FIMS - Feira em Curitiba recebe inscrições de artistas para showcases

A Feira Internacional da Música do Sul, ou FIMS, realizará sua segunda edição entre 20 e 23 de junho de 2018 em Curitiba e começou a receber inscrições para os showcases que farão parte da programação. A inscrição é gratuita e online, dividida em três categorias: artistas do sul, artistas do restante do Brasil e artistas da América Latina. Nenhuma das categorias paga cachê. O que a feira oferece são credenciais para os integrantes (e seus acompanhantes) e para até três pessoas da equipe do artista selecionado. Os showscases terão 20 minutos de duração e serão realizados ao longo dos debates e rodadas de negócios, com o objetivo de apresentar novos artistas aos profissionais do mercado musical que estarão na feira (como responsáveis por festivais e casas de shows, jornalistas e patrocinadores).

As inscrições para artistas vão até o dia 8 de abril. Outros profissionais (ou mesmo o público em geral) que queiram participar da FIMS podem se credenciar por R$ 40 através da Sympla.


 Vídeo de cobertura da primeira edição da FIMS, em 2016.

Karol Conká na Music Alliance Pact

O Meio Desligado é o representante exclusivo do Brasil no Music Alliance Pact, projeto global que envolve cerca de 40 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas desses países. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem.

Clique sobre o nome de cada música para ouvi-la ou faça o download da coletânea completa, de graça. 

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie

Juani - Déjame Entrar
Juani's involvement with music began during his teenage years and it hasn't stopped since. Songwriter, singer, musician, producer, cultural manager... you name it. In between his multiple projects (one of them being involved with Rosario's biggest independent label Planeta X), Juani managed to pull out a new solo album called La Paz Ciencia (a pun between the words "peace" and "science"), with songs that range from Argentine folk to pop and acoustic rock. Déjame Entrar is our favorite track but you can download the whole thing from the website.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?

White Caves - I've Lost

White Caves is the new venture from Melbourne songwriter Darren Cordeux. The former Kisschasy frontman has completely left behind the acoustic teen psyche of 2006 for a much looser sound. I've Lost carves a completely uplifting vibe out of sombre song content. Thanks to some clear-cut production, soaring vocals and a vibe that sounds like MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden fronting a slacker-pop band, White Caves is lending a new dimension of fun to typical 'pop-jams' right here. 

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig 

Amere Meander - Something I Am Not 

Three kindergarten friends form a band and make pop music. Viennese Amere Meander appeared out of nowhere with songs that are sometimes dreamy and sweet, sometimes mysterious and noisy, drawing inspiration from anything from shoegaze to Fleetwood Mac. Always catchy but never unpredictable, Something I Am Not is taken from their debut album To Lead Astray. 

BRASIL: Meio Desligado 

Karol Conka - Boa Noite 

Karol Conka, an artist on the rise in the Brazilian hip hop scene, caught the media's attention with her first singles and this year she released her debut album. Boa Noite is one of its best tracks, with a strong beat and African vocal melodies in the background. This song is also included in the FIFA 2014 game, alongside the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Portugal. The Man and Disclosure.

CANADA: Quick Before It Melts 

Twin Library - There's Always An End 

Edmonton, Alberta's Twin Library are chemists, experimenting and tweaking the formula that results in their incredibly sophisticated and sonically rich songs. They are prolific recorders and their latest release, They Were Marked As Targets, is their finest collection of unconventional pop yet.

  

CHILE: Super 45 

Bronko Yotte - Bruma 

After a three-year break, MC and producer Bronko Yotte (Felipe Berríos) gets back on track with a new album, Con Eso Te Digo Todo, released through Dilema Industria. On its 22 tracks, Bronko Yotte offers profound considerations about the system's incongruities, social relations and working life, without losing his sharpness and sense of humor. Bruma features Jamez Manuel (Zonora Point). 

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo 

La Chiva Gantiva - Para Arriba 

The story of La Chiva Gantiva began in Brussels with a group of young Colombians who started playing percussion together. Driven by a desire to assert their roots, they started to blend Colombian rhythms with other styles of music such as rock, Afrobeat and funk. Today they are preparing their second album Vivo and we can enjoy, in advance, Para Arriba, a song about inspiration. 

DENMARK: All Scandinavian 

Charlie Campari - Bass Vampires 

Music is good for much, but in the case of Charlie Campari it's a lifesaver. It's what keeps him off the needle and his first solo release, Moon Cricket EP, tackles his demons and past life on the streets of Copenhagen and several overdoses - three of them fatal - on a backdrop of acidic blues reminiscing Lou Reed, early Beck and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Check out MAP exclusive download Bass Vampires and the cool video for single Monkey King. 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera 

Carolina Camacho - Ninfa De Las Aguas 

Carolina Camacho's voice is truly one of a kind, but she leaves nothing to chance. After many years of intense lyrical training, she's been a part of various local musical acts such as SonAbril and Camacho. Recently she's gone solo, dedicating herself to exploring the worlds of vocal jazz, roots music and feminine empowerment on her newest single Ninfa De Las Aguas. Her first album Atabey is out on October 16. 

ECUADOR: Plan Arteria 

Mamá Soy Demente - Salsa De Marte 

Mamá Soy Demente, a Guayaquilean duo formed by Dennis Darquea and Carlos Bohórquez, present their new single Salsa De Marte. The track, which plays with the idea of making a rock song with salsa influence, is part of their live album Mamá Soy Demente (En Vivo).

