THE DANCEFLOOR IS OPEN at The Mannenberg on Friday 12 March, when the popular Fife Avenue venue opens its doors for its first-ever west-African dance-off, ‘CONGO FEVER!’ welcoming French DJ BEN MONTRÉSOR, hot off Jozi turntables, back-to-back with one of the most popular rhumba outfits in Zimbabwe today - THE REAL SOUNDS.

 

DJ Ben Montresor is a French "young Old School" DJ who worked for several years in worldwide acclaimed Paris-based radio station Radio Nova.  He landed in South Africa a few years ago with almost 100 kg of vinyl records in his bags... and since then, the volume has doubled!  Drum, Jazz, Blues, Afro Traditional, Funk, Soul, Afro Grooves, Reggae, Hip Hop, House, Jungle, Techno... Ben Montrésor can rock every style.

 

DJ BEN’s Harare gigs will be mixing blazing classic rumbas with the freshest kwassa kwassa tunes from the Congolese capital, adding spices from West Africa and  a couple of Afrobeat chillies - and, together with the live sounds of THE REAL SOUNDS - it promises to be a special, memorable dish to be savoured on the dancefloor!

 

A special menu will also be cooking up in The Mannenberg restaurant, under the close supervision of new venue managers Grace Rukure and Themba Sigauke, bringing new life, fresh ideas and a tasty selection of African dishes to the programme.

 

DJ Ben Montrésor is brought to Harare by a collaboration between Alliance Francaise and Pamberi Trust, a creative partnership between two cultural organisations which has already hosted diverse musicians of the world since the arrival of Alliance Francaise director Charles Houdart in 2009 - Salque & Periani (France) in October and Chico Antonio (Mozambique) in December 2009.

The Mannenberg will be rearranged for space to welcome those who love to dance, who are called by the rhythm, who have to dance!  Come out and get down!