2022
The percentage of black people in Colombia is almost the same as in the U.S.
A country within a country But the visual and sound narratives of black peoples are rarely brought to life outside our communities: we know and celebrate ourselves, but remain nearly invisible through an external lens. Even when black musicians gain visibility(e.g. Chocquibtown), production is still mainly led by white/mestizo producers from outside the afro colombian community.
Our country is our music.
Introduction
In Manos Visibles we have worked for 12 years for the construction of racial and gender equity in Colombia through education, technology, empowerment and especially from the culture and new narratives. The 15,000 visible hands that are part of our network today speak of a transformative, committed, creative and talented leadership to change the benchmarks and imaginaries from and for their communities. Now, after a call with nearly 200 applications and a rigorous selection process, we proudly present the first generation of PACIFIC MASTER BEAT - SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRODUCTION. This initiative is committed to the new generation of young women and men who from the territory are creating sound narratives that tell the world about their talent, their region and the greatest of all their wealth: their culture. The stories and songs of these 81 musical leaders of Tumaco (Nariño), Guapi (Cauca), Timbiquí (Cauca) and Quibdó (Chocó) are the reflection and dream of their ancestry, the result of the determination of their youth and the hope of a region that summons us from its own voices and sounds. This school is possible thanks to the Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund and its commitment in Colombia for the ethnic power of music and audiovisual media for the construction of equity from diversity, resilience and talent. Welcome to Pacífico Master Beat 2022 and let’s keep #RaisingTheBar.
Pacífico Master Beat is the first music production school in the colombian pacific. We build racial and gender equity through the power of sound. We are the next generation of artist making the music of the jungle and the waters.
MUSIC MADE WITH AWARENESS, QUALITY AND IMPACT Our training cycle is based on the intervention model of the cultural strategy of Visible Hands: awareness, quality and impact. Through more than 40 specific topics, about 200 hours of training and a 26-week process, we strengthen not only the technical skills of the participants but their leadership and potential for transformation. ●
LIFE PROJECT The leader I want to be
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READING CIRCLE The stories we’re writing
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GENDER AND NEW MASCULINITIES My leadership role to change imaginaries and actions.
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MUSIC AND MOVING IMAGE The narrative of body
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CREATIVE WRITING The stories I want to tell
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Creative writing Photography and moving image Music video clip lab.
Technology
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Production
Music
Fundamentals of music theory Sound qualities Musical language Notation and solfeggio system Basic harmony Songwriting Instrumental arrangement Musical analysis of rhythms and compositions of the Colombian Pacific
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Technological literacy Musical software Tools for communication How to produce powerful content with a cell phone?
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Executive production Music production Show production Audiovisual production Communications
Musical LEGALAB Speech for transformation Cultural management Where and how to change power relations from art? Cultural markets Pacific Master Camp Cali, August 2022
Pacific Master Beat Director. Musician and music producer with more than 20 years of experience in the most important sounds and groups of the Colombian Pacific. He has worked with Guayacán Orquesta and the group Saboreo.
Musician, producer and engineer. Founder of Bombo Records: record label, producer and studio recording Pacific music and contemporary fusions with traditional rhythms and sounds of the region. Salgado was a member of Bahía Group and has been music producer for artists such as Hendrix B., Choibá and Herencia de Timbiquí, among others.
Traditional singer, composer and teacher. Founder of Grupo Canalón de Timbiquí, community leader and one of the most outstanding artists of the Colombian Pacific. She is also a member of Pacifican Power and co-founder of the musical project Quantic and Nidia Góngora.
Music producer, composer and urban singer. This Choco artist has more than 20 years of experience in the musical field. He is member of Pacifican Power and was part of Chocquibtown in its beginnings. Alexis is today an independent artist, composer and producer of his own sounds and lyrics, cultural leader and reference for the youth of the region.
Manager and tour producer with more than 10 years of experience. César has worked with important groups such as Herencia de Timbiquí, Kinteto Pacífico and Rancho Aparte. He is also founder, producer and manager of Pacifican Power, one of the most important groups in the region and a collective leadership project that brings together the talents of the Pacific with greater projection around its music.
Singer, music teacher with emphasis on instrumental performance (popular singing) and artist from Chocó. Perea has been member of important groups such as Guayacán Orquesta, Golpe de Amporá and Sol de Abril. He has also been Coordinator of Culture of the municipality of Quibdó, manager of culture of Visible Hands and currently responsible for the cultural area of the Bank of the Republic in his native Quibdó.