ENGLAND: Drowned In Sound 

Annie Eve - Elvis (Live at Sofar Birmingham) 

Sometimes the ache drips down the side of a song. Annie Eve is from north London and has quietly begun building a fanbase. DiS recently saw this impressive young lady headline a sold-out church venue for those pulse-fingering folksters Communion Records. She takes a dab of influence from Bon Iver but casts her own shadow over these gentle sad-songs whilst her voice wows. If you fell under Daughter's spell in 2012/13 then you'll likely be obsessed with Annie Eve in 2014. 

ESTONIA: Rada7.ee 

Imandra Lake - Metsatants 

Imandra Lake is the new project of Rein Fuks and Eve Komp of Tallinn band Pia Fraus, and follows a similar indie-shoegaze line but it's all fresh and they sing in Estonian. Imandra Lake's sound is noisy and reverberant but less pop and quite tranquil and deep, reaching even the boundaries of the darker side of folk. Metsatants is a new track from their forthcoming second album which continues the same warm sound.

FINLAND: Glue 

Gim Kordon - Ei Ole Helppoo (early demo version) 

If J Mascis knew Finnish he would probably sound like the guys in Gim Kordon. This punk-rock trio, the first Finnish-language signing to hip label Soliti, is readying a debut album for next spring. As a first taste here's a raw and noisy early demo of Ei Ole Helppoo. The chorus is very catchy, so don't fear the language and sing along.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda 

Dalot - Ancestors 

Dalot is the creative alias of Maria Papadomanolaki. Ancestors EP, which was inspired by her grandfather's old photographs, is a reconstruction of fragments, not concerned with the accuracy of images and moments but with opening up the flood of memory mechanics to imagination and transformation. The songs of the EP reveal a cascade of emotions and offer an exploration of texture and atmosphere, as physical instruments merge with subtle electro-acoustic ambience and ethereal turbulences. The haunting title track features Izumi Suzuki's angelic vocals. 

INDIA: NH7 

Hoirong - Bajrang Bali 

Guitarist Kamal Singh of erstwhile Bangalore post-rock act Lounge Piranha has struck gold with his newest side-project Hoirong. His debut album, The Resurrection Of The Princess Of Woe And Her Vampire Hound Posse, is not only a mouthful of a title but a grungy, raw record recorded wholly on a laptop mic, spanning from disco-punk to noise-rock, with lo-fi production and a dark sense of humor. The album is Singh's ode to the 90s alternative music scene and definitely wins over fans of dirtier, lo-fi music. 

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar 

Puti Chitara - Sarsaparilla Dream 

Jakarta singer-songwriter Puti Chitara makes beautiful pop songs with sweet arrangements. She recently won a contest at A Exchange to support the recording of her debut album. 

ITALY: Polaroid 

Green Like July - Moving To The City 

Produced by A.J. Mogis (Saddle Creek Records) and recorded in the Arc Studios in Omaha, Nebraska, Build A Fire is the third album by Green Like July. Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes and Jake Bellows of Neva Dinova, among others, collaborated on various songs. Green Like July have their roots in American tradition but they can evoke the magic of classic Beatles melodies. 

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies 

Hisamokuden-Kow. - Our Song 

Hisamokuden-Kow. calls the relatively relaxed prefecture of Tochigi, a few hours north of Tokyo, home. It is not a place one expects a busy track like Our Song to emerge from, all skittery beats and manipulated vocals tumbling over one another in an almost cartoon fashion. Yet despite how crowded it can get, it retains a catchiness throughout. Not bad, Tochigi.

MALTA: Stagedive Malta FellowFish - The Outlaw Hailing from Valletta, Lyon and New York, FellowFish find themselves on the tiny Mediterranean island of Gozo (Malta's sister island). FellowFish is made up of lead singer and writer Keith Anthony, Christophe Ladret on percussion/drums and Kristian Vella on guitars. Their self-titled debut album, released earlier this year, has a mix of influences, ranging from Al Jarreau's smooth groove to Jeff Buckley's melancholic melodies.

MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika 

Caloncho - Palmar 

Pop-folk flavoured with coconut milk, composed using flip-flops and lying on a hammock by the palm trees. Caloncho comes from the sun-drenched city of Guadalajara and is known for wearing flowery Hawaiian shirts on stage and throwing bananas to the front rows. His debut Fruta EP has some juicy, fruity tunes that combine a vintage Tex-Mex rock 'n' roll from the likes of Ritchie Valens but also squeezes a hint of reggae on the mix. Palmar, first single and video, is an invitation to lay by a topless brunette on a Mexican beach and sway oblivious from the real world. 

PERU: SoTB 

Víctor Hugo - Lima Es Nuestra 

After the separation of promising band Mi Jardín Secreto, singer Víctor Hugo Vargas began to release his own singles, preparing the way for the arrival of debut album El Primer Disco De Víctor Hugo, available for free from his website. Lima Es Nuestra is about a farewell and other reflections, narrated under the same nostalgic sky of the city where he lives, Lima. 

POLAND: Łukasz Kuśmierz Weblog 

We Draw A - Tears From The Sun 

So here's autumn again and it's hard to imagine a better anthem for those days than Tears From The Sun. Although the electro-pop duo only appeared on the Polish scene this year, We Draw A founder Pete Levy is known from Indigo Tree, a guitar-oriented band who recorded two LPs and gathered some underground fame from 2009-2011. We Draw A are recording for the Brennnessel label. 

