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A r t
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Proposal
2008 |
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ÁFRICA
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ÁFRICA
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AMINA
ALAOUI (MOROCCO)
A
wonderful voice linked to the folk
tradition in Morocco and to the study of
the Arabic-Andalusian singing.
She presents her latest project
Fez-Granada-Lisboa accompanied by a lute,
a portuguese guitar, a spanish guitar, a
contrabass and percussions.
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AWADI (SENEGAL)
(text
only in Spanish)
A group
leader of the rap field in
Dakar. Their rap is very
"positive" and direct, they
make a description of the
society in biting terms. All
the rap supporters world
wide can identify themselves,
with this music. |
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DANYEL WARO (ISLA DE LA
REUNIÓN).
(text
only in Spanish)
Singer and poet, Daniel Waro
is one one of the musical
personalities more
outstanding of the Indian
Ocean |
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KAJEEM
(THE IVORY COAST)
Kajeem
mixes ragga, reggae and soul to get
a new sound, in this way he settles
the harmony between the mystic reggae
from the 70s and today’s digital
sound. |
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KASAI ALL STARS
(The Congo) (text
only in Spanish)
Electronic pianos, drums
zumbones, eddy of hypnotic
guitars and balafones
endorse to spectacular
dancers and this formation
of stars and singing leaders.
Sonorous boom that to all
enchants. Nothing equal has
never been seen. |
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LES
BOOKAKES (ALGÉRIE,
FRANCE)
"Boukakes"
are two insults, moorish and macaco.
But for them, this word does not have
anything of degoratory, because "the
boukake was born in the exile". It
is an invitation to dance, at sounds and
rhythms of his "raï of the cities,
rock of the town". |
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M’BARKA
BEN TALEB (TUNEZ)
M'Barka,
briefly,
it is a natural talent,
with a powerful voice.
Through its voice and its
music one feels as if a
new earth emerged with a
great crowd of different
cultures singing next to
ella. |
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MAGHREBIKA
(Algeria)
Explosive combination of the
Arab folk music and tecno
present |
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TAMAE
(Madagascar)
Tamae (that in local language Antandroy means "hope" composes two feminine voices
Marie Chantal
y Delake.
Their concerts are
to capella and interpret
songs of their Amboasary
earth in the south of
Madagascar. |
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PEE FROISS (SENEGAL) & LES
NEGRISSIM (CAMERUN)
These two bands have
consolidated their
popularity in Africa with
his rap it jeopardize, a
weapon that use to fight
against the injustices of
our society. They consider
his music like the voice of
the without-voice, the mouth
of which they cannot speak,
a way to express his
feelings. Its message is
tolerance. The essential
bases of their music are
“beat” of hip hop mixed with
African instruments like:
the percussions or kora; and
letters in wolof, English
and French. |
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ASIA
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ASIA
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ACHANAK
(INDIA/UK)
Achanak is in charge of
the global phenomenon of
bhangra music. They have
played around the world
at the main festivals.
Their electrical live
performances have been
well received by the
critics.
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THE
ENSEMBLE AL-KINDI AND THE DERVICHES
DANCERS FROM DAMASCUS
(text
only in Spanish)
Sufi
songs and dances from Damascus. |
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EGSCHIGLEN
(MONGOLIA)
They
sing and play traditional classical
music from Mongolia. They use stringed
instruments, typical from their country
and they sing in khoomii style, which
is a special singing made with the
larynx,
where the same voice makes high and
low tones at the same time.
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PASCALS
(JAPÓN)
(text
only in Spanish)
Discovered
by Pascal Comelade during a series of
concerts in Japan in 2000, the Japanese
group Pascals, it recreates the sonorous
universe of his mentor and Orchestra Coffee
comes near to the one of the Penguin,
although always conserving a strong Japanese
identity. Excellent instrumentalist they
contribute all its force in the direct ones
and transmit all its enchantment in the
nostalgic ballads, valses and polkas. |
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URNA (Mongolia) & Ensemble
(text
only in Spanish)
Urna
has a prodigious voice
and it accompanies by
amply well-known
extraordinary musicians
like the brothers Keywan
Chemirami (Zarb, Daf,
Udo) and Djamchid
Chemirami (Zarb) and the
fantastic accordionist
of the group Kroke Jurek
Bawol.
