Etran de L'AÏr. DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Konzerte & DJ Acts im Schlüterhof

In the organizer's words:

Free, outdoors and under palm trees: this summer, the DURCHLÜFTEN music festival will once again transform the Humboldt Forum's large Schlüterhof courtyard into a lively meeting place for sound, rhythm and culture.

Over four weekends, music from all over the world will radiate from the stage: from the raw energy of Mexican cumbia punk to the hypnotic groove of Kenyan dodo blues, from the electrifying syncopation of Congolese soukous to the powerful messages of Afrofuturist big bands.

Japanese folk with a Caribbean influence, soulful jazz, hip-hop and the joy and resilience of the Frafra gospel round off this celebration of sound - boundless, multi-perspective and irresistibly danceable!

Etran de L'AÏr (Niger)

Etran de L'Aïr (or "Stars of the Aïr region") come from Agadez, a capital of Saharan rock. With their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun-drenched melodies, Etran have firmly established themselves in the guitar music of Agadez. Her sound evokes both the desert and the metropolis - the Agadez album celebrates the soundscape and energy of a hometown wedding.

While other Tuareg guitarists take their cue from Western rock, Etran de L'Aïr play in a pan-African style that is characteristic of their hometown and cites a variety of cultural influences, from northern Malian blues to Hausa bar bands to Congolese soukous. Perhaps it is this quality that makes them so popular in Agadez. "We play for the Tuareg, the Toubou, the Zarma, the Hausa," explains Abindi. "If they invite us, we come and play."

Their music is rooted in celebration and conjures up the exuberance of a wedding in Agadez, with an overwhelming abundance of guitars, while simultaneous solos playfully and with restrained precision run over each other, powerful but never exuberant.

- free of charge

- no ticket required

- Schlüterhof

- Belongs to: DURCHLÜFTEN - 2025