WATER & SOUND AT THE ANNAHOF

At the end of the festival, the Annahof will once again become an open meeting place in the middle of the city. On two evenings, music, encounters, food and exchange will come together here: with concerts by artists from Brazil, Anatolia, West Africa and the eastern Mediterranean region as well as with associations and initiatives from Augsburg. Among others, Familie des Hauses e.V., FC Öz Akdeniz e.V., Afro Passion and Ethiopische Küche will be there with food and information stands.

Friday from 18:00 – Saturday from 16:00. Admission free, donations welcome.

SA. 01.08. – Annahof – from 18:45 h

18:45 THE CAVEMEN.

NIGERIA

The Nigerian band The Cavemen. brings the energy of West African coastal and river cities to the stage with their highlife fusion sound. The sibling duo Kingsley Okorie on bass and Benjamin James on drums are regarded as one of the central voices of the current highlife renaissance. Their music draws on icons such as E.T. Mensah and Osita Osadebe and brings the style into the present with their own compositions, polyphonic choirs, concise guitar lines and influences from Afrobeats, soul and jazz.

The Cavemen. represent a generation of West African musicians who do not treat tradition nostalgically, but continue it as an urban sound of the present. Their Highlife tells of everyday life, love, friendship and celebrations and appeals to an audience that is just as familiar with West African pop culture as it is with global sounds. Warm, elegant and danceable, they combine virtuoso drumming, bouncy bass lines and classic highlife guitars with electronic elements and the energy of contemporary Afrobeats.

Presented in cooperation with Afro Passion

20:15 MELINA

GREECE – FRANCE

Melina Vlachos is a French-Greek singer, oud player and songwriter who describes her style as “neo-traditional pop”: a combination of Greek modal music, oriental timbres, Balkan influences and contemporary pop sensibility. Growing up in a family of musicians between France and Greece, she started out playing the violin before the oud became her central instrument. In her songs, MELINA combines personal lyrics with traces of rebetiko, maqam-like melodies, electronic textures and a stage presence that is both intimate and powerful. Her music moves between tradition and the present, between the Mediterranean, Eastern sound traditions and European pop, without merely quoting these influences. Her songs open up a space of voice, oud, rhythm and memory, in which islands, coasts, languages and personal stories are set in motion.

21:45 BCUC

SOUTH AFRICA

BCUC, short for Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness, is a seven-piece band from Soweto and one of South Africa’s most impressive live formations. Their sound combines indigenous funk, hip-hop, punk energy, spiritual chants, bass and driving percussion to create music that is at once physical, political and ecstatic. Since their beginnings in a converted shipping container near the place where Desmond Tutu was active during the anti-apartheid era, BCUC have developed into an internationally acclaimed band. Their concerts are less classical performances than collective rituals: long, hypnotic pieces, polyphonic singing, call-and-response, intense grooves and an immediate connection with the audience. BCUC understand music as “for the people, by the people, with the people” and bring together local stories from Soweto with global club and festival energy. After their acclaimed performance in 2019, they are now returning to Augsburg for Water & Sound.

Photos from top to bottom:
Bayram Er, Jennifer Ejoke, Alice Guelil, Tim Bugbee / tinnitus photography