TROPICAL DIASPORA VOL.29 EPISODE COPA
HERE THE FULL PROGRAM FOR THE DAY AND NIGHT
FESTA JUNINA BERLIN
(from 13:00 Uhr to 02:00 a.m. - Freie Eintritt)
Traditionelle Speisen / Forró / - Freie Eintritt Musik / Spiele / Folklore / Quadrilha / Capoeira
Dj GArRinchA / Dj Dr. Sócrates / DJ Carlos Frevo
WM PUBLIC VIEWING
18:00 1.Group A x 2.Group B
22:00 1.Group C x 2.Group D
TROPICAL DIASPORA LIVE FEATURING
very special transatlantic music clash
PAX NICHOLAS & RIDIMTAKSI
PAX NICHOLAS, a veteran of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70, and his RIDIMTAKSI provide hard-hittin´ Afrobeat with a heavy dose of Soul! Get on board!!!
PAX NICHOLAS & THE RIDIMTAKSI is a band of 12 skilled musicians from Africa & Berlin who share the love for heavy and funky music. Lead by experienced showman, singer and percussionist Pax Nicholas from Ghana, who was a member of FELA KUTI´s legendary band AFRICA 70 from 1971 to 1978, they are out there to make you happy with hard-hittin’ AFROBEAT and a heavy dose of SOUL. In 2010, they left an impressed audience when they opened the show for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at Huxley´s, Berlin. Be it original Fela Kuti songs or Pax´ own Soul, Funk and Highlife influenced compositions, be it classic or modern: when the Ridimtaksi is on the move you better be ready, these guys will make you move your feet and shake your hips!
The Musicians: Drums Mirko Schmitt (Deutschland), Percussion Kofi Rocco Rossbach (Deutschland), Keyboard Sebastian Düwelt (Deutschland), Lead Gitarre Jan Stolterfoht (Deutschland), Bass Gitarre Jeff Chappah (Süd Afrika), Bariton Saxophon Georg Pfister (Deutschland), Trumped Jan Gropper (Deutschland), Tenor Saxophon Soeren Jagdhuhn (Deutschland), Clave / Percussion / Backing Vocal Gani Lawani (Benin),Percussion / Backing Vocal Chito Simbi (Kongo)
KAROL CONKA
The New Face of Brazilian Hip-Hop
We made a bit of a fuss about the latest Criolo album, making it our best album of 2011 as well as calling it the future of Brazilian hip-hop. Well, it looks like Karol Conka could be making that future come a lot quicker. From the emerging Curitiba hip-hop scene, Conka – like Criolo – mixes traditional Brazilian music with the harder sound of modern hip-hop, while also revealing a love for MPB and samba. Hip-hop in Brazil has always either aped Western hip-hop or gone to the other extreme, becoming insular within it’s scenes in Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro. It’s exactly this kind of insularity that Karol Conka is intending to fight, carrying on the work of Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi in the 90s.
Source: www.soundsandcolours.com
AFTER SHOW
Dj GArRinchA & Dj.Dr.Sócrates
strictly vinyl with a focus on quality music
Garra Berlin (Dj GARrinchA), one of the YAAM residents spinner (with partner Dr. Sócrates) at the tropical diaspora roots sound, describes his party’s musical ethos as “A new platform for live music and performance in Berlin dedicated to the fusion of different styles, a culture way that is especially cultivated in Brazil since the days of Tropicalia.” He’s right: The melting pot of samba, cumbia, dancehall, Afro Beat, Funk, Salsa and more results in a bump ‘n’ grind groove that the people can’t get enough of. Fresh from gigs in south-america and Europe the DJs are kicking off a new series of monthly parties in the YAAM (www.yaam.de), featuring many Bands and DJ´s from Europe and worldwide.
& Special Guest
Barney Millah
The finest Caribbean Music Selection in Town
REGGAE * SOCA * DANCEHALL * AFRO POP & more
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