Queimada, a regular at Muziekpublique, kicks off this year with two vibrant balls featuring the duo Bucsan/Gielen and the Liège collective Bouton. Between the two groups, we’ll prepare the magical Galician drink Queimada, accompanied by the bagpipe group A Contrabanda. But first, we’ll open the evening with a dance introduction by Frisse Folk.
Duo Bucsan/Gielen
When Flanders meets Wallonia, the music swings and the dancing goes on till dawn. What a cracking programme Duo Bucsan/Gielen have in store for this back-to-school Queimada at Saint-Gilles’ Maison du Peuple on 25th October. No doubt about it, Lode Bucsan (hurdy-gurdy) and Simon Gielen (diatonic accordion) are about to work up a proper sweat on the dance floor.
These two found each other by pure chance at a bal in Gooik back in 2016. First gig together and the chemistry was instant. And you can hear it… Their neo-trad music is anything but polite or tame: it pulses, it grips you, grabs you by the hips and sweeps you onto the dance floor.
No fuss, no unnecessary frills. Just that rare alchemy between two musicians who bounce off each other like old mates. In their musical treasure chest, you’ll find essential neo-trad dance repertoire alongside their own compositions. It’s the kind of bal you leave drenched in sweat, grinning from ear to ear and itching to dance until you can barely stand.
Bouton
The Liège quartet Bouton who get crowds dancing across Europe are heading to Brussels with their supercharged electro-folk. The combo of diatonic accordion, bass clarinet, vocals and subtle electronic beats leaves no one cold and certainly not the feet of dancers. It’s all driven by lyrics that speak to our times. The result? Pure dancing bliss, swept away by their energy and dynamism.
On stage, Fanny Vandenbergh (vocals), Joachim Loneux on diatonic accordion (a folk dance teacher who really knows his stuff), Rudy Mathey on bass clarinet and Gilles Doneux on sound design pull off a real tour de force. What a joy to see all four of them united with just one desire: to get you on the dance floor.
On the programme: jigs, circles, mazurkas, scottisches and some rarities like the Walloon maclotte (which they might just teach you on the spot). In their secret arsenal: 18 original compositions written and arranged by the band themselves, designed to get people moving, where traditional accordion meets electronic beats and lyrics about hair removal, overconsumption and astrology find their way onto thousand-year-old dance rhythms.
Because yes, that’s what Bouton is all about: living traditional music that evolves with the times, that’s far from untouchable and above all, isn’t afraid to shake up the codes to get you moving even better.