Line-up Club Pukkelpop 2025

Well we recorded our debut album in three days and the music should speak for itself but that’s not how this works and we’ll just sound like a bunch of arrogant snobs if we keep it at that even though it’s true but I know I know I know it’s necessary to break through all the noise to make your own kind of noise well wouldn’t you know that happens to be what we love doing most in life and so we play high energy low cost medium rare falafel punk rock with lust for love and love for life and in some way death and we sing lyrics that are about no idea what they’re about really but the combination of some of these words is even better than the bible well at least better than the second half if you ask me but no one is asking but I’m telling you anyway we’re a pretty amazing band and that groove oh boy don’t get me started also we sound so much like ourselves we can only try to describe our music by listing other first class bands that we listen to when we’re driving in our third hand cars talking about the second world war and the fifth element bands like the wipers and hüsker dü and buzzcocks and I guess meshuggah even if we can’t play that good or the kinks even if we don’t smell that good anyway just go listen to our debut album it’s called 13 Songs For Good Luck and it’s got 10 songs on it and before I forget we’re called No Prisoners baby

Kaat Van Stralen laat zich niet zomaar in een hokje plaatsen. Wat begon als een origineel soloproject, groeide uit tot een genre-overstijgende punkband, aangevuld met Melvin Slabbinck (drums), Anton Robberechts (gitaar) en Faust De Vogelaere (bas). Kaat zelf neemt de vocals voor haar rekening. Streng maar rechtvaardig roept Kaat alle genres op het matje. Van punk en psychedelica tot alternatieve spoken word. Verwacht je aan verhit taalkabaal, krakende beats, bitse gitaarriffs en pompeus gebas. Kaat Van Stralen sleepte de overwinning in de wacht tijdens de meest recente editie van Sound Track Vlaams-Brabant, het podium- en kansen parcours georganiseerd door VI.BE en Het Depot. Begin 2025 bracht Kaat Van Stralen haar debuutsingle ‘Stop Met Wenen’ uit, een punkrockanthem voor alle vrouwen, buitenbeentjes en voelers. Met invloeden zoals Amyl & The Sniffers, Wet Leg en FionaApple – maar dan heerlijk in het Vlaams – bewijst Kaat haar unieke stijl en stemgeluid. 

With his striking appearance standing at a majestic 2.04 meters tall, ZEP isan artist who leaves an indelible impression. Even more impressive is his musical ability, which he captures in his signature, versatile style as a multi-instrumentalist and a thoroughbred showman. After originally starting out as a drummer and DJ, he now plays a plethora of instruments such as (bass) guitar, keys, drums and then adds non-conventional attributes like basketballs, garden-hoses, and zippers for good measure – all in good fun but with a serious side eye to a phenomenal show.  Mostly based around his solo performance, often-times the shows will be interlaced with guest appearances, crowd participation and full out mosh-pits. With his background as a Conservatory alumnus, strongly connected with the skate/break/hiphop/electronic scene he has fine tuned the art of delivering a rager of a show, drawing a unique crowd that is dedicated to whatever he brings to the set. This new generation of ‘club kids’ come together in his high energy, eclectic genre bending live show where the stage blends into the dancefloor and ZEP is a perfect one-man musical army whilst his tribe converge in a storm of enjoyment and shared experience where everyone is welcomed. More even than his shows and his music (more about that in a bit!) It is his persona and way of life that exuberates hip hop / punk energy. Meaning he takes what life throws at him and completely makes it his own in everything he does, including the growing body of music he releases. Unsurprisingly this makes him a not so standard viral sensation with over 125k Instagram followers and an ever-growing TikTok viewership now past 176k. Still, his relationships with his fans remain almost personal and together they have forged a community of sorts.  With all that, he’s already managed to sell out his self-produced shows in Berlin, Barcelona Milan, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, London (2x!) and Paris and then neatly followed it up with a tour the force of Summer Festivals which included the USA, Boomtown (UK), Audioriver (Germany), Open’er (Poland) and a game changing set at Lowlands (NL). All a nice lead up to his headline show for Amsterdam Dance Event. 

ECHT!, ambassadors of the Brussels sound, return two years after their sold-out AB Box show, bringing their highly anticipated live performance back to Brussels. After tours spanning London to Mumbai, Germany to the Netherlands, the band is home again. Noticed in 2019 with their debut Douf EP, followed by the acclaimed album Inwane in 2021 and the powerful Sink-Along in 2023, ECHT! seamlessly blends hip-hop, jazz, and electronic influences with the raw energy of live instrumentation. Known for their seamless live sets inspired by DJ performances, ECHT! merges electronic music with jazz and hip-hop influences, bringing a raw, live energy that pushes the boundaries of the Brussels music scene.

