Neg’ Marrons mark 25 years of music with a release evening that brings together their hybrid hip‑hop and reggae roots with local selectors. The group’s storytelling and rhythmic delivery sit alongside sets by Little Lion Sound and Derrick Sound, whose DJ work and sound‑system aesthetics extend the show into dancehall and bass‑heavy grooves. The evening highlights the trio’s history as co‑founders of Evidence Music and their role as producers and cultural ambassadors within Geneva’s sound‑system scene.

Astéréotypie and Orage share a double bill that contrasts angular post‑punk and textured noise with melancholic, feverish pop rock. Astéréotypie presents their latest album “Patami”, born from a collective poetry workshop and marked by abrasive electronics and layered atmospheres. Orage, the project of Alexandre Inglebert, explores intimate melodies and tense, emotive guitar work ahead of a forthcoming EP. The evening privileges raw intensity and lyrical depth.

In French.

Lila Iké leads an intimate reggae evening framed by Wurl Sound, a bespoke sound system blending gospel, roots reggae, soul and dancehall textures. Her voice navigates warm, emotive melodies while Steph O.B.F spins deep dub and bass-heavy grooves, and Vesper T contributes a hushed, soulful folk-trip-hop vocal exploration that folds into echoing dub atmospheres. Expect immersive soundscapes that shift between hypnotic rhythms and tender, lyrical moments.

Don Carlos, a reggae legend from Western Kingston with a career dating back to 1973 and a former member of Black Uhuru, leads an evening of melodic roots reggae. He performs with Dub Vision, while GEO & the Upright Ones — Don Carlos’s son and an emerging artist — presents new material drawn from the album “New Horizon”. The set balances classic roots rhythms, soulful vocals and warm dub textures, offering a timeless and intimate musical experience.

Danyèl Waro is a seminal voice of Maloya from Réunion, blending raw percussion, creole poetry and demanding political urgency. A poet-musician and craftsman, he performs on self-made instruments—kayams, roulérs and pikérs—channeling ancestral rhythms into powerful calls for social memory, resistance and cultural preservation. His concerts unfold in intense, communal energy: trance-like grooves, penetrating vocal declarations and spare, organic arrangements that move between lament and defiant hope.