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco? 

Tape Junk - No Romance Without Finance 

João Correia, an accomplished singer-songwriter, musician and also a drummer for friends' bands, had his first entry in MAP in December 2011, but as Julie & The Carjackers. This time he visits us with another project, Tape Junk, who recently released debut album The Good & The Mean, where No Romance Without Finance comes from. The song is backed with this vídeo. 

PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie 

Bando - Serembé 

Bando is a new collaborative effort between veteran musicians of Puerto Rico's rock scene, including Agustín Criollo (Astrid Pröll) and Gaby Vidal (ONGO, Similar), focussed on exploring the music of the African diaspora through the classic and revolutionary Afrobeat sound. The group follows Fela Kuti into fertile territories for musical exploration such as bomba and Afro-American funk, inviting us to lose ourselves in dance without shying away from political lyrics that reflect the island's struggles. Bando are currently recording their debut, and have graciously offered us eight-minute scorcher Serembé as a MAP exclusive download.

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise 

Fine It's Pink - Sky Is No Limit (Intro) 

Fine It's Pink are new to the music scene but they are growing up fast. Although you can't put a finger on one genre, you can clearly hear post-rock, indie, electronic and strong psychedelic influences. Sky Is No Limit is their statement song, the one that takes you into their world of dreams. You can hear more of this world on SoundCloud. 

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop 

There Will Be Fireworks - Roots 

If anyone could be held up as a glowing example of the 'less is more' approach it's There Will Be Fireworks. Four long years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Scotland's reclusive princes of guitar-rock reverie have finally announced details of its successor, The Dark, Dark Bright, out on November 25 through Comets & Cartwheels. The album finds the group in a masterful embrace of the grandiose and the graceful - MAP exclusive download Roots falls into the latter category as the tenderest of tender acoustic compositions. 

SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie 

Tearliner - Strange Intimacy 

The mid-00s offered Korean indie-pop at its very finest with Tearliner as one of the key artists. Eight years after his first full-length, Tearliner returned with the Grey Garden album last month showcasing a more polished sound than the lo-fi productions he would previously offer. Strange Intimacy is a pretty, slow-paced, dreamy piece perfectly combining the best of both the old and new Tearliner. 

UNITED STATES: We Listen For You 

Jared Bartman - Garden Gate 

Jared Bartman crafts majestic songs that twist pop elements around a sensitive core stabilized by occasional adventurous flourishes. Bartman's music can act as a backdrop for a smooth listen or something to be studied with the headphones fastened tight. Either way, Bartman is a must-listen for everyone. 

VENEZUELA: Música y Más 

Laura Guevara - El Constructor (live) 

Laura Guevara is a young woman who has everything - she is a singer, songwriter, artist, actress and audiovisual director, besides having a melodious voice that impressed attendees of last year's Virgen Fest. She currently has a live EP out while she puts the finishing touches to her debut album.

Novo clipe do ruído/mm

Sensacional o novo vídeo do ruído/mm, lançado hoje, feito para a música "Petit pavé".

 

Abaixo, comentários do firetor Felipe Allon sobre o vídeo.

 "Último clipe do projeto “Radar Curitiba – Imagens e Sons”, realizado com recursos do Fundo Municipal de Cultura de Curitiba, o videoclipe de Petit Pavé partiu do conceito de videodança e do uso de algum tipo de tecnologia que nos desafiasse enquanto técnicos criadores. Desde o início buscávamos algo que dialogasse com a música num sentido mais atmosférico. Identificamos uma vontade comum de trabalhar as imagens num sentido sensorial, ora mais cerebral, ora mais catártico, seguindo as linhas e camadas instrumentais que vão se revelando e se sobrepondo durante sua duração. Nossa gama de referências pesquisadas foi bem ampla (desde vídeos de terror, imagens do espaço sideral captadas pela Nasa, testes de escanerização tridimensional de objetos, imagens de campos eletromagnéticos e semicondutores, etc), até que aos poucos fomos sintetizando essas ideias para resolvê-las enquanto proposta de videoclipe.
A partir destas pesquisas, nos dedicamos então a encontrar uma forma de casar nossa proposta “temática” - a videodança - e nossas referências estéticas selecionadas - formas mais abstratas. Decidimos assumir o risco de mergulhar numa tecnologia até então não dominada por nenhum de nós: a captação de imagens via kinect (aquela câmera do videogame X-Box que, através de um sensor infravermelho faz uma varredura tridimensional do espaço e capta os movimentos do jogador).
Usando um software livre desenvolvido por pesquisadores do MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), captamos imagens de uma dançarina num ferro-velho e posteriormente as manipulamos num ambiente tridimensional, decompondo suas formas até que restassem apenas vestígios de sua presença. Num desdobramento de “Ponto e Linha sobre o Plano”, do russo Wassily Kandinsky, investimos numa forma de abrir uma veia de comunicação direta com o espectador através de um universo minimalista formado apenas de linhas e pontos oriundos de suas intersecções. Este conceito estético bem simples do clipe estabeleceu suas bases temáticas na luta deste corpo para ganhar forma em meio às amarras de linhas das quais surge, nas quais se debate para ter seus momentos de respiro e liberdade e para as quais forçadamente acaba sendo tragado de volta.
Neste sentido, o clipe foi trabalhado ao longo da música em momentos distintos, criando-se seções com agrupamentos de informações, com um começo mais enxuto, mais mântrico mesmo, em que o espectador é levado de maneira mais cerebral a desvendar este emaranhado de linhas que se apresenta. Cada paisagem é explorada por mais tempo, numa busca de ordem no caos para que este mundo abstrato vá aos poucos ganhando forma e o ritmo passe a dominar, até que irrompam momentos mais catárticos de iluminação nas partes mais distorcidas da música, onde se criam paisagens mais sensoriais e onde nossa dançarina resplandece e seu corpo toma forma em sua plenitude, marcando assim divisões de forma incisiva.
Entre estas partes, no que chamamos de mundo transitório da música, trabalhamos bastante com o conceito de mixagem e sobreposição de canais, com um nível de ruído ocupando mais ou menos o espaço de diagramação da tela e isolando grupos de informação estética, criando uma identidade distinta das outras partes, permitindo uma conexão mais sinestésica em vários pontos e inclusive aumentando o ritmo de cortes de forma à imprimir, pela velocidade, uma percepção mais direta mesmo, bem como aumentando as sobreposições no crescente, saturando a tela de informação até ela ficar muito clara/branca e desembocar no trecho final.
Paralelamente, o nível de excitação das linhas em determinados momentos é trabalhado para que entre em vibração com a música. Ao final o mundo abstrato toma as rédeas e o corpo se dissolve novamente em linhas... Pelo uso de uma tecnologia de captação e manipulação de imagens ainda não muito explorado pelas bandas de cá, o resultado visual do clipe acaba sendo bem peculiar se distanciando um pouco do que estamos habitualmente acostumados a ver em termos de videoclipes nacionais."

