Farida Amadou x Aquiles Navarro

Farida Amadou is a self-taught bass player based in Brussels, Belgium. The electric bass has been her main instrument since 2011. In 2013, she began exploring a variety of musical genres, including blues, jazz, and hip-hop. After a year (2017) as the bass player in the Belgian punk band Cocaine Piss, Farida decided to focus on her solo improvisation practice and collaborations with musicians such as Steve Noble, Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, Terrie Ex, Lukas Koenig, Pat Thomas, Julien Desprez and occasional features with artists like Jerusalem in My Heart and Moor Mother.

For the second part of the concert, Amadou will be joined by New York-based trumpeter, composer, and DJ Aquiles Navarro. Amadou and Navarro met while performing with Moor Mother and continued to improvise and record together in New York over the summer of 2023.

Aquiles Navarro draws his sound from a rich blend of folkloric music, salsa, reggae, and the diverse influences of his upbringing in Panama.

As part of the liberation-focused free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, Navarro has made waves in the music world.