Hindu Radio DJ’s staat voor een fijne mix van rock 'n roll (denk Arctic Monkeys en Kasabian), indie pop (denk Lykke Li en Little Dragon), soul (denk Martha Reeves & The Vandellas en Mayor Hawthorne), hip hop (denk The Streets en Mos Def), alternative dance (denk Katy B and The Prodigy) and old school classics (denk Mary J Blige and MIA). Ook een snuifje Elvis, Beach Boys, misschien Frank Sinatra en Dizzee Rascal mag niet ontbreken... Past het plaatje? Dan draaien ze het!

Scream from New York, NY, the first album by Been Stellar, is a remarkably brutal debut – bruised and volatile, it captures an image of ‘20s New York that’s unrelenting and harsh, where tenderness is a finite resource burned up by the machinery of the city and human connection is a luxury product. Leaving behind the driving shoegaze of their early recordings, the NYC-based five-piece tap into the disaffected sound and spirit of New York luminaries like Sonic Youth and Interpol, as well as the nihilistic, yearning cool of Iceage and Bends-era Radiohead, striking upon a sound that’s fearsome, buffeting and beautiful at the same time – a tidal wave as viewed from underneath. As its wry title implies, Scream from New York, NY, is a record about what happens when language fails – between friends, partners, a city and its citizens – and the primal scream you might let out when words just don’t work anymore. Guitarist Skyler Knapp, vocalist Sam Slocum, Brazilian-born guitarist Nando Dale, bass player Nico Brunstein and drummer Laila Wayans met as undergrads at NYU, bonding over a shared sense of humor and forming a motley crew based more on emotional compatibility than any rigid ideas of shared artistic sensibility. Finding that last vestiges of the city’s famed 2000s and 2010s DIY underground had been ground down to nothing, the band put on their own shows, renting spaces and collaborating with friends to build the world they wanted to inhabit.Determined to break new sonic ground, the band embarked on a relentless practice schedule, even renting scrappy studios on days off during tours with Fontaines DC and Shame. After befriending him at SXSW, the band tapped producer Dan Carey (black midi, Wet Leg) to help coalesce the disparate elements of their sound that had been percolating: forceful, driving physicality; pop classicism; gnarled beauty; and a rich emotional core. The resulting 10-song album announces Been Stellar as gimlet-eyed chroniclers of contemporary youth, staring through noise and confusion into the dark heart of modern life. These songs embody the spirit of a city that makes and breaks its inhabitants on a daily basis - an irony befitting the album’s tone: Been Stellar’s preternatural ability to capture the disconnection that haunts New York with photorealist detail might just be the thing that vaults them into its pantheon. 

Where his 2020 debut record Live Forever introduced the experiences and places that shaped Bartees Strange (Flagey, Brussels; Mustang, Oklahoma), Farm to Table zeros in on the people – specifically his family – and those closest to him on his journey so far. With his career firmly on the ascent, Farm to Table examines Bartees’ constantly shapeshifting relationship with life post-Live Forever. It also speaks to a deeper lore that says, don’t forget where you came from, and this album is why. Across 10 songs, Bartees is celebrating the past, moving towards the future and fully appreciating the present.ABOUT BARTEES STRANGE:Born Bartees Leon Cox Jr. in Ipswich, England to a military father and opera-singer mother Bartees had a peripatetic early childhood before eventually settling in Mustang, Oklahoma. Later, Bartees cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands in Washington D.C. and Brooklyn whilst working in the Barack Obama administration and (eventually) the environmental movement. Since charting a path as a solo artist, Bartees Strange has released two records in quick succession: an EP reimagining songs by The National (Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, 2020) and his debut album proper Live Forever (2020).

