USE KNIFE (be) + MONSTERA OCCULTA (BE) + NAZANIN YALDA (BE)

Name: USE KNIFE (be) + MONSTERA OCCULTA (BE) + NAZANIN YALDA (BE)
Start: 2026-04-04T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Chaussée Saint-Pierre 210, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Schedule

Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Chaussée Saint-Pierre 210, 1040 Brussels, Belgium | Etterbeek, BU

doors: 19:00
show: 20:00
tickets: 13/16€
accessible aux articles27 · les préventes se clôturent la veille de l'événement à 17:00
𝙐𝙨𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚 (𝙗𝙚)
👉 linktr.ee/useknife
Use Knife is what happens when you blend the unfiltered energy of Iraqi vocalist and percussionist Saif Al-Qaissy—who fled war-torn Iraq—with the analog synth obsessions and wind instrument wizardry of Belgian duo Kwinten Mordijck and Stef Heeren. It’s not just fusion; it’s alchemy. As Al-Qaissy’s Arabic vocals cut through with poetic echoes of his past, the band builds fierce, synth-laced landscapes full of distorted samples, booming percussion, and political urgency. The result? A sound that hits like a riot and resonates like a prayer.
Their music isn’t just catchy—it’s confrontational, emotional, and deeply reflective. Use Knife doesn’t just talk about the clash between East and West—they sound like it. Industrial growls meet Iraqi rhythms. EBM pulses wrestle with folk tonalities. It’s a sonic tug-of-war that somehow lands in harmony.

𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙊𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖 (𝙗𝙚)
👉 www.instagram.com/monstera_occulta
Monstera Occulta is a Brussels-based DJ and radio host. Her sets weave together experi-mental electronics, organic percussion, ambient textures and EBM-inspired pulses. She ex-plores the edges of club culture and alternative sound narration, focusing on materiality, in-tensity and immersive listening. Habituée des sélections aux influences SWANA et diasporiques, rythmées et percussives,elle développe également un versant plus introspectif, traversé de nappes sombres, de dis-torsions sensorielles et de constructions non linéaires.

𝙉𝙖𝙯𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙖 (𝙗𝙚)
👉 soundcloud.com/nazanin-yalda
Nazanin is an Iranian live artist and DJ based in Brussels, moving across global club sounds, leftfield techno, bass-heavy experimental music, and beyond.
Elle est l’une des deux membres du duo électro-acoustique Floèmee. Animée par une fascination pour la couleur et la symbiose en musique, elle explore la manière dont différents mondes et traditions peuvent coexister ou se mêler pour faire émerger de nouvelles formes. En puisant dans des influences classiques et iraniennes, Nazanin travaille avec le setār, le piano, la voix et l’électronique pour interroger les liens entre son et culture. In her DJ sets, she highlights experimental artists whose work bridges diverse rhythms and sonic traditions, creating moments for both deep listening and movement.