This concert will take place at V11.

On Tuesday 02 July, BIRD, NSRT, and V11 join forces for a special, intimate show aboard V11. Embark on an enchanting musical journey with ESINAM & Sibusile Xaba, two artists who touch each other's worlds on a deeply spiritual and artistic level.

The Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist ESINAM and South African guitarist and singer Sibusile Xaba found each other through their love for trance-inducing grooves, spiritual vocals, and boundary-pushing rhythms. Their collaboration is a meeting of two kindred spirits—nomadic musicians who tell stories with sound, building bridges between past and future through their music.

What began as a guest appearance on ESINAM’s debut album Shapes in Twilights of Infinity grew into an intensive artistic exchange featuring studio recordings, international residencies, and performances at festivals in Slovenia, Germany, the Netherlands, Mozambique, and Morocco. In 2024, they released their first single together, Africa Wola, followed by a remix by South African DJ/producer DaCapo.

On July 2, they will bring their project Healing Voices live to Rotterdam—a unique show filled with meditative sounds, mesmerizing rhythms, and deeply human connection.

This concert is part of NSRT. North Sea Round Town is the annual fringe festival of NN North Sea Jazz, bringing more than 350 concerts throughout Rotterdam. Discover the best jazz, soul, R&B, funk, improvised music, electronic, hip-hop, and pop at 125 different locations across every neighborhood in the city. The 20th edition of North Sea Round Town will take place in 2025 from June 26 to July 13.