Singer, composer, arranger, music director, researcher and multi-instrumentalist of Pacific music. Candelario is director of the Bahía Groupe, national and international representative of the region music. He has dedicated his musical career to the diffusion of the Colombian Pacific music. His work has focused mainly on research, creation, production and dissemination of the music of this colombian region.
Composer, arranger, saxophonist and marimbero from Chocó. Founder and director of the group Kinteto Pacífico with which since 2008 he has achieved national and international recognition for their important contributions and explorations on the traditional music of the Colombian Pacific.
Musician, producer, composer and arranger with more than 10 years of musical experience representing the Pacific inside and outside the country. The master Obando is born in Guapi and is also a bassist, guitarist and pianist. Currently a member of Pacifican Power, he has collaborated with artists such as Luisito Carrión, Jaime Murrell, Grupo Bahía, Esteban Copete and Carlos Vives, among others.
Musical director and cultural manager. Renowned musician, arranger and composer born in Quibdó. He is director of La Contundencia and has led groups such as Grupo Raza, Chirimía Tradicional , Bogasonbo, and Hinchao su Gente with which he has produced more than 17 albums. He is currently director of the Bachelor of Music and Dance at the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó and president of ASINCH (Association for Cultural Research of the Chocó).
Director, composer and arranger with decades of experience in the musical field. Nominated for five Grammy Awards and winner twice, Maestro Valencia is the director of Puerto Candelaria, popular musician and academic, with a master’s degree in composition is also founder of the production company Merlín Producciones with which he has worked with artists such as Maité Hontelé, Calle 13 and Chocquibtown, among others.
Producer and director of Antorcha Films. He has produced several well-known and award-winning films at festivals around the world such as "Perro come Perro" and "Doctor Alemán", "Deshora" and "Anina". He is the director of "Chocó" film selected at the Berlin Film Festival and opening film at the 2012 Cartagena International Film Festival. In 2016, he premiered "Saudó" and in 2017 "Candelaria" winner of Best Director in Parallel Section of authors of the Venice Film Festival and Audience Award Latin Cinema 30ES Rencontres de Toulouse.
Director of the documentation center Corp- Oraloteca - University of Chocó, with which she won the Visible Anthropology prize in 2014. She has made several short films and documentaries such as Velo qué Bonito, Los Sonidos Invisibles and Unos zapatos para Cassinda. Anthropologist from the University of the Andes, master’s degree in social anthropology from the University of Barcelona. Pacific Power Master’s Degree in Cultural and Audiovisual Management and Production from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and Visible Hands.
Musician, composer, producer and cultural manager with more than 30 years of experience. He has led conceptual, artistic and cultural projects of great impact and national and international advocacy, articulating music with tradition, through a language such as the province anD Carlos Vives, ChocQuibtown, the Orchestra Philharmonic of Bogota, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto (all them Grammy Award winners), Patrik Pulzinger and different artists in Europe, USA and Latin America.
Poet, novelist, storyteller, teacher, literary carver, journalist, essayist, cultural researcher, ethnologist and editor. He studied Literature and Anthropology and the University of Cauca awarded him in 2012 the title Honoris Causa in Literature. Alfredo Vanín’s work inserts the jungle, the ancestors, the founding elements of the Black people’s worldview; it outlines his vision of the world, the order of relationship with things.
Agronomist with studies in Social Services Management and Latin American Social Development. Former president of the Fundación Fiestas Franciscanas de Quibdó (Fiestas de Sanpacho). In 2011, within the framework of the International Poetry Festival of Medellín «El espíritu del origen», he coordinated the presentation in Quibdó of African poets. Passionate about rivers and their continuous stream, peaceful, committed to just causes. Intermittent columnist and unrepentant music lover.
Afro pacifican beat singer and member of the group Bejuco since 2016. Through her music she wants to bring the sounds and stories of the tradition of the South Pacific to the world.
Audiovisual producer and assistant in the musical production of Anansio Studio. With his music he seeks to show and promote the musical talent of the Colombian youth of the South Pacific.
Salsa singer and reference for young artists in her municipality. Through her music she seeks to express the power of women in art and social change.
Producer, arranger and composer. Currently he is a member of the group Bejuco. Through his music he seeks to tell the stories of everyday life in the Pacific.
Urban singer and cultural leader, passionate about Afrobeat. He seeks to make his musical and production work an inspiration and option for the youth of Tumaco.
Director of the School of Music Villalola and through her work seeks to contribute to the strengthening of artistic talents.
