Yalla Miku (Switzerland/Eritrea)

Durchlüften Main Act

Kollektiv Yalla Miku

On four summer weekends, DURCHLÜFTEN transforms the Humboldt Forum’s  Schlüterhof  into a free open-air meeting place where musical traditions from across the globe unfold as living cultural archives.  

5 years open. Already 5 years DURCHLÜFTEN. For the sixth time now, DURCHLÜFTEN transforms the Schlüterhof courtyard of Berlin’s Humboldt Forum into a vibrant open-air stage for global music, cultural dialogue, and shared experience. From 9 July to 1 August 2026, across four summer weekends, the festival presents 24 live acts and 12 DJs from around the world. Each evening features two concerts followed by a DJ set, creating twelve nights of musical discovery, movement, and encounter in the heart of Berlin — once again with free entry for all.  

Yalla Miku is a Geneva-based collective weaving together post-kraut grooves, mutant folklore and electronic trance with musical traditions from the Horn of Africa. At the heart of the band are the krar (a five-or-six stringed bowl-shaped lyre from Ethiopia and Eritrea) of Samuel Ades Tesfagergsh, the bass of Louise Knobil, the percussion of Cyril Bondi, the electronics of Emma Souharce and Cyril Yeterian’s distinctive “UFO banjo,” creating a dense, rhythmic sound that moves freely between post-punk, Afrofunk, dub and krautrock. The Project was founded by Cyril Yeterian— who also runs the influential Geneva label and record store Bongo Joe.

Their new album 2, released on Bongo Joe Records, continues the adventurous spirit of their 2023 debut. With its shifting line-up and collective ethos, the band embodies the restless creativity of Geneva’s underground scene — where traditions, migration stories and experimental sounds collide on the dance floor.

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Bandcamp

- Price: free admission

- Duration: 90 Min

- Location: Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard

- Belongs to: Durchlüften 2026

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 23/July/2026 20:30
• Venue Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof (Berliner Schloss)
• Address Schloßplatz 5, 10178 Berlin-Mitte