Uma análise super elaborada de "Tropical/Bacanal", novo CD do Bonde do Rolê

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Mistureba: Psycho Carnival, vídeo novo do Mundo Livre S/A, edital dos Correios e festival Visões Periféricas

Mundo Livre S/A

Vídeoclipe em festa é uma das coisas mais batidas que existe, mas esse novo do Mundo Livre S/A vale pela música, "O velho James Browse já dizia".

Edital de ocupação de unidades culturais dos Correios

Inscrições até o dia 1º de Março para realização de atividades culturais nas unidades dos Correios de Brasília, Juiz de Fora, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro e Salvador. O valor estimado a ser direcionado para o edital é de R$ 9.960.000,00.

Os segmentos contemplados neste Edital são os seguintes:

1.3.1 Artes Cênicas – Dança

Apresentação, mostras ou festivais de dança.

1.3.2 Artes Cênicas – Teatro

Produção/montagem, apresentação, mostras e festivais.

1.3.3 Humanidades

Saraus, encontros literários e eventos que envolvam leituras, debates, oficinas, seminários e outros.

1.3.4 Artes Visuais

Exposições de pintura, artesanato, desenho, escultura, fotografia, gravura e filatelia.

1.3.5 Audiovisual

Mostras e Festivais de Cinema e Vídeo.

1.3.6 Música

Produção e apresentação de festivais de música, de orquestra e concertos, de grupos e artistas nacionais e internacionais.

1.3.7 Artes Integradas

Ações com temática única, que envolvam manifestações culturais variadas, englobando, no mínimo, dois segmentos, tendo sua realização no mesmo período e na mesma unidade cultural.

Visões Periféricas

Até o dia 25 de Maio produções audiovisuais finalizadas a partir de Janeiro de 2010 podem se inscrever no festival Visões Periféricas, que em 2012 acontecerá entre 15 e 21 de Agosto.

Mostras com inscrições abertas para a 6ª edição do Festival Visões Periféricas:

• Visorama (competitiva)

Filmes de até 30' (trinta minutos) produzidos por alunos de projetos de formação em espaços populares que utilizam o audiovisual como meio de expressão. Exibição em sala de cinema.

• Fronteiras Imaginárias (competitiva)

Filmes de até 30' (trinta minutos) produzidos por qualquer realizador, incluindo ex-alunos de projetos populares de formação audiovisual. Exibição em sala de cinema.

• Tudojuntoemisturado (competitiva)

Filmes de até 3min produzidos por qualquer realizador, através de dispositivos móveis, remixagem, mashups, paródias, vídeo clipes. Exibição em Internet

• Mostra Iberoamericana (não competitiva)

Mostra que irá reunir filmes produzidos em contexto de formação em cursos, escolas e oficinas de audiovisual localizados nos países dessa região, exceto Brasil. Exibição em sala de cinema.

Psycho Carnival

A 13ª edição do festival Psycho Carnival começa nesta quinta-feira, 16 de Fevereiro, em Curitiba/PR. O evento é uma tradicional opção para quem quer ouvir rock, punk, rockabilly e psychobilly e fugir de marchinhas e samba. Na programação, muitas bandas curitibanas, bandas de outros Estados brasileiros e gringas.

