Drift ~ Saturday 30 aug. ~ GOOSE, Eefje de Visser, Glintsal and more

What could be better than, after two decades of making Belgian music history, coming home to celebrate your 20th birthday? And that with the fans who have helped color all these memorable years. From debut single “Audience,” the four Kortrijkzanen blurred the lines between electronica and rock, creating a quirky universe filled with bangers like “Bring It On,” “Can't Stop Me Now,” “Words,” “British Mode,” “Call Me” and the ultimate rave song “Synrise. All that goodies our favorite rave rebel recently poured into a 'G20SE' collector, all ready to light the dance fire on the fuse during this unique homecoming at Nelson Mandela Square.

Dutch Eefje de Visser, who has resided in Ghent for many years, is known for her enchanting and hypnotic music. With her fifth album “Heimwee,” she delivered one of the best alternative pop albums of recent years. In 2025 she received the MIA for 'Alternative' and with her stunning show she palmed all the leading concert venues in Belgium and the Netherlands: Ancienne Belgique, De Roma, Rock Werchter, Paradiso, Down The Rabbit Hole and Amsterdam's AFAS Arena. Get ready for pure magic at Nelson Mandela Square!

Singer-rapper Glints and DJ-producer FAISAL have been buddies for years. They are at the cradle of Abattoir Anvers, a creative collective with a hip-hop show of the same name on Studio Brussels. A far-reaching musical collaboration was written in the stars for the gentlemen under the name GLINTSAL. After the hotly anticipated first single 'Some Time Alone' (2020), the jolly duo came up with the debut album 'GLINTSAL Vol. 1' last year. Where you already can't ignore their talent on record, live their monstrous union really comes to life!

Chibi Ichigo is Japanese for little strawberry. But by now we already know that Chibi is one bomb of energy, nothing small and cute about it! For her second album 'NA HALF 1' she worked alongside regular UM! collaborated with Luuk Cox (Shameboy) and released the song 'Energie' together with Sophie Straat and Wieger Hoogendorp (Goldband). She toured the Netherlands last year as a warm-up with Froukje and was given the honor by Goldband to open for them twice in the Sportpaleis.

The highly infectious Aili consists of the duo Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters who dropped a firm dance bomb last year with their debut “Nandakke?”. Fat, original beats, playful and catchy Japanese lyrics and a unique look already assure one thing: an energetic set where no one can stand still.

Borokov Borokov will get your dancing legs going on Saturday, Aug. 30. If anything can be called Borokov Borokov's formula, it can probably be distilled from the following quote: “First and foremost, we make music that we ourselves want to dance to. Even when the music in question does not immediately sound like dance music.” The result may resemble, for example, angular synthpop, incapacitated hi-NRG, krauttrock with a double “t,” upper-freudian electrapunk, birthday-themed acid house, no-no wave, a polyphonic panic attack, or multilingual lamentation. For more explanations to the above description, we look forward to seeing you at Nelson Mandela Square!