Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Novalima ꟾ The Dhol Foundation ꟾ DJ-Set

Novalima

The Peruvian cult band returns to Europe after a seven-year hiatus with their new album La Danza. Since its formation in 2000, Novalima has been combining Afro-Peruvian rhythms with modern electronics—a sound that has earned them international recognition, a Grammy nomination, and worldwide festival appearances. The project originally emerged through music file exchanges between four friends from Lima who lived in different countries.

The Dhol Foundation

The British group led by Johnny Kalsi brings the powerful sounds of the dhol drum to the big stage – powerful, multicultural, and danceable. With influences from rock, drum and bass, West African rhythms, and bhangra, they create hybrid soundscapes full of energy. The Dhol Foundation has been a rhythmic figurehead of the global music scene for decades – and remains Kalsi's passion project.

Harry Kalsi

Harry Kalsi will close the event with a set in the Sylvia Wynter Foyer. The son of Johnny Kalsi represents the next generation of artists who are reinterpreting bhangra with electronic beats and fresh energy.

• 7:00–8:00 p.m. Novalima
  
• 8:30–10:00 p.m. The Dhol Foundation
  
• 10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Harry Kalsi (DJ set, Sylvia Wynter Foyer)