2 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Catalan companies at Womex
Companies and associations 4 Agents 4 Music – Love & 21 Sonde 3 Producciones Hate Music 22 Sota La Palmera 5 Aina Pociello Management 23 Taller de Músics 6 ARC – BCN Music Export 7 Aupa Quartet Institutions 8 Bacana 24 Ajuntament de Barcelona 9 Balaio Producciones 25 Catalan Arts – Government 10 Biflats of Catalonia 11 Black Music Productions 26 Institut de Cultura de la 12 Escenapart Ciutat d’Olot 13 Èxits Produccions & 27 Institut Ramon Llull Management 14 ItaliaES Trade fairs 15 Julio Quintas – 28 Fira Mediterrània de Management & Booking Manresa 16 MiraMundo 29 Mercat de Música Viva de 17 Montuno Producciones Vic 18 Petit Indie 19 Propaganda pel fet! Media 20 Rosazul Música 30 Radio Gladys Palmera
Data last updated on September 28 3
Introduction
Womex has always been an important part on the international strategies for the promotion of the Catalan music industry and an excellent shop window for World Music bands from Catalonia, as well as for a great diversity of companies (management agencies, record labels, publishers, etc.) from our country. Twenty-five Catalan companies and institutions are attending this edition of Womex in Las Palmas. Most of them are co-exhibitors at the Catalan Arts - Government of Catalonia stand (C44 – C51).
There are also two Catalan bands performing this year at Womex. Aurora, with its fusion of flamenco, jazz and rock, takes part at the opening concert of Womex (October 24, 20:00h, Sala Sinfónica, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus). We would like also to recommend you the official Womex showcase that Marinah, the singer of Barcelona’s Latin Grammy-winning multi-fusion band Ojos de Brujo now with a burgeoning solo career, offers on October 26 (22:30h, Twin Stage A, Plaza de la Música). These showcases are possible thanks to the support of Catalan Arts - Government of Catalonia. 4 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Agents 4 Music - Love & Hate Music www.agents4music.com INTERNATIONAL ARTIST BOOKING AND MANAGEMENT Phone: +34 930 136 664 [email protected]
@Agents4Music agents4music
Agents 4 Music is an artist booking and management agency based in Barcelona. We organize concerts and tours worldwide and represent currently the following artists: Che Sudaka (CO/AR/ES), Morgane Ji (RE/FR), Banda Senderos (DE).
Contact at Womex Markus Rogue Rogozinski Mobile: +34 654 331 134 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 5
Aina Pociello Management MANAGEMENT, DISTRIBUTION, BOOKING www.ainapociello.com [email protected]
@ainapociello
Aina Pociello MNG manages and distributes music and performing arts projects that have the common purpose of using art as a speaker to denounce and transform current social problems. Among the projects of the company in the music field, there is the pianist and activist Clara Peya, considered one of the most original and unique creators that have appeared in recent times in the Spanish music scene, and Xavi Torres Trio, based in Amsterdam and lead by the outstanding pianist Xavi Torres, accompanied by drummer Joan Terol and bassist Vic Moliner. Contact at Womex Aina Pociello Mobile: +34 637 069 305 [email protected] 6 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
ARC - BCN Music Export www.arcatalunya.cat CONCERT PROMOTER Phone: +34 933 027 024 [email protected]
@arcatalunya associacioarc
ARC is the Professional Association of Music Agents, Promoters and Managers of Catalonia. With more than 40 years of existence, ARC represents more than 65 companies, which organize nearly 80% of the concerts in Catalonia. ARC organizes the Music Industry Awards and publishes the Yearbook of Music, whose aims are to give visibility to the professional sector and its statistics and analysis. It also operates BCN Music Export, to promote the export and international exchange of companies and Contact at Womex their artists. Jordi Gratacós Mobile: +34 600 431 002 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 7
Aupa Quartet FREESTRINGS, CLASSICAL CROSSOVER www.aupaquartet.com Mobile: +34 635 75 33 44 / +34 656 83 21 67 [email protected]
@aupaquartet aupa.quartet
Aupa Quartet is an evolution of the traditional string quartet proposing innovations in repertoire, the sound of the band or in bowing techniques. Staying true to its origins in classical music, its members explore different styles such as Funk, Rock or Latin through their original compositions. Personal music full of rhythm and spontaneity where, at times, shine improvised solos reminding of Jazz.