Quinta-feira (16/02/2012) às 21h no Jokers Pub | Abertura

Three Bop Pills (Curitiba)

Motorgrass (São Paulo)

Sexta-feira (17/02/2012) às 21h no Espaço Cult | Esquenta

Hillbilly Rawhide (Curitiba)

Crazy Horses (Londrina)

The Mullet Monster Mafia (Piracicaba/SP)

Chernobillies (Curitiba)

Cwbillys (Curitiba)

Feras do Caos (Curitiba)

Sábado (18/02/2012) às 13h | Almoço de Confraternização na Churrascaria Ponto Gira Grill | www.pontogiragrill.com.br | Telefone: (41) 3024-0595

Sábado (18/02/2012) às 21h no Espaço Cult | Psycho Carnival 2012

Batmobile (Holanda)

Big Trep (Rio de Janeiro)

Krappulas (Curitiba)

Wreck Kings (Alemanha)

Os Degolados (São Paulo)

Os Dinamites (Brasília)

Domingo (19/02/2012) às 13h na Praça Osório | Zombie Walk

Domingo (19/02/2012) às 15h nas Ruínas de São Francisco | Shows

Sapatos Bicolores (Brasília)

Mary Lee & The Sideburn Brothers (Londrina/PR)

Rádio Cadaver (Curitiba)

Domingo (19/02/2012) às 18h no Largo da Ordem | Rockabilly Motors Kustom Show

Cry Baby (Cordeirópolis/SP)

Los Wolfmen (Argentina)

Domingo (19/02/2012) às 21h no Espaço Cult | Psycho Carnival 2012

Ovos Presley (Curitiba)

Sick Sick Sinners (Curitiba)

The Rocker Covers (Inglaterra)

Jinetes Fantasmas (Argentina)

Drunk Demons (Belo Horizonte/MG)

B-benders (Londrina)

Segunda-feira (20/02/2012) às 13h no Largo da Ordem | Rockabilly Motors Kustom Show

Mistery trio (Curitiba)

Annie & the Malagueta Boys (Curitiba)

Tributo ao Gene Vincent (Rio de Janeiro)

Lenon z & the Sick boy trio (Sapucaia do Sul/RS)

Soda Billy (Manaus/AM)

Segunda-feira (20/02/2012) às 21h no Espaço Cult | Psycho Carnival 2012

Coffin Nails (Inglaterra)

As Diabatz (Curitiba)

The Brown Vampire Catz (Londrina/PR)

Bad Luck Gamblers (São Paulo)

Bad Motors (Sorocaba/SP)

99 Nose Again (Curitiba)

Terça-feira (21/02/2012) às 21h no Front Bar | Festa da Ressaca

No Milk Today (Curitiba)

Evil Idols (Curitiba)

Dersertor (Curitiba)

S.O.S Chaos (Curitiba)

Terça-feira (21/02/2012) às 21h no Chinasky Bar | Festa da Ressaca

Hellfishes (Curitiba)

ruído/mm - Introdução à cortina do sótão

A música é capaz de provocar os mais diversos efeitos — a maioria ligada aos sentimentos e, alguns, físicos. Se nossa capacidade sinestésica é limitada, isso se torna uma benção ao se ter contato com o ruído/mm. A sonoridade do (já veterano) grupo curitibano é cortante, uma motoserra musical que te estraçalha por dentro enquanto envolve aconchegantemente, cheia de classe, e lhe estimula a querer mais. Introdução à cortina do sótão é assim, um concerto para dilacerações.

Por ter em seu próprio nome uma referência a um elemento de sua sonoridade, o ruído pode ser considerado um grupo conceitual cujas músicas são construídas de forma a explorar nuances que envolvam essa abrangente manifestação sonora. Suas músicas nos guiam pela construção de paisagens ora áridas, ora suntuosas, por vezes remetendo ao estranho encontro entre o clima de um faroeste e o tipo de música que convencionou-se chamar de pós-rock (mistura já explorada pela banda anteriormente), como em "Zarabatana".

Introdução à cortina do sótão é um título tão enigmático quanto seu conteúdo. Épicos cheios de texturas que afloram aos poucos em nossos ouvidos, carregados de sentimentos e possibilidades. Frases de guitarra que suprem com louvor a ausência de letras ("Petit Pavé"), valsas deturpadas ("Valsa dos desestores"), breves flertes com o pop, shoegaze... é um raro tipo de banda que consegue soar conceitual e não aparentar restringida por suas escolhas estéticas. Ruído, afinal, é por si só um termo extremamente abrangente, capaz de provocar intensas reações de incômodo, atração, curiosidade ou, até mesmo, amor.

"Mariachi", novo vídeo do ruído/mm

A sensacional banda curitibana ruído/mm lança na manhã desta segunda-feira seu novo vídeo, "Mariachi", registro ao vivo do grupo em sua cidade natal durante o show de lançamento de seu mais recente álbum, Introdução à Cortina do Sótão.

 

A banda avisa: "O fluxo de informação entre as sinapses é livre, independentemente da origem dos neurotransmissores".

FICHA TÉCNICA
Tracklist: 
(Intro) - Ciclotimia
1 - Sanfona
2 - Esquimó
3 - Petit Pavé
(Final) - O Prestidigitador

Direção e montagem: Vitor Moraes 
Câmera: André Senna / Tomás Von Der Osten / Vitor Moraes
Projeções: Prismáticas
Captação de áudio: Carlos Zubek
Mixagem: Rafael Panke

 ruído/mm é:
Pill / Giva / Liblik / Panke / Ramiro

A Oração da Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade

Eis que finalmente surge no Brasil uma banda-fenômeno a partir de um vídeoclipe bem elaborado. Até então desconhecida mesmo na cena indie, a curitibana A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade (adorei o nome) já acumula mais de 1 milhão de exibições do clipe de "Oração". Mais um indício de que o indie está cada vez mais pop(ular).

A canção é uma meiguice só, indie-fofo (sim, pra mim existe claramente esse subgênero) até o osso, trilha sonora ideal para visitar o Cute Roulette. Resta saber se as outras músicas da banda serão suficientes para mantê-la em destaque ou será o caso de mais um one hit wonder.

