Koèju is a live electronica duo specialising in their own brand of explosive, free falling jam sessions for the dance floor. To visit Cracow!
@ Klub Alchemia / ul. Estery 5, 31-056 Cracow / 9pm / free entrance

We proudly present the premiere performance of this year’s commissioned musical piece written by Safaa Al-Saadi.
The composition is titled Broer av musikk and is the second piece to be commissioned by Global Oslo Music to an outstanding composer.
@ Cafeteatret / Hollendergata 8 / 9pm / cc 120

Safaa Al Saadi is an Iraqi composer and multi-instrumentalist, living and working in Oslo, whose music is deeply rooted in tradtions from Mesopotamia. The work behind “Broer av musikk” is based on the study of instruments commonly used in Arab music in combination with Western European instruments. His use of Nay (reed flute), Darbuka, Rak, Kishbeh (drums/percussion) and violins (during the 19th century, the European violin began to replace the Arabic spike fiddle in most Arab countries), concert harp and keyboard has resulted in a powerful and innovative work.

Lineup:
Safaa Al-Saadi – nay, piano, keyboard, arabic drums and percussion
Sattar Al-Saadi – nay, arabic drums and percussion
Ellen Sejersted Bødtker – harp
Darvan Ahmad Abdulkarim – violin
Hjörleifur Valsson – violin
Arne Kirkhorn Rødvik – keyboard

Funded by the Arts Council Norway, The City of Oslo and The Fund for Performing Artists.

Don’t miss our resident DJ Nefertiti’s last gig at Månen with the added bonus of special guests: Luis Landa-Schreitt – percussion, Sarah Camille – spoken word and DJ Ann Helen.
@ Månen / Youngstorget 3 / 9pm / free entrance

The name DJ Nefertiti is taken from the Egyptian queen Nefretiti and behind it hides a 35-year-old woman originally from Somalia. Her musical vision is to show off a little known style of music to clubbers: She mixes Arabic pop music and South African electro. Spinning with her is Dj Ann Helen who has just escaped Oslo to settle in the country but keeps returning to the capital to spin her music. Known for a wide range of musical genres such as techno, house, disco, rumba, calypso, Afro-pop and psychedelia. Anything danceable is in the repertoire!

Dj Nefertiti and Dj Ann Helen will be accompanied by musican Luis Landa-Schreitt on percussion and slam poet Sarah Camille, who also will be giving an introduction to their work as a part of the Artistforum’s tête-à-tête.

Luis Landa-Schreitt is a well known drummer and percussionist who has performed extensively throughout Europe and staged the World Performing Arts Festival in Lahore, Pakistan. He plays a wide range of music and has collaborated with an array of artists such as, among others, Wolfgang Plagge, Stian Castersen, Per Arne Løvold, Reza Aghamir, Olga Konkova, Per Mathisen and Sher Mian Dad for live perfomances and recordings.

Sarah Camille has become one of the country’s well know poet over the past years.
She has been performing in various events in Norway and abroad, and she has been working with different productions in theatre/performing arts. Her expression plays with poetry, music, stories and language. She has studied « Storytelling » at Høgskolen i Oslo, and is currently a student at Norsk Barnebokinstitutt. In 2011 she won NM i poetry slam.