Singer, musical reference and youth leader of her municipality. She is member of the group Plu con Pla. Through her music she seeks to talk about her identity and the history of resistance in her community.
Legal representative, professor and traditional musician of the Changó Foundation. Through his music he wants to empower his community to contribute to peace building.
Singer, audiovisual producer with more than 15 years of experience, member of the Changó Foundation and its communications team. He has experience as a music producer, passionate about salsa rhythms and traditional sounds, he seeks to change the narratives about the region from his music.
Singer of traditional music of the Changó Foundation, where she has trained and grown as an artist of the traditional music of the Pacific and now with her individual project as urban salsa singer.
Cultural manager, researcher of Afro-Pacific music and legal representative of Bejuco. Through his music he seeks to tell the daily life of the black communities of his territory.
Music and audiovisual producer and participant of the Youth Leadership Program - DALE 20.20. Through his music he seeks to explore new sounds and highlight the stories of his community.
Mister F, singer, composer and artist from Tumaco. He has also made musical production and is dedicated to dancehall and more recently to urban salsa. Through his music he seeks to export the sounds of the Pacific to the world.
Singer and voice leader of the Chalón music ministry. Rocío is a composer and leader serving her community in Tumaco. She believes that culture can care for and transform the lives of young people and therefore believes that music has the power to save lives.
Rapsólogo, composer, performer and musical leader. He has participated in the Carnival of Fire and through his rap seeks to raise awareness and reach other young people who like him have found in the music inspiration and care.
Music producer with more than 10 years of experience in music. He is also a composer and performer who seeks to promote the youth talent of the South Pacific through his work.
Lead voice and teacher of the group Cueros y Chontas in Tumaco. Eliana has participated in several versions of the Petronio Álvarez Festival and through her music she wants that the world hears the life stories of fishermen and mangrove “concheras” (sea shellers) of the South Pacific.
Daughter of Chocó, singer-songwriter and passionate about the chirimía and the music of the North Pacific. Elvia is a performer of urban salsa and seeks to transmit through her music the love, joy, sweetness and resistance of her community.
He has been making music for nearly ten years, composing and renewing urban sounds from Tumaco. Now from Backsen and William wants to take his leadership to the next level. Through his music he seeks to express lyrics of freedom and inspiration for the youth of the Pacific.
Musical producer with more than 15 years of experience in the creation of urban sounds, fusion and urban salsa. He is also a rapper, instrumentalist and composer. Through his music he seeks to talk about the people and sounds that surround him as young people of the Pacific.
Singer, performer and rapper from the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. She has worked as a singer of Afro-Latin groups in her country. She is currently dedicated to her solo project and uses her music to transform other people’s lives.
Urban artist, singer and composer from the South Pacific. He is also part of M.A. Estudio and through his music he seeks to tell stories about his reality as an Afro-Colombian youth.
After 10 years of being part of different groups and musical movements in Tumaco, Camilo is today a symbol of renewal and preservation of ancestral sounds through his marimba in Bejuco, in addition to being a musical production assistant.
Singer-songwriter and empirical music producer. He is born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador and has participated with his songs in different festivals in his country, with outstanding performances. Through his music he seeks to transmit messages of resistance to other people.
Musician, artist and independent singer. Jaby has been linked to musical processes for more than ten years and more recently to explore genres such as vallenato. Through his music he seeks to make his talent available to the community.
Manager of the hip-hop culture of Tumaco, artist, singer, composer and producer of festivals, events and concerts of urban music in Tumaco. He seeks to transcend through his music and leave an urban cultural legacy for his municipality.
Member of Rey de la Selva and representative of rap conscience from the north of the Colombian Pacific. Through his music he seeks to raise awareness and grow his culture.
Musician, singer and composer from Chocó, son of Istmina. In 2021 he won the Chirimía category of the Petronio Álvarez Festival with the group Son y Sabor. He seeks to rescue the Afro-descendant cultural tradition in the territory through his music.
Multi-instrumentalist, especially dedicated to guitar and bass. Through her music she seeks to fuse ancestral wisdom and new sounds to connect emotions and people with their roots.
Son of Nuquí (Chocó), composer, singer and creator of audiovisual content. He is passionate about urban music and through his creations seeks to contribute to the construction of racial and gender equity.
She is a singer, makes clothes and also does photography in her territory. Kiaran sings in the religious congregation to which he belongs and through rap seeks to transmit positive messages and hope to the youth of Chocó.
