ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ BARRANCO & The Drumming Society Presents his NEW ALBUM "Caprichos del destino" ("Whims of fate") An album dedicated to percussion and sounds layers, very accurate in its production and with the natural sounds of the instruments themselves, creating a magical music full of rhythm and tonal subtleness. An album with a lot of different aromas and fresh air, created to enjoy, dance, sing, laugh, sleep or dream. A distinctive music project with a sound of its own. Fresh music to our ears! The percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and "sound-effect-maker" Antonio Sánchez Barranco (known for playing with great and renowned artists like: Maria del Mar Bonet, Miguel Poveda, Silvia Perez Cruz, Coetus, Eliseo Parra, Tactequeté, Kepa Junquera, Misirli Ahmet, Chicago Symphony) presents his first solo recording project "Caprichos del destino " a frenetic album, full of rhythm and power own to a percussion "alchemist". A tight and interactive live show recommended for all ages and audiences based on voices and percussions from the five continents. Antonio Sanchez Barranco surrounds himself with a group of high level musicians and singers: • Antonio Sánchez Barranco Voices , Kalimba, Percussion and Effects • Mel Semé- (Black Gandhi) Voices, Marimba, Vibraphone, Guitar and Percussion • Sol Homar - (Sol y los Pintasueños) Voices and Percussion • Aleix Tobías - (Dir. de Coetus) Voices, Drums and Percussion • Joel Sánchez - (The City Jungle) Drums and Percussion • Angelo Mahenzane - (Electric Gozarela) Berimbao, Percussion and Effects • Anna Tobías - (Coetus) Bass and Percussion Antonio Sánchez Barranco & The Drumming Society Presenting his new show "Caprichos del destino" Usually in music groups, percussion is only used as accompaniment, sometimes as a solo element, but mostly to tighten the rhythm and enhance the musical "taste". In this case, Antonio Sánchez Barranco & The Drumming Society presents a show where the percussion is the main engine. The show is not just perceived as a plain percussion set, Antonio is accompanied by excellent musicians like the great master of Iberian percussion and multi-ethnic drummer - Aleix Tobias (founder of Coetus), the singer and multi-instrumentalist Mel Seme (Black Gandhi), voices and percussion of Sol Homar (Sol y los Pintasueños), the excellent percussionist Angelo Mahenzane (Electric Gozarela), the youth and energy of Joel Sanchez (Maracatú) and the bass and percussions of Anna Tobias (Coetus). Que se fusionan para crear un directo divertidísimo, interactivo y para todos los públicos, basado en las voces, en los paisajes sonoros y las diferentes percusiones de los cinco continentes. Antonio achieved to create a fun, interactive live show recommended for all ages based on voices and percussions from the five continents blending the following elements: Iberian (Square Tambourine, Pandereta, Almirez, Frying Pan, Spoons.... ), Arabian (Bendir, Deff, Rec, Dohola.... ), African (Djembe, Sabar, Talking Drum, Cas cas, Kalimba , N-goni kamelen ......), from Brazil (Timba, repenique, Surdos, Tamborica, agogo, Berimbao ......), Afro-Cuban (Batà Drums, Congas, Bells, Chekeré.... ), Eastern (Gongs, Ektara, Shadu- Guitar ....) and Western percussions (Guitars, Bass, Drums, Harmonica, Melodic) up to recycled instruments, sound effects and voices. Thousand sounds and textures. Antonio Sánchez Barranco is an expert creating sounds layers (imitating the sound of the forest day or night, a puddle, the sea, a storm, the jungle .... or ethereal and ecletic sounds). With his group "The Drumming Society" he proposes us a show full rhythm and power, combining exquisite tonal subtleties and creating a magical music. Video promo: http://youtu.be/JfhBU44OQrE Listen to Antonio Sánchez Barranco ZOOMUSIC Management Elisabeth Vázquez [email protected] www.zoomusicmanagement.com Tel. +34 639115696 ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ BARRANCO Barcelona 1969 – percussionist and sound effect maker Antonio Sánchez Barranco is an interpreter and session musician in different recordings and musical productions, as well in cinema, radio and television. He has collaborated with the great darbuka master Misirli Ahmet (Turkey), María del Mar Bonet, Coetus (percussion orchestra of the Iberian Peninsula) and Silvia Pérez Cruz. At the current moment he dedicates himself to his new musical project "Caprichos del destino" with his ensemble "Antonio Sánchez Barranco & The Drumming Society". He is the director of the percussionists’ band Maracatú and is also the head of Maracatú junior and Maracatú Baby for the youngest ones. He has given classes at the Modern Music School of Badalona, at Espai Avinyó (Barcelona), at Music School of Tiana and Espai Tempo (Torrelles Ll.), likewise workshops and courses in