Yesterday, Gent Festival opened in Saint Bavo's Cathedral with La Bomba Flamenca by La Tempête.

In the birth city of Emperor Charles V, Flemish and Spanish polyphony once again crossed paths with the Arab-Andalusian world: music from an age of trade, power, migration and exchange, brought back to life centuries later as something still in motion, and vividly alive.

The cathedral became a soundbox for a history that never sat neatly within borders.

Please Disturb has begun. Tomorrow, OdeGand takes to the streets. From there, we'll keep disturbing for another two weeks and more, from whisper-soft to properly loud.