MUSIC
As part of
Catalan Culture at FIL 2004
The Institut Ramon Llull presents
Ojos de Brujo at the Guadalajara International Book Fair
Who: Ojos de Brujo
Where: Guadalajara, Explanada, Expo Guadalajara
When: 4 December, 09:00 p.m.
What: “Hip-hop/flamenco fusion” would perhaps be the best label for this group of musicians from different origins who came together in the multicultural old quarter of Barcelona, their natural habitat. They began their recording career with Vengue (Edel, 2000), an innovative disc combining elements of flamenco, hip-hop and funk. A couple of years later, with the experience they had gained on their extensive international tours, they issued Barí on their own label, La Fábrica de Colores. It was precisely this work that brought Ojos de Brujo international recognition for their rich musical offerings. They have taken part in international festivals such as Popkomm, Womex and Womad and they have received a BBC prize for the best European world music group.
In Guadalajara, Ojos de Brujo will be playing material from Barí as well as later remixes of their own work published on Las remezclas de la casa (La Fábrica de Colores, 2004). In the hands of this group of over a dozen musicians, the audience can expect a spectacle in which rumba rhythms and percussion dialogue with the vocal modulations of flamenco on an underlying electric base. Musical traditions that seem so far apart, yet are miraculously complementary.
This trip is in fact their second visit to Mexico, since in 2002 they took part in the Radical Mestizo concert arranged as part of the Festival Centro Histórico del DF.
www.ojosdebrujo.com
ContacteOjos de Brujo
La Fábrica de colores
Javier Zarco i Judith Salcedo
Princesa, 42, principal 1ª
08003 Barcelona
Tel: +34 93 302 77 96
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Institut Ramon Llull Press Office
General: Emma Reverter
Tel. +34 93 467 80 00 www.llull.com
Explanada: Marc Isern (Barcelona):
Enrique Blanc (Guadalajara): / 044333 464 45 42 (mobile)
In association with the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE)