dudu kouate
dudu kouate
📅 Date: 27 November 2025
🕰️ Time: doors open 7pm
📍 Location: oasis.bxl (Rue Blaes 118, Brussels)
♿ Step free
👤 Ages: all welcome
100% funded (34 tickets remaining)
Renowned for his mastery of pan-African traditional instruments and rhythms alongside cutting-edge experimental jazz, Dudù Kouate journeys through his cultural influences in this rare solo show.
timings
7pm: doors open
7.30pm: recommended latest arrival
8pm: dudù kouate's performance starts
9.30pm: DJs until late
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dudu kouate
Dudù Kouate was born in Senegal in 1963 into a family of griots, the conservators of the African cultural and musical tradition. Member since 2017 of the historic Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dudù’s performances are famous for his array of 200+ instruments (many of which are manufactured by Dudù himself from recycled and upcycled materials) with which he journeys to the roots of the sounds of the earth - a journey he names the search for the ‘sound of elements’.
Recognised as an enhancer of traditional instruments, especially percussion and idiophones, he has expanded their inclusion within diverse musical contexts. His debut album Africation saw him mark a new creative phase, including string and wind instruments from the Berber lute (xalam) to the kanjira, from the djembè, the Senegalese drum, to pan-African flutes and the Australian didgeridoo.
Dudù’s solo show takes the listener on a virtual journey of African sounds reworked in his style and perspective. Through this soundworld, he depicts the suburbs of Dakar, the natural landscapes, the savannah, the desert, the villages, and the stories of humanity.
oasis.bxl
A former warehouse around the corner from the Palais de Justice, oasis.bxl is a new space where new fashion, new art, and new music can thrive.
The first of a new Oasis Sessions series, this performance is the start of oasis.bxl's live music journey. Join us to celebrate the start of a new adventure with drinks and DJs following Dudù's set 'til late.
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