Quem não entendeu a citação da banda ao Beirut na página do clipe no Youtube é só assistir ao vídeo abaixo...

Marina Gasolina: o retorno

Prestando homenagem ao rei dos faroestes, Sergio Leone, Marina Ribatski lança seu primeiro single em carreira solo e surpreende um pouco quem esperava maiores semelhanças com sua antiga banda, Bonde do Rolê (que, aliás, encontra-se bastante sumida). Com seu projeto solo, intitulado Marina Gasolina, lança em breve o primeiro CD, no qual estarão parcerias com produtores gringos como Eletronicat e o curitibano one-man band O Lendário Chucrobillyman.

Em "Leone", single que você pode assistir abaixo, Marina abusa da estética do vídeo circa 70/80, de cores lavadas, e musicalmente aproxima-se da eletrônica mais experimental. Relatos sobre as novas canções indicam flertes com IDM e electropunk.

   

Outra versão de "Leone", maior, foi lançada somente em áudio (acima), disponível para download no perfil da agência Sainted PR no Soundcloud.

Desde sua conturbada saída do Bonde do Rolê Marina tem gravado participações em músicas de bandas estrageiras como Maskinen, The Go! Team, Metronomy e Architecture in Helsinki.

31 bandas independentes de 31 países: Music Alliance Pact de agosto

Quando entrei para a Music Alliance Pact, nove meses atrás, a rede de blogs era representada por 21 países. Agora, ultrapassamos a ONU em número de integrantes e já são 31 blogs de diferentes países apresentando ao mundo, mensalmente, uma seleção especial da produção musical independente produzida dentro de suas fronteiras (ou fora delas, nos casos de algumas bandas que acabam se formando ou buscando melhores condições fora dos países de origem de seus integrantes).

Desta vez não vou indicar minhas bandas favoritas na coletânea e deixar que vocês as descubram. Faça logo o download de todas elas e depois leia o que escreveram sobre elas, abaixo.

ÁFRICA DO SUL: Musical Mover & Shaker!
LAN - In The City
"Head-bopping, dance-inducing beats are what LAN are about. LAN (Local Area Network) are the live representation of two DJs (CodecVSTheSound). The band formed in late 2008 and are made up of Gerald and Raffael (who are Codec and TheSound) on synths, percussion, vocals and samplers with Chris Slabber on drums. They call their music a mix of anything from 70s funk to booty bass all dropped over the latest electro tunes. With their song In The City showcasing their many influences and what they have to offer, their new material is sure to set the dancefloors alight."

ALEMANHA: Blogpartei
Timid Tiger - Are You Gonna Go My Way (feat. Ludacris & The Notorious B.I.G.)
"Talvez o Timid Tiger seja mais conhecido mundialmente por seus remixes do que por suas próprias músicas. Não é à toa, já que essa cover de Lenny Kravitz é fóda. Então, aproveite-a - só não se esqueça que a banda também é criativa e inspirada em suas músicas autorais, tanto em estúdio como ao vivo."

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Baby Scream - Ups And Downs
"Baby Scream is a musical project led by Juan Mazzola, with the ocassional collaboration of friends such as Cristian Basualdo, Sebastián Rubin and even Gilby Clarke's bassist Muddy Stardust. Mazzola writes pop songs with a strong influence from classics like The Byrds, The Beatles and The Replacements. This beautiful acoustic ballad was taken from the album with the same name, released last year in the US by Recording Records."

AUSTRÁLIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
The Frowning Clouds - Time Wastin' Woman
"Geelong boys The Frowning Clouds are so 60s and very fun. Lead vocalist Nick (a dead ringer for George Harrison) and his poncho-wielding counterpart Zack rotate between singing and rhythm guitar duties. The coarse vocals of Zack lend backbone to Time Wastin' Woman, oozing with the sounds of the Stones' early catalogue."

BRASIL: Meio Desligado
Copacabana Club - Just Do It
Justin Timberlake curte a banda. O canal da Fox Brasil usa uma de suas músicas em um comercial. A Folha de S. Paulo fala bem deles. Estão indicados no VMB 2009 como "Revelação do ano". Fizeram show em um puteiro pra gente descolada e, além disso, são bonitos, estilosos e hypados. Precisa de mais alguma coisa para que você ao menos passe a prestar atenção no Copacabana Club? E eu ainda nem falei do som...
Formado por duas gatas garotas e três caras (entre eles um ex-membro do incrível The Ess), a banda lançou em 2008 o EP King Of The Night, do qual "Just Do It" faz parte. Dançante e com levada new rave (a.k.a disco music revisitada), a comparação mais óbvia é com o CSS, mas em vez de comparar é melhor ouvir a banda e tirar suas próprias conclusões.

CANADÁ: I(Heart)Music
Centretown Cripplers - Eat The Bee
"Centretown Cripplers are a seven-piece. I only mention this because they're a garage rock band, and bands in that genre typically have a much more minimalistic approach to line-ups. As Eat The Bee shows, however, in this case size doesn't matter. Centretown Cripplers are loud, raucous, primal... and awesome."

CHILE: Super 45
Mostro - Moha Moha
"Mostro, one of the cornerstones of the Chilean indie music scene, are Carlos and Jaime Reinoso, two mutant brothers who deliver an intense and creative musical experience. Playing, in their own words, "evil pop" with a guitar, drum and small keyboard, they attack you (yes, literally attack you) with a mix of minimal electronica and raw, intense rock that simply knocks you down, just like American duo High Places were when both bands recently shared a stage. Moha Moha, taken from their second LP Consumido Por Pájaros ("Eaten By Birds") is a small appetizer of their genius insanity while we await their third album."

