Festival Rio Loco - Les Balkans

DJ BEYZA + AHMET SENDIL

Electro is far too serious a matter to be trusted to the boys.  And when the girls decide to take over, there's a stampede for the dance floor.  Since 1997, Beyza has been at the forefront of the electronic music scene in Istanbul.  She began her career in Europe's biggest open-air club, 2019, drawing crowds of techno-loving nightclubbers.  Popular in both East and West, spanning all borders, she consolidates her reputation with each new appearance.

Warm up : TYPSY GYPSY

 

DJ GAETANO FABRI + BALKAN HOTSTEPPERS SOUND SYSTEM

When he first heard the music of the Balkans, the Klezmer, violins and gypsy voices, DJ Gaetano Fabri was probably unaware of how this fateful encounter was going to change his life.  Now, this jazz-mad percussionist from Brussels has made this sound his very own at the turntable.  He regularly hosts dance nights all over Europe that are entirely devoted to the edgiest Balkan music.

 Warm up : DJ VINODILO / KUMPANIA BEATS

IMAM BAILDI DJ SET + ROKOLECTIV DJ SET

Before they come and take over the village scene the following day, the two Falireas brothers will be at the turntables, entertaining any festival-goers who refuse to go to sleep when the lights go out in the Prairie des Filtres. On the programme is a chaotic mix of hip-hop, broken beat, house and vintage Greek music, traditional melodies from the 1940s and 1950s which the duo from Athens unearthed at papa's discotheque.

Warm up : DJ PUSHIT / KUMPANIA BEATS

DJ CLICK + DJ SHOT'NEZ

Builder of bridges over seas and across continents, DJ Click gives meaning to the concept of universal sound.  Always listening out for sounds "from over there" - which could mean the other side of the Mediterranean, the Channel or even the Alps - this globe-trotting DJ is a lively, mischievous mixer of cultures and music.

Warm up : SCOTT SOYOUZ