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SATRANGA CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
To Satranga,music blends with tones, colours, shades and light
In his performances,
Movement or expression of the body
say as much as a word or the stroke of a brush on a canvas.
It is a "photographic" music,
fruit of waves stored during years of trips
between Brazil, Caribbean, North America and Europe.
The world, as a huge playground,
Has given him infinite internal trips.
Native of Brazil and Canadian of adoption, Satranga claims to be a citizen of the World and his music is the fruit of an interbreeding of numerous influences.
He is the heir of Brazilian popular folklore, as Congadas, Reizadas or Bumba meu boi. But he is also a lover of the pure and simple Blues, as that of Billie Holiday, and folk songs music of hippy period. Satranga was also very marked by the musical movement of the blacks in the United States which, in the affirmation of negritude, brought a rainbow of rhythms and of new tonalities.Whether it be rock, funk, blues, country or reggae, " Black is beautiful " as sang by Elis Regina.
Musical son of Chopin, Satie, Marlui Miranda (anthropologist and Brazilian composer), Joni Mitchel, Milton Nascimento, Satranga venerates on top of everything, Elis Regina, Brazilian popular singer.
He has been very marked by the Movement of the Indépendants Alternatifs of Sao Paulo, which, towards the end of the 70' s, saw a outburst of a myriad of independent songwriters who defended a music of Avantgarde.
Bathing in the last sparks of this movement, Satranga, with his texts, his melodies, his
arrangements, his sound creativity succeeded, following the example of these artists, in producing a music Made in Brazil but where all styles, tossed together, made a music « of the world » full of authenticity.
In his youth, Satranga was fed on the Jazz by listening to Sarah Vaughan and to Ella Fitzgerald of the Blues jazz, through the voice of Billie Holiday, or on Bolero Blues through the singer, Nana Caymmi.
Later, his years in Canada drove him to musicians' meeting of very various types, in the électroacoustic, variety, R*B. His adaptability and his wish to explore all forms of expression, lead him to work for TV series, theater plays, short films, or modern dance, with the dance company "l'Astragale" or for the Brazilian choreographer Jadson Caldeira as part of the Festival Tangent Dance. http: // www............
His work has taken him to :
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MONTREAL (Théâtre Felix Leclerc - «Fragments de Voyage» 87) -
Théâtre Expérimental de L'ESKABEL - peça de Marie Claire Blais «L'île» 88), http://leskabel.com/histoire/1988.htm
QUEBEC ( Théâtre du Grand Dérangement - 89),
OTTAWA ( Théâtre de L'Astrolabe - 92),
TORONTO - La Pride Day 91 - Toronto Du Maurier Jazz Festival 95 ),
a PARIS en France (Hot Brass - 97),
a LOS ANGELES - Scottland Project - www.scottland.com 1999.
a NEW YORK - «On the edge» - dirigée par Aylla Maar - (Theatre 21 - off Broadway - 2000).
In 2003, he was back in MONTREAL with Amazônia, in
association with the city of Montreal and the UNESCO, Théatre of
Gesu. (Interpretations of the writings of Villa Lobos).
In 2004, Pororoca' s - Celebration of the Worldwide Day
Of water - in association with the city of Montreal and
the UNESCO, Théatre du Gesu. (Interpretations of writings of
Milton Nascimento, Marlui Miranda, Satranga, Chiquinha
Gonzaga and Villa Lobos).
And then, finally back in Brazil:
CURITIBA city (Theatre José Maria
Satranga is the explosion of Brazilian music, yes,
but Brazil nourished and enriched by dance, literature,
photography, meditation, movement, Brazil
loving theater as much as north americain and European pop culture ...
Satranga is definitely Brazilian but mostly, he is one of a kind and an unclassifiable artist.
Discografia:
1990 - Fragments de Voyage - Caju Records Inc.
1992 - Smells of Summer - Caju Records Inc.
Videografia:
1992 - Smells of Summer - Cinoque films e Caju Records Inc.
1993 - Show Live no Foufounes électriques - Montréal - Zoom In Productions
2004 - Show Live no Théâtre du Gésu - Montréal - Peteka Productions - Candéla Prod
Country
France
