Strasbourg Music Week Zedie + Laventure + Amouë + Sirens of Lesbos + Las Baklavas + Brenda Blitz

Wave Pop

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Brenda Blitz is a young wave-pop artist. She finds her musical home in New Wave, her first songs are influenced by Joy Division and the Talking Heads alike. 

At the Melt Festival three years ago she decided: She really needed to get on stage now - She taught herself how to produce in no time and six months later played her first concert in front of 600 people as support for a very well-known german girl punk band "Gurr".

She released her first self-produced EP in 2020. Three years later she played over 80 concerts, her biggest concert in front of 16 thousand people, she won awards, played in the headquarter of the goverment in Berlin and talked about culture and music. 

Together with her choreographer Denise Ferlito, Brenda Blitz develops choreographies that shape live shows and music videos. Brenda Blitz live shows are an invitation to experience, a happening - an attempt to make the boundaries between stage and audience disappear. “PAIN” is the third EP by Brenda Blitz and was released on September 15th, 2023. 

Pop Rock Lofi

Behind this name, her own, Ingrid Laventure adapts to a group the melodies she composes quietly in her bedroom.
With the composer's surprises in tow, Laventure sails to the dreamy vibe of The Internet, the electric surges of Nilüfer Yania and Connan Mockasin's brightly-coloured helium, all the while keeping in mind the great figures of pop (Prince first and foremost).
Where there's a dose of fun and apparent candour, there's a groundswell of energy. With their powerful, versatile vocals, heroic guitars and rhythmic chase, Laventure moves from one intense moment to the next.
Laventure's taste for the homemade is pronounced, the parties or defeats share charms as well as disappointments, and the canines reign.

Pop

Zedie, a Belgian-Nigerian artist born in Brussels, is a singer, songwriter and composer. A member of the Epie-Atissa ethnic group in southern Nigeria, his firstname means "wait and see". His passion for music was awakened as a child, and he used to express his feelings of melancholy, lost loves and aspirations in song. After attending the prestigious Antwerp Jazz School, Zedie embarked on a solo career. His musical style, a fusion of French variety, electro and pop, creates a hybrid universe that is both moving and catchy. Zedie captivates his audience with his unique voice, soft and crystalline, playing as much on the heartstrings of emotion as on those of a groove tuned to the beating of our hearts. Zedie is currently working on his EP Triste Star, and will release his first single in March 2024.

Groove Soul

Spanning borders, genres and eras, Sirens Of Lesbos have pinpointed a sound that is unlike any other. The five-strong Swiss collective are on the brink of sharing their socio-politically minded, cosmically-beautiful second album that revolves around a simple, significant word: Peace. The band’s journey up to this point has been somewhat unconventional. Made up of producers Melvyn Buss and Arci Friede, vocalists – and sisters – Jasmina and Nabyla Serag, and art director Denise Häberli, to resemble something like a non-dysfunctional family, the group emerged out of Switzerland’s music scene.

French Pop

Crossroads partnership

After five remarkable years with Kazy Lambist, Amouë is embarking on a solo musical adventure, choosing the French language to express herself. Her debut EP, 'Vol.I', received rave reviews from the media, from national radio France Inter's 'Côté Club' show to Arty Magazine and Mademoizelle. 
With a bold, innovative mix of groovy indie pop, Amouë deliberately blurs stylistic boundaries, drawing on soul, rap and pop to which she layers introspective lyrics, offering her audience a musical experience halfway between dance, reflection and poetry. Amouë is back with a brand new single entitled "Yummy", heralding the release of her second EP, "Vol.II".

Electric polyphony

Las Baklavas is a group of 6 committed musicians who draw their inspiration from the sounds of the Balkans and Latin America. These colours, combined with the pop feminism of their compositions, blend to create a texture where traditional and contemporary music coexist. 
On stage, a singular space-time fuses acoustic and electronic instruments, raps, polyphonies and jazz or techno influences. By reinterpreting tradition, Las Baklavas redistribute the creative and powerful energy of the feminine principle and re-establish the truth contained in the original texts, moving from a passive representation to a claimed liberation and political identity. All united in a lively, festive energy, they invite the audience to question their own empowerment and to immerse themselves in this warm, collective atmosphere.