Mizu & Mizi
Mizu & Mizi is a duo of two close friends with a shared passion for folkmusic and dance. They have developed a unique repertoire. Similar to their country of origin, Belgium, they are influenced by melodieus from North and South Europe.
Dries and Klarremieken share a mix of dynamic and more intimate arrangements.
Dries - diatonic accordeon
Klarremieken - clarinet, diatonic accordeon
Emily & The Simons
Emily & the Simons are an Anglo-Belgian Balfolk trio. They met in England’s Peak District, at the folk festival “Skint” and began to perform together professionally soon after. Their music is centred around Emily’s compositions, drawing inspiration from life's encounters and the energy of the dance-floor.
Their style is highly expressive and improvisatory, full of passion, tenderness and playfulness. With a wide repertoire ranging from exquisite, sensual mazurkas to joyful, driving bourrées, their music transports the imagination, stirs the feet and uplifts the spirit.
Emily Bowden – violin
Simon Dumpleton – chromatic accordion
Simon Laffineur – guitar
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Marion & Steve
Marion and Steve play exclusively their own compositions, inspired by traditional European dance music with influences of other musical elements, in particular from classical music, jazz and musette. Their music offers a variety of sounds, attuned to the characteristics of the different dances, from quiet and romantic to rhythmic and upbeat. The melodies accompany the dancers into the world of emotions.
Marion Ludwig – accordion
Steve Ellis – clarinet, accordion, piano
Duo Plodocus
The Plodocus duo takes you on a playful ball of compositions and covers of traditional themes in Plodo-style.
Violin, accordion and vocals travel through musical landscapes and reliefs, taking you on a journey of couple dances, mixers, Breton dances, Poitou, Auvergne or South-Western dances...
The notes breathe, sizzle, tickle and creep up your neck, coming together and settling to the rhythm of the Plodocus' steps...
Eymeric Amselem – violin
Sidonie Couëdel – diatonic accordeon
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Le Driadi
Le Driadi is an Italian band that was founded at the end of 2023. Similar to Forest Nymphs, they interweave unique trad music with Italian songwriting influences. At the centre of the project is neo-trad style balfolk, inspired by French dances – from romantic mazurkas to energetic Breton chain dances. Together they create a forest of sound in which every note is enchanting and invites the listener to lose themselves in a world in which music, dance and magic merge.
Alessandro Cornio – vocals, guitar, stompbox
Diana Imbrea – violin
Alessandro Scacchi – bass guitar
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Rudemà
The group, founded in 2009, offers a world music show with reinterpretations of traditional songs and their own compositions, ranging from French bal folk to Irish folk, passing through traditional music from Veneto and Northern Italy.
Luca Ventimiglia – flute, bag pipe, tarota, melodica
Fabio Reolon – guitar, vocals
Francesco Chiarini – violin, nyckelharpa
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Accords Perdus
Always active in the folk world, both in dance and music, Accords Perdus offers a repertoire of songs composed expressly for the ball, and little nuggets from all horizons.
Piano, vocals and clarinet (sometimes bass) merrily intermingle to bring you a ball full of mischief and energy. Are your legs tingling? Then throw yourself into the dance ...
...A corps perdu!
Pauline – vocals, piano
Emile – clarinet, bass clarinet
Their two children – vocals, violin, trumpet
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Poolidor
Poolidor is an electronic music duo that blends traditional music from Berry and North Africa. They produce a raw, hypnotic sound by combining timbres and organic percussion with the gleaming waves of electro. On stage, a hurdy-gurdy, complete with pedals and a bicycle wheel, faces a vinyl turntable. This timeless construction is complemented by machines, violin and vocals.
In tandem, two musicians who have been accomplices for many years, draw the audience into a bewitching trance.
Gabriel Bonnin – violin
Clément Royo – guitar
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Cosmopoly
With their loopers and a wide range of influences (traditional dances from Brittany, France and Europe, psychedelic rock, traditional songs from Réunion, French chansons, jazz and vocal blues), they offer a ball tinged with covers and composed songs. Distilled with humor, their ball invites you to travel through cultures, times and codes, skilfully questioned and offering a pleasant mix for both ears and feet.
Bryan Bird – guitar, bass, vocals
Ellwen Barbault – percussions, vocals
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Fyndus
Welcome to the wonderful world of Fyndus, a new musical folk duo with Emma & Thomas. Together we bring very danceable listening music or listenable dance music. Be welcome to enjoy our musical stories and be enchanted by the magical harmony of our instruments.
Emma Coopman – vocals, celtic harp, diatonic accordion
Thomas Hoste – electro-acoustic alto hurdy-gurdy, sound effects
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Alex & Stefan
Alexander Loch – piano, hurdy gurdy
Stefan
You!
Five days of music, from the beginning to the end, from the first up to the last floor. And you right in the middle of it all or only for you. Music and ensemble workshops will be awaiting you. Rehearsal rooms will want to be filled and fulfilled with the sound of your ideas.
Alas, take your flutes, hurdy gurdies and accordions, violins, guitars and pianos, rattles, boxes and spoons! Take your feet, hands and voices and make music! For you, for us, for everyone; from breakfast 'til session! :-)