Formed in Boston in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy, Karate added Jeff Goddard on bass in 1995. The band released six studio albums, two EPs, numerous singles, and split 7”s between 1994 and 2005. From punk roots, the band ventured widely—veering into jazz-rock, post-rock and a unique version of slowcore in its progressive indie experimentation.Vitt left for med school in 97 and Farina called the band quits in 2005 because of hearing issues.Something happened in the meantime. The band’s albums on Southern Records went out of print. And the label’s founder John Loder passed in 2005, complicating things. In 2020, a Chicago Reader article noticed Karate’s albums were fetching rare vinyl prices online. Longtime fans the Numero Group stepped in and offered to help the band get its albums back—literally sending a van to the North of England to pick up Karate’s master tapes.Karate reunited in 2022 to support the re-release of its music on Numero Group. Time Expired, a 5-LP set, focused on the trio’s later albums and EPs. The Complete Studio Recordings released in 2023, gathered all six studio albums, singles, and compilation tracks in a deluxe CD set.While a box set might be a nice way to tie a bow on a band story and move on, the men in Karate discovered they had more to say.Make It FitThe band re-emerges in Fall 2024 with Make It Fit, its first new studio record since 2004’s Pockets.Things have changed since 2004, however. Now living thousands of miles apart, Farina, Goddard and McCarthy couldn’t hop down the street to their Boston neighborhood practice space and patiently hammer improvisations into shape as songs. Karate’s members are distributed around the globe—Geoff Farina lives in Chicago, Gavin McCarthy remains in Boston and Jeff Goddard lives in Belgium. The band had to write and rehearse Make It Fit remotely with intermittent meets.Karate embraced a hybrid approach to rehearsing. Members hashed out parts in their individual home studios, digitally sharing ideas for Farina’s songs and meeting periodically to rehearse them, not always as a trio. That created some surprise moments—the first time Farina heard one fabulous Goddard bassline was when the band had convened in Iceland to play shows there.While Karate’s reunion tours have been remarkably smooth, making an album presented some challenges. By the time the group arrived in Nashville, TN in January 2024 to track the album with longtime collaborator Andy Hong, the trio had demoed the songs a few times and felt confident. That initial optimism was dampened, and anxiety amplified when the trio remembered a detail: Hong was still building his studio. Much of Hong’s recording gear was packed in shrink-wrap. He’d need time to get the studio up and running. And Karate’s members had a day to stress and wonder if they’d hit a concrete barrier on reunion road. “Why don’t we ever record in a fancy studio where everything is ready to go when we arrive, and we have two weeks to record ten songs? We don’t seem to ever do that,” Farina notes. “That would be too easy,” replies McCarthy, “Plus Andy works at a higher level. This is normal to him.”The band kept its faith in Hong. In 24 hours, he had completely wired the new studio, and the four soon fell into a familiar and comfortable routine they had practiced on their better-known records. Karate completed basic tracks in Nashville. Farina added guitars and vocals back at his home studio and the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago. And Hong mixed the album.Make It Fit, the band’s first album in 20 years, doesn’t try to recapture a youthful, DIY-era magic. Instead, it picks up where Karate’s three musicians are today: with a deeper skillset, adult angst cut through with moments of joy, punctuated with searing instrumental performances.Make It Fit is the opposite of a cynical cash-in. It’s daring, requiring a full commitment from band and audience. And Karate’s reunion is soaking in gratitude. This time around, Farina says he appreciates it all more. “I appreciate that I’m playing a show. I used to get up on stage and be annoyed at this and be annoyed at that. Now I get up on stage and feel incredibly lucky. Just being able to do it again is so much fun. Just hearing us together on stage feels so right.

Since 2018, High Vis has polished their progressive hardcore sound with shades of post-punk, Brit pop, neo-psychedelia, and even Madchester groove, mapping a middle ground between hooks and fury, melodies and mosh pits. In 2019, High Vis released their debut album No Sense No Feeling, which broadened the scope of the hardcore veterans beyond scene while creating self-described “post-industrial-Britain misery punk.” The celebrated follow up, 2022’s Blending includes the tracks “Talk For Hours” and “Trauma Bonds” and not only expands upon the sonic breadth of High Vis, but vocalist Sayle opened his chest cavity through his lyrics discussing social issues and political miseries while reaching a hand out to folks listening to give a message of hope.On Guided Tour, High Vis sounds like a band reaching for new heights, bristling with energy. Recorded across a few weeks at Holy Mountain Studios in London with producer Jonah Falco and engineer Stanley Gravett (who also helmed the sessions for High Vis’ Blending), the results feel dynamic and dialed-in, like anthems burned into sense memory through sweat and repetition. The album’s 11 songs span the spectrum of contemporary guitar music, sharpened by experience, camaraderie, and societal frustrations. From swaggering street punk to jangling indie sneer to heavy alt to shoegazey spoken word, the group’s chemistry transmutes any style to their unique intensity.

