Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

She fronts live club sets with improvisation at the center: sung hooks, crowd interaction, and open-ended melody over jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, and house. The festival bill points to a real-time hybrid set, not a standard DJ MC slot.

More about Berenice

Berenice van Leer is known as the singer for Kraak & Smaak and as part of Wicked Jazz Sounds. Her own site also shows regular live work with small combos, which fits the improvising, musicians-plus-DJs format at ADE.

A story

At Tivoli in Utrecht in March 2024, she said it was her first time opening in that setting with guitarist Pascal Voorbraak, plus Rik Kraak on bass and Moog. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-22 22:00 · Wicked Jazz Sounds · Belushi's

Start here

• Wicked Jazz Connection feat. Berenice van Leer - My Sugar My Salt (2024)
  Her club-jazz voice in context.

Worked with

• Wicked Jazz Sounds vocalist / MC · source
• Pascal Voorbraak band member · source
• Rik Kraak band member · source
• Bootie Brown featured on · source

For fans of

Wicked Jazz Sounds, Kraak & Smaak, Bootie Brown

Official links

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