Contact at Womex Asier Suberbiola Mobile: +34 635 753 344
Felipe Escalada Mobile: +34 656 832 167 [email protected] 8 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Official Womex showcase Linker e os Caramelows October 27, 21.00h Twin Stage A, Plaza de la Música Bacana http://bacana.live/ BOOKING AGENCY, PROMOTER Phone: +34 932 214 450 [email protected]
bacanaconcertagency
Bacana is a Barcelona based concert agency. We represent a dynamic range of cutting- edge artists, covering extensive musical genres from World via Jazz and Soul to Urban and Tropical flavours. Originally founded in Berlin in 1998, Bacana has gained a reputation by touring innovative acts internationally.
Contact at Womex Christian Georgiadis Mobile: +34 695 163 875 [email protected]
Clarissa Mota Mobile: +34 670 208 294 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 9
Official Womex showcase Marinah October 26, 22:30h Balaio Producciones Twin Stage A, Plaza de la Música MANAGEMENT, BOOKING www.balaioproducciones.com Mobile: +34 600 526 465 balaio@balaioproducciones. com
balaioproduccionesbcn/
Management, booking and the recent record label are the three main axes of Balaio Producciones. Gradually we have been growing, we have become a strong community of artists that mostly has Barcelona as a common point, from this place we develop their careers in a personalized way and working together with all of them.
Contact at Womex Mar Rubiralta Mobile: +34 600 526 465 [email protected] 10 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Biflats www.biflats.cat CATALAN FANFARE Phone: +34 937 471 100 (Press) [email protected] / [email protected] (Press)
@Biflats biflats
Biflats propose jarana and fanfàrria and assure you lots of fun. Bb’s is the shuddering conjecture of rhythms and the potential of ‘cobla’, and it sounds genuine and new. Bb’s is a ‘cobla’ that breaks the mould: a hooligan ‘cobla’. Our songs describe an imaginary comical-rural Catalan society, but Bb’s also revisits classics of the popular Catalan culture. We turn them upside down and we fill them up with Mediterranean exoticism or Balkan sounds, always in a Catalan way, with Contact at Womex the instruments of the ‘cobla’ displaying all Xavier Pendón their sonic potential. Edgar Massegú
Raül Gallego
Mobile: +34 628 048 911 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 11
Black Music Productions BOOKING www.blackmusicproductions. com Mobile: +34 639 765 676 oriol@blackmusicproductions. com
@BlackMusicProdu blackmusicproductions
Black Music Productions is a booking agency/concert & tour promoter working with the most danceable and provocative styles of this genre: Swing, Soul, Funk, vintage Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, and Doo-Wop. Black Music Productions aims to make known and develop a musical scene taking as a base the great musical legacy of the city of New Orleans. The target is to work in both ways: bringing the American bands from these styles to Europe, and so to Spain, and exporting Spanish bands, mainly from Contact at Womex Oriol Carbonell the Barcelona area, that play those styles, to Mobile: +34 639 765 676 Europe and abroad. oriol@blackmusicproductions. com 12 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Escenapart www.escenapart.cat MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION Mobile: +34 630 494 518 [email protected]
@escenapart escenapart/
Escenapart is a business project dedicated to artist management and promotion, production of events and show tours. With two offices—in Barcelona and Buenos Aires—, Escenapart has created a cultural bridge between Europe and Latin America and have helped to consolidate their artists’ careers. Escenapart’s goal is to work as closely as possible to the creation process in order to understand the work of the artists it represents in their entirety. The high quality and the honesty of the works that make up its Contact at Womex Perla Tuset catalogue a huge factor in the guarantee of Mobile: +34 630 494 518 its success. [email protected]
Xavier González COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 13
Èxits Produccions & Management ARTIST MANAGEMENT, PROMOTER, FESTIVAL, RECORD LABEL www.exits.cat Phone: +34 934 073 838 [email protected]
@exitsmgmt exitsmgmt/
Èxits is a musical management company with an exclusive roster where the originality, personality and quality are the common denominator of the artists who we represent and the services we offer. Èxits offers national and international booking of festive music, and indie music through Lizardqueen Music. Èxits is a promoter, highlighting the Clownia Festival, organizing all kinds of events, and it’s also a record label with Halley Records.