Mogwai formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar) and Martin Bulloch (drums). Since 1997, the band have released ten studio albums, with their most recent, 2021’s As The Love Continues, being a commercial and critical success, reaching number 1 on the Official UK Album Charts, amassing a Mercury Prize nomination and winning the Scottish Album of the Year award.The band have also contributed to and written scores for projects with Amazon Prime and Apple TV+. Earlier this year, it was announced that Blazing Griffin, Adler Entertainment, Rock Action Records and Screen Scotland had completed post-production of Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound, a first documentary about the band, directed by longtime collaborator Antony Crook. The documentary had its World Premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, in March 2024 and is currently being shown at film festivals across the world.Mogwai have recently been in the studio recording new music.

DJ St. Paul gelooft niet in genres. Een overtuiging die hem de geboren host maakt van zijn eigen stage op het Best Kept Secret Festival. Maar ook Lowlands, TivoliVredenburg en Club Smederij behoren tot zijn vaste adressen. Een persoonlijk hoogtepunt voor hem blijven zijn optredens als official support act van Tame Impala. En natuurlijk zijn terugkeer naar Pukkelpop. Samen met VJ Liza Renee. Let it happen! 

ISAÏ is een vooraanstaande muzikant en solo-artiest in de Nederlandse muziekscene. Met zijn ongeëvenaarde passie voor muziek heeft ISAÏ een indrukwekkende carrière opgebouwd.In 2012 maakte ISAÏ zijn debuut als percussionist in de dance-industrie. Zijnsamenwerkingen met bekende DJ's en zijn bijdragen aan bands zoals Rondé, Taymir, S10 en GOLDBAND hebben hem een solide reputatie bezorgd in de Nederlandse muziekwereld.In 2021 besloot ISAÏ een nieuwe weg in te slaan en lanceerde hij zijn eerste solo-project, simpelweg genaamd ISAÏ. Met zijn kenmerkende sound die elektronische elementen vermengt met invloeden uit pop, hiphop en rock.Zijn debuutmixtape 'Nachtblind' belooft een opwindende mix te worden van gevoelige onderwerpen en dansbare muziek, die zijn unieke artistieke visie en veelzijdigheid weerspiegelt. Met zijn aanstekelijke beats en onmiskenbare energie weet ISAÏ keer op keer het publiek te veroveren en de clubs op hun kop te zetten.

