BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23261@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Kiala & The Afroblaster EP Release Party DTSTAMP:20260601T215357Z DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T230000Z DESCRIPTION:Genre: Live music\nLine up: Kiala & The Afroblaster\nOpen: 20:0 0 - 01:00 hrs\nTickets: € 12 / €15 (at the door)\n\nDance the night away w ith Afrobeat 10-piece band of Kiala Nzavotunga\, former\nFela Kuti Egypt 8 0 & Ghetto Blaster guitarist\, to celebrate the release of their\nEP "Spir itual Power." As Kiala always says\, "The Music is the Message and the\nMe ssage is the Music."\n\nOpening times:\n20:00 doors open\n21:00 show start s\n\nLine up:\nKiala Nzavatunga - Lead vocals and guitar\nYinske Silva - v ocals\nSteven Jones - vocals\nAbriël Ferreira - trumpet\nOliver Emmitt - t rombone\nThomas Hanenberg - keys\nMark Oomen - guitar\nJermano Hoop - bass \nRobbert Jaspers - drums\nIbou Ndong - Percussion\nKiala & The Afroblaste r is a 10-man Afrobeat band of Kiala Nzavotunga (Fela Kuti\nEgypt 80\, Ghe tto Blaster)\, and Afrogrooves\, an Amsterdam-based collective of\nmusicia ns with a passion for Afrobeat music. The band has the unmistakable basis\ nof Fela’s bands in terms of groove and instrumentation\, but incorporates Kiala’s\nunique bluesy sound as well as strong hip hop and funk influence s in both the\nmusic and the social and politically relevant lyrics. In th e words of Kiala\,\n“The music is the message and the message is the music .”\nKiala Nzavotunga is a singer/guitarist/songwriter born in Angola. Afte r moving\nto Lagos as a young man\, Kiala solidified his mark as a musicia n on the\ncontinent and in Nigeria as guitarist of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 ba nd. After years\nof recording and internationally touring with Fela\, Kial a settled in Paris\,\nFrance where he continued writing and playing with a variety of bands\, the most\nwell-known being Ghetto Blaster\, who toured the US opening for James Brown.\nReflecting on his experience inspired Ki ala to compile and release the album\nMoney in 2018\, a modern take on the vintage Afrobeat sound full of tight\npercussion and horn lines\, bluesy guitar riffs\, and powerful lyrics. Traveling\nto Amsterdam\, The Netherla nds\, later in 2018 led to a chance meeting with fellow\nAfrobeat enthusia sts Afrogrooves at one of their jam sessions. Mutual admiration\nfor Afrob eat music and the tenets on which it was founded sparked camaraderie\nand instant musical chemistry\, leading to key members of the Afrogrooves\ncol lective becoming Kiala’s band.\nInsta [https://www.instagram.com/kiala.afr oblaster] // Website\n[https://www.kiala-afroblaster.com] // Music\n[https ://bfan.link/Spirtual-power-EP] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/kiala-and-the-afroblaster-ep-release-pa rty GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923 LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:afrobeats,amsterdam-west,dance,funk,hip-hop,jam session,live,liv e music,music,opening,party,vondelparkbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Genre: Live music
Line up: Kiala & The Afroblaster
Open: 20 :00 - 01:00 hrs
Tickets: € 12 / €15 (at the door)

Dance the night away with Afrobeat 10-piece band of Kiala Nzavotunga, form er Fela Kuti Egypt 80 & Ghetto Blaster guitarist, to celebrate the rel ease of their EP "Spiritual Power." As Kiala always says, "The Music is th e Message and the Message is the Music."

Opening times:
20:00 doors open
21:00 show starts

Line up: < /strong>
Kiala Nzavatunga - Lead vocals and guitar
Yinske Silva - vocals
Steven Jones - vocals
Abriël Ferreira - trumpet
Oliver Emmitt - trombone
Thomas Hanenberg - keys
Mark Oomen - guitar
Jermano Hoop - bass
Robbert Jaspers - drums
Ibou Ndong - Percussio n
Kiala & The Afroblaster is a 10-man Afrobeat ba nd of Kiala Nzavotunga (Fela Kuti Egypt 80, Ghetto Blaster), and Afrogroov es, an Amsterdam-based collective of musicians with a passion for Afrobeat music. The band has the unmistakable basis of Fela’s bands in terms of gr oove and instrumentation, but incorporates Kiala’s unique bluesy sound as well as strong hip hop and funk influences in both the music and the socia l and politically relevant lyrics. In the words of Kiala, “The music is th e message and the message is the music.”
Kiala Nzavotunga is a singer/ guitarist/songwriter born in Angola. After moving to Lagos as a young man, Kiala solidified his mark as a musician on the continent and in Nigeria a s guitarist of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 band. After years of recording and int ernationally touring with Fela, Kiala settled in Paris, France where he co ntinued writing and playing with a variety of bands, the most well-known b eing Ghetto Blaster, who toured the US opening for James Brown.
Reflec ting on his experience inspired Kiala to compile and release the album Mon ey in 2018, a modern take on the vintage Afrobeat sound full of tight perc ussion and horn lines, bluesy guitar riffs, and powerful lyrics. Traveling to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, later in 2018 led to a chance meeting with fellow Afrobeat enthusiasts Afrogrooves at one of their jam sessions. Mut ual admiration for Afrobeat music and the tenets on which it was founded s parked camaraderie and instant musical chemistry, leading to key members o f the Afrogrooves collective becoming Kiala’s band.
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