festival starts on 4 July with concerts on the HKW roof terrace and DJ sets
26.6.2024
Sonic Pluriverse Festival 2024Sonic Pluriverse Festival
Terapia
Concerts, Live Sets, DJ Sets, Artist Talks, Workshop, Food Stands
4.–26.7.2024
Paulette Nardal Terrace at HKW
Tickets: hkw.de/tickets
Admission: €16–24; DJ Sets: Admission free
Accreditation via presse@hkw.de
This year’s edition of the Sonic Pluriverse Festival is all about the music form Terapia from the Colombian Caribbean
Terapia is an interdisciplinary concept that deals with music and the physical and psychological aspects of healing. It encompasses a journey through contemporary sound practices, rituals and ceremonies ranging from the syncretism of Candomblé, Tamunangue and Mardi Gras to the percussive traditions of Aita Oralture, Baganda, Yoruba and other musical philosophies. Over four weekends, the Sonic Pluriverse Festival Terapia offers visitors the opportunity to experience acoustic transformations.
The starting point is the Terapia music form from the Colombian Caribbean. It laid the foundations for the creation of the champeta, a genre that originated in the Mercado de Bazurto and its surroundings in Cartagena de Indias. It developed in the 1980s based on different rhythms, mostly of African and Caribbean origin. Influences include mbaqanga, bubblegum and jive from South Africa, soukous from Central Africa, zouk from Martinique and Guadeloupe and soca from Trinidad and Tobago.
The spread of these genres in Colombia began in the late 1960s, favoured by new developments in sound technology and the emergence of locally produced mobile sound systems, the so-called picós. These were characterised by their striking design by local artists. Since its beginnings, the picó phenomenon has been particularly characteristic of working class neighbourhoods in Cartagena de Indias and Barranquilla, primarily inhabited by people of African descent who have historically faced exclusion and marginalisation in a society marked by classism and racism.
The gatherings and parties centred around picós are independent and self-managed spaces where, since their earliest incarnations, the community has been able to develop new forms of social relations around the sound systems. Dance practices related to terapia music built upon this foundation and evolved organically, drawing from ancestral memory. People danced to terapia mainly in pairs, engaging in intuitive movements performed extremely close to the speakers, where the body could experience the full force of the sound waves. There are testimonies that say that it felt as if the sound penetrated through the skin, so much that individuals left in a different state of mind than when they had arrived, a sensation that could resonate for days, evoking a positive feeling akin to happiness. For this reason the community decided to call this music: terapia (‘therapy’).
With 79rs Gang, ADG7, Aïta Mon Amour, Ajate, Aziza Brahim, BANTU, Bonga, Daferwa, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Edna Martinez, El Volcán, Grace Kelly, Ilê Aiyê, Kwashibu Area feat. Pat Thomas, Charles Amoah & K.O.G : Soundway presents “Ghana Special”, Lia de Itamaracá, Lindigo, Luzmira Zerpa, Madalitso Band, Margareth Menezes, Maryisonacid, Nihiloxica, Oroko Radio Takeover w/ Nico Adomako B2B Moneyama, Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri, Siti Muharam, Sonic Interventions, Systema Solar, VHOOR, Wahid Paradis and others.
More information: hkw.de/terapia
Press photos: hkw.de/pressphotos
Dates
Concerts: Open Air on the Paulette Nardal Terrasse (in case of rain: Miriam Makeba Auditorium)
DJ Sets: Magnus Hirschfeld Bar at HKW (free admission)
Artist Talks: Safi Faye Hall (free admission)
Thursday, 4 July 2024
19:00 Bonga (Concert)
21:00 Dengue Dengue Dengue (Live Set)
22:00 VHOOR (DJ Set)
Sunday, 7 July 2024
17:00 Artist Talk with Ilê Aiyê (Conversation)
19:00 Ajate (Concert)
20:30 Ilê Aiyê (Concert)
Monday, 8 July 2024
18:30 The Dance of Ilê Aiyê: Samba Reggae Dance Workshop (free admission)
Limited capacity. Please register in advance at tanzworkshop@hkw.de.
Thursday, 11 July 2024
19:00 Edna Martinez (DJ Set)
20:00 Kwashibu Area Band feat. Pat Thomas, Charles Amoah & K.O.G.: Soundway presents: “Ghana Special” (Concert)
22:00 Oroko Takeover Nico Adomako B2B Moneyama (DJ Set)
Friday, 12 July 2024
17:00 Artist Talk with Systema Solar (Conversation)
19:00 Luzmira Zerpa (Concert)
20:30 Systema Solar (Concert)
22:00 El Volcán (Live Set)
Saturday, 13 July 2024
17:00 Artist Talk with Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri (Conversation)
19:00 Madalitso Band (Concert)
20:30 BANTU (Concert)
22:00 Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri (Live Set)
Friday, 19 July 2024
17:00 Artist Talk with Aziza Brahim (Conversation)
19:00 Siti Muharam (Concert)
20:30 Aziza Brahim (Concert)
22:00 Wahid Paradis (DJ Set)
Saturday, 20 July 2024
19:00 Sonic Interventions (Concert)
20:30 Lia de Itamaracá (Concert)
22:00 Maryisonacid (DJ Set)
Sunday, 21 July 2024
19:00 Aïta Mon Amour (Concert)
20:30 Nihiloxica (Concert)
Thursday, 25 July 2024
19:00 Lindigo (Concert)
20:30 Margareth Menezes (Concert)
22:00 Grace Kelly (DJ Set)
Friday, 26 July 2024
19:00 ADG7 (Concert)
20:30 79rs Gang (Concert)
22:00 Daferwa (DJ Set)
Tickets
Early Bird Festival Package: enjoy admission to 9 concert evenings at a special price of €121.50 in total (€13.50 per evening, without other discounts applied; excludes the concert on 11 July 2024). The offer is limited to 100 tickets—first come, first served!
Tickets: €16–24; DJ-Sets: free admission
Further information: hkw.de/tickets
For accreditation and interview requests please contact: presse@hkw.de
Visit Information
Opening Times
Wed.–Mon. 12:00–19:00
Extended opening hours during evening programmes.
Free admission on Mondays and on every first Sunday of the month (Museumssonntag Berlin).
Childcare with programme
HKW offers free childcare for many of its programmes. For further information visit hkw.de
Current information about visiting and accessibility.
Weltwirtschaft Restaurant is open daily, from 12:00–00:00 on weekdays and 10:00–00:00 on weekends.
Contact
Jan Trautmann
Pressesprecher
Lead Communications Officer
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin
T: + 49 (0) 30 397 87 195
presse@hkw.de