Toen Jelle Denturck, frontman van decibelmakers DIRK., het gevoel had dat hij wat vastzat in zijn leven, leidde de zoektocht naar zichzelf tot de geboorte van Dressed Like Boys. Met zijn eerste soloproject giet hij die zoektocht, en de aanvaarding van zijn geaardheid, op intieme wijze in verbluffend mooie songs. Het titelloze debuut, geproduceerd door Tobie Speleman (o.a. ook The Haunted Youth, Calicos, Isolde Lasoen) verschijnt op 29 augustus. “Waarom ben ik hier eigenlijk?” Het was een van de Grote Vragen die Denturck zich op een bepaald moment stelde. Als voormalig student filosofie (“mátig student, ik was meer bezig met pintjes en vrienden”) ging hij in boeken en bij de klassieke filosofen op zoek naar het antwoord. “Maar door mij af te vragen waaróm ik besta, liep ik voorbij aan het simpele besef dát ik besta. Er mogen zijn is een mirakel en dat elke dag ten volle beseffen is magisch.”In die periode borrelde er ook veel muziek naar boven en ontdekte Denturck een heel nieuw muzikaal facet van zichzelf. “Ironisch genoeg kennen de mensen mij vooral van DIRK., maar eigenlijk is dat de uitzondering, muzikaal het uitstapje. In de democratie die de band is, schrijf ik minder persoonlijk. Dressed Like Boys is de muziek die het dichtst bij mezelf ligt, en mijn bevrijding als songschrijver. Ik had oneindig veel tijd om de perfecte gouden melodie te vinden. Pas als alles goed zit in mijn hoofd, zet ik mij aan een instrument en neem ik een demo op. Ik heb het gevoel dat de artiesten naar wie ik opkijk ook zo werken: Bowie, Lennon, Nina Simone, Sufjan Stevens, Tobias Jesso Jr. Die maken allemaal songs waarvan je het gevoel hebt dat ze altijd al hebben bestaan. Dat is mijn doel als songschrijver, songs waarvan je denkt: hoe heeft nog nooit iemand dit uitgebracht?”Uit zijn zelfonderzoek puurde Denturck persoonlijke songs als Healing, Pinnacles en Gregor Samsa: van mijmeringen over zijn liefdevolle geboortedorp Ingelmunster (“maar ook een gouden kooi”) tot de depressie na het overlijden van zijn moeder 7 jaar geleden. “Ik ben het type mens dat altijd pas achteraf door heeft hoe diep hij gezeten heeft. Pas twee jaar geleden, toen ik de zon in het leven weer begon te zien, besefte ik dat.” Hét thema is onvermijdelijk Denturcks geaardheid, die hij eindelijk helemaal omarmt. “Dat heeft wel even geduurd. Ik ben uit de kast gekomen en er een tijdje weer in gekropen. Jezelf aanvaarden is één ding, beseffen dat je de aanvaarding van de wereld niet nodig hebt nog wat anders.”Heel persoonlijk is Pride, over het moment waarop Denturck en zijn vriend fysiek worden belaagd en daar verschillend op reageren. Andere songs gaan over queer history in het algemeen, zoals Stonewall Riots Forever, waar ook de naam ‘Dressed Like Boys’ van komt, Agony Street, over de tumultueuze relatie tussen de Franse schrijvers Rimbaud en Verlaine, en Jaouad, een ode aan queer icoon Jaouad Alloul. “Ik zie me niet als een activist, maar als ik via mijn muziek een steentje kan bijdragen aan de queer struggle, ga ik die kans niet laten liggen. Wel met de nuance: ik zie mezelf in de eerste plaats als muzikant. Ik wil dingen maken, mooie dingen maken. Dat is mijn levensdoel.” Had Denturck het gevoel dat hij met zijn demo’s maar wat aan het ‘prutsen’ was, dan vond het platenlabel die toch beter dan de opnames in “een dure studio met hypergetalenteerde muzikanten”. Denturck besloot het album helemaal opnieuw op te nemen en elke song zijn eigen karakter te geven, meteen in de opname. Hij schuimde hij het land af op zoek naar buffetpiano’s met de juiste klankkleur, tijdens een wandeling door Ingelmunster zong hij Our Part Of Town in op zijn iPhone, met vogels op de achtergrond, en een snare drum werd opgenomen met een koptelefoon in plaats van microfoon. “Hoe meer we op die manier bezig waren, hoe meer fun dat werd. En ik ben ongelofelijk tevreden met het resultaat, omdat ik het gevoel heb: qua sound, dat heb ik in België nog niet gehoord. Nu mag heel de wereld zeggen: dude, dat is de meest shitty plaat die ik al gehoord heb – ik ben blij, ik ben content.”

Being Dead — the Texas-based trio of best friends Falcon B*tch, Gumball, and Ricky Moto — announce their debut album, When Horses Would Run, out July 14th on their new label home Bayonet Records, and share the lead single/video, “Muriel’s Big Day Off.” When Horses Would Run propels listeners into vivid landscapes: desert planes, dirty basements, lush rolling hills. Being Dead is here to create worlds where we can soak in stories of carefree shoplifters, wayward cowboys, and the final moments of a lonely Buffalo on the range. Merging surf rock, freak pop and frantic punk, Being Dead’s eclectic influences and energetic pull swells on their excellent debut album.

Yukimi is forging a new path. Following her success as the vocalist and percussionist in Grammy-nominated group Little Dragon, this year she is branching out with her first solo project. Born and raised in Gothenburg, Yukimi had a musical childhood, forming Little Dragon in high school alongside Erik Bodin on drums, Fredrik Wallin on bass and Håkan Wirenstrand at the keys. Her journey so far has spanned performances including Coachella, Glastonbury, Hollywood Bowl, Lollapalooza, and NPR’s Tiny Desk.Continuing her musical relationship with Erik Bodin, her sound builds on the pioneering blend of R&B, Electronic and indie that made Little Dragon a global band  and creating beautifully and meaningfully crafted songs. With the live band including Agnes Perrson on guitar, and Angelica Kvarby on bass, there is a compelling female energy to the sound. They are also joined by Erik (drums) and André Roots (keys).

