Lanson Champagne Bar & Lounge’s program has now been announced
Lanson Champagne Bar & Lounge presents DJ sets from various genres that range from SWANA to Italo disco and 90’s rap. Located next to the Balloon 360° stage, the venue will once again charm the festival guests with diverse music and Lanson’s first-rate drinks.
Lanson Champagne Bar & Lounge kicks off on Friday with SWANA NIGHTS, a program curated by the DJ, journalist Renaz Ebrahimi, that will present a program of catchy rhythm music from South West Asia and North Africa. The Yalla Collective combines danceable electronic music with Arabic pop and other traditional music from the region. Meriam Trabelsi from the Pehmee Collective remixes SWANA club music with Arabic classics, and Yallah draws from different corners of the rich field of electronic music. Also known as a photographer, DJ Coco's bass-driven, genre-crossing, and energetic playing draws inspiration from ballroom culture. In her own set, Renaz enriches classics and latest hits with the best of SWANA sounds, Afrobeats, and amapiano.
On Saturday, the DJ sets head from Italo disco to the 90’s house music with a twinkle in the eye. Marc Fred’s and Maria Wesander's duo Marc & Maria journeys through the decades, stylishly combining different genres such as boogie, Latin rhythms, nightclub, and Italo disco. DJs Hotleevibling and long legs from the popular Guilty Pleasures concept spread the gospel of corny and lovable pop and house. They are partnered at the Champagne Bar & Lounge by the long-term Helsinki night favourites DJ Aleksi and Handshaking who will play music from their own catalogue of forbidden songs. The Soul Search DJs, TBOY and his colleague SomBadi, evoke 90’s R&B, sample-filled rap, and soul touching techno.
On Sunday, the Pehmee Collective's suinner and trabelsi dive into different styles of danceable rhythm music. The multitalent Andre Pozusis, who has hosted club nights at Siltanen and Kaiku, will also take the stage at the Champagne Bar & Lounge. The power duo Hitoshi & Justus finish the wonderful Sunday by playing anything from house, electro or 90’s techno alongside disco.
Read more about the performers here.