Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Sell out warning! Border-burning avant-rock built from a landslide of ritualistic West African folk onto the flat planes of European industrial grot rock. Avalanche Kaito are a revolution: this is the band the future has demanded, and you must answer the call. Beyond unmissable FFO: Senyawa, black midi, early Gang Gang Dance, Nihiloxica, The Ex."
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A gig held at The Full Moon & Attic Bar on Friday 21st November. The event starts at 19:00.
Erratic Batting Presents: Avalanche Kaito
+ Support TBA
> AVALANCHE KAITO
> (Griot-Punk-Noise Trio from Burkina Faso/Belgium)
> Friday 21st November 2025
> Full Moon & Attic Bar / 18+
> Tickets from Headfirst
- AVALANCHE KAITO -
FFO: Senyawa | Black Midi | Can | Nyege Nyege Tapes | 70s era Zappa | Fugazi
Traditional West African music integrates with avant-garde Belgian noise rock!
Emerging from an original dimension in sound, the polygenesis Avalanche Kaito redefine what it is to talk with the ancients whilst leaping forth into a futuristic chaos of noise on their debut album journey. A palpable experience with each sonic blast, each layer a revelation, this simultaneously taut but expansive universe, in which the oral traditions of the West African griot converge with Belgium post-punk, exists in its own space.
Their sound encompasses a wide range of stylings — short bursts of rhythmic aggression, deep chants for the ancestors, improvisational freak-outs… a sound that transgresses and deconstructs, but also has the virtue of advancing traditional West African music — not by bringing it to the present time, but taking it centuries ahead in the future.
Kaito Winse (vocals, tama, peul flutes, and mouth bow)
Arnaud Paquotte (bass)
Benjamin Chaval (drums/electronics)
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
+ Support TBA
> AVALANCHE KAITO
> (Griot-Punk-Noise Trio from Burkina Faso/Belgium)
> Friday 21st November 2025
> Full Moon & Attic Bar / 18+
> Tickets from Headfirst
- AVALANCHE KAITO -
FFO: Senyawa | Black Midi | Can | Nyege Nyege Tapes | 70s era Zappa | Fugazi
Traditional West African music integrates with avant-garde Belgian noise rock!
Emerging from an original dimension in sound, the polygenesis Avalanche Kaito redefine what it is to talk with the ancients whilst leaping forth into a futuristic chaos of noise on their debut album journey. A palpable experience with each sonic blast, each layer a revelation, this simultaneously taut but expansive universe, in which the oral traditions of the West African griot converge with Belgium post-punk, exists in its own space.
Their sound encompasses a wide range of stylings — short bursts of rhythmic aggression, deep chants for the ancestors, improvisational freak-outs… a sound that transgresses and deconstructs, but also has the virtue of advancing traditional West African music — not by bringing it to the present time, but taking it centuries ahead in the future.
Kaito Winse (vocals, tama, peul flutes, and mouth bow)
Arnaud Paquotte (bass)
Benjamin Chaval (drums/electronics)
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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