the universities of Barcelona, Lleida and Girona. He has also taught in campuses such as Festcat of popular culture, also in schools, events and festivals. Furthermore, he has collaborated, amongst other artists and groups, with the Doudou Ndiaye Rose family, Miguel Poveda, Chicuelo, Hossan Ramzi, Erkan Ogur, Ismail Tunçbilek, Levent Yildirim, Angelika Akbar, Brian Dunnin, Amine & Hamza, Benjamin Taubkin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mercedes Peon, Amancio Prada, Miquel Gil, Gerard Quintana, Marina Rosell, Lluís Llach, Miguel Bosé, Víctor Manuel and Ana Belén. Besides, he has worked with various theatre companies such as La Fura dels Baus, Goc i magoc, Comedians, Classical Theatre Company of Madrid, Teatre Lliure directed by Lluis Pascual (with Carmen Machi and Rosa Maria Sarda) and with the National Dance Company directed by Nacho Duato. Antonio Barranco has also co-operated in the making of soundtracks for movies like “El amante bilingüe” by Vicente Aranda (The Bilingual Lover), “Sexo por compassion” by Laura Mañá (Sex for compassion), “Arachnid” by Jack Sholder and “Km 31” by Rigoberto Castañeda. He has performed in various international festivals in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Ireland, England, Scotland, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and the US and at venues such as The Royal Festival Hall (London), The Opera House (Cairo), Castro Alves Theatre (Salvador de Bahia), Millennium Park Festival (Chicago) and The Metropolitan (New York). Among his discography he is present on recordings of artists like Maria del Mar Bonet, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Eliseo Parra, Lidia Pujol, Joan Isaac, Miquel Gil, Rosa Zaragoza, Marina Rossell, Kepa Junkera (with Glen Vélez, Andy Narel and Marco Suzano), Alfonso Vilallonga, Los Amaya, DJ José Padilla, Balearic Symphony Orchestra, UTROPIC, Coetus, Tactequeté, Perico Sambeat, Misirli Ahmet, an Jerry González, etc. MEL SEME Born in Camagüey, Cuba, to Haitian parents, Mel Semé began his musical career at the Baptist church in his village by the hands of his brothers and in the company of older musicians who interpreted a sort of Latin gospel, influenced by missionaries who came often to Cuba from the South of the United States. At his early age curiosity for composition and various instruments arose in him among which the guitar, piano and drums highlighted. After graduating from the University of Music of Havana, joining the Symphony Orchestra of Havana and Symphony Orchestra of Camagüey, Mel Seme lived in Switzerland for a season teaching percussion and interpretation. After travelling through Europe on tours with different musical projects (Jane Bunnet, David Virelles, Master Fatman, etc.) in countries like Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden, his intellectual search took him to Denmark. There he lived for a while and widened his musical knowledge by sharing stage with musicians of the Scandinavian scene. Since 2003 he has been living in Catalonia, Spain. Mel Seme has shared the stage with musicians like Youssou Ndour, Steward Copeland, Kymani Marley, Giovanni Hidalgo, Nicholas Payton, Steve Coleman, Fito Paez, etc. He is currently the leader of Black Gandhi and collaborator in compositions and arrangements in projects such as Man Ex Maquina, Barcelona Sessions, Solimel, among others. SOL HOMAR Buenos Aires 1979 – percussionist, singer and composer Sol Homar grew up in Montevideo surrounded by candombe culture (traditional Afro Uruguayan music) thanks to which she found her love for the drum. She started her career as a percussionist in Buenos Aires at the age of sixteen with Horacio López and discovered the vastness of the black culture and its branches. At the age of eighteen she travelled to Cuba to study traditional and contemporary percussion with teachers of Havana's Superior Institute of Art. She returned to Buenos Aires and participated in the creation of several projects of traditional Latin American music. Amapolea, Tamboro Mutanta and Nvira Ungue are the projects that can be found amongst them with which she also toured throughout Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Europe. She interacts with musicians from Uruguay, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and several regions of Africa for over a decade, thus going in depth into the music of these cultures. She has worked in theatre and dance companies as a composer and performer and in music sessions in bands of various genres. Recent projects she has participated in are, amongst others, Mel Seme Group, Marinah y los argonautas (the singer of Ojos de Brujo), Made in Northeast (Munir Hossn). She has shared the Stage with musicians like Alex Acuña, Giovanni Hidalgo, Gilberto Gil, Carlinhos Brown, Marcos Suzano, Manu Chao, Pepe Hevia, Marinah,