Pelpass Festival

Elke Seekan

STRASBOURG MUSIC WEEK relies on Strasbourg-based organizations working to develop activities in pop music industry, which deploy, in their respective territories, regional-scale programs for the benefit of the whole diversity of professionals involved in this field of culture.

And as we like Pelpass' work very much, we asked them if they were interested in a collaboration ... The result is a programme of cross-border artists who will play during the Pelpass Festival!

In 2023, you discovered the following artists under their marquees : CULTURE THE KID (Lux) - SIGGATUNEZ (All) - BEATRIS DJ (All) - CHARLOTTE ADIGERY (Bel) - TUKAN (Bel) - TEAM DELPHIN (All) - MARCEL (Bel) - ZOUJ (All) - TOUT BLEU (Ch)

Elke Seekan

Isha & Limsa

ISHA & LIMSA (BE / FR)

Rap

Both rappers for many years, Isha and Limsa d’Aulnay have successful solo careers under their belts. Although they have known each other for a long time, their first collaboration was in 2020 for “Starting Block”. Born the same year, the two artists have a lot in common: their influences, their musical desires and their artistic vision. The success of their featurings and their growing friendship led to the desire to make a joint mixtape, "Bitume Caviar", released in December 2023.

Kabeaushé

KABEAUSHÉ (DE)

Pop Performance

Kabeaushé creates a sound that is his own, infused with pop sensibilities ranging from Prince to Bollywood to Tyler, the Creator. Future/Intelligent pop is probably the best way to describe his music, a rare bird in the African musical landscape. His show is a hybrid of music and theatre, developed over months in Kampala. Kabeaushé likes to explore themes of sweetness and cuteness, making music that is both gentle and highly invigorating, with a show designed to whip his audience into a hypnotic dance frenzy.

Bobine

BOBINE (FR)

Electrapp

Spearheading the electrapp movement, Bobine's unique style is the perfect feat between Orelsan and Salut c'est Cool. Bobine's self-deprecating lyrics and explosive prods make for a colourful show that's fun to listen to, watch and experience. A single phrase serves as a watchword: "get your best moves ready, it's going to bounce!

Bound By Endogamy

BOUND BY ENDOGAMY (CH)

Alternative Indie Music

Bound By Endogamy is a duo active since 2019. It's made up of Shlomo Balexert and Kleio Thomaïdes (also vocalist for Savage Grounds since 2021). Both musicians come from the squat/punk scene. Their live project consists of drums, a sampler and female vocals. It has been described as a cross between DAF and Kleenex with a more hardcore background.

Loverman

LOVERMAN (BE)

Folk

Hello, this is Loverman, here to tell you a long story short.
It begins with a sequence of the inevitable followed by more of the inevitable (if you know, you know) which set in motion a journey for something true. A journey starting at the place where all truth finds its bearings, the blessed and bloody capacity for love in each-and-every human being.
Throughout this journey, haunted by my love and hate for the hardcore continuum (Burial), for my homeland (Belgian Brit/British Belgian), modern day troubadours (Brel/Walker/Cohen), and the abstractions uniting all of the above (The Singing Detective), I wrote love songs on an old guitar. They tell you a new story you’ve all heard before but still need to hear. Stripped down to their bare necessities, these love songs recollect and reload. Written and recorded on a rooftop somewhere in Belgium.

Louise XIV

LOUISE XIV (FR)

French Pop

Louise XIV, a true French Pop tornado, is rewriting its history, where the female voice is crowned by supercharged music, where relationships are redefined with passion and freedom. The trio offer a sonic celebration of diversity: their electrifying melodies and feminist lyrics are a call for revolution.

Talking to Turtles

TALKING TO TURTLES (DE)

Pop Folk

Talking to Turtles are Claudia and Florian Sievers. Fresh, charming folk pop, infectious good humour, a sense of complicity between the duo and their audience, sincerity and simplicity - no one can remain indifferent to Talking to Turtles! After 8 years of silence, the duo has released a new album “And What’s on Your Mind” in 2023.

Jean-Paul Groove

JEAN-PAUL GROOVE (BE)

Electro

Beneath its mechanical exterior, Jean-Paul Groove's music owes nothing to machines or computers. Away from robots, algorithms and tracks generated by artificial intelligence, the Brussels trio puts the human element at the heart of its creative process. A punk spirit in a funk body, Jean-Paul Groove revives the original spirit of rave and is emerging as one of the spearheads of the new Brussels electronic music scene.

Soft Loft

SOFT LOFT (CH)

Soft Pop

Soft Loft is the musical portrait of 25-year-old Jorina Stamm, who translates everyday melancholy into close-up, linguistic images - and turns them into a musical safe space.
At the same time, Soft Loft is a band. A group of people from a small town that took its time, found its identity in the spring of 2022 - and emerged from the cocoon of previous projects.
This group is the proof of the joy that melancholy can bring if you let it. Music written for a world that needs more of it.