Following on from our residency in the Sorbian region of Germany last April, we are pleased to announce that we are returning to perform some gigs next week from 7th-11th September! This time we’re taking the wonderful bilingual rapper Izzy Rabey and harpist Cerys Hafana with us to represent some of what’s happening in wonderful and weird Wales and to perform some of the collaborations they were on!
The tour dates have been organised by Kolektiw Wakuum and we will be performing in four Sorbian villages/towns before concluding the tour in Berlin with a Sunday matinee show in an ex-anarchist squat. The tour will take us to perform on a forest protest site, a Catholic church, a youth centre as well as a Sorbian subcultural club and formal showcase.
Sorbian-Welsh Friendship Tour Dates
7th September – Slěpo/Schleife,
15:30 Soliaktion im gekauften Waldstück der Grünen Liga
19:00 Konzert in der Pfarrscheune
8th September – Kumšicy/Kumschütz,
19:00 Konzert im Hof Nr. 8
9th September – Nuknica/Nucknitz
20:00 Konzert in der Barakka
10th September – Chóśebuz/Cottbus
kurzes Intermezzo auf der traditionellen niedersorbischen Veranstaltung
Schadowanka, danach ab 22:00 Konzert im Bebel
11th September – Barliń/Berlin
16:00 Matinee in der Kirche von Unten
As part of the tour we are launching a cassette with the songs we created during the residency, which is available to pre-order and buy digitally on Kolektiw Wakuum’s Bandcamp page. Alongside the cassette will be a zine launched on the tour with lyrics and descriptions of the songs as well as bios of all the artists involved. We have no idea how our experimental and underground music will go down in these small villages and towns but I’m sure we’ll have some great stories to tell afterwards!