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YUNGCHEN
LHAMO (TIBET)
His melodías evokes images of high snow-covered summits of their native earth. A single woman in a scene with force to captivate to its public thanks to the beauty of its voice and the intensity of its songs. For the world, it is a symbol of force and valentía, the value of a tibetana woman whose flight through the Himalayas is only a part of its incredible vida. |
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HUONG THANH
& NGUYEN LE
(Vietnam)
(text
only in Spanish)
TRIO Huong Thanh
(vozl), Nguyên Lê
(guitars), Mieko
Miyazaki (koto)
Poetic beauty of the
Vietnamese
traditional songs,
beauty of the vocal
and instrumental
interpretation.
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AMÉRICA
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AMÉRICA
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KALI (Martinica)
(text
only in Spanish)
Kali is one of main
artists of root of
Martinique, one of the
few musicians who touch
the banjo with the
Afro-Caribbean style (the
banjo traveled through
the islands of the
Caribbean like auxiliary
instrument before
getting to be popular in
the United States). Kali
is a true musician folk. |
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MARIANA BARAJ
(ARGENTINA)(text
only in Spanish)
With its inexhaustible
experimental spirit and next
to his conformed trio,
Mariana Baraj continues
presenting/displaying its
disc Daisy and Lily. Mariana
manages to make journey, by
different ways, the
Argentine music by folkloric
root.
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RAMIRO MUSSOTO (Brasil)
(text
only in Spanish)
Been born in La Plata
(Argentina) and resident
from small in White Bay
(Brazil). Berimbau was
the instrument that
dazzled to Ramiro since
she was an adolescent.
Nevertheless, and
although this one
continues being its main
instrument and by which
has been recognized
anywhere in the world,
the musician has
dedicated to the
generous range of
sonoridades of the
percussion afrobrasileña,
adding a panamericanista
profile to his work and
going into soon in the
universe of the
electronics. |
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EUROPA
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EUROPA
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ACQUARAGIA DROM (ITALIA)
(text
only in Spanish)
Its last ROM Kaffê CD it is
an album, of unique flavor,
where the history of
Acquaraglia Drom, are its
unmistakable Italian style
zíngaro, proposes a new
miscellaneous musical trip
by the itálica one. |
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BOBAN
i MARCO
MARKOVIC ORKESTAR (SERBIA)
A
spectacular live performance of this
band made up by Balkan gipsies. |
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ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN (ARMENIA)
Concert in only of voice and
percussion
ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN AND THE
ARMENIAN NAVY BAND (ARMENIA)
Their
music has had influences, different
enough to sum up their sound in an agglutinative
word, avantgarde folk.
ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN (ARMENIA)
& ALY KEITA (COSTA DE
MARFIL)
(text
only in Spanish)
Superb duel in the scene
between balafon of Aly and
the voice and percussion of
Arto
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BALANESCU QUARTET.
At present Alexander
Balanescu this realising
a project that is called
"The
Island"
with
Ada Milea,
matchless
writer and Rumanian
singer. " The Island"
this based on texts of
the surrealistic writer
Gellu Naum, and is a
recreation through the
songs of the history of
Robinson Crusoe. The
concert is in pair,
Alexander Balanescu
violin and voice and
Accepts Milea guitar and
voice.
Its last CD
"Maria T"
, Maria Tanase to the
quartet incorporates the
voice of the great
Rumanian singer. The
action includes
projections of Klaus
Obermaier and has like
artist invited to the
percusionista Steve
Arguelles.
Program
Bach and Improvisación.
