DUDU KOUATE — live event
Dudu Kouate and Simon Sieger will perform a set of experimental, improvised music, drawing on a deep well of cultural exploration at Folklore, Hoxton on Wednesday 13th August… Dudù Kouate combines pan-African traditional instruments and rhythms with cutting-edge experimental jazz. Dudù was born in Senegal in 1963 into a family of griots, the conservators of the African cultural and musical tradition. Member since 2017 of the historic Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dudù’s performances are famous for his array of 200+ instruments (many of which are manufactured by Dudù himself from recycled and upcycled materials) with which he journeys to the roots of the sounds of the earth - a journey he names the search for the ‘sound of elements’. Simon Sieger is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger and composer. His field of activity ranges from barrelhouse boogie to Sun Ra reinterpretations to hard-hitting sweet noise. In his own words, “Music has no boundaries; anything can go anywhere, with the right att
Starts: 2026-08-13T19:00:00Z
Ends: 2026-08-13T21:00:00Z
Where: 186 Hackney Road, England E2 7QL, United Kingdom
Price: $12.5