A springtime of beats, words and bodies in motion. From 15 to 19 April, in the beating heart of the De Koer cultural centre, an intense and radical experience came to life: five days of hip hop boot camp, where young artists from Belgium, Italy, Greece and Spain shared sounds, experiences and visions of the future.
Organised as part of the Soundroutes, the European exchange involved participants from local workshops that had already been set up in previous months, with the addition of three representatives from each partner country. An international workshop of co-creation, artistic training and political debate, it gave a voice to those who are too often left on the margins of the music industry and mainstream cultural narrative.
Five days of intense work, including writing, production, freestyle, collective moments and direct interaction with industry professionals. Five days to train not only technical skills but also interpersonal skills, in an atmosphere of artistic solidarity and political complicity.
The grand finale came on Saturday 19 April, with a public performance that transformed De Koer into a lively and crowded stage: incandescent words, rhymes about borders, racism, gender, climate injustice, but also dreams, demands and possibilities.
A bootcamp that was much more than a music workshop: it was a queer, decolonial, anti-racist space. It was a community in the making. A spring of struggle, care and sound systems.
🌍 We are a tribe. And our voice will not be silenced.
