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The Great Escape 2012

09 May, 2012 | Exchange, Music Market

Taking place in Brighton from the 10th to 12th of May, The Great Escape kicks starts the festival season, introducing 15,000 music lovers to the key artists and sounds of the year. With over 300 bands playing in 30 venues over 3 days, The Great Escape is the key date in the music calendar. In addition to pre-publicised performances, impromptu street gigs spring up all over town. The Alternative Escape, numerous club nights, label parties, industry showcases, unique collaborations and outdoor gigs all add to the festivities.
In the 2012 edition TGE, Brazilian artist Anna-Anna will be playing live, presenting tracks from her most recent project.

Convention

The Great Escape Convention takes place under one roof in The Brighton Dome. The program runs daily between 10am and 5pm and consists of panels and debates for experienced music industry delegates, new music entrepreneur presentations, high end key note interviews, short Q&A sessions, case studies and educational workshops for new entrants to the industry. This runs alongside the festival and is attended by over 3000 delegates annually from across the globe. Targeted networking sessions, parties and sponsored lunches are run every day giving delegates plenty of opportunities to form new business relationships and to catch up with established partners.

This year, Brazilian music will be represented by a Keynote about our national music market and the recent opportunities. Named “PRS for Music presents ‘See you at the Copacabana!’ with Will Page”, the talk approaches an overall about the Brazilian current economic status, and how that influences all kinds of businesses, including music. As the official description says, “In March 2012 Brazil became the world’s sixth largest economy, pushing the UK into seventh place – and as hosts of the World Cup in 2014 and Olympics in 2016, the country’s profile is only going to grow.

As London passes the Olympic torch to Rio, a ‘UK Season In Brazil’ will seek to raise the profile of British culture and business there, and strengthen political relations between the two nations. How can the British music industry benefit from this, and is Brazil an opportunity or threat to artists and rights owners? PRS for Music’s Chief Economist Will Page will throw the spotlight on music in Brazil, presenting and discussing the numbers, successes and misconceptions”.

Source: The Great Escape Official Website


europalia.brasil: the final points

06 March, 2012 | Music Market

Zjakki Willems has worked for Belgian public radio since 1975 and he started the weekly broadcast “Club Tropical” (world music) in 1984 and “Cucamonga” (magazine about rock, blues and world music) in 1993. He was co-founder of the EBU World Music Workshop in 1987 and is a panel member of the World Music Charts Europe. His broadcasts have won several Belgian and European awards and he has been specializing in Brazilian music since he interviewed Chico Science in 1994. He made five series on Brazilian music: Radio Brasil (2000), Radio Mangue (2002), Sintonize Pernambuco (2003), SamPa Beats (2006), Radio Mauritsstad (2009) and Radio Mauritsstad (French version) (2011).

Currently he is making “Closing Time World” for Radio 1 in Belgium and Brazilian mixtapes for Multicult.fm in Berlin. He was the Belgian music curator (for rock, traditional music and encontros) for the Europalia Brasil festival (2011-2012).

Read below his impressions about europalia.brasil:

europalia.brasil is over… It lasted from 4 October 2011 till 15 January 2012 and attracted thousands of people. The biggest share of them went to one of the exhibitions: Brazil.Brasil, Art in Brazil (1950 -2011), Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Extremes, Indios no Brasil, Terra Brasilis, A Rua, Pearls of freedom – Afro-Brazilian jewelry, Incorporations, Gravura extrema, Bispo do Rosário, Copacabana, Rio in Panorama, Design Brasil, Lina Bo Bardi, Sérgio Bernardes, Brasília, Of gold and feathers, Samba etc. Brazilian carnival, Circuito dos Diamantes, Travelogues, Tintin et Milou chez les Arumbayas, Rua na Rua, Retratos Brasileiros, Repórter Sem Beiras and Faixas aqui. Undoubtedly most exhibitions were a success, as well for their artistic content as for the numbers of visitors they attracted. But, remarkably, the main exhibition, Brazil.Brasil, only attracted 50.000 visitors, which is not much compared with the previous editions of Europalia (China, Russia etc.). On the other hand Indios no Brasil has been prolonged till April 15th because it was such a big success.

So europalia.brasil was a success? Yes and no. Most exhibitions were a success, as I wrote, but Brazilian culture is also music! And for the music part of the festival the results are very mixed. The good thing is that there have been many Brazilian concerts and that the media paid more attention to Brazilian music. The bad thing is that the music programme of europalia.brasil didn’t give a complete view of the Brazilian music scene. There was no bossa nova, no hip-hop, no aparelhagem, no maracatu, no funk carioca, … Moreover several concerts have been cancelled: Nação Zumbi, Banda Eddie, Marcelo D2, Renata Rosa… Take for instance Nação Zumbi: they were part of a night of Recife Beat scheduled in three main venues: Handelsbeurs in Gent, Warande in Turnhout and Melkweg in Amsterdam. The line-up of these nights included Banda Eddie, DJ Dolores & band and Nação Zumbi. Everything was confirmed and the Warande even started selling tickets. Then came the news that Recife Beat was cancelled “because there was too much of Recife”. Cancelations are not good signals towards music professionals and consequently this can have a negative impact on future Brazilian concerts in Belgium and the Netherlands.

