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Venue: roof terrace (in case of rain at the HKW indoor-club in the exhibition hall)
Aftershow-Party at the HKW Indoor-Club
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Dub and reggae mixed with South French folk, Afro and Latin rhythms, spiked with critical lyrics - Massilia Sound System from Marseilles is one of France's most successful pop-fusion bands. Started as a dancehall sound system, the band is the ultimate representation of the cultural diversity of this Mediterranean metropolis; it has developed into the voice of a culturally independent region. For more than ten years Massilia Sound System has stood for provocation and a sense of political mission, but their concerts are more like parties than manifestoes against socio-economic inequality.
Massilia Sound System sees itself as the defender of a regional culture and as a proponent of cultural pluralism. That is why the musicians sing their rebellious texts in Occitan, as even their name shows: "Massilia" is the Provencal name of Marseilles, France's most important port and, after Paris, the largest community of North African immigrants.
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