Contact at Womex Ixent Sampietro Mobile: +34 629 372 805 [email protected]
Marta López Mobile : +34 620 192 825 [email protected] 14 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
ItaliaES www.italiaes.org PRODUCTION, MANAGEMENT, BOOKING Mobile: +34 616 909 265 [email protected]
@ItaliaES ItaliaES
A Barcelona-based creative company presenting and representing some of the most exciting artists for performances in Italy, Spain and all over the world. Spain / Central and South America representation: Rumba de Bodas, Giovanni Allevi, Renzo Arbore e l’Orchestra Italiana, Massimo Ranieri, Albano Carrisi, Lo Stato Sociale, Anna Cinzia Villani, Gegè Telesforo, Dario Deidda, Kekko Fornarelli Trio. Italy representation: Clara Peya, Outer Space. Worldwide representation: Anthus, Alessio Arena, Oiné Ensamble, Diddi Dj, Paula Domínguez, Marco Boi Quintet, Nani Noam Contact at Womex Vazana. Augusto Casciani Mobile: +34 616 909 265 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 15 Julio Quintas- Managment & Booking MANAGEMENT, BOOKING Mobile: +34 687 628 805 [email protected]
@JulioQuintas10 julio.quintas
Artist and project development, management, booking, production. Currently managing Marco Mezquida. Worldwide booking for Marco Mezquida & Chicuelo, Marco Mezquida’s ‘Ravel’s dreams’ and Marco Mezquida piano solo. International booking for Andrea Motis Quintet, and Joan Chamorro’s projects Sant Andreu Jazz Band and the Magic of the Voice.
Contact at Womex Julio Quintas Mobile: +34 687 628 805 [email protected] 16 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
MiraMundo www.miramundomusica.com BAND, MUSIC COLLECTIVE, CULTURAL PROMOTER Mobile: +34 603 256 170 [email protected]
miramundomusic
MiraMundo is a musical collective with one main dream: connecting cultures that seem distant. Mainly through music concerts and activities.
Contact at Womex Luiz Murakami Mobile: +34 603 256 170 [email protected] Stand A70 – A 78 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 17
Montuno Producciones MANAGEMENT, AGENCY, LABEL www.montuno.com Phone: +34 933 633 600 [email protected]
MontunoOficial
Montuno was stablished on 2000 and it’s the management and worldwide booking company of artists like Omara Portuondo, Fatoumata Diawara, Roberto Fonseca, Jack DeJohnette and Amadou & Mariam, among others.
Contact at Womex Luis Constantino Vaca Mobile: +34 637 551 372 [email protected] 18 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Petit Indie www.petitindie.com MANAGER, LABEL Mobile: +34 687 916 151 [email protected]
petitindie
Petit Indie is an independent record label and management office. The house of Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna (from Chile) and Perotá Chingó (from Argentina), two big things from Latin America.
Contact at Womex Salvador Campo Mobile: +34 687 916 151 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 19
Propaganda pel Fet! LABEL, BOOKING, VENUE www.ppf.cat Mobile: +34 619 008 574 [email protected]
@PropagandaPFet PropagandaPelFet
Propaganda pel fet! is a Catalan musical cooperative hailing out from Manresa since 1996. It develops several projects within music and society, including a record label with more than 100 releases; a management and booking agency with Catalan and Spanish committed top artists including La Raíz, Obrint Pas or ZOO, to name just a few; Stroika, a 800pax venue located in Manresa; and the Estepa Mediterrània Festival (official off-section of Fira Mediterrània de Manresa). It’s also the mid-west pole of the Cases de la Música de Catalunya network.