CHINA: Wooozy
Sonnet - A Nice Song
"Sonnet are a disco/indie rock band from Shanghai. As one of the few third rock generation in Shanghai, they've just independently released their second demo S-File. One of the band members is now helping the SOMA indie label host live shows at the Dream Factory venue in their native city."

CINGAPURA: I'm Waking Up To...
Jonathan Chan - Water Line
"Taking a step back from the catchy power-punk of his band Plainsunset, Jonathan Chan comes forward with a more intimate and soulful musical offering with his EP, Pencil Tracings. An illustrator in his own right, Jonathan perhaps did not find it uncomfortable to show a more earnest, intricate side to his music. With Water Line, he seems right at home sketching out a brief outline of the world going by, with a guitar in hand and a somber voice, singing of life's constant love."

CORÉIA DO SUL: Indieful ROK
Sunkyeol - I'll Write When I'm There
"Kyoungmo Kim of Especially When has a new band and their name is Sunkyeol. Equipped with great melodies and a bit of experimentation that leaves a warm, fuzzy feeling, Sunkyeol are currently looking for a label to release their first single. I'll Write When I'm There was co-written and recorded with Joe Hollick of Wolf People in a joint project that never took off."

DINAMARCA: All Scandinavian
Jong Pang - Liar Liar
"Jong Pang aka Anders Rhedin released his lauded debut solo album Bright White Light just last year and already he's got the follow-up ready and out. It's titled Love and it is a magnificent alternative pop-rock effort from which I'm happy to present irresistible first single Liar Liar."

ESCÓCIA: The Pop Cop
My Cousin I Bid You Farewell - What We Are Eating Tonight
"If this song is anything to go by, My Cousin I Bid You Farewell are cooking up something rather tasty. As a statement of intent for a band who have been around for less than a year, it reveals the scale of the ambition from within. It is big and it is clever. The Kate Bush-style piano melody, the brooding guitars and Jonathan Sellar’s haunting vocals - which resemble Win Butler’s - propel What We Are Eating Tonight into an anthem for the restless. Cracking song, cracking band."

ESTADOS UNIDOS: I Guess I'm Floating
Happy Family - Cups
"Baltimore's Happy Family, sandwiched somewhere between Panda Bear and Atlas Sound, are the latest in a group of like-minded lo-fi psych-pop outfits (Memory Cassette, Neon Indian, Washed Out) to be picking up buzz around the blogosphere. Cups is one of my favorite jams of the summer, taken from the recently-released Sound Farm EP which you can grab as a free download here."

FINLÂNDIA: Glue
Astrid Swan - Unrelated
"Earlier this year singer Astrid Swan dumped the piano (and along with it, the dramatically adorned songs) and took the guitar to compose simple, but sincere and personal pop songs that she recorded with a new band, The Drunk Lovers, for her soon-to-be released third album Better Than Wages. There we can find this synth-pop gem about erroneous encounters."

FRANÇA: ZikNation
Mama's Mule - Globe Trotter
"The Mule and Venom met during a studio session in 2007 and they immediatly clicked. For about a year, they kept seeing each other every now and then between concerts, studio sessions, taking the dog out, vacations and soccer games. Meanwhile, Jessy Rakotomanga and Sylvain Moreau pledged allegiance to the secret society. January 2009: tadaaaam. First demo. Three tracks. Viagra for your ears. Just listen."

GRÉCIA: Mouxlaloulouda
Film - Filter
"After a two-year period of experimentation in the studio, Film are releasing their third album. Persona is a dizzyingly beautiful set of delicate atmospheric songs with cinematic aesthetics and a detailed production. It signifies a different, more inviting musical direction that is influenced by the compositions of Vangelis Papathanasiou and summons lush combined voices, pop melodies, electronics, sparse strings and brasses. An album that is best taken from start to finish, where the songs will uncover its manifold delights, endear and impress."

ÍNDIA: Indiecision
Sridhar/Thayil - Bring Me Rain
"The project of theatre actor and singer Suman Sridhar and poet Jeet Thayil, Sridhar/Thayil's lyrical pop takes thematic Indian music sensibilities and combines them with an urban swagger in the vein of early Björk and, occasionally, Tom Waits. Bring Me Rain is a perfect example of their dirty-sexy feel, taking traditional Indian sounds and cooking up something that could work equally well at a nu-jazz club or a grimy bar. Sridhar/Thayil have been around since 2007 and they're currently working on releasing their debut album."

INDONÉSIA: Deathrockstar
The Wispy Hummers - My Love
"The Wispy Hummers is a singer-songwriter who is much influenced by The Zombies, Bright Eyes, Destroyer, Death Cab For Cutie and, above all, Bob Dylan. She has released two EPs, both recorded at home, creating a signature lo-fi quality that makes the songs more honest, heartfelt and nostalgic."

INGLATERRA: The Daily Growl
The xx - Crystalised
"Although they went to the same school as Four Tet and Burial, don't go making too many assumptions about The xx, a group of four teenagers from South London currently making waves in the UK ahead of the release of their debut album later this month. They may share similar influences (dub, R'n'B) but they take their songs in another direction with magnificently minimal production, all of which is done by themselves."