Sonatas and Partitas of
J.S. Bach for only of
violin. Balanescu
presents/displays the
quality improvisatoria
of the music of Bach,
intermingling it with
its own spontaneous
composition. The program
can also incorporate
music written by
Balanescu and Michael
Nyman. |
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BEÑAT ACHIARY (Francia)
(text only in Spanish)
The is one of the best
vocalistas than it has right
now in Europe working within
the scene of the Free
Improvisation. At the moment
its work is a magical
combination by its roots, of
the culture defined by the
European improvisation (recognized
western vanguard in years 70
and 80), of the free-jazz or
the flamenco one.
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FANFARA TIRANA (Albania)
(text only in Spanish)
Superb brass band
Albanian formed by ex-
members of the band of
the Albanian Navy. Its
music is a sound
explosion. |
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KATUNER (ARMENIA)
The founder of Katuner, Vahagn Hayrapetyan,
is one of the most famous and popular jazz
musicians performing on today’s Armenian
stage. For a long time, he has been
delivering his brand of close harmony by
performing in a swing and pop style and also
by playing in a trio he created.
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KOCANI ORQUESTRA (MACEDONIA)
A fanfare coming from the city of Kocani,
made up by two trumpets, three tubas,
one saxophone, one clarinet, the "zurla"
(a traditional oboe) and the percussion
instruments. Their music style wholly
describes the character and feeling of
the people in this area. |
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KROKE
(POLAND)
An
instrumental trio who shows the tradition
and modernism of the Klezmer music. |
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MARGEN
IZQUIERDA
(ESPAÑA-ARGENTINA)
(text
only in Spanish)
Five
group of musician of settled down
Argentine and Spanish origin in
Zaragoza that combines the hearing aid
with the electrical thing. From
original compositions they take its
own way, fleeing from the prejudices
on which it can or it is not possible
to be done with the folk music. |
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MERLIN
SHEPHERD
QUARTET
(RUSIA)
(text
only in Spanish)
Clarinete
of
Shepherd
Marline
provides
the
perfect
resistance
to
its
deep
musical
quality.
With
its
group
(clarinete,
piano,
percussion
and
contrabass)
they
make
one
of
best
music
klezmer
of
Europe.
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OOJAMI
(TURQUÍA
- UK)
(text
only in Spanish)
The Music of Oojami has the energy of music of dance but with more
rate-melodi'a and cultural content. The traditional sounds of laúd and darbuka share protagonism with the electronics and tecno of the culture of the United
Kingdom. Musics represent a global band with Turkish
influences, of the Ottoman kingdom, Oriente.medio and the North of
äfrica. |
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PIETRA MONTECORVINO (ITALIA)
This actress and Neapolitan
singer are all a revelation.
In its rough voice the best
thing of the tradition of
the Neapolitan song is
concentrated. Its style
updates those songs without
they are necessary
artificialidades nor
technologies. It does with a
so own style that one
escapes to any archetype. To
see it and to hear it in
direct are all a sensation. |
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SVÄNG (FINLANDIA)
Un cuarteto de
armónicas no inspira una
idea de música seria o
de gran calidad
artística, pero Sväng,
fundado en 2003, han
demostrado a los no
creyentes que su pequeño
instrumento puede ser
muy expresivo y que su
potencial es, de hecho,
ilimitado. Han sido
seleccionados en el
Womex'07 como uno de los
grupos revelación en
Europa. |
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SKÁIDI (Noruega)
Jazz bassist Steinar
Raknes and traditional
yoiker Inga Juuso have
created music that calms
the icy plateau wind and
makes the dark winter
months seem snug and
beautiful. In the duo
Skaidi, Steinar Raknes
and Inga Juuso tear jazz
and yoik from their
respective traditions
and create a new,
unrefined expression
that transcends both
traditions.
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WARSAW VILLAGE BAND
(POLAND)
Great discovery in the musical panorama of the 2003 group leads a wind of change in the scene of folk
Polish. They combine the traditional techniques and the old songs so that polka acquires a blow of tecno and in spite of the instrumentalización that an electronic impact has. |
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