Turn up the heat! It’s a night of sweaty, jungle-inspired retro voodoo funk as legendary Benin sensations Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou make their scorching Irish debut. This eleven-piece ensemble has hypnotised audiences for decades with their unstoppable homemade West African madness. Formed in 1969, and still featuring four of the original line-up, the Orchestre recently signed to legendary Frankfurt label Analogue and since then it’s been one sell-out performance after another, including a much acclaimed 2009 Barbican concert.

Benin is the birthplace of vodoun (voodoo) – a religion practiced to music – and its complex rhythms are hailed as the sonic bridge with the Americas that ultimately influenced blues, jazz, Cuban and Brazilian music. Beating out Sato rhythms on a colossal vertical drum, and offering the Sakpata beat to the voodoo divinity for health; the collective meld traditional percussive tempos with out-of-this-world organ harmonies, big brass sound and psychedelic guitar riffs.

As the New York Times said: “The funk turns into hypnosis and the rest is unstoppable dance music.” Mix it up and get down, for a night of sizzling beats and spiritual soul.

Saturday | 22:00 – 23:30 | €26
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