Liberation

On July 24th Liberation celebrates her 10th edition at Bird Rotterdam! Artists Black Coffee, Culoe De Song, Boddhi Satva, Djeff Afrozila, Omar, Shimza, Rocco, Manoo, Em Ex, Chappell, Lars Behrenroth, Ivan Diaz and Hollands finest Soulful Deep & Afro House artists have been part of this wonderful journey. This special event requires a special act, so we are very proud to present to you South Africa’s finest band: MI CASA (South Africa).

Mi Casa are a group of unique individuals who bring their explosive talent together to create a unique and original sound, which resulted in a skyrocketed success since their start in 2010. The band members (Dr Duda-Producer and club dj, J-Something, vocalist and guitarist and Mo-T -Trumpeter) blend their musical talent to create a soulful sound which incorporates soulful vocals, the guitar, keys and the trumpet. Mi Casa will bless Liberation with their unique sound that is hailed truly African.

Mi Casa's top list of achievements include:

• Sold out concerts in Cape Town, Rome, Johannesburg, Durban and Glascow
• Performed at US President Barack Obama’s inauguration
• Nominated for MTV EMA ‘Best Africa act’ award
• Performed at the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
• iTunes début at #1 on the Musica Local charts and Musica overall charts
• No.1 in the UK on BBC radio station 1Extra
• Nominated for 3 MTV Africa Music Awards ) [including ‘Artist of the Year’, 'Best Group', and the coveted 'Song of the Year’]
• Have collaborated and performed alongside Grammy award-winning South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Recipients of 5 SAMAs (South African Music Awards) [including 'Best Duo / Group', 'Best Dance', and the coveted 'Record of the Year’]
• No. 1 most played song in Africa for 13 weeks running for their single “Jika”

We are proud to announce that this edition of Liberation is official part of Robin Rotterdam Unlimited, which is known as one of Hollands biggest events when it comes to diversity. Derived from the Dunya festival and Zomercarnaval, both with a state of service of more than 3 decades, this event attracts over 900.000 visitors. People from the Netherlands and overseas visit the centre of Rotterdam for a 5 day experience on the site of art, culture, live-performance from big international artists (MI CASA ) and everything Rotterdam has to offer.

Liberation is as usual always looking for new trends musically. The company currently has been dealing with very interesting times with the emergence of an increasingly strong "European" variant of the African sound. Last edition the Kizomba area was received very well by the audience, this time Liberation has a collaboration with Afro Latin Social Club to take the Kizomba experience to the next level.

Afro Latin Social Club is a monthly Sunday initiative in Bird, and a concept by Luxury Latin and Beveiligingsloket. With a love for several dance styles such as Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, Semba and Afro, these styles are brought together in one place. Through workshops you will be brought in to the world of dance and musicality. Afro Latin Social Club offers a variaty of DJ’s and artists with musical roots from Africa, Latin-America and Caraiben.

Check out the pre and aftermovies on our Youtube channel, and see what Liberation is all about.

Area 1 & 2: African House
Area 3: Kizomba, Semba & Kuduro

♫ Mi Casa (Soul Candi // South Africa)
♫ Rancido (Innervisions // Netherlands)
♫ Soulroots (Liberation // Netherlands)
♫ Sem Moi (Liberation // Netherlands)
♫ Bibi Norean (MC, Host and Vocalist // Liberation // Netherlands)

Workshop by Kizomba Evolution

♫ DJ Ozy Shyne (France)
♫ DJ Dos Anjos
♫ Roger Figueiras