ISLÂNDIA: I Love Icelandic Music
Agent Fresco - Above These City Lights
"Agent Fresco formed in early 2008 with the goal of competing in the Músíktilraunir contest, a sort of Battle of the Bands, which they subsequently won. The quartet write complex songs with lots of rhythm changes and received the Brightest Hope (Best Newcomer) Award at the 2008 Icelandic Music Awards. The band, who released a five-song EP called Lightbulb Universe last December, are currently working on their debut album."

IRLANDA: Nialler9
The Dying Seconds - The Ladder Drops
"To some people electronic music is impersonal. It's just an orgy of numbers, dancing together and doing as they're told. But have you ever wondered what would happen if you took apart the machine and tried to replace the motherboard with a human heart?" The Dying Seconds' own description says it better than I could. This is taken from their 2009 EP Some Grand Romantic Gesture. Lovely stuff. Download their album here."

ITÁLIA: Polaroid
Fitness Forever - Vacanze a Settembre
"It's August, everyone down here is on holiday and Fitness Forever are the perfect soundtrack, with their glamorous sound inspired by Burt Bacharach, Armando Trovajoli and classic 60s lounge-pop. They recently released their first album on the Spanish label Elefant Records and played a joyful set at the Indietracks Festival in the UK, making Derbyshire feel warm like a Mediterranean spot."

JAPÃO: JPOP Lover
Nuito - NeKoMaJiN vs
"Nuito are a post-rock experimental trio who formed in Kyoto in 2004. With tapping guitar, slap bass and hard drum, Nuito rapidly change beat and rhythm while they play, and make an immediate impression. Their experimental attitude is not about musical destruction or collaboration, but reconstruction."

MÉXICO: Club Fonograma
Selma Oxor - Abrazame Demonio
"Selma Oxor are the vindication of a youth spent having fun exploring rock, techno and pop, an all-in-one distorted vision that according to their MySpace sounds like "a cow giving birth". From their self-titled debut album comes Abrazame Demonio, a moment of useless exertion perhaps, but it's one of the few perfect songs we'll get to hear this year. It effectively transforms noisy punk into some kind of urban uprising."

NOVA ZELÂNDIA: Counting The Beat
Sora Shima - Hello Big Sky (Radio 909 remix)
"Sora Shima are a four-piece instrumental group from Hamilton who specialise in the kind of start quiet, end apocalyptic epics that you hear from the likes of Explosions In The Sky or fellow countrymen Jakob. Hello Big Sky is from their third EP, Destroy Electronica. You'll find links to free downloads of the previous two releases on their MySpace. The five tracks on Destroy Electronica see the band experiment more with the form, adding variety but losing none of the power."

NORUEGA: Eardrums
Casa Murilo - 19th Floor
"Casa Murilo are the perfect band to present on a global project like MAP. They are based in Norway, originally from England and started making music together in Brazil. Two Englishmen, Chris Winfield and Dan Hesketh, met, lived and worked in Brazil for two years. They fell in love with two Norwegian girls. They moved to Oslo and started a band, Casa Murilo, with two Norwegian friends. They are currently in the studio recording their debut EP, The Waldemar Thranes Debacle."

PERU: SoTB
Serpentina Satelite - Nothing To Say
"Serpentina Satelite formed at the end of 2003 in Lima. Their sound oscillates among calm, violence and ecstasy, in the spirit of space-rock and Krautrock. Their second record Nothing To Say, released on the Trip In Time label, is an extended five-track epic in which Serpentina Satelite bring us a turbulent and more powerful, rough sound. For the title track Nothing To Say, you better fasten your seatbelts - this is a high energy rock 'n' roll freak-out!"

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Ölga - It's Alright
"Ölga formed in 2001, as a quartet, from the ashes of another band. In 2003, they won an alternative rock contest and were invited by an indie label to release their first EP, Ö, in 2004. Their cello player left the band and their sound, as a trio, became more rock oriented. Their first LP, What Is, was released in early 2005. In 2007, they started recording their new record, La Resistance, which will be released in September. It's Alright is the first single and it is, at this time, only free and legally downloadable through the Music Alliance Pact."

ROMÊNIA: Babylon Noise
The :Egocentrics - Mystic Initiation
"Loose jams, goosebumps, trance and therapy. These are the reasons why the three-piece instrumental band formed in Timisoara in early 2007. Combining stoner-rock vibes, 60s psychedelic, 70s rock 'n' roll with hints of old prog rock and post-metal - along with colourful, hypnotising visuals in a live setting - the band take an almost shamanic approach to music, acting like an intermediary between the listener and that mysterious and far away realm behind your eyelids."

SUÉCIA: Swedesplease
Erik de Vahl - Running
"Erik de Vahl describes his new record as "the straightest pop songs I've ever done but also some more experimental pieces". You can hear both influences on the single song Running. It has a Memphis slow jam feel with instrumentation that reminds me of a classic Ann Peebles track, but it's layered in such a way with so many found sounds and samples that it does sound truly experimental."

VENEZUELA: Barquisimeto Musical
Mr. Swing & The Bongo Clan - Mi Camino
"Mr. Swing & The Bongo Clan are a new band that gathers nine talented musicians from the Conservatory of the City of Barquisimeto, the same place where the famous music director Gustavo Dudamel came from. After almost 10 years of work, these guys released their debut album Ska*Jazz Venezolano, merging two musical genres with a wonderful result. Mi Camino shows the real soul of this band."

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