| Congo Fever in Harare with DJ Ben Montrésor |
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| Music & Dance - Africa |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:53 |
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The dance floor is open at The Mannenberg on Friday 12 March, when the popular Harare venue opens its doors for its first-ever west-African dance-off, Congo Fever!’ featuring French DJ Ben Montrésor, hot off Jozi turntables, back-to-back with one of the most popular rhumba outfits in Zimbabwe today – The Real Sounds. DJ Ben Montrésor is a French "young Old School" DJ who worked for several years in the worldwide acclaimed Paris-based radio station, Radio Nova. He landed in South Africa a few years ago with little but 100 kg of vinyl records in his luggage... and since then, the volume has doubled- physically and aurally! Drum, Jazz, Blues, Afro Traditional, Funk, Soul, Afro Grooves, Reggae, Hip Hop, House, Jungle, Techno... Ben Montrésor can rock every style and he’s been doing that in a big way in Johannesburg party cirlcles. DJ Ben’s Harare gigs will be mixing blazing classic rumbas with the freshest kwassa kwassa tunes from the Congolese capital, adding spices from West Africa and a couple of Afrobeat chillies - and, together with the live sounds of The Real Sounds it promises to be a special, memorable dish to be savoured on the dancefloor! A special menu will also be cooking up in The Mannenberg kitchen, under the close supervision of new venue managers Grace Rukure and Themba Sigauke, bringing new life, fresh ideas and a tasty selection of African dishes to the programme. DJ Ben Montrésor is brought to Harare through a collaboration between Alliance Francaise and Pamberi Trust, a creative partnership between two cultural organisations which has already hosted diverse musicians of the world since the arrival of new Alliance Francaise director Charles Houdart in 2009 - Salque & Periani (France) in October and Chico Antonio (Mozambique) in December 2009. On Saturday DJ Ben will be the highlight of Harare’s Funkalicious Launch Party at Foxy’s in Greendale. - Penny Yon, The Zimbo Jam ________________________ More Info Share this page... |
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