What do you do when everything you’ve ever wanted suddenly lands in your lap, but the questions still keep on coming?Since first steering their golden Rover into swift public acclaim back in 2020, Leeds quartet Yard Act have become one of the great indie success stories of the decade so far. Along the way, they’ve ticked off milestones ranging from a Number Two chart placing and Mercury Prize nomination for debut album ‘The Overload’, to a co-sign from Elton John who joined the band to guest on a string-laden reworking of album closer ‘100% Endurance’. Yet, whilst the band’s trajectory continuously shot upwards, vocalist James Smith and his wife had also welcomed in a son. And it’s this duelling sense of responsibility and ambition, guilt, love, drive and everything in between that forms the narrative backbone of brilliantly exploratory second album ‘Where’s My Utopia’. Written in snapshots of time between a relentless touring schedule, and produced jointly by the band and Gorillaz’ Remi Kabaka Jr, the quartet’s second act is a giant leap forward into broad and playful new sonic waters. “The main reason that ‘post-punk’ was the vehicle for Album One was because it was really affordable to do, but we always liked so much other music and this time we've had the confidence to embrace it,” James explains. Across the record, influences ranging from Fela Kuti to Ennio Moricone via Spiller’s ‘00s pop smash ‘Groovejet’ make themselves known.It’s a celebratory palette upon which Smith allowed himself to reach lyrically deeper into himself than ever. Gone, largely, are the outward-facing character studies of yore, replaced with a set of songs that stare fully into the headlights of life, wrangling with the frontman’s own fears and foibles to create a sort of Promethean narrative - but with jokes. “You can commit to the idea that we’re just animals who eat and fuck and then we die, and that’s fine,” he suggests. “But for me, creativity always seems to be the best way of articulating the absolute minefield of what human existence is.”

Raised in Calabar, Nigeria, before moving to London as a teen, Obongjayar’s sound is a singular blend of the worlds he moves through. Working with everyone from Jeshi to Little Simz to Pa Salieu, OB is famed for his distinct fusion of global pop melodies grounded with West African inflections, alongside his mesmerizing live performances and his innate punk sensibilities. It won him an Ivor Novello for his singular pen and earned him a Top 5 single with over 225 million streams for his feature on Fred Again…’s “adore u,” which heavily samples OB's original "I Wish It Was Me". With fans in the likes of i-D, Dazed, Crack, The Guardian and NPR already for his critically acclaimed debut Some Nights I Dream Of Doors, OB’s highly anticipated follow up Paradise Now sees him primed and ready to live (and thrive) in the moment. Grappling with everything from self-acceptance and transcendence to grief and loneliness, FOMO, procrastinations and nights you never want to end, it’s an adventure through the subconscious of one of the UK’s most thrilling modern voices. Produced between London and LA with Kwes Darko (Pa Salieu, John Glacier), Yeti Beats (Doja Cat) and Beach Noise (Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem, Bakar), it’s a Trojan horse of some of his most intimate storytelling yet, candy-coated in electro-pop synths, soaring strings and ever contagious percussion.

Belgian five-piece Whispering Sons brings a dark and unique blend of experimental and frenetic post-punk. The propulsive instrumentation combined with Fenne Kuppens’ deep vocal delivery amounts to a constant sense of unease that’s been inherent in their music since the beginnings. With their energetic and captivating performance, the band has firmly cemented themselves as a must-see live act.Over the last years, the band has been slowly but surely redrawing their own boundaries and going beyond them. Where their debut album ‘Image’ (2018) was theatrical and widescreen, their following record ‘Several Others’ (2021) focused more on their greatest strength: sheer, unpretentious intensity. After the release of ‘Several Others’ the band started working on a new album over a period of two years. This third full-length album titled ‘The Great Calm’ might surprise long-standing Whispering Sons followers. It’s less dark than ‘Several Others’ and less grand than ‘Image’. Yet that typical Whispering Sons identity is still inherent in every song, as the band never strays far from their raw energy and emotion. This new album might be more uplifting and playful, but that ominous undertone is still lurking. 

Al meer dan 20 jaar dwaalt kempenzoon Eppo Janssen professioneel door muzikale velden als radiomaker (Janssen&Janssen op Willy en Duyster op Studio Brussel), muzikant, dj, (Pukkelpop) progammator, …Die veelzijdigheid hoor je terug in zijn dj-sets. Eppo gaat swingend, fantasierijk en uitdagend door de muziekgeschiedenis: van indierock en pop over r&b en hiphop tot de laatste toffe dance platen. Enfin, Eppo Janssen rijmt niet toevallig op keihard dansen.Speelde eerder op: Best Kept Secret Festival, Pukkelpop, Lokerse Feesten, Hindu Nights, Dour, Graspop, ...

