As darkness sets over Brussels, male fireflies hit the forest looking for mates. They blink their beaming bellies as they fly around and before long they have synchronized with their neighbors. This bioluminescent mating dance peaks for just a few nights a year.

Invitation to party and travel, “Cantos bebida y muerte”, their second album is inspired by the traditions and rituals of Latin America which contrast with a world in constant acceleration.

Andriy Nahachewsky is an ethnographer and researcher specialized in Ukrainian dance in Ukraine, Canada and nine other diaspora communities. Professor and “Huculak Chair Emeritus” at the University of Alberta in Canada, he is active in the ethnochoreology group of the ICTM. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he emphasizes the need to raise awareness on Ukrainian culture today.

Although the bandoneon is his favorite instrument, Santiago Arias is a multi-instrumentalist.

Originally from Jujuy, a Province of Northern Argentina, he finds his inspiration in the music of the Andes in which he has always been immersed. Since 2007, he multiplied collaborations and performed with many renowned orchestras and artists such as Coplera de Salta Balvina Ramos.

Today, he revisits the musical traditions of northwestern Argentina and the Andean part of Bolivia with his personal touch and the openness enabled by improvisation.