O Baile website is now online!
“O Baile“, the events hosted and promoted by Madame and Lumin, have seen a dramatic increase in hype and notoriety. Starting small at the beginning of last year at London venues such as Sketch or Bar Music Hall, and primarily aimed at showcasing the best music spawned from the portuguese underground, the word spread quickly that something special was brewing in some of the UK capital’s hippest nightspots. In November, the girls brought the party to Lisbon in a big way with a huge venue and stunning lineup. It was an unbridled success. In 2010, a resolution was made: “O Baile” would happen simultaneously in London and Lisbon. To celebrate this fact, Madame and Lumin decided to set up a website to help spread the word for their awesome parties. Starting today, you can keep up with all the latest news regarding future events, venues, lineups and competitions at www.obaile.co.uk. Check it out!
O Baile vs. Kali Records
As mentes por trás de “O Baile” foram responsáveis pelas mais memoráveis festas de 2009. Em Londres, clubes como o Sketch e o Bar Music Hall , foram invadidos pelo som português de nomes como Octa Push, Stereo Addiction e Tetine. De volta a Portugal “O Baile” convidou, para tocar em Lisboa músicos como Micachu & The Shapes e Jon Hopkins. Em Novembro a festa de anos da Madame foi inesquecível. Agora estamos de volta para mais danças. Desta vez é o aniversário da Lumin e da Joana e ninguém pode perder a festa.
2010 promete trazer ao “Baile” nomes frescos e excitantes misturados com artistas já estabelecidos, como é o caso do próximo evento. Para começar o ano em grande, “O Baile” decidiu juntar-se a uma das maiores e mais respeitadas promotoras de Lisboa - a Kalimodjo. No sábado dia 13 de Fevereiro, fim de semana de carnaval e véspera de S. Valentim, a equipa vai ocupar o LX Factory com “O Baile” vs. Kali Records, um evento épico que vai funcionar em duas áreas diferentes para dar espaço a tanta música - o Faktory e a Sala das Colunas.
A lista de artistas convidados é fora do comum. Os cabeças de cartaz são os Radioclit, cujo último disco “The Very Best Album”fez a delícia da crítica inglesa, os Plaid, um dos grandes nomes da música electrónica associados à editora Warp Records e o jovem produtor e DJ americano B.Rich
Mas não é tudo, o aquecimento vai contar com vários representantes do melhor que se faz a nível de música electrónica em Portugal - DJ Ride, Octa Push, Drop Top, Zombies For Money, Zeder, Twofold, Nokin, Quayola, Refill e Jameson Yeah. Não se esqueçam de reservar a data, porque esta vai ser, sem dúvida, uma das grandes festas de 2010.
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Saturday the 13th of February is the chosen date for a truly remarkable event, which will surely go down as one of the greatest parties of 2010. Madame & Lumin have joined forces with like-minded promoters Kalimodjo to bring you a unique evening of music - Baile vs. Kali Records.
The team will be taking over LX Factory in Alcântara, as an event of this magnitude requires two venues - Faktory and the huge Sala das Colunas. On the weekend of Carnaval, and in the spirit of Portugal’s cheekiest holiday, the space will be sparkled in red for the best Carnaval and Valentines Day Ball Lisbon has never seen.
The lineup has to be seen to be believed and will include Radioclit, Plaid and B.Rich as the headlining acts.
The support acts have been hand picked by Madame, Lumin and the Kalimodjo crew from among the finest Portugal has to offer and include DJ Ride, Octa Push, Drop Top, Zombies For Money, Zeder, Twofold, Nokin, Quayola, Refill and Jameson Yeah.
So make sure to save the date, because “O Baile” vs. Kali Records is shaping up to be one of the greatest parties of 2010!
Baile is back - Get ready for pre-summer extravaganza with Tetine
On Friday the 5th June we are thrilled to announce that Tetine will join us for a red hot Brazilian pre summer extravaganza. You just can’t miss it.
For those of you have not encountered the beauty of Tetine here’s a taster: formed in 1995, São Paulo, Brazil by artists Eliete Mejorado and Bruno Verner; infusing contemporary Brazilian radicalism - pushing the boundaries of a hybrid vocabulary - Tetine have created a multitude of music & performance works ranging from spoken word through to electronica; including ritualistic performances, films and video.
“We have been defining Tetine’s work as being informed by an urgent necessity to translate our life events into personal images, sonic textures, atmospheres and states through the use of body performance, electronic devices, voice recordings and projections. We have run Tetine as a duo since 1995. We have produced a variety of distinct original combined-media projects ranging from visual spoken-word performances; electronic music shows to video-installations and experimental albums”- Bruno Verner & Eliete Mejorado.
HERE’S WHAT THE PRESS SAY…..
“The off-kilter, mutated funk, electro and sound manipulation that comprises this inventive and gravely album is an absolute treat” PLAN B
“What makes Tetine so good is that their off-beat, messy quality makes them natural, seemingly effortless, and therefore beautiful.” THE URB Magazine, 4.5/5 “
“The gleeful merging of 80’s synths, baile funk beats and Bruno Verner’s non-singing voice allow them to push over an hour mark” UNCUT 4/5
“Tetine calls the resulting aesthetic ‘tropical punk’ , a title they used to brand a show of radical Brazilian contemporary art …” XLR8R
“Kinder than their full-on live shows it pulls you in and holds you with its ever changing flow and colour, never boring, always inventive”. MUSIC WEEK
“Soul Jazz have snapped them up and the results are hot” DAZED & CONFUSED
FRIDAY - 5TH JUNE - BAILE 4 - BAR MUSIC HALL FROM 9PM -FREE ENTRY