electrifying music performance
PÖ (GHA/FR)
Weaving together electronic dance music and West African pop, experimental electronic sound and very unique vocal aesthetics, vocalist, music producer, DJ and actress, French Ghanaian artist PÖ, will present an electrifying music performance at the Goethe-Institut.
Her stunning voice and dazzling performance is met with electronic sounds that mutate her voice in a multitude of possibilities, from hard-edged noise rap and industrial beats to West African pop and folk passages, ambient and psychedelic new age music. Known for their boundary-pushing music making and performances, PÖ will present a unique amalgamation of experimental sound and words, where instances of harsh noise will collide with rhythmic and melodic patterns, to provide auditory textures that engage with the audience’s senses in chaotic, captivating and unexpected ways.
Actress, vegetable grower, music producer, vocalist and DJ, PÖ has been a long-time affiliate of the Nyege Nyege crew, playing the festival and Nyege parties during her multiple residencies in Kampala as well as Nyege showcases in Europe when she’s not tending to her garden in a forest near Paris. Inspired by Nyege Nyege music and the sweat that oozes from the ceiling of packed out clubs, she draws on various afro-mutations from Luanda to Bogota, Accra to Sao Paolo, weaving together forgotten connections on the dancefloor and unlocking bodies for ultimate freedom. She draws inspiration from the intensity of DJ Diaki, the energy of the Tanzanian underground, intertwining the colors of dancehall and heavy fonte do funk with high speed dembow and footwork. Her sets are a trove of discoveries, unexpected connections, bodily revelations and high intensity energy.
PÖ released her debut album “Cociage” under the label Hakuna Kulala in 2023. An electronic project of vocal experimentations that contrasts with her fiery and uplifting dj sets; a universe filled with tracks that range from ghostly ambient to post punk club tunes and acapella polyphonies. An expression of the darker and more introspective side of her and a statement of independence and multiplicity that evokes her own complex identity.
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