Jungelfest 2024

 
Dato: 25—27.01.2024
Time: See below
Host: Jungelen 



JUNGLELFEST 2024
24 - 28 Jan

Finally!!! We have been looking forward to sharing this with you for a long time. Jungelfest 2024 marks 8 years of Jungelen: 8 years of club nights, pop-ups, festivals, concerts, DJ sets and wild dancing.

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The programme consists of i.a. Zouk, Boogie, Räi, Funana and Coladeira: in other words, the best music from Guadeloupe, Algeria and Cape Verde, which you won't hear anywhere else but with us. Artists and audiences come from all over the world (and Norway) - we are very much looking forward to celebrating our 8 years together with you!

There were over 1,200 of you in the audience at the last Jungelfest and several hundred didn't get in - now we're expanding the festival with more venues, more concerts and more festival days. Tickets are sold in advance.

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25-27 Jan — Programme at Bergen Assembly

* LINK TO FREE TICKETS *

25 Jan (16:30 - 19:00)
JULIE FORCHHAMMER - “MUSIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE” (WORKSHOP)

Are you interested in music, climate and the future of the planet? Julie Forchhammer leads the workshop "Music and climate justice" during Jungelfest 2024 at Bergen Assembly.

Together with Julie Forchhammer, we will explore topics such as: How can music, musicians and the music industry contribute to creating systematic changes to ensure all life on the planet? How is climate justice linked to other social, economic and environmental challenges? How can we work with music on a local level, but with a global effect?

Julie Forchhammer has helped start the non-profit organization @klimakultur, which guides the Norwegian cultural sector on climate justice and how to take action on climate change. In autumn 2023, we participated in Julie's workshop during Oslo World, and we quickly decided to set it up at Jungelfest! The workshop is free but requires a ticket - pick up your free ticket from next Wednesday at 12:00.


27 Jan (13:00 - 15:00)
“MUSIC CULTURE AND IDENTITY” (PANEL DISCUSSION)

On Saturday, January 27th, Hadj Sameer (DJ/lecturer), Girson Dias (DJ/organizer), Irem Müftüoğlu (Musician/organizer), and Tora Söderström Gaden (DJ and music researcher) will come together at Bergen Assembly to discuss the significance music can have for our identity.

The panel discussion will explore various questions about how music is shaped by us and how it influences us. We will inquire about what happens when music is rediscovered by a diaspora caught between different cultures – for instance, when artists like Habibi Funk or Miss Tati breathe new life into music that has been hidden or even forgotten for many years. And what about prominent artists like Jay-Z who sample audio clips, create new versions, and make old songs relevant for new generations? What emerges as new - and is there anything lost in the process?

The panel discussion will be moderated by our own Michelle Badiane and is presented in collaboration with Piñata Radio, which will also livestream the conversation at www.pinataradio.com.

27 Jan (16:00 - 18.30)
HADJ SAMEER: “RÄI IS NOT DEAD” (LECTURE)

Hadj Sameer has many talents. Some days he lectures at the Arab Institute in Paris, other days he makes radio programs for NTS Radio in London and does DJ sets at the Boiler Room. On Friday 26 January you will find Hadj Sameer with us at Jungelfest 2024, where he talks about räim music from Algeria!

Hadj Sameer was born in France to an Algerian father and Turkish mother. He collects records, makes documentaries, gives lectures and is a DJ. Not so long ago he came out with the documentary series "Räi is not dead", which was shown on national television in France and Germany. The series tells about the history of räi music with interviews from famous Rai artists such as Cheb Khaled, Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni .

Räi is a folk music genre from Algeria that started in the city of Oran in northern Algeria in the 1920s. The music began to become known in the rest of the world in the 1980s. At that time, rai cassettes were sold like hot cakes, especially in the neighborhood of Barbés in Paris.

Here in Scandinavia, it is not often that you hear music from North Africa on radio, television, in bars and clubs. But sometimes the rai music is there, even if you don't think about it. Maybe you sang along with Karpe in Arabic to the song PAF.no where they used the famous Tunisian song "Sidi Mansour" (originally written by Sameh Al Ajami).

Even the famous French artist, DJ Snake, pays tribute to Räim music with the song "Disco Maghreb" - which is the name of one of the most famous record shops and record companies from Algeria. The song currently has over 20 million plays on Spotify. So maybe the rai music is not dead?

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