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Sound Garden

Every Wednesday until August 30, 2023

This summer, as in previous years, the pavilion area in the Beyeler park will fill on Wednesday evenings with contemporary beats and sounds. Come and chill with cool drinks in a beautiful outdoor setting to music by regional and national acts. From jazz, samba, and hip-hop to neo-soul and Afro-beat – the "Sound Garden" offers a varied program of music for a relaxing mid-week evening in the museum park, with opportunities to discover new favorite performers and tracks.

The concerts in the series take place on Wednesdays from June 28 to August 30, 2023 in the Fondation Beyeler park, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. Entrance is free of charge and no advance booking is required.

 

 

Upcoming events

 

June 28 - fem*ergy collective

The contribution of the Berlin-based fem*ergy collective to the Sound Garden will be a kind of mini-festival, bringing together several female indie artists and their musical worlds. Ay Wing, mari.ama, Johanna Amelie, and Mya Audrey express themselves in their own individual musical languages, but with the same poetic message, speaking collectively of joy, hope, and healing. Their repertoire also includes a serious element: their aim as musicians is to enhance the visibility of female and non-binary artists, and to create inclusive spaces where everyone is welcomed and respected.

 

July 5 - Stimulus

Brooklyn-born musician Stimulus has DJed on six continents, with gigs at clubs and festivals in Berlin, London, and Paris, as well as New York. His musical style is flexible and multifaceted. His set for the Sound Garden in the Fondation Beyeler park will invite the audience to dance as well as listen.

 

July 12 - FlexFab

With his personal sound signature, incorporating elements of bass, trap, rap, Afrobeat and electronic music, Swiss-based producer FlexFab is currently at the forefront of attention. His compositions draw on a wide musical repertoire, defying borders and boundaries, and combining established genres with sounds and influences from across the world. For his Sound Garden concert he will occupy the museum park as a musical territory to unite different cultural influences and art forms and blend them into a whole.

 

July 19 - Lynn Aineo & Mer Anyang

In their "East African Affair" edition of the Sound Garden, Lynn Aineo und Mer Anyang touch the audience's emotions with powerful sounds and vocals as they sing of freedom, joy, suffering, and hope. Mer Anyang is a singer-songwriter from South Sudan. Her compelling lyrics tell her personal story, inviting listeners to accompany her on a journey of healing through music. Lynn Aineo is also a musical storyteller, inspired by her immediate surroundings and her personal experience as a Black, queer woman. Born in Uganda, and now based in Zurich, she sings in her native language, Runyankole-Rukiga, and in English. She is accompanied by two musicians—Filipo Ateesa (guitar) from Uganda, and Toma (percussion) from Tanzania—who now live in Munich. For Mer and for Lynn, cultural and musical influences from their respective home countries play a central part in their music, which they will be sharing with us in a very intimate concert.

 

July 26 - Chiara Dubey

With her soft voice and dreamlike sounds, the singer, violinist, and composer Chiara Dubey draws us into a musical world where classical influences are combined with elements of electro and art pop. Chiara stresses the importance of performing with live instruments , which play a central part in her compositions and sound textures. With a child's sense of awe and the reflectiveness of a soul aged by experience, Chiara's music mirrors her own inner life and her way of looking at reality. Her subtle tones and soothing sounds invite us to immerse ourselves in her trancelike musical world.

 

August 2 - NUNA

The four musicians who make up NUNA combine various genres in their music, drawing on elements from their countries of origin—ranging from Colombia and Brazil via Angola to Italy and back to Switzerland. Oscar Velásquez blends traditional Latin-American melodies with classical music and jazz; Alessandro Pittini mixes jazz harmonies with subtle flamenco influences; Benjamin Gonçalves experiments with sounds from Africa and Brazil; and Freddy Benites sets the pace with his Afro-Latin-rhythms. With these richly varied elements, the musicians treat the Sound Garden audience to a display of musical talent that also offers insights into their cultural roots.

 

August 9 - Hawaiian Memories

While the line-up and band name have changed over the years, the unmistakable twang of the Hawaiian guitar has remained the Hulas’ signature sound. These days Basel’s Hula Club band goes by the name Hawaiian Memories, and its spectrum ranges from Hawaiian hits to pop songs and pieces influenced by the then relatively new genre of rock ‘n’ roll. Even after several decades on the Swiss music scene, the “Hawaiians with Basel roots” still have it in them to thrill people of all generations as much with their music as with their positive vibes. Basel guitarist Walter Roost caught his first whiff of Hawaii when he heard the Dutch Kiliman Hawaiians on the radio in 1945. Fascinated by their Hawaiian pop, he and three friends spontaneously founded a group of their own, the Hula Hawaiians. With their dynamic arrangements of South Seas sounds, the Hulas even made it into the German hit parade in the early 1960s. What made the band popular, however, was not just its catchy tunes, but above all its memorable live concerts both at home and abroad—to say nothing of its radio and TV appearances.

 

August 16 - JJ&D

The Basel-based musician JJ&D tells fascinating stories that combine influences from hip hop, R&B, gospel, neo soul, and jazz. With texts and sounds he paints vivid musical pictures, enfolded in rhythmic melodies with a powerful emotional appeal. His warm voice is complemented by the trumpet, as his most important tool in blending classic jazz and soul with futuristic elements. In his set for the Sound Garden at the Fondation Beyeler, JJ&D will be exploring his passions for new and old music, with pieces that are moving and gripping.

 

August 23 - Jasmin Albash

The music of Jasmin Albash is inextricably bound up with her biography. As the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and a Swiss mother, she has explored and engaged with the roots of her family history and her father's Arab culture. These concerns are woven into a personal musical concept that embraces stories of suffering, injustice, and despair, but also of the strength and inspiration that can emerge from adversity. With her soulful voice and haunting melodies, the Basel-based musician invites the Sound Garden audience at the Fondation Beyeler to accompany her on a musical journey into worlds far and near.

 

August 30 - Café da Manhã

The Basel band Café da Manhã, fronted by singer Debora Monfregola and guitarist Daniel Messina, brings together a variety of cultural roots to make music that is cheerful and relaxed, with a warm vibe and danceable rhythms. Their Brazilian music, ranging from samba to bossa nova, is infused with limitless energy, expressed in intricate compositions underlaid by driving beats. This makes the band ideally suited for a warm summer evening at the Fondation Beyeler, where its sundrenched sounds will ensure a vibrant atmosphere around the pavilion in the museum park.

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