B-Classic - 20.09.2025 THE SOUND OF C

After a successful first edition, The Sound of C returns to C-mine for a second round, with the same bold, individualistic flair. The collaboration between C-mine, B-Classic and Kunstplaats Vonk once again brings together once again present an exciting mix of (inter)national artists who push the boundaries of art forms, always with a nod to music, pop, and subculture.

For this edition, The Sound of C invites you to explore the entire Energiegebouw, where you can enjoy an eclectic line-up: from classical Japanese vocals to Norwegian saxophone, from gigantic laser installations to groundbreaking performances. Stay tuned—the full line-up is coming soon.

Bendik Giske

Bendik Giske is a Norwegian saxophonist who found his home in Berlin. In his music, he explores the boundaries of the instrument and of his own physicality, guiding his audience through an intimate process of musical and bodily expression. He does not hide imperfections, he amplifies them.

For this performance, Giske collaborated with the talented light artist Theresa Baumgartner, who created a striking light show to accompany the hypnotic soundscape he conjures from his saxophone.

Hatis Noit

Japanese vocalist Hatis Noit is an artist who consistently stuns audiences with her unparalleled voice. Her musical influences are strikingly diverse, ranging from the rich tones of traditional Japanese music and opera to the mystical beauty of Bulgarian and Gregorian chants, avant-garde experimentation and contemporary pop.

What makes her performances truly remarkable is the perfect balance between delicate, subtle tones and powerful, piercing sounds, as well as the fact that she is entirely self-taught with no formal musical training. An absolute must-see.

Stina Fors

Stina Fors is a choreographer, performer, drummer and vocalist. Her love for music and voice manifests in often hilarious solo performances full of experimental vocal techniques.

Think growling, ventriloquism, tongue exercises and dinosaur sounds that never fail to surprise the audience. Fors recently appeared in the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and now comes to Genk for a one-of-a-kind performance.

Aïda Gabriëls - Passages

Creator and director Aïda Gabriëls builds bridges between different artistic disciplines and cultures.

Passages balances between life and death, past and present, reality and imagination — a no man’s land where contrasting worlds intersect. In this work by Aïda Gabriëls, voice, light, visual art, movement, electronics and classical music come together in the Energiegebouw at C-mine.

After earlier presentations at the KMSKA in Antwerp and the Belfry in Bruges, Passages now lands in our Energiegebouw. A magnificent cast and crew take the stage, featuring Timo Tembuyser, Mireille Capelle, Aya Suzuki, Nel Maertens, Adriaan de Rover, Matteo Sedda and many others. This is the very last chance to experience Passages in Belgium.

Suzan Peeters and Marilou Dejans

This year Suzan Peeters and Marilou Dejans joined the B-Wild development programme by B-Classic and Wilde Westen. Together they are creating an innovative performance where music and visual art merge.

Suzan, accordionist and experimental musician, makes her instrument sigh and crack, feeding it with live electronics and transducers until it becomes a breathing body. Marilou, visual artist working with painting and textile collages, gives her works a new skin: contact microphones and a buttkicker make the surface vibrate, glow and growl.

Kunstplaats Vonk guides their exploration in dramaturgy, performance and scenography.

Their joint creation was named Breathscape and will premiere at The Sound Of C. Afterwards, the performance will travel on to Nacht van de Verbeelding and Night Air 2026.

And there is much more to discover

Matt McCreary and Charles Auguste bring raw, intuitive performances that blend dance with parkour. Sophie Becker combines ventriloquism with found objects and sculptural installations. Nel Maertens creates a new edition of Zaaien en Oogsten, a ritual installation inspired by the Genk terril, alongside a poetic short film reflecting on migration and urban botany.

Thordur Hans Baldursson fuses sculpture and live music into living installations full of mechanics, rhythm and choreography. Club Efemeer presents a powerful light sculpture that slowly cuts its way through smoke and space. Anthony van Gog stages a layered group performance in which eight bodies merge into one ever-shifting form.

Rachel Daniels closes the line-up with symbolic installations in which sound, fragments of culture and absurdity combine into a disorienting universe.

Expect work that disrupts, enchants and heightens every sense.
Check the full line-up and all info on the C mine website.