ccOOpapa Sergio Mendes | Ed Motta | Bixiga 70 | Da Lata | Emicida | DDaa Tulipa Ruiz | and many others CULTURACULTURA 2.02.0 JuneJune 1212 –– 2014 JulyJuly 1313 Open-airOpen-air ccOOncertsncerts && publicpublic viewingviewing John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin hkw.de/en June 14 Saturday 8 pm A permanent feature of Berlin’s Afro-Brazilian music scene for years: Vatapá de Fruta Pão, June 12 named after a speciality from Salvador de Thursday 8 pm Bahia, made from bread, fish, Dendé oil, nuts, seafood and African spices. And just like the dish, the band’s fusion The district of Bixiga, São Paulo’s hotspot, is of Bossa Nova, Samba-Reggae, both the birthplace and the source of the name Funk and Jazz has its own special for this ten-piece instrumental big band. Crea- intensity. And the mixture con- tively building on their musical basis in seven- tinues: Compositions from the ties Funk, avant-garde Pop, Jazz and Dub, they guitarist and singer Arnaldo Prete add Afrobeat, Malinké, Samba and Cumbia as telling musical stories from the required. The number in their name is both an streets of São Paulo to the indication of their retro leanings and a refe- beaches of Rio, Brazil and Africa, rence to Fela Kuti’s Africa 70. With their debut stand alongside absolute classics album “Bixiga 70” they have already made it from Música Popular Brasileira. onto the “Best of the Year” lists of the Brazilian editions of “Rolling Stone” and MTV, going on to share the stage with masters of the Afrobeat scene such as Tony Allen or Seun Kuti. During Copa da Cultura 2.0 they will turn the HKW roof terrace into a Berlin outpost of the paulistas’ party district. Tickets €10/€8 Tickets €5 Bixiga 70 Pão de Fruta Vatapá |2| June 28 Saturday 8 pm Their name “Black Smoke” is programmatic: A revival of the darker variety of Brazilian June 20 psychedelia. The vinyl archaeologist and Friday 8 pm DJ Joel Stone, together with the guitarist and shouter Stuart Carter and the bassist James Porch, both from Having explored Brazil’s musical landscape The Grits, created Fumaça Preta as a child, followed by the USA and Europe, along with the percussionist and the singer, guitarist and composer Monica producer Alex Figueira. Since Besser’s musical roots are widely scattered. then they have conjured up And it is precisely this musical and linguistic “A Bruxa” (the witch) or insanity diversity that provides the inspiration for her in “Loco” with their mix of Tropi- artistry. After “Fina Flor,” a female calia and Fuzz Funk, Acid House, Forró band, she began her career musique concrète, Radiophonic as a singer-songwriter. Music for electronics und Afro Beat. Tape films and stage plays alternated echo, punchy drumming and with international tours, before spooky guitar distortion generate she finally settled in Berlin. an intensive psychedelic sound Her last album “Fusion Rocks,” experience: This witch will an intimate distillation of her get you! travel experiences and work with renowned musicians, was again produced in Brazil, in Rio. A light Tickets €10/€8 and carefree excursus through Preta Fumaça different musical universes. Tickets €5 Monica Besser |3| June 29 Sunday 8 pm Founded in 2004 in the midst of the carnival in Vitoria, Napalma pursue their mission of spreading a highly contagious dance fever, July 4 a mission they will accomplish at Copa da Friday 8 pm Cultura 2.0, just as they have at various ven- ues around the world: The Cairo Opera House and International Jazz Festival in Cape Town, Leandro Roque de Oliveira carries his alias Boom Festival in Portugal or Bushfire in Swa- Emicida, an amalgam of Emcee and “homici- ziland. And they plan to continue da” (Portuguese for murderer) as a sign of the touring the world as a carnival countless battles he has won, with his fans in block, with the Mozambican the suburbs of São Paulo worshipping him as vocalist Ivo Maia singing against the killer. He began his career with his parent’s a veritable wall of congas and bass equipment who used to organize local Black drums, punctuated by snatches of Music parties - a career which has catapulted electronic reverb and funk guitars. him from the margins of Brazilian society to its center. Emicida has appeared at the major festivals of Brazil “Rock in Rio” and “Starts With You Music and Arts Festival,” as well as at Montreux. Throughout he has stuck to his progressive political message, accompanied Tickets €10/€8 Napalma by the finest beats that Brazilian Hip Hop has to offer. In the midst of the inter- national football hype, Emicida lends his voice to the demands for social change, supporting the mass protests against extrava- gance and corruption. Tickets €10/€8 Emicida |4| July 7 Monday 8 pm Almost 50 years ago Sergio Mendes cele- brated his first