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El Músico, Director De Cine Y DJ Don Letts DON LETTS DJ SET + DJ Iniciales BB aka NEKRO Warm Up “Una Casa Con 10 Chinos” El músico, director de cine y DJ Don Letts, quien convirtió a toda una generación de punks al reggae y documentó la trayectoria punk desde sus inicios, llega a la Argentina de la mano del British Council para presentar 3 de sus documentales dentro del foco Britannia Lado B en el BAFICI19 y para deleitarnos con un DJ set en La Tangente. Letts ha dirigido más de 300 videos musicales para una amplia gama de artistas, incluyendo The Clash, Bob Marley y Elvis Costello. Creó la banda Basement Five, lanzó un single con los miembros de P.I.L de John Lydon, llevó la banda The Slits y colaboró con los miembros de Trouble Funk. Actualmente presenta un programa semanal de radio en BBC 6 Music llamado 'Culture Clash Radio'. Dentro del programa Britannia Lado B del British Council, el próximo 26 de abril Don Letts se presentará en La Tangente. El warm up estará a cargo de Sebastián De Caro y Maxi Martina de “Una Casa Con 10 Chinos”, el programa radial de Vorterix., y lo seguirá un set de DJ Iniciales BB aka NEKRO. LINE UP 19:00 Warm up Seba De Caro & Maxi Martina - “Una Casa Con 10 Chinos” 21:00 DJ Iniciales BB aka NEKRO 22:00 Don Letts DJ Set Seguinos en nuestras redes para conseguir tu entrada. @British Council Argentina @Vorterix @La Tangente Para más información de prensa: Luciana Zylberberg [email protected] Sobre el programa Britannia Lado B:40 años de Punk Como cada año, en el marco del BAFICI, el British Council presenta una nueva edición del programa Britannia lado B, que ofrece lo mejor del cine independiente británico. En esta oportunidad el foco girará sobre los “40 años de Punk”, con una selección de 10 largometrajes documentales que exploran la historia de este género musical y con una visita internacional. +info> https://argentina.britishcouncil.org/events/britannia-lado-b-40-a%C3%B1os-de-punk Sobre Don Letts La reputación de Don Letts se ha consolidado firmemente tanto en el mundo del cine como el de la música por un cuerpo sustancial de trabajo iniciado a fines de los años 70, que atravesó los 80 y 90 y que se extiende hasta este milenio. Actualmente presenta un programa semanal de radio en BBC 6 Music llamado 'Culture Clash Radio' Su trabajo ha sido expuesto en The Kitchen N.Y.C, el Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, The N.F.T en Londres y fue homenajeado en el festival BAM de Brooklyn. En marzo de 2003 ganó un Grammy por su documental 'Westway To The World'. Letts llegó a la notoriedad a finales de los años 70 como el DJ que por sí solo convirtió a toda una generación de punks al reggae. Mientras era DJ en el primer club punk 'The Roxy' en 1977, adoptó la ética punk DIY (Do it yourself) y comenzó su primera película 'The Punk Rock Movie 'con Sex Pistols-The Clash y muchos otros. Filmada en Super-8mm, es el único documental de la escena punk británica. Esto lo condujo a un período en el que dirigió más de 300 videos de música para una mezcla diversa de artistas que variaban desde Bob Marley, Elvis Costello y Beenie Man. Desde los tiempos del punk rock hasta el presente, siempre ha sido atraído hacia proyectos musicales. Creó la banda Basement Five, lanzó un single con miembros de P.I.L. de John Lydon y colaboró con miembros de Trouble Funk. A mediados de los 80 formó el grupo 'Big Audio Dynamite' con Mick Jones (ex-Clash). Pasó a realizar y co-escribir cuatro álbumes con B.A.D, logrando varios éxitos en ambos lados del Atlántico, incluyendo el hit “E = Mc2”. A principios de los 90 Don dejó B.A.D para formar “Screaming Target”, lanzando el álbum 'Hometown Hi-Fi', aclamado por la crítica. Como 'Dub Cartel Sound System' Letts ha tocado sets para el 25º aniversario de Rough Trade y el 25º aniversario de Stussy, para Meltdown de Lee Perry y en Glastonbury 2003/4 Sus créditos como director incluyen una variedad de películas y documentales sobre Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, The Clash y George Clinton, entre otros. Su documental más reciente fue para el proyecto 'New' de Sir Paul McCartney. Entre los largometrajes figuran la legendaria película de Jamaica ‘Dancehall Queen’ (1997), 'Westway To The World' y 'PUNK: Attitude'. Don también ha lanzado varios compilados: 'Time Warp Dub Clash' (Island Records) de 1996, 'Dread Meets The Punk Rockers Uptown' (Heavenly Records) de 2002, ‘The Mighty Trojan Sound’ (Sanctuary Records) de 2003 y 'Dread Meets B-Boy Downtown' (Heavenly Records) de 2004. En 2007 publicó su autobiografía 'Culture Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers'. En 2010 se estrenó la película documental 'Superstonic Sound: The Rebel Dread' que lo tiene como protagonista. Sobre Una Casa Con 10 Chinos Una Casa Con 10 Chinos es el nuevo programa de Vorterix conducido por Sebastián De Caro, junto a Vanina Parejas y Julio Leiva, de lunes a viernes de 10 a 13hs. Un carrousel luminoso en el que conviven el cine, la música, libros, comics, actualidad, juegos y la vida misma en tres horas vertiginosas que se viven a través de vorterix.com y el tradicional FM92.1Mhz. Seba De Caro es el chino que conduce el programa. En algún momento supo ser actor, hoy es un hombre de radio, guionista y director de cine y videos. Su última película es 20.000 Besos. Julio Leiva es el chino periodista. También es hombre de radio y director de los documentales sobre el Indio Solari “Piedra que late” y “Tsunami, un océano de gente”. Vanina Parejas es la china locutora histórica de las mañanas de Vorterix. La voz femenina que acompañó a Mario Pergolini durante los últimos 10 años. La plataforma multimedia Vorterix.com permite que el espectador ingrese a Una Casa Con 10 Chinos a través de la transmisión web, por lo tanto allí encontrará otro lenguaje del programa: lo mejor de la estética pop oriental rescatada para acompañar el ritmo de la mañana. La música del programa propone un viaje que une grandes clásicos con perlas poco visitadas del rock. En el camino aparecen canciones gourmet y también salen a la ruta los nuevos sonidos de la música en plena ebullición de nuestro país y otros puntos del planeta. Sobre La Tangente Desde que inauguró en febrero de este año, La Tangente está haciendo mucho ruido en la escena musical local. Ubicado en el medio de Palermo Viejo, este nuevo espacio cultural incluye una sala para shows con capacidad para 150 personas, una interesante propuesta de coctelería y una carta de platos deliciosa y cumplidora. En este club de melómanos para oídos curiosos y desprejuiciados se escucha desde rock, jazz, tango, pop y folk, hasta reggae, bossa, electrónica y funk, y todo suena muy bien. Ya subieron al escenario de La Tangente músicos internacionales como Kassin (Brasil). Albert Pla (España), Brushy One String (Jamaica), y se instaló el stand up Persona (Malena PIchot, Charo López, Vanesa Strauch y Ana Carolina) como propuesta fija de los sábados a las 21 hs. La Tangente. Honduras 5317, Palermo. www.latangente.com.ar / [email protected] Facebook: @latngnt - Instagram: @la.tangente - Twitter: @latangenT .
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