In a WOMADelaide first, we’re welcoming intergalactic artists to the stage. These polka dotted space-time voyagers may have just entered the consciousness of Earth dwellers, but they’ve been jamming together for 333 years. Is it alien music? Or is it microtonal, prog jazz-rock? Who cares, if it’s this good?!

Angine de Poitrine, a Québécois duo, also known as Khn (double-necked guitar/bass) and Klek (drums), have officially been creating music with funky basslines, electronic looping and math-heavy time signatures, or ‘Dada Pythago-Cubist Mantra-Rock’, since 2023. One cult-inspiring album (Vol.I, 2024) and a viral KEXP session later, Angine de Poitrine are the mispronounced name on everyone’s lips. More than just a novelty, however, these two have earned their place on the festival stage, wrapping up their Northern Hemisphere summer at Fuji Rock (Japan), Newport Jazz Festival (USA), and End of the Road (UK). Now with a second album under their belt (Vol.II, 2026), for which they won the Polaris Album Prize, Angine de Poitrine seem poised for world domination, but really, they’re simply thrilled to play rock ‘n’ roll for us mere mortals.