LIFEM 2011 programme: _____________________________
SAT, 29 OCT 2011, 20H00 RICH MIX:
Misty in Roots (UK)
SAT, 29 OCT 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Joe McPhee (USA) / Decoy (UK) Rare UK Performance
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SUN, 30 OCT 2011, 18H00 RICH MIX:
Festa Umbela (Brazil)
SUN, 30 OCT 2011, 19H30 LOST THEATRE:
Aline Frazão (Angola) UK Premiere
SUN, 30 OCT 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Joe McPhee (USA) / Decoy (UK) Rare UK Performance
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MON, 31 OCT 2011, 19H30 LOST THEATRE:
Maiuko (Mozambique)
MON, 31 OCT 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Taavi Kerikmäe / Mart Soo (Estonia) + Taavo Remmel (Estonia) + Free Tallinn Trio (Estonia) Rare UK Performances
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TUE, 01 NOV 2011, 19H30 LOST THEATRE:
Mu (Portugal) UK Premiere | Only UK Performance This Year
TUE, 01 NOV 2011, 20H00 RICH MIX:
Namgar (Siberia) Rare UK Performance + Silk and Bamboo Ensemble (China)
TUE, 01 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Akira Sakata (Japan) / Chris Corsano (USA) / Darin Gray (USA) Rare UK Performance
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WED, 02 NOV 2011, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Claudia Aurora (Portugal) Launch of her debut album, "Silêncio" (World Village/Harmonia Mundi)
WED, 02 NOV 2011, 19H30 RICH MIX:
Dash Café (Arabic)
WED, 02 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Akira Sakata (Japan) / Chris Corsano (USA) / Darin Gray (USA) Rare UK Performance
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THU, 03 NOV 2011, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Huong Thanh (Vietnam) Rare UK Performance
THU, 03 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Eugene Chadbourne (USA) Rare UK Solo Performance
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FRI, 04 NOV 2011, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Mari Boine (Norway) Rare UK Performance
FRI, 04 NOV 2011, 19H30 RICH MIX:
Chinese Man (France) UK Premiere + LeYan & Skoob le Roi (France) UK Premiere + DJ Tchiky Al Dente (France)
FRI, 04 NOV 2011, 20H00 KINGS PLACE - HALL TWO:
Soname Yangchen (Tibet) Only UK Performance This Year
FRI, 04 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Baby Dee (USA)
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SAT, 05 NOV 2011, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Warsaw Village Band (Poland)
SAT, 05 NOV 2011, 20H00 KINGS PLACE - HALL TWO:
Maria Răducanu (Romania) UK Premiere | Only UK Performance This Year
SAT, 05 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Baby Dee (USA) Rare UK Performance
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SUN, 06 NOV 2011, 19H30 RICH MIX:
Amsterdam Klezmer Band (Netherlands) UK Premiere + London Klezmer Quartet (UK)
SUN, 06 NOV 2011, 19H30, ST PANCRAS OLD CHURCH:
Hortus Musicus (Estonia) Only UK Performance This Year
SUN, 06 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Aki Onda (Japan) / Alan Licht (USA) / Michael Snow (Canada) UK Premiere
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MON, 07 NOV 2011, 20H00 CAFE OTO:
Aki Onda (Japan) + Alan Licht (USA) UK Premiere
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DA CRUZ (Brazil)  GENRE:
A collision between bossa, indie-rock, electro, samba, dubstep and jazz. Da Cruz stands for an urban Brazilian music far away from the well-known clichés.
MORE ABOUT:
The artist Da Cruz, full name Mariana Da Cruz, a Paulista with Bahian roots started (after the typical church-choir career) to sing Bossa Nova and MPB in the rather obscure clubs of Campinas/Sao Paulo. The caprices of life wafted her to Lisbon, where she strolled between Fado-cellars and Electro-clubs, between Portuguese melancholy and fashionable progression and became the musically attraction of an Irish pub at the port of Lisbon. There Mariana Da Cruz met the Swiss producer Ane H. who was – with his band Swamp Terrorists – one of the pioneers of Electro-Metal. He was looking for a singer to start a new project and he was instantly attracted by this voice. With his mobile studio Ane H. returned to Lisbon for some test recordings, but soon they decided to work on a complete album in Switzerland.
They recorded 20 songs and on four of them they had the pleasure to work with the drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, who was the pulse-maker of Antonio Carlos Jobim (“Girl From Ipanema”) and jointly responsible for the greatest hits in the history of Brazilian music. Without forgetting Mariana’s Brazilian roots, they started to create their unique style between Bossa Nova, Breakbeats, Jazz, Samba Rock and Electro. The music of Da Cruz is partly danceable and partly it is just disturbingly beautiful.
The second album of Da Cruz is called “Corpo Elétrico” and was recorded in São Paulo and Berne. It includes 14 new songs with participations of the percussionist Bolão (Dorival Caymmi, Ivete Sangalo, Ney Matogrosso) and the British producers Da Lata. The CD is distributed in 33 countries.
“Da Cruz stands for a modern, a curious and a proud Brazil”, says Mariana Da Cruz. “There are so many boring clichés around, about my country. With my music I try to show, that there is a Brazil far away from carnival, bikinis and samba-plumes – there is also an urban, progressive, open but still romantic Brazil with a sane respect towards its traditions and culture.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
- “Corpo Elétrico” (2009)
- “Nova Estação” (2007)
PRESS REVIEWS:
“Da Cruz transformed the music of the cool Bossa-Nova-Romantics in the presence, and dances with it towards the future.” Anna-Bianca Krause, Berlin
“I appreciate Da Cruz as a 21st century pop music band” (Breath of Life)
LINKS:
www.myspace.com/dacruzmusic
www.dacruzmusic.com
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