CRISTEL'S BALLROOM

LINE UP:

CRYSTAL MURRAY (live)

MAHA (live)

TIDA KAMARA

MILA V (hybrid dj set)

CRISTEL BALL

DJ SJAAK

MELIS KOKE

SOPHIE STRAAT (dj team)

CRYSTAL MURRAY 

"Born and raised in Paris, Crystal Murray was exposed to the arts young. Her father was a saxophonist and her mother worked in music production, so she was often accompanying them to jazz clubs and her father’s tours. She grew up listening to Rihanna, Macy Gray, and John Coltrane; it’s her family’s free jazz lineage that she holds closest. “It is such a punk part of African American culture,” she says; “I’m a child of that movement, and I’ve come to understand how that makes me so natural with music.”

2020’s EP "I Was Wrong" tipped Crystal Murray as a mercurial star, expanding the boundaries of neo-soul with taut, yet tapestry-like lyricism and intoxicating soundscapes – and one she started writing at only 15. Her 2021 COLORS Studio performance of “BOSS” enchanted audiences, her hypnotic cool and honeyed voice centre stage, as a shimmering love letter to sisterhood. This led into her frenetic second EP, 2022’s Twisted Bases, where Crystal explores her themes deftly – messy relationships, her vulnerabilities, various personas tried on and divested in youth. There is a clear evolution: lyrical maturation, creative curiosity, and a rebellious sonic palette."

22:00 - 03:00

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