Contact at Womex Xavier Angulo Mobile: +34 619 008 574 [email protected] 20 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Rosazul Música www.rosazul.com BOOKING, PROMOTION, RECORDING Phone: +34 932 240 117 [email protected]
rosazulmusica rosazulmusica
Rosazul is a music company created by singer/songwriter Daniel Cros with different areas of performance: as an artist agency we’re specialized in World Music, jazz and singer/songwriters, we advise music programmes and festivals and we have organised over 600 concerts in 12 years mainly in Spain and France, but also 7 tours in South America. We own a recording studio in Barcelona (clients include Omara Portuondo, Contact at Womex Ibrahim Ferrer, Anthony & the Johnsons, etc.) Daniel Cros where we organise concerts in acoustic Mobile: +34 655 170 854 [email protected] format. We also coordinate communication campaigns for artists in Spain. COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 21
Sonde 3 Producciones EUROPEAN BOOKING AGENCY www.sonde3.com Phone: +34 910 145 480 [email protected]
@Sonde3Prod sonde3producciones
Sonde 3 Producciones is a European music agency that manages and produces tours for some of the biggest Spanish bands like La Pegatina or Muyayo Rif. Sonde 3 Producciones has promoted some of the most important festivals like Rio Babel, San San Festival, Planet Babylon or GraniRock. As promoters, we present artists that we love. We believe in groundwork, in finding artists an audience on which they can build up their live career in Spain. We work with small and Contact at Womex big agencies and promote shows in the best Isabel Sánchez Mobile: +34 658 75 98 14 live venues. [email protected]
Daniel Alba
Mar Navarrete
Germán Quimasó 22 COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Sota la Palmera www.sotalapalmera.com RECORD LABEL, PUBLISHING, STUDIO Phone: +34 937 918 124 [email protected]
@sota_la_palmera sotalapalmera
We’re called Sota la Palmera (Under the palm tree) because under its crown we cover all aspects of music: we have a recording studio, a record label, an editorial house and a communication agency. We are hoping to have fun and enjoy music and we can’t think of a better place for that than the shade of a palm tree.
Contact at Womex Judith Coll Mobile: +34 609 658 766 [email protected]
Pep Lladó Mobile: +34 607 267 023 [email protected] COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 23
Womex 18 Opening Artist Aurora October 24, 20:00h Sala Sinfónica, Auditorio Taller de Músics Alfredo Kraus EDUCATION, BOOKING & PROMOTION, SOCIAL PROJECTS http://tallerdemusics.com/ Phone: +34 934 434 346 rosagalbany@tallerdemusics. com
@tallerdemusics tallerdemusics
Taller de Músics is a national and international reference for popular music education where students are able to participate in a creative, dynamic and innovative environment that allows them to learn and develop a musical career oriented towards whichever musical style they choose and adapted to any level. The entity offers a solid and complete training through Taller de Músics Music School and Taller de Músics School for Higher Education in Music, as well Contact at Womex as different master classes and seminars to Rosa Galbany Mobile: +34 607 169 494 expand knowledge. rosagalbany@tallerdemusics. com
Cinzia Venier Mobile: +34 661 108 716 cinziavenier@tallerdemusics. com 24 INSTITUTIONS
Ajuntament de Barcelona www.barcelona.cat/ CULTURAL INSTITUTION barcelonacultura Phone: +34 933 161 129 Cultural Department of the Barcelona City [email protected] Council.
Contact at Womex Carles Sala Mobile: +34 639 769 287 [email protected] INSTITUTIONS 25 Catalan Arts- Government of Catalonia CULTURAL INSTITUTION www.catalanarts.cat Phone: +34 933 162 770 Catalan Arts is the brand used for the international promotion of Catalan @playcatalan catalanarts/ companies that operate in the music, performing arts, books, visual arts and digital culture sectors. Hosted by the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), Catalan Arts identifies the activities carried out by ICEC following the internationalization strategy implemented by the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Culture. We work on a variety of lines of action: funding, connecting, mentoring, advocating, promoting and supporting creative companies in their international journey.
