Copa da Cultura 2.0

COPA DA CULTURA 2.0 June 12 – 2014 July 13 Sergio Mendes | Ed Motta | Bixiga 70 | Da Lata | Emicida | Tulipa Ruiz | and many others

Open-air concerts & public viewing John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin hkw.de/en

June 14 Saturday 8 pm

June 12 Thursday 8 pm

A permanent feature of Berlin’s Afro-Brazilian music scene for years: Vatapá de Fruta Pão, named after a speciality from Salvador de Bahia, made from bread, fish, Dendé oil, nuts,

The district of Bixiga, São Paulo’s hotspot, is both the birthplace and the source of the name for this ten-piece instrumental big band. Creatively building on their musical basis in seventies Funk, avant-garde Pop, Jazz and Dub, they add Afrobeat, Malinké, Samba and Cumbia as required. The number in their name is both an indication of their retro leanings and a reference to Fela Kuti’s Africa 70. With their debut album “Bixiga 70” they have already made it 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

Bixiga 70

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

Vatapá de Fruta Pão

seafood and African spices. And just like the dish, the band’s fusion of Bossa Nova, Samba-Reggae, Funk and Jazz has its own special intensity. And the mixture continues: Compositions from the guitarist and singer Arnaldo Prete telling musical stories from the streets of São Paulo to the beaches of Rio, Brazil and Africa, stand alongside absolute classics from Música Popular Brasileira.

Tickets €5

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June 28 Saturday 8 pm

Friday 8 pm

Having explored Brazil’s musical landscape as a child, followed by the USA and Europe, the singer, guitarist and composer Monica Besser’s musical roots are widely scattered.

And it is precisely this musical and linguistic

Monica Besser

diversity that provides the inspiration for her artistry. After “Fina Flor,” a female Forró band, she began her career as a singer-songwriter. Music for films and stage plays alternated with international tours, before she finally settled in Berlin.

Her last album “Fusion Rocks,” an intimate distillation of her travel experiences and work with renowned musicians, was again produced in Brazil, in Rio. A light and carefree excursus through

A revival of the darker variety of Brazilian psychedelia. The vinyl archaeologist and DJ Joel Stone, together with the guitarist and

Fumaça Preta

June 20

Their name “Black Smoke” is programmatic:

shouter Stuart Carter and the bassist James Porch, both from The Grits, created Fumaça Preta along with the percussionist and producer Alex Figueira. Since then they have conjured up “A Bruxa” (the witch) or insanity in “Loco” with their mix of Tropicalia and Fuzz Funk, Acid House, musique concrète, Radiophonic electronics und Afro Beat. Tape echo, punchy drumming and spooky guitar distortion generate an intensive psychedelic sound experience: This witch will get you!

Tickets €10/€8

different musical universes.

Tickets €5

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June 29 Sunday 8 pm

July 4

Founded in 2004 in the midst of the carnival in Vitoria, Napalma pursue their mission of spreading a highly contagious dance fever,

Friday 8 pm

a mission they will accomplish at Copa da Cultura 2.0, just as they have at various ven­ ues around the world: The Cairo Opera House

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

Tickets €10/€8

progressive political message, accompanied by the finest beats that Brazilian Hip Hop has

Emicida

Napalma

and International Jazz Festival in Cape Town,

to offer. In the midst of the international football hype, Emicida lends his voice to the demands for social change, supporting the mass protests against extrava­ gance and corruption.

Tickets €10/€8

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July 7 Monday 8 pm

Almost 50 years ago Sergio Mendes cele-

July 5 Saturday 8 pm

brated his first international breakthrough with Brazil ’66 and his version of Jorge Ben’s composition “Mas que Nada,” which became a lasting hit. However, Mendes’ unique longterm success is not just built on past glories, instead he has remained open to new developments 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 Peas, was again nominated for a

cian of the year by “Rolling Stone” magazine,

Grammy. The pianist and compos­er

Tulipa Ruiz

and musician of the decade by the Brazilian newspaper “Folha de São Paulo.” Her 2012 album “Tudo Tanto” featured giants of the Brazilian music scene such as Criolo or Lulu Santos. Following tours of Brazil, Japan and Turkey, for the Football World Cup Tulipa Ruiz will be stopping off at Berlin‘s place-to-be during the international football fever season.

Tickets €10/€8

Sergio Mendes

album “Efêmera” (2011) she was voted musi-

frequently collaborates with talented musicians and singers from around the world, having worked with Juanes, Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder and Justin Timberlake. With “Sergio Mendes Brazil 2014,” the maestro builds on his global fame, once again displaying his dedication to “the magic of Brazilian melodies” at Copa da Cultura 2.0.

Tickets €36

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July 8 Tuesday 8 pm

July 9

“World Class” is the verdict of the newspaper “Die Welt” on the heavyweight singer and songwriter from Rio de Janeiro. Long established as

Wednesday 8 pm

the guiding light between Música Popular Brasileira, Soul, Rock and Jazz in his home country, Ed Motta is still an insider tip here in Germany.

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

From 7 pm warm-up with DJ Marcus Liesenfeld (Bungalow Records)

Tickets €14/€10

Graveola

Ed Motta

Nominated for the Latin Grammy in 2006 for his

ics” of corruption and the take­ over of the country by the International Football Association. It is no coincidence that they also give solidarity concerts in the Favelas, with their “uniquely skewed indie aesthetic” (“Guardian”).

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July 12 Saturday 8 pm

July 13

For over 20 years, Patrick Forge, trailblazer for the Brazilian sound on British radio station Kiss FM in the 1990s, and Chris Franck have

Sunday 8 pm

conducted their very own field research into 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 Tropicalia, Afro-Brazilian with British atti­tude

Da Lata

and an unerring instinct for a danceable sound. With a virtuoso global family of musicians, the core duo has mutated into a multi-piece band with “Killer Groove” (“Guardian”).

Tickets €10/€8

Rainhas do Norte

stage show with a raw live spirit - London

America, these nine female musicians provide the right atmosphere for the World Cup: Vocal diversity and a large battery of percussion instruments consist­ ing of Gongue bells, Alfaia base drums, Ganza rattles, Calabashes and more, evoking the rhythms of north-eastern Brazil. With DJ Grace Kelly on board these “Queens” of the traditional beats and the antiphony of the Maracatú from the Carnaval do Recife mix it up with contemporary sounds from Berlin.

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July 13 Sunday 11 pm

“Rediscover the mix” is her motto: Cross cultural DJ, percussionist, and not least dancer, Grace Kelly is the Brazilian beat

DJ Grace Kelly

landscape expert, enriching it with Drum’n’Bass and Electro. Having arrived in Berlin almost 20 years ago from Bahia, where she was already active as a drummer, she continues to rock the city’s decks.

Listen carefully and you can trace the various ingredients of her sound – Afro-Brazilian, Eastern European and Oriental rhythms.

Once again, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: a unique, distinctive Mundo mix.

Admission free

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