We are excited to announce two new musical acts that will perform at our festival excursion to the country, Clandestino Botnik on 27-28 July. And then some poetry:

Baloji – congolsese hip hop rumba
Baloji played a magnificent concert at Clandestino Festival in Gothenburg 2011 – now he’s back but this time in a more rural environment on stage at Clandestino Botniks scen. Rapper, dancer, gentleman and sorcerer Baloji (the latter being what Baloji means in Swahili) creates a futuristic breed of African post-hiphop. Live, backed by phenomenal Orchestre de la Katuba, Baloji is a euphoric experience: count on high energy hip shake dance. | More

Nazarenes – pure roots reggae
The Nazarenes’ voices are their instruments, and through them the Caribbean’s music rejoins it’s ancestral continent as Eritrea and Ethiopia’s rich past finds a voice in in today’s roots music movement. Reggae’s diaspora returns home in the voice of the Nazarenes, firmly planted in reggae’s rootical and rebellious sound. In the Nazarenes, beauty, pain, love, pride, and hope come together.| More

Ida Börjel and Andrzej Tichý – poetry Sunday in the barn
Music may the focus of Clamndestino Botnik, but as usual there will be poetry in the barn on Sunday. This year with Andrzej Tichý and Ida Börjel.