Morro da Conceição, Recife -BAR DO RAUL

Cleaning up some footage from Recbeat 2008, I found a forgotten jewel on my tapes.
Raul, always performing in front of his bar, I love it.

Same by me 'm, saimbaam.

Recbeat, more than music - the bands

Some more details:

Screening at 21.00h

Bands in order of appearance:

Julia Says
Bom Succeso Samba Club
Lucy and the Popsonics
DJ Dolores
Fino Coletivo
Maracatu Cambinda Estrela
Carnaval na rua
Pau e Corda, Calores do Passado
Isaar
boTECOeletro
Les Frères Guisé
Afoxé Oyá Acaxé
Sylverio Pessoa
Dona Cila e seus Pupilos
DJ Dolores e Santa Massa
Repentistas na Praia
Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda
QG Imperial & Ras Bernardo
Metaleiras de Amazônia
Combo Percusivo do Norte
Panico
Alceu Valenca
Marina De la Riva
Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro
Devotos

Recbeat, more than music

On saturday 26/7 at Cinema Cabaña at the Sfinks Festival in Belgium you can see the video:

'Recbeat, more than music'

52 minutes
John Erbuer 2008

A mixture of the performing bands on the Recbeat festival with impressionistic short shortfilms on Recife during it's crazy carnival make you discover the social engagement of the Manguebeat-movement.

Recbeat is the very special music festival during Carnaval in Recife, Brazil.
It started 13 years ago as the Polo Mangue, the stage with all the bands of the Manguebeat.
Meanwhile Recbeat also brings music from other parts of Brazil, South America and even Africa, as long as it fits in their concept.
The festival still breaths the spirit of the early days with Chico Science, a combination of social engagement with renewing music with respect for the musical and cultural tradition.




Download here free MP3's
of the performing bands of Recbeat 2008
To help you out with the Portuguese on the site:
"SÀBADO, DOMINGO, SEGUNDA, TERçA" are the 4 days of the festival.
So, just click on each word ...

One of these day's I'll post some video-teasers of 'Recbeat, more than music'.
To be informed, take an RSS feed on this blog.

2 days without my camera!

After recording around 30 bands at the Spotfestival I thought I kind of fullfilled the needs for my addiction.
I had to promise to Moenen not to bring my DV-cam to New York, and that was ok.
But it was unforgivable to forget the little pocket-camera when we went to see 'Desmona' at the Union Pool in Brooklyn.
Great gig, ideal atmosphere. You'll have to believe me on my word or click the hyperlinks.

And now back in Belgium, I even had a greater musical experience at the incredible 'Braakland' location in Leuven
with the special gig from 'Prima Donkey' who rehearsed during one week and served the public their beautiful result.
Let's hope for a follow up on this unique experiment.
Next time I'll cary some recording device.

Tomorrow we 'll (+Zjakki) be interviewing 'Spok Frevo' at 'Couleur Café'
Spok Frevo is from Recife and the obligatory Brazilian link for today's Mangue Belga Blog :-)



CU all tomorrow at Couleur Café
and click here for more Brazil

Find Brazil in NY

If some one is looking for some Brasil en Nova York:

Manhattan
46th st between 5th and 6th av






















Queens
Astoria
30th st and 36th av

Brasil em Nova York :-)

It was rather silent on this blog.
My mind was on the Spotfestival in Denmark - I'll report later on this Blog - where I did some filming of the newest bands of the North and for the moment I'm in New York eating an acceptable feijoada and discovering that in despite of this multicultural city nothing beats a Caipirinha in Recife.


A lot of Spanish all over in the streets of Manhattan and nearly no English in Spanish Harlem, where I freely could speak Portuñol mixture - learning Portuguese made my Spanish dissapear - and feel like in Central or South America.
NY is great.
Biking in NY is the MAX !



Hopping from the top of the first world on 5th avenue to the third world slums of Harlem, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens ... on a bike it all seems so close to each other.
I noticed one big difference in the "MULTICULTURAL" of Brazil and NY. Here all the nationalities kept their culture and language, as in Brazil they went up in one melting pot. I had to come to NY to understand some more of the 'ANTROPOFAGIA' attitude that Oswaldo de Andrade described and that feeded my fascination for Brazil, Brazilian music and more specific the Mangue Beat of Recife.
I read somewhere that it is because of the Portuguese, who were - at the start of their conquest - more interested in making money than settling, that made the big difference.
That's all folks.
My bike is waiting

Na de zware regens in Brazilië

Geen paniek.

Recife is van de ergste regens gespaard gebleven.
Het gaat goed met Ana Carla van de Morro da Conceição.



In de favela Peixinhos gaat het minder goed. Al het overvloedige water dat stroomopwaarts van de grote rivier Beberibe is gevallen moest naar de zee. De mensen van mijn Iemanga Project zitten weer met hun huizen in het water. Maar ondertussen zijn ze het al gewoon, ze kunnen veel ellende aan. Er blijft nog altijd 'alegria' in Peixinhos.






De muziek van de video - Danger Global Warming - is van DJ Dolores uit zijn recentste cd '1 REAL'