Musician, teacher and music producer of the Motivarte Cultural Center. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist, he believes that music is the best way to tell stories and young people like Daniel have a lot to tell the world.
Rapper from Chocó and composer of urban music. With her music she seeks to empower and talk about the recognition of women’s rights and create pieces that talk about freedom for her community.
Ballad singer and passionate about the new sounds of the African diaspora in the world, especially salsa. Through she music she seeks to bring love to all people who need it.
For more than five years she has dedicated her life to music. Today she creates sounds for a brave and dreamy woman. She is a singer and composer of great stories. She seeks to inspire with her music the path of other women.
Singer, performer and passionate about music since her childhood. Ibeth has been part of several groups and has accompanied other artistic processes in Quibdó. Her music is to release emotions and serve as a refuge for other people.
Singer, trombonist and composer of Quibdó. She has also been linked to other artistic processes such as the dance collective Fibra Negra of the UTCH. Through her music she wants to convey the power of black women in society.
Guitarist, singer, composer and piano and bass player. He also has experience as a music producer and arranger, passionate about exploring sounds and formats that can be merged with the traditional music of the region. He is member of "Pacific in Strings" project.
Composer, producer and arranger. He is currently dedicated to his project Los Negritos del Ritmo with which he seeks to merge the traditional music of Chocó with the new sounds of the African diaspora in the world.
Solo singer with more than 15 years of experience who seeks to use music to explore and experience the new sounds of the African diaspora with her voice.
Musician, producer, arranger and currently director of Jazzchirimusic. He has also represented Chocó nationally and internationally and has been a production assistant and bass player at Rancho Aparte.
Cellist of the free symphonic orchestra of Quibdó with great experience as an instrumentalist. Through her music she wants to bring ancestral rhythms to the modern world and lead that change of sound narratives.
Percussionist for more than 10 years and has represented the Chocó in different groups of national level. He seeks to train other children through his music in the Chocó.
Singer and social leader of Quibdó. Passionate about the music of the North Pacific, especially the chirimía. She is also part of the Afro-Empowered Women’s Foundation, from where she exercises her community leadership.
Artist, flutist and singer. Since she was a child Gabriela has been linked to music as an instrumentalist and backing singer of different groups. With her music she seeks to narrate feelings, experiences and traditions of her region.
Violinist, singer and instrumentalist. Currently she is part of the Free Symphony Orchestra of Quibdó and the Representative Group Bambazú. Through her music she seeks to tell the stories and sounds of her territory.
Artist, musician and trumpeter of chirimia and exotic rhythm. He is also an instrumentalist, sings and composes. Luis has participated in the Petronio Álvarez Festival and seeks that through his music awareness is generated in the youth of his region.
Pride of Alto Baudó, better known as Pipe Sander, Andrés is a singer and composer of urban music, with which he seeks to make his territory visible and transform lives.
Artist, clarinetist, saxophonist, dancer and choreographer. With his art he has reached national stages as part of Chirimia groups. Through his music he seeks to explore genres and sounds that connect him with his corporality and ancestral strength.
Music producer and director of the studio "La habitación del tiempo", he has been producing music for about five years and exploring different mixes as he is also passionate about electronic music. His music talks about love and forgiveness.
Pianist and passionate about the traditional music of the Chocó, composer and singer of pop and urban music. Through his music he seeks to connect with the stories of the youth of the region and the country.
Arranger, composer and singer. He plays piano and guitar to accompany genres such as ballad and pop. Through his music he seeks to capture stories about his daily life and love.
Music and audiovisual producer, founder and member of the musical group Excélsior. Currently dedicated to gospel music and R&B with which he seeks to connect his music with the spirit.
Singer and urban composer. Better known as LP Persy. Andrés is dedicated to transmitting messages against violence and abuse of power. His rap is protest, resistance and waste of youth talent.
Singer, pianist and member of Guapi Son, with which he has participated in the Petronio Álvarez Festival. He is also a teacher and producer of other artists in his municipality. Through his music he seeks to build social fabric.
Singer and composer of urban music in Guapi. He started eight years ago in music, participating in different events at the municipal level. Currently dedicated to production.
Son of Buenaventura, artist, musician and composer. Founder and legal representative of Reincarnation of the Pacific in Guapi, a group dedicated to traditional sounds. Through his music he seeks to offer care environments for youth.
Arranger, traditional musician and renowned Marimba player of the South Pacific, even the Petronio Álvarez Festival granted him some years ago the recognition as best marimba player. His music seeks to safeguard the ancestral wealth of his culture.