The Joy is a South African band redefining global music with their soul-stirring harmonies and genre-blending sound. Hailing from KwaZulu-Natal, the group has captured hearts worldwide with accolades and collaborations that highlight their rapid rise to fame.From their viral debut single Isencane Lengane and the critically acclaimed EP Amabutho (2021) to electrifying performances on platforms like The Jennifer Hudson Show and Later… with Jools Holland, The Joy continues to break boundaries. Their music has garnered praise from Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, and Jennifer Hudson, who has hailed them as her favorite band and featured them on her Christmas album The Gift of Love.Their collaborations span global icons, including a feature with Doja Cat and their 2023 project with The Blessed Madonna, Shades of Love, which charted on major playlists like BBC Radio 1. More recently, The Joy reimagined a selection of three songs from their self-titled live album, recorded at Church Studios in London, where greats like Adele and Stevie Wonder have also recorded. These reimagined tracks were released as The Remixes, a vibrant EP created in collaboration with local DJs.Whether on international stages like The Great Escape or through social media, The Joy’s message is clear: “Life made us friends, music made us brothers.” Their artistry is a celebration of culture, connection, and pure euphoria.

With their unique and intoxicating blend of electronica, saudade, and alternative pop with a worldly touch, Ão has rapidly become one of the most exciting acts in Belgium’s rich and diverse music scene. Frontwoman Brenda Corijn, drawing on her Mozambican-Portuguese roots, sings in both Portuguese and English. Her mellifluous voice intertwines with the southern guitar stylings of Siebe Chau, the textured electronics of Jolan Decaestecker, and the eclectic percussion of Bert Peyffers.Live, the four-piece delivers an immersive and mind-blowing experience, dazzling audiences across Europe. Their dynamic sound—ranging from delicate, intimate melodies to danceable beats—has taken them to a wide range of festivals, from electronic to rock, global, and jazz stages.  Meanwhile, they are also working on their second album, set to be released in 2026.

British/ Colombian songstress Sasha Keable is an amalgamation of references that came before her time, and that of the present and future and a holistically procured British vanguard. Having spent the last two years wedded to the studio, Keable is confident and poised when translating her experiences. “I’ve recorded so much [over the years], that I have about three projects ready to go,” she says. Rooted by a mantra of consistency in this phase of her life, the studio became one of the only places that Sasha Keable felt like she had control over. Trusting her voice, work ethic and her pen, she, as she puts it, “put her head down”.Eager to soul search and ultimately get back to the art without formal expectations, Keable found a renewed sense of inspiration both at home, but also in L.A carrying out a series of trips to the region, across 2022 and last year, her songwriting growing tenfold as a result of it. “I think I learned to be present. How do I feel about this song? I'm never thinking too far into the future now. Too often earlier on in my career, I was focused on the end product and what others would think about it. I’m never gonna be someone else,” she explains. A testament to her elevation in this terrain can be observed across her work with Destin Conrad. Formally bridging their online relationship to IRL, Sasha Keable put pen to paper on his second instalment of his Submissive series, co-writing “It’s Only You”, “War!” and “Life Been Lifin’” in Mexico. Describing the experience as “amazing” it reinforced the evolution in her penmanship and abilities of understanding others and seeing, then documenting their experiences in real time. Upcoming releases like “Auction” are a bonafide example of Sasha Keable’s conviction across subject matters. “It’s so funny because when I write songs about sex, I'm definitely getting more comfortable discussing it now.” Working with friends and collaborators kwn and Joel Compass, kwn in particular helped urge her comfortability here “liberating” Keable’s experiences now canvassed for the masses. Lucid, tranquil but still urgent, the subdued R&B number quickly allures the listener, evocative piano keys running alongside Keable, and guest feature Destin’s whimsical runs. Utilising an ideal balance of tongue-in-cheek and matter-of-fact, both race between commands for their sexual partners  to drop draws, bid the highest in auctions and not let either of them down. “We ain't no strangers,” Sasha warns. Crafting a bonafide new-age seductive home run, Keable also embraces her sexuality, as “Auction” is one of the inaugural releases where she utilises women as her sole and only love interests.”It’s going to be so interesting to see how listeners take to this one,” she reflects. However, she’s ready for the reactions to come, now in a place of solace in regards to sexuality. But her latest single “Hold Up” still pays tribute to her past eras, confrontational, menacing and foreboding, the Charlie Pitts, Kent Azares & Engine-Earz crafted sonics bellicose and relentless in delivery. The horns provided by the trumpet add a traditional jazz feel to Sasha Keable’s comeback single, fusing to the richly built components of both soul and gospel, as the singer confronts a spell of cheating, removing her lover from her life without reason. “So if you think I need you get that out your head // Cus I’ve held my own for so long,” she croons, the extravagance of her deeper register laid bare for audiences worldwide. A marriage of veterans like Lalah Hathaway with the new age grit and personality that’s come to define a millennial generation, Sasha Keable arrives refreshed and critical to a new-age legion of listeners. Already popular across social media, garnering close to half a million streams in under a month of release, “Hold Up” provides ample example of Sasha Keable’s might as one of the most promising contemporary British artists in 2024. “I’m now on this path of just being the truest version of myself that I can be,” she reflects. Now signed to Flight Club Records, the vocalist is turning over a new leaf, backed by quality, trust, her strongest sense of penmanship to date, and ultimately a voice that continues to stand the test of time. 

