In 2005, the EP was released. The first steps on the way to internationalization were given. They performed in festivals in Spain and did a tour in Slovenia. During their journey, they stood for anti-war initiatives, social, cultural and artistic causes, and supported immigrant communities, due to their engaged spirit.
In 2007, with live concerts filling the agenda, they are invited to participate in the recordings of other Portuguese projects like Terrakota and Blasted Mechanism. But they had still time to record their first album, with their own songs.
2008 started with the release of the album Kumpania Algazarra, bringing together fragments of their experiences in the streets, gardens, alleys, squares, unusual places, improvised parties and stages.
Their music is nomad, multilingual and universal.
They´re influenced by a kaleidoscopic sonority: Balkan furor, Arabic drifting, Latin warmth, Afro-Beat refinement, and explosions of Turbo folk and Ska.
The result of this variety of influences, brought together by a unique and original fusion process, is an energetic and contagious moment. Their lyrics invite to a reflection about the inhuman state of the world, and stimulate individual liberation. This musical project brings freshness and enriches the world music made in Portugal, extinguishing geographical and age limits.
Carrying the heritage of European fanfare, KUMPANIA ALGAZARRA flies over the new and the old continent, bringing nearer different ways of being, in life and in music. It´s a show made from melting sounds of folk, appropriate to street events, or to enliven acoustic spaces.
With a more complex and full-bodied instrumental formation, like a good wine, KUMPANIA ALGAZARRA go on stage ready to fire up the audience and shake the ground. Genuine in fusion, vigorous in their lyrics, with their instrumental lineup producing vibrant melodies, they make their shows unforgettable moments of festive celebration. Freedom is an attitude!
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kumpaniaalgazarra
Buy CD: www.cdgo.com
The band RAKIJA is playing traditional music from Balkan in modern and fresh arrangements. After a short time the band became a live act well known for its broad appeal, great energy and musicality and they keep extending their audience. The band continues to grow as a musical unity, and for every gig it just gets better!
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Website: www.rakijaband.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/rakijaband
THE GROOVALIZACION PROJECT:
Multicultural vibes, peripheral music, suburban grooves, nomadic sounds, tribal and regional blends… These are the soundtrack of migrations and cultural fusions, the voices of ethnic groups that stir our cities. A new urban musical shock wave electrifies the turntables of GROOVALIZACION, the high-spirited team of DJs, globe-trotters, producers, video directors; a musical and multimedia network rooted all over the world producing musical events, podcasts, remixes, video documentaries....and who's just given birth to the first global urban radio: www.groovalizacion.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/groovalizaciondjs
The Balkan Trafik Festival is about the coming together of Europe and emphasising the cultures of our southeastern European neighbours.
As with the first two festivals, Culture is the means for this alchemy and interchange between countries.
Culture here with a capital ‘C’ because Balkan Trafik is once again staging musical events, that are a great way of coming together, as well as cinematic events, themed workshops and a circus… All of the above are surrounded by the ‘festival’ atmosphere: theater performances, video jockeying, gourmet specialties and an eastern European select wine bar, organisations’ space, plane tickets at advantageous prices etc
That is a brief outline of the welcome we offer to our festival goers.
The different aspects of the festival meant we were able to cater for 5 000 participants in 2008. In 2007, the figure had already reached 3 200.
This unique festival, which has a special place in European affairs, has become an anticipated cultural event by ex-patriots of south-eastern European countries, our Belgian community and the European public at large.
Only a city like Brussels can offer such cultural diversity and offer in particular such pride in the creativity of our communities.
What is Balkan Trafik ? It’s..
• live music from our south-eastern European neighbors, ranging from traditional to electronic via jazz, dub, and rock…
• 4 sound system equipped auditoriums, 1 acoustic stage and corridors brought to life with a Balkans feel.
• 3 unique ‘100% Balkan Trafik’ productions in the fantastic Henry Le Boeuf auditorium
• Screenings of documentaries and fiction films directed by artists from south eastern European countries or which have the Balkans as a theme. Carte blanche is given to a well-known Balkans director.
• Topical affairs workshops
• Almost 200 artists performing over the course of the 3 day festival of whom most come from the Balkans: Albania, Belgium, France, England, Romania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.
• A selection of wines from the Balkans region with the bar Vino Zirkus at the event
• An organisations’ space in the festival for different organisations working with or coming from the Balkans.
• Various activities for the public (wine bar, culinary buffet, music and circus events)
• Elaborate Balkans themed decorations
Big Opening Day. Film in the presence of the Director: Goran Markovic
Serbian, Hungarian and Romanian Buffet
Music
€ 10,00 :: reductions as usual
Pass Friday
€ 16,00 :: no reductions
Pass Saturday
€ 16,00 :: no reductions
All shows and workshops on a particular day can be attended using the Pass, provided that there are places available.
We accept Article 27 tickets and Cultuurwaardebons.
Tickets via Bozar Ticketshop.
T +32 (0)2 507 82 00
www.bozar.be
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Balkan Trafik Website: www.1001valises.com
Balkan Trafik MySpace: www.myspace.com/1001valises
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