RIVER INTO LAKE (STRING QUARTET) - OFFO VRAE

Incisive pop melodies and intricate harmonies rounded out by sounds inherited from the 70s

After five years of close collaboration with Girls in Hawaii, Castus and the duo Blondie Brownie, Boris Gronemberger comes back renewed and is delighted to return as a quintet under the name River into Lake, the new incarnation of the Brussels V.O. project for which he has been in charge for fifteen years.

In 2017, with a solo tour as the opening act for Agnès Obel, Boris began writing a new album. The result is 'Let The Beast Out' -- a vibrant orchestral pop album that combines sharp pop melodies, complex harmonies and sounds inherited from the 70s, without denying the acoustic aspirations that have made the quintet's trademark. Composed of nine tracks, 'Let The Beast Out', has as its common thread the complexity of wanting to continue to believe in the beauty of human nature but remains above all a hymn to love, life and the beauty of the universe from which most of us are moving further and further apart every day.

During the Festival Les Nuits 2020, the group will revisit its repertoire with a string quartet, created in partnership and exclusively with the Botanique.

A creation supported by Sabam for Culture

Offo Vrae

Offo Vrae is Belgian-Tunisian singer-songwriter Jawhar Basti's new project. He was one of the major Belgian sensations at the leading showcase festival Trans Musicales in 2019. With Offo Vrae, the musician joined forces with Lennart Heyndels to explore the new horizons of electro-folk with French-speaking vocals. This project is presented exclusively at Les Nuits and was realized with the support of Botanique.