Optimism, positivity, and connection are the key ingredients of Good Neighbours - the duo of Scott Verrill and Oli Fox that have taken 2024 by the horns. What started off as one simple SoundCloud demo link emailed around to a few industry folk resulted in them having the most streamed debut single globally from a new artist this year, with 'Home'. This became the first truly viral success of the year and has amassed more than 450 million global streams. It entered the singles charts in 13 countries including the UK (#26) and the Billboard Hot 100 in the US (for 11 weeks), where it has since been certified platinum by the RIAA. Good Neighbours music is bursting with hope and joyous abandon and an amalgamation of their emotive indie influences of yesteryear such as MGMT, Passion Pit and Bleachers. They came together to create an indie-euphoric dreamscape of sound and vision for a subdued generation. Live, they bring the inclusive party to fans every time -racing through the London gig circuit and beyond. Scott and Oli have enjoyed a packed summer festival season playing key slots for the first time, including shows at All Points East, Latitude, Boardmasters, Reading and Leeds, and selling out first their world tour. Oli and Scott have also graced stages supporting Benson Boone, and will join Foster The People for a full spread of US dates in 2025

Hailing from Amsterdam but coming from various backgrounds, Altın Gün has captured the world’s imagination with an indelible fusion, for over five years now. The band combines psychedelic rock, deep funk, synthpop, cosmic reggae, and more with the rich and incredibly diverse traditions of Anatolian and Turkish folk music. Debut album On (2018) quickly captured the world’s attention and a year later the band earned a prestigious GRAMMY® Award nomination for “Best World Album” with it’s sophomore LP Gece (2019). After two years of recording separately from home during the pandemic and releasing Âlem and Yol (2021) as a result, the band members of Altın Gün now recorded a live album in the studio again, called Aşk. This album sees Altın Gün swinging away from the electronic, synth-drenched sound of their home-recorded albums, to capture all the infectious power and urgency of the band’s famously, propulsive live performances. Aşk (2023) therefore marks a new start for the band, who's ready to tour the world again. Recorded using vintage equipment and techniques, the ten groundbreaking tracks on Aşk all represent visionary new readings of traditional Turkish folk tunes, revealing how these ancient songs remain eternally resonant and ripe for reinterpretation. This results in an exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that has characterized Altın Gün’s first two albums.Renowned for their dizzyingly hypnotic live performances, Altın Gün has been lighting up stages all around the world, including sold out headline tours in North America, Europe, and the UK. 

Als DJ begon Stijn Van de Voorde lang geleden op feestjes met De Afrekening en Was het nu 80, 90 of 2000. Sinds 2018 is hij één van de gangmakers van onze afterparties. Deze zomer vormt hij een dj-duo met Equal Idiot Thibault Christiaensen. Rock 'n' Roll high school door Stijn en Thibault: fun, fun, oh baby!

The Whatevers must be the most all-round dj-act you can imagine. Whatever fits! The finest genre-crossing and energetic party anthems from over the last 5 decades, the present and the future. Avery creative and efficient soundsystem selection of bangers and classics. These days The Whatevers is a solo project of Kim Mathijs (also known as Michael Midnight and dj-projects like Ed&Kim and Flashback Force). Let's not forget the Whatever! events in Hasselt, which have been going strong for more than 10 years now. Showcasing his versatile selection of music and inviting like-minded guest dj's. Besides playing all the major festivals through the years and over again in the previous years (Rock Werchter, Tomorrowland, Pukkelpop, ... the list is endless). The Whatevers, always a surprise!