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► BRDCST ► 04-06.04.25► The annual high mass for the musical adventurer
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AB’s genre-fluid high mass for musical adventurers will take place from Friday, 4 April to Sunday, 6 April 2025. With a combi ticket, you’ll get access to all the concerts. BRDCST spans across AB, the Church of Our Lady of the Rich Clares, Beursschouwburg, and the arthouse cinema Palace.
Get your hands on a limited number of early bird combi tickets starting today, and enjoy a €10 discount by simply trusting our musical instinct.
Curators Anna von Hausswolff, Backxwash and Colin Stetson
In 2025, we welcome three guest curators who will each create an evening to their musical liking. Joining us are Sweden’s Anna von Hausswolff, Zambian-Canadian Backxwash, and America’s Colin Stetson. At the end of January, they will unveil the line-ups they've curated for the festival.
Anna von Hausswolff (SE)
British newspaper The Observer once wrote: “Anna von Hausswolff may be the most original and compelling solo artist working in the Western world today.” Her timbre is reminiscent of icons like Nico, Diamanda Galás and Kate Bush, with whom she shares her vocal range of four octaves(!). Her music lies at the exciting intersection of art pop, drone and post-metal, with the timbre of her (pipe)organ often playing a prominent role.
At BRDCST you will get a sneak preview of her latest album Atlas Song, planned for release in the spring of 2025. She composed this music for the dance performance of the same name, created by choreographers Imre and Marne van Opstal, which premiered in 2024 at the prestigious GöteborgsOperan.
Backxwash (ZM/CA)
Zambian-Canadian rapper Backxwash delivered a musical uppercut at Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? Festival in 2023. The combination of her music – horror rap, industrial beats and chopped-up samples of black metal bands – with a barrage of images of Angela Davis, Malcolm X and Nina Simone, made for a true aural exorcism.
In the spring of 2025, Backxwash will release new work, with the single WAKE UP already making waves. Exclaim! Magazine wrote: “Backxwash's teeth - and pen - are sharper than ever. Evolving from metal with saturated, psychedelic textures to gospel-influenced rap.”
Colin Stetson (US)
With six (!) visits to AB under his belt, saxophonist Colin Stetson is no stranger to us. The American was once described by The New York Times as “a one-man astonishment engine” and a master of circular breathing. The way he plays tenor sax is reminiscent of (free jazz) masters like Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann and Anthony Braxton. The recently released The Love It Took To Leave You is his first solo album since 2017.
The Guardian: “Stetson manages to walk a line between percussive layering reminiscent of Steve Reich, meditative repetition akin to Philip Glass, and the lyricism of his friend and collaborator Laurie Anderson. Multi-textured and immersive, his work really is like nothing you've heard before.”
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Anspachlaan 110 / Boulevard Anspach 110, 1000, Boulevard Anspach 110, 1000 Brussel, België,Brussels, Belgium
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