Line-up Vishal | Grote Zaal Boring Festival 2024

L’Asset: a quirky alt-artpop band from Haarlem, The Netherlands. Their music is flamboyant in its base, intense but never heavy handed and in Tessa’s clear, Britpop-type voice, that has often been compared to that of Florence + The Machine, Kate Bush and Björk you always feel a sense of urgency. Making music is her way of understanding and streamlining her emotions and the world around her: it’s her therapy.

L’Asset is the band formed around singer, songwriter, and producer Tessa Lamers. The name makes them one, yet they’re modular in form. With powerhouse musicians Alex Haak (guitar), Max Coenders (drums) and Dillan Sondervan (synths, live electronics) they create and ecclectic sound that immediately pulls you in.

Grooving synthbasses, out-of-the-box rhythms, powerful yet shimmering guitarhooks with sparks of shredding are combined with 80’s inspired synths that don’t shy away from the big pop-atmosheres. Their songs can be seen as the ultimate anthems for chaos, quirkiness and self-love and the constant desire for adventure, buzz and reinvention.

DJ duo Berg & Beuk mix their favorite records together at the Vishal on Friday. Their sets are filled with contrasting, energetic, and surprising genre collisions; uplifting and extremely danceable. It’s no wonder they have already performed at all major festivals, from Into The Great Wide Open to Lowlands, and now also at Boring!

Their artistry is a fusion of global pop hooks and quarter-tone melodic lines, crafting a distinctive blend of disco and dance music that draws inspiration from the rich musical traditions of SWANA (South-West Asia, North Africa) and beyond.

TootArd effortlessly melds retro funk elements with a contemporary, high-sheen sonic palette, resulting in a captivating and boundary-pushing musical journey. Their music transcends geographical borders, captivating audiences worldwide and solidifying their status as a dynamic force in the global music scene.

DJ duo Berg & Beuk mix their favorite records together at the Vishal on Friday. Their sets are filled with contrasting, energetic, and surprising genre collisions; uplifting and extremely danceable. It’s no wonder they have already performed at all major festivals, from Into The Great Wide Open to Lowlands, and now also at Boring!

Alternative hip-hop artist Michael Ekow is sonically paving his path between Indie, Trap and RnB & moving alongside the spaces of culture and art. Of Ghanaian descent Michael Ekow has spent his life moving around, England, Germany and now the Netherlands. A wordsmith zealous to capture feeling in records and poetic expressions that vividly paint moments as well as dissecting existential crisis’, Michael Ekow has been inspired by the likes of Rod Stewart, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean.

DJ duo Berg & Beuk mix their favorite records together at the Vishal on Friday. Their sets are filled with contrasting, energetic, and surprising genre collisions; uplifting and extremely danceable. It’s no wonder they have already performed at all major festivals, from Into The Great Wide Open to Lowlands, and now also at Boring!

A fun riddle: what do sperm cells, bread, a lactose-intolerant cowboy, and intestines have in common? On stage, kboy & De Goedzo Jongens have all experienced them! This childish-post-punk band is a big fan of the Garden, Cake, B-52’s, Kleenex, and Shannon and the Clams, but some say their music sounds more like Britney Spears in clogs.

Named after a creature falling under the category of a night butterfly, LE MOTAT (A.K.A. The Guilty Pleaser) is an act for precisely those kinds of people: night owls. Somewhere in a dark alley of the Doe Maar and Ton Lebbink street, this Rotterdam-based artist writes and produces quirky Dutch-language pop songs and delivers intentionally disorienting performances.

After leading you astray with an absurd song about ‘Cardboard,’ he then has everyone singing along to tracks like ‘De Mat,’ ‘1 Uurtje Verliefd,’ or ‘Naar de Klote.’ After all, if everything is already going ‘Naar de Klote,’ you might as well go together.

LE MOTAT made an impression during the Popronde as a 3voor12 talent, playing at venues like Tivoli, Doornroosje, Vera, So What!, and Q-Factory. Additionally, he has performed at festivals such as Hit The City, Grasnapolsky, Valkhof, Tweetakt, Vestrock, De Parade, Metropolis, and internationally at Theater aan Zee and M Leuven.