The passing away of her grandmother during the pandemic and its digital and uncanny memorial service inspired Antwerp based Dienne to create ‘Addio’, Italian for farewell, her coping mechanism for an aching heart. The seasoned musician sanguinely shared the collection of songs with world famous musician Nicolás Jaar, who promptly released it on his label Other People as an album. A delicate blend of ambient sounds, choral voices and fittingly deployed instruments, ‘Addio’ is nothing less of a masterpiece. So we drove to Antwerp to meet Dienne and congratulate her.

One of those rare DJs taking the mic during a radio show at Kiosk Radio, Ingmar aka Yooth is a positive force blowing through our capital’s scene. Representing a chosen family of artists through his Brikabrak collective, this mover and shaker adds energy and smiles wherever he enters the room. As a DJ, Yooth offers a percussion driven new school blend of Brazilian, broken beat, amapiano, UK funky, Portuguese batida, baile funk, club music, juke, jungle and alté. A sound that only lately has conquered our dance floors and which Yooth and Brikabrak have helped push around. You might want to pass by one of their glowing events - their showcase during Listen Festival at La Vallée was one for the books - or start by checking Yooths Spotify Hundred playlist composed exclusively for us! Salud!

Exploring the dynamics and boundaries between pop, spoken word, experimental and electronic music, Céline Gillain’s Kiosk radio show is quite the trip.