Da Bluefunk District

01 What it is

Da Bluefunk District is a hip-hop, funk and soul collective in Brussels. Since 2009 it has put on concerts and released records, and its shows have hosted Slum Village, Madlib and Roy Ayers. We did the artistic direction, the typography and the site.

02 The look

Brussels at night: a near-black ground, archive photos in a night-blue duotone, and one warm accent kept for the next date. Headlines are set in Prolific, the typeface drawn by Cris Prolific, a member of the collective.

03 How it’s built

Next.js and Payload CMS on Postgres, in French, Dutch and English. Agenda and live archive, stories, videos, galleries, a shop with Stripe checkout, and a private back office for the non-profit: mail, invoices, ledger, members, deadlines. Self-hosted.

04 Features

Agenda & archive

upcoming dates with external tickets · 24 shows since 2010 on a draggable timeline

Stories

chronicles, selections and interviews in rich text

Videos & galleries

archive footage and photo sets, duotoned on the fly

Shop

merch and memberships · Stripe checkout

Back office

private area for the non-profit: mail, invoices, ledger, members, deadlines

Languages

French, Dutch and English on every page

Typography

Prolific for headlines, IBM Plex for text

Stack

Next.js 16 · Payload CMS 3 · Postgres · Stripe · Resend · self-hosted