22 — 26
november 2024
november 22nd
Venue:
TBA
november 23rd
Venue:
gnration
Praça Conde de Agrolongo, 4700-312 Braga
THEON CROSS
Theon Cross is a visionary musician who has revolutionized the tuba, bringing it back to prominence in contemporary jazz. His innovative approach combines technical mastery, deep musical knowledge, and a broad vision, redefining the tuba’s role in modern music. Drawing from diasporic bass culture, Theon has transformed the tuba into a 21st-century sound system, creating complete soundscapes with its full sonic spectrum.
His music, deeply rooted in his African-Caribbean heritage, spans various genres and styles. A Guildhall School of Music graduate and Tomorrow’s Warriors alumnus, Theon is a key figure in the UK jazz scene. He has collaborated with numerous artists, including Shabaka Hutchings’ Sons of Kemet, Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd, Ezra Collective, Cassie Kinoshi’s SEED Ensemble, and grime star Stormzy.
Theon’s debut release, Aspiration (2015), earned him nominations for Jazz FM and Parliamentary awards. His 2019 album, Fyah, topped the UK jazz chart and received critical acclaim. His latest album, Intra-I, explores themes of self-reliance, heritage, and identity, offering a message of peace and self-reflection in challenging times.
PEDRO RICARDO TRIO
Known for taking risks with the records he spins, Pedro Ricardo relies on a strong, organic groove, bringing a sense of freedom and intensity to the dance floor through the warm rhythms of Jazz-Fusion, Disco and Funk hand in hand with a kind of House and Techno that never takes off from its soulful tradition. Producing through different aliases, he's been releasing music in various labels for several years. His highly anticipated debut album “Soprem Bons Ventos” is out now through Soundway Records.
DOPPLER LIFE by WHYNOTPIPI
Doppler Life" is an art installation by Graphic Designer whynotpipi, the creative alter ego of Pedro Pereira. In this interactive exhibition, we observe a series of augmented reality illustrations depicting the artist's daily life. Here, the mundane acquires an almost spiritual dimension. Objects and moments become a temple through which hymns to nostalgia echo, providing hope for better days.
In physics, the Doppler effect describes the phenomenon observed in waves emitted or reflected by an object moving relative to the observer. As a sound approaches, it increasingly fills our perception, dissipating as it moves away. It is in the trace of what was once present, not yet past, that we suspend ourselves in reflection on this transitional state, seeking answers to guide us into the future.
After all, what is a trace if not a path to be followed?
JAZZEGO SELECTED JAMS (talk)
A podcast where the members of Jazzego (André Carvalho, Hugo Oliveira, and Rui Martins) come together to discuss culture in general, with a special focus on the northern part of the country. Drawing from their shared experiences, they debate the past, present, and future of jazz and beyond. With over 70 episodes to date, the podcast is broadcast on Yeye Rádio and available on all major platforms.
november 24th
Venue:
Auditório São Frutuoso
R. Dom Afonso Henriques 108, 4700-326 Braga
CLAIRE ROUSAY
Claire Rousay is known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music. She incorporates textural found sounds, drones, and candid field recordings into music that celebrates life's banalities. Her music is detailed and emotionally affecting. The album "Sentiment" meditates on loneliness, nostalgia, sentimentality, guilt, and sex, guided by delicate musical gestures and vulnerability, synthesizing disparate influences. Created in various private places, the album feels personal and introspective. Rousay’s vocals and guitar take center stage, with intimate lyrics contrasting with mechanical vocal effects, expressing a powerful desire for connection and a sense of separation. Her spare guitar playing and slow tempo convey resignation, drawing on her explorative musical past.
From math-rock and emo outfits to evangelical worship bands, Rousay worked as a percussionist before focusing on solo work. "Sentiment" incorporates these experiences. Rousay explains the emotional manipulation in evangelical rock, feeling a version of that in her shows now. The album captures moments of her life living alone, learning guitar, and reconnecting with pop music. Rousay seeks to communicate feelings clearly, with pop being the medium this time. Sampled conversation fragments add intimacy and specificity. Her ability to evoke pure feeling from sound comes from her embrace of pop forms, vulnerability in field recordings, minimalistic arrangements, and innovative sounds. "Sentiment" is anthemic and personal, melancholic, and sensual.
november 25th
Venue:
TBA
BLACK
DECELERANT
Black Decelerant (RVNGNL98) is an album by Khari Lucas (aka Contour) and Omari Jazz, created through a six-month remote collaboration in 2020. They aimed to explore formless music both politically and poetically. The album's creation served as a meditative remedy to the existential stress of the lockdown, addressing themes of fascism and anti-Blackness in the US.
The duo's sessions, characterized by improvised instrumentals and sample-based production, explored Black humanity, primordiality, and slowness as protection against violence. The album features ten tracks with a mix of modulated sounds and serene melodies, including trumpet improvisations by Jawwaad Taylor on tracks two and eight.
The name "Black Decelerant" was inspired by Aria Dean’s article "Notes on Blacceleration," referencing a desire to slow down amidst shared political themes. The album serves as both a tonic and a reflective journal, promoting a nourishing way of living outside capitalist demands.
Black Decelerant was released on June 21, 2024, in vinyl and digital formats, as the second volume in RVNG's Reflections series of contemporary collaborations.
november 26th (sold out)
Venue:
Theatro Circo
Av. da Liberdade 697, 4710-251 Braga
RY X
GRAMMY nominated artist and producer, RY X, is constantly in pursuit of connection. Connection to nature, to spirit, to the human experience - expression and vulnerability is at the core of his work and what he evokes as an artist. He has toured and performed around the globe in some of the worlds most Iconic spaces, and collaborated with orchestras and establishments like LA Philharmonic and London Philharmonic, along with producing and writing records for artists like Drake, Diplo, Black Coffee, and John Legend.
He has amassed over a billion streams online, and received platinum and gold records for his recordings, along with being invited to share his work at the Nobel Peace Prize and places like Notre Dame.
He has also scored for the Gothenburg
Opera and NDT, and continues to work in collaboration with dance and other art mediums, along with scoring numerous film projects. His work is multifaceted, deeply emotional, and continually based in a reflection of what it ultimately means to be human, in its wide range of somatic and emotional experience. Ry engages all forms of artistic expression with his heart at the fore.