What about the artistic level and the attendance of the concerts? I haven’t seen a bad concert; on the contrary, I have seen many good and even excellent concerts. The attendance though was not always good. I was very satisfied with the sold-out or nearly sold-out concerts of CéU, Samba Chula de São Braz, Tom Zé etcetera. And of course with the tremendous success of Brazilian Underground. On the other hand some concerts have been poorly attended, mainly because of a lack of knowledge of the Belgian music scene, resulting in programming good bands in the wrong places or in a wrong combination. Take for instance the concert of Siba in the Brussels Palace of Fine Arts: it was fantastic, but it not even attracted 150 people in a hall with 470 seats. The evening before Renato Borghetti, Olivinho and Lulinha Alencar attracted less than 500 people in a hall with 2000 seats. It’s a pity; all those artists deserved a more professional programming.
What about Brazilian music in Belgium and the Netherlands now that europalia.brasil is over? Hundreds of people discovered Brazilian artists that they didn’t know, clichés about Brazilian music have been broken down and concert organizers who had a positive experience became more open to Brazilian music. All that is very positive. But europalia.brasil could have been a good opportunity for building structures for more Brazilian concerts in the future. In that sense it failed. For instance the Botanique, one of the main concert halls in Belgium, wanted to start a series of Brazilian nights. The first night would have been a Europalia event: a Noite São Paulo with Hurtmold, Lurdez da Luz and Soukast. Like Recife Beat it was confirmed and then cancelled.

Something will remain of europalia.brasil though: the Retratos Brasileiros. It is a project of ten portrait pictures and ten videos on the theme: “What is Brazilian culture?”. Retratos Brasileiros is also part of a social and artistic project by the Belgian filmmaker John Erbuer, in collaboration with CCJ Recife, a centre for youngsters from the favelas, who produce themselves the films and pictures in workshops. Have a look at the Retratos Brasileiros here.

Zjakki Willems


(Port) APAP 2012

05 January, 2012 | portuguese

Based in New York, and considered one of the largest gathering of performing arts influencers, presenters, decision makers, managers, and artists, APAP|NYC is the world’s leading forum and marketplace for the performing arts (January 6-10, 2012 – Hilton NYC) with exhibits, meetings, workshops, performance showcases and networking opportunities. The event attracts around 4,000 participants – professionals and artists from over 49 North American states and 30 different countries.

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), based in Washington, D.C., is the national service and advocacy organization with nearly 2,000 members worldwide, dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts presenting field and the professionals who work within it. Their members represent America`s leading performing arts centers, municipal and university performance facilities, nonprofit performing arts centers, culturally specific organizations, foreign governments, as well as artist agencies, managers, touring companies, and national consulting practices that serve the field, and a growing roster of self-presenting artists.

In our third year participating in the event, the second as Brasil Music Exchange, our team will be in New York in an unique opportunity to meet and deal with US professionals who work or want to work with our music. As part of the effort  of promoting the new Brazilian music for the event participants, Brazilian artists Bebel Gilberto, Diogo Nogueira, Pedro Moraes and Dende will be playing in scheduled showcases around NYC.

Check the brazilian schedule:

Jan 5th

Bebel Gilberto 6:00

Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St,

Jan 6th

Dendê & Band 11:00

Miss Favela, 57 South 5th Street

Matuto 11:00

Barbès, 376 Ninth Street

Jan 7th

Minas Brazilian Adventure 7:15

Hilton NY – Sutton Center, 1335 Ave. of the Americas

Dendê & Band 8:30

SOBs, 204 Varick Street

Diogo Nogueira 10:00

SOB’s, 204 Varick Street

Minas Brazilian Adventure 11:05

Hilton NY – Sutton Center, 1335 Ave. of the Americas

Jan 8th

Matuto 8:30

Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St

Diogo Nogueira 10:45

Webster Hall – globalFEST, 125 E. 11th St. (3rd/4th)

Jan 9th

Explorative Brazilian Music 10:00

w/ Mauricio Zottarelli Quintet ,  Paula Santoro , Pedro Moraes ,  Mariana Baltar and Sergio Krakowski w/ Choro Funk

(le) Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker Street


(Port) Oportunidades Internacionais

21 October, 2011 | Opportunities, portuguese


(Port) BM&A firma parceria com a CMJ

09 August, 2011 | BM&A Actions, portuguese

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BM&A helps Brazilian artists to play at Culture Collide (CA)

06 July, 2011 | BM&A Actions

Sponsored by Filter Magazine, the festival Culture Collide hosts its second edition in October in Los Angeles, California. It will be five days (5 to 9 Oct) of shows with artists from over 23 different countries. So far the line up has Lindstrøm (Norway), Liam Finn (New Zealand), Isobel Campbell (Scotland), Buck 65 (Canada), Jason Falkner (USA), Rainbow Arabia (USA) Suave as Hell (Mexico) and many others.

For now, Brazil is represented by São Paulo’s CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy). But the festival must announce two other Brazilian names, thanks to an action promoted by BM&A. Artists can register on the site Toque no Brasil until July 15.

The shows take place in different venues in the east area of Los Angeles and will once again end with the Toyota Antics Block Party, a free all-day event in Echo Park on Sunday, October 9th.

“We couldn’t be more excited about what we have planned for this year,” said Alan Miller, co-owner and co-founder of FILTER Magazine. “2011 will feature more intimate venues within walking distance from each other as well as even more participating countries from all over the world.”

Besides music, the event features film screenings and happy hours featuring food and drink from around the world. The first edition last year, handled 10 000 people and the expectations for 2011 are even greater. After all, as stated by Filter Magazine, “Good Music Will Prevail.”