Contact at Womex Xavier Cester [email protected]
Monika Ganzenmuller [email protected] 26 INSTITUTIONS
Institut de Cultura de la Ciutat d’Olot www.olotcultura.cat CONCERT PROMOTER, FESTIVAL Phone: +34 972 272 777 [email protected] The Municipal Institute of Culture of Olot is an autonomous organization of the City @OlotCultura olotCultura Council of Olot, that manages the cultural policy of the city: organization of cultural activities; management of equipment; conservation, research and dissemination of heritage; coordination with other companies and entities that work in the cultural field in the city of Olot, and, in general, promote a concept of useful, open, plural and educative culture. Regarding music, we organize stable music cycles and festivals of all kinds of music reaching up a 100 concerts a year.
Contact at Womex Jordi Serrat Cruz Phone: +34 637 355 284 [email protected] INSTITUTIONS 27
Institut Ramon Llull CULTURAL INSTITUTION www.llull.cat Phone: +34 934 678 000 The Institut Ramon Llull is a public consortium [email protected] established in 2002 with the aim of promoting @irllull Catalan language and culture abroad. The IRLlull Institut Ramon Lull’s work is structured in three main areas of activity promoting the following: Catalan literary and scholarly works (Literature and the Humanities Department); Catalan studies in academic settings (Language and Universities Department; and visual arts, architecture and design, performing arts, music and film (Performing and Visual Arts Department).
Contact at Womex Maria Lladó Ribot Mobile: +34 629 775 475 [email protected] 28 TRADE FAIRS
Fira Mediterrània de Manresa www.firamediterrania.cat CONFERENCE, FESTIVAL, TRADE FAIR Phone: +34 938 753 588 [email protected]
@FMediterrania firamediterraniamanresa/
FiraMediterrània Manresa is a performing arts fair rooted in Mediterranean tradition. It has two main areas of focus: popular culture (based on elements that include the transfer of heritage, the crossover between contemporary creation and traditional regional culture, participation and the increase of the social foundations of culture), and World Music and folk (traditional or contemporary music that is connected to its local region, with an special emphasis on the Mediterranean). Contact at Womex Anna Vilanova Mobile: +34 649 127 206 programadors@ firamediterrania.cat
David Ibáñez TRADE FAIRS 29
Mercat de Música Viva de Vic TRADE FAIR, FESTIVAL, CULTURAL INSTITUTION www.mmvv.cat Phone: +34 938 833 100 [email protected]
@MercatMusicaVic MercatMusicaVivaVic
The Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is a music fair that takes place in Vic (a small city near Barcelona) and attracts a large number of audiences and professionals interested on top quality live music. It is a meeting point for artistic directors, festivals, institutions, private companies, promoters, agencies, labels and all sorts of professionals of the music industry. It includes showcases, networking events and presentations to facilitate knowledge exchange and to buy and sell music. Contact at Womex Montse Portús
Cristina Estrada 30 MEDIA
Radio Gladys Palmera http://gladyspalmera.com MEDIA Phone: +34 932 082 140 [email protected] Radio Gladys Palmera is a music radio platform incorporating 2 streaming music @GladysPalmera RadioGladysPalmera/ channels, as well as podcasts, music playlists, articles, video and more content focused on Latin and global music. Since 1999, RGP aims to transform the radio listening experience through modern technology bringing together listeners and fans of some of the most emotional music in the world, rescuing classic Latin gems and anticipating global musical trends in its programming. RGP has been awarded the prestigious ‘Premio Ondas’ for ‘Best Online Radio Platform’ in 2015.
Contact at Womex Alex García Amat Mobile: + 34 646 030 820 [email protected]
Núria Net Mobile: +34 683 228 846 [email protected]