Composer, performer and empirical producer of urban and youth sounds in Guapi. With his music he seeks to narrate stories of resilience, overcoming and caring for youth. He has been nominated for regional awards for his compositions.
Audiovisual producer, composer and empirical music producer. He has focused his work on recording and creating pieces that talk about the traditional music of the South Pacific. Through his work he seeks to serve to make visible the artistic talent of Guapi.
Pianist, bassist and harmonic instrumentalist. He is also a composer and music producer of various genres and artistic proposals in his municipality. Through his music he seeks to speak of gratitude for the talents given to the youth of the Pacific.
Singer, composer and member of “Rompiendo Records”, a musical production project with which he seeks to lead the creation of new urban sounds from the Caucasian Pacific coast. Through his music he seeks to carry messages of love and community resilience.
Artist, urban singer and member of Flow On Wheels. As a hip-hop singer she has participated in regional and national events. Through her music she seeks to mobilize ideas of empowerment for Afro women in Colombia.
Composer, singer, audiovisual producer and director of Proyecto Arkano, with which he seeks to offer other urban artists of Guapi the possibility of recording and producing with quality and their own label . With his music, he seeks to innovate in the creation of sound narratives.
Born in Timbiquí, with more than 10 years of experience in musical production, through his project Timbimusic. With his music he seeks to dabble in non-traditional genres and even instrumental tracks with the potential to internationalize his production.
Singer and performer of instruments of traditional Pacific music. Sebastian is a chorus singer of the group Cañaveral de Timbiquí. He seeks to make music his life project and is the youngest participant in our school.
Singer, songwriter and member of Project Arkano. Anthony is from Timbiqui, he makes music since childhood and is currently dedicated to producing urban sounds, conscious and from the heart, since music for him, is shelter, healing and sacrifice.
Singer of traditional and urban music, member of the Project Arkano and independent artist of Timbiquí. Maryi seeks to merge the traditional sounds of her region with an urban proposal made from and for the women of her community.
Manager, creator and cultural leader of Timbiquí. Music teacher, urban artist, founder and president of the artistic and cultural association Navegando. With his music he fuses the sounds of the African diaspora with the traditional songs of the South Pacific.
Singer, songwriter and member of the Arkano Project. Albert began in music exploring urban sounds, afrobeat and dance hall. Currently, he is dedicated to learning tools for mixing and musical production with which he seeks to serve other artists.
Singer, composer and independent creator of pop music, ballad and exploring mergers with urban sounds. Through her creations she seeks to inspire the youth of her municipality, telling their experiences and the main aspirations of their community.
Founder and president of Flow Sobre Ruedas, a musical creation project for emerging urban artists in Guapi. Leider is dedicated to rap awareness and connect his youth with the strength of ancestral narratives.
Composer, singer and member of the Arkano Project in Timbiquí. He began several years ago in the artistic world, through street freestyle in his municipalities and is currently dedicated to creating new beats and lyrics for other artists in the South Pacific.
Singer-songwriter, teacher and musical artist with a career as a youth leader in Timbiquí. He is currently member of the Open Sea project: firm steps in walking, with which he seeks to strengthen the social fabric and make his knowledge available to children and youth in the Pacific.
Performer of all the instruments that compose the traditional music of the Pacific. Artistic trainer of children/ as in the South Pacific and participant in different editions of the Petronio Álvarez Festival. Member of the group Reincarnation of the Pacific. With her music seeks to transmit good vibes to the country.
Musical director of the group Reincarnation of the Pacific. Young leader, passionate about traditional sounds, accompanies the formation processes of the organization in other rural areas of the South Pacific. Performer of percussion instruments and traditional singer.
Musical and audiovisual director and producer of Guapi. With more than 10 years of experience in creating and producing events and records with which he seeks to contribute to the strengthening of collective processes of empowerment.
Traditional musician and performer of the “Bombo Macho” in the group Reincarnation of the Pacific. Currently dedicated to musical production and with great experience in research and transmission of ancestral knowledge from his community.
Traditional musician, singer, composer and music producer from Guapi. Currently dedicated to the creation of urban music, he has participated in the Petronio Álvarez Festival as a cununo performer in the group Amanecer Guapireño.
Audiovisual producer and member of the youth platform of Guapi, Timbiquí and López de Micay on the Caucasian Pacific coast. Through his content he seeks to make visible community organizations, local enterprises and other youth leaders in the region.
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