international breakthrough with Brazil ’66 and his version of Jorge Ben’s composition “Mas que Nada,” which became July 5 a lasting hit. However, Mendes’ unique long- Saturday 8 pm term success is not just built on past glories, instead he has remained open to new develop- ments and has continued to discover new Five years ago, without further ado, the young ways to open up Brazilian music to the illustrator from São Paulo, Tulipa Ruiz, an- international pop world. In 1992 he received nounced her debut as a singer and compo- his first Grammy for the album “Brasileiro.” ser, rapidly establishing a place for herself in In 2006 his album “Timeless,” supported the Brazilian media’s best-of lists. With her by the Hip Hop artistry of the Black Eyed album “Efêmera” (2011) she was voted musi- Peas, was again nominated for a cian of the year by “Rolling Stone” magazine, Grammy. The pianist and compos er and musician of the decade by frequently collaborates with the Brazilian newspaper “Folha talented musicians and singers de São Paulo.” Her 2012 album from around the world, having “Tudo Tanto” featured giants of worked with Juanes, Erykah the Brazilian music scene such as Badu, Stevie Wonder and Justin Criolo or Lulu Santos. Following Timberlake. With “Sergio Mendes tours of Brazil, Japan and Turkey, Brazil 2014,” the maestro builds for the Football World Cup Tulipa on his global fame, once again Ruiz will be stopping off at Berlin‘s displaying his dedication to place-to-be during the internatio- “the magic of Brazilian melodies” nal football fever season. at Copa da Cultura 2.0. Tickets €10/€8 Tulipa Ruiz Tulipa Tickets €36 Sergio Mendes Sergio |5| July 8 Tuesday 8 pm “World Class” is the verdict of the newspaper “Die Welt” on the heavyweight singer and song- writer from Rio de Janeiro. Long established as July 9 the guiding light between Música Popular Bra- Wednesday 8 pm sileira, Soul, Rock and Jazz in his home country, Ed Motta is still an insider tip here in Germany. Nominated for the Latin Grammy in 2006 for his BBC 3 called them “neo-tropicalistas,” album “Aystelum,” he has already worked with “21st century psychedelicists,” and even more greats such as Roy Ayers and Ryuichi Sakamoto. poetically, “twisted Samba breakout subver- Motta, nephew of the prematurely deceased sives.” Put simply: Graveola e o lixo polifônico legendary Funk master Tim Maia, is also a Rare —to give them their full name—sound like a Groove aficionado and vinyl collector with over concept album from the Mamas and the Papas 30,000 records. On his last album “AOR” he if they had given polyphonic expression to gives vent to this passion, employ- their longings in Belo Horizonte as opposed ing all manner of vintage keyboards to L.A. When they first started the sextet also to recreate the fluffy Funk-Pop of integrated household appliances in their the seventies as brought to per- sound, now they serve up Sunshine-Pop har- fection by artists such as Steely monies, rock riffs, cannibalised carnival and a Dan, Michael Franks or the Doobie hint of old vinyl classics. Graveola are not just Brothers back in the day. musical subversives, they are also “vocal crit- ics” of corruption and the take- From 7 pm warm-up with DJ Marcus over of the country by the Inter- Liesenfeld (Bungalow Records) national Football Association. It is no coincidence that they also give solidarity concerts in the Favelas, with their “uniquely skewed indie Tickets €14/€10 Ed Motta Ed aesthetic” (“Guardian”). Tickets €10/€8 Graveola |6| July 12 Saturday 8 pm For over 20 years, Patrick Forge, trailblazer for the Brazilian sound on British radio station Kiss FM in the 1990s, and Chris Franck have July 13 conducted their very own field research into Sunday 8 pm Brazilian music. Their sound experiments under the name Da Lata result in surprising innovations, and now, after a ten year break, With a sound that effortlessly bridges the gap they are back with a new sound: No more between Berlin and the east coast of South studio-based electronic innovation, but a America, these nine female mu- stage show with a raw live spirit - London sicians provide the right atmo- Tropicalia, Afro-Brazilian with British atti tude sphere for the World Cup: Vocal and an unerring instinct for a diversity and a large battery of danceable sound. With a virtuoso percussion instruments consist- global family of musicians, the ing of Gongue bells, Alfaia base core duo has mutated into a drums, Ganza rattles, Calabashes multi-piece band with “Killer and more, evoking the rhythms Groove” (“Guardian”). of north-eastern Brazil. With DJ Grace Kelly on board these “Queens” of the traditional beats and the antiphony of the Mara- catú from the Carnaval do Reci- fe mix it up with contemporary Tickets €10/€8 Da Lata Da sounds from Berlin.