{"id":4887,"date":"2016-02-26T12:23:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/02\/26\/stukafest-2016-vrolijke-muziek-en-futuristische-klanken\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:17","slug":"stukafest-2016-vrolijke-muziek-en-futuristische-klanken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/02\/26\/stukafest-2016-vrolijke-muziek-en-futuristische-klanken\/","title":{"rendered":"Stukafest 2016: cheerful music and futuristic sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Melanin Kris tijdens Stukafest 2016<\/span><\/p>

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For one night only, a few private rooms became public venues. On Thursday evening, during this year\u2019s edition of the annual Stukafest, students were able to attend performances by 12 different artists.<\/p>\n

Holiday romance<\/h3>

The charming Flemish act \u2018Nele Needs a Holiday\u2019 immediately steals her audience\u2019s hearts with her songs about bad luck in love. Strumming a ukulele, she weaves between the listening students on pretty leather boots. \u201cDon\u2019t listen to me; being in love is wonderful,\u201d urges Nele as she pours her heart out.<\/p>\n

When Nele runs into a problem playing one of the chords on her ukulele, she makes out your faithful EM<\/em> correspondent: \u201cI bet he\u2019s going to write now that there were some hiccups from time to time.\u201d In an attempt at repartee, I claim \u201cI only want to write down her phone number.\u201d Nele immediately starts singing a number, which unfortunately turns out to be that of her manager, Jef. This evening, Nele not only finds her holiday destination. With her sense of humour and charm, she even manages to make her audience feel a bit warm and fuzzy.<\/p>\n

Impromptu orchestra<\/h3>

Upon arrival, the German percussionist Ulas Aksunger starts assigning the audience members roles in his impromptu orchestra. Like a regular conductor, Ulas directs his musicians, with his baton doubling as a drum stick. While the guests and housemates drum and clap, host Sjoerd dances in the corner of his room, without a care in the world. \u201cNot necessarily because the music\u2019s that good, but because it\u2019s a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Architect of the future<\/h3>

In addition to the smell of spring rolls and weed, the performance by Melanin Kris fuses music and storytelling. In a dark student room above the Chinese restaurant \u2018De Lange Muur\u2019 on West-Kruiskade, the visitors are introduced to this \u2018architect of the future\u2019. How exactly is quite interesting too: Kris joins the audience in watching his own video clip.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, he also gives a live show later on. Sitting with a MacBook on his lap, he attacks quite a few sacred cows with his \u2018Afro-futurist\u2019 performance. \u201cHe\u2019s doing completely his own thing,\u201d student Jet whispers in our ear after the second song. Deep bass tones are drowned out by lines of poetry in which the architect lays out his plans for the future. At the end of the evening, the audience still isn\u2019t clear about Kris\u2019s outlook, but hopefully it\u2019s just as bright as Kris himself.<\/p>\n

This great evening is concluded with an after party at Rotown. The performers, their audience and the organisers all bump into each other on the dance floor, after it had once again become clear this year that you can also throw a great get-together in an ordinary student room.<\/p>\n\n\t

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