“A Matter of Taste” com João Martins
João Martins, o Country Manager do Myspace em Portugal admite: “Sou uma nulidade enquanto músico mas cresci com a influência dum grupo de amigos roqueiros que me ensinaram a apreciar os clássicos - um pouco à la Wayne´s World. Com o tempo e alguns anos vividos em Londres ganhei o gosto pela descoberta de bandas desconhecidas e pela cena indie, bem como uma queda para o brit pop dos blur, pulp e companhia. Hoje, por requisito profissional, sou bem mais eclético e ouço um pouco de tudo.”
Qual o álbum da tua vida?
Use Your Illusion II, Guns n´ Roses. Ou o I. Estou indeciso.
A música que te pode fazer levantar da cama às 7h a dançar?
Common People dos Pulp.
A música que preferias que os teus amigos não soubessem que gostas?
Todas da Avril Lavigne (se bem que sinto um misto de orgulho e vergonha)
A banda que nunca viste em concerto e pagavas muito para ver?
Guns n´ Roses, mas com a formação original.
Banda portuguesa favorita?
De momento, Diabo na Cruz
Musica portuguesa que fica para a história?
Ornatos Violeta
Qual é o som da tua cidade preferida?
Blur. Londres.
Que tipo de festa não existe em Portugal e deveria existir?
Beach Parties… num país como o nosso deveriam existir muitas, mas não há… pelo menos nada de referência
“O Baile” está a chegar novamente a Londres
There are only two weeks to go until Madame & Lumin’s “O Baile” returns to London. The event is going down on Friday the 2nd of July with a stellar lineup and an awesome venue. The evening will pit two of portugal’s most interesting underground projects, :papercutz and Octa Push (both of whom will be headlining the event), against two London-based electronica whiz-kids, Rival Consoles and Missaw, and Matthew Hawtin, a member of the legendary berlin-based Minus record label family, whose unique brand of ambient infused techno music will round out the proceedings.
:papercutz are a young band from Oporto, Portugal, that sprang from the imagination of lead songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bruno Miguel. After a brief period as a solo project, a series of collaborators were welcomed into the fold such as current vocalist Marcela Freitas and visual artist Susana Maia. The band’s sublime blend of acoustic textures and electronica has seen them release their debut album “Lylac” on Canadian label Apegenine Recordings, win an award at London’s prestigious People’s Music Awards, gain praise from BBC presenter Anne Nightingale and XFM’s Eddy Temple-Morris, play at one of the world’s most prestigious music festivals SXSW, win second place in the Dance/Electronica category in the International Sonwriting Competition (whose jury includes such well respected musicians as The Cure’s Robert Smith).
:papercutz will be playing in London on the 2nd of July at the Islington Metal Works, alongside one of Lisbon’s hottest dance music projects, Octa Push, whose unique sunshine infused dubstep has seen them go down a storm at such venues as the legendary fabric, festivals like Sonar and Glade, among many others, and has earned them the respect of luminaries such as Thom Yorke and Buraka Som Sistema. The unstoppable duo will once again grace “O Baile” with their highly eclectic and energetic live act.
For anyone who is in London, this is one party that you simply cannot afford to miss on Friday the 2nd of July at the Islington Metal Works.
For those of you that want to win FREE TICKETS to this Friday’s “O Baile” at the Islington Metal Works send an email to mariana@madame-management.com with the subject “WHY YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE GOING TO O BAILE” and your contact details (email and phone number) so we can get back in touch with you.
To get you all pumped up for the party here is the latest video from :papercutz
and the latest track from Octa Push
Debruit - I’m goin’ with you (Octa Push RMX) by Octa Push
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Faltam menos de 2 semanas para “O Baile” de Madame e Lumin na cidade que o viu nascer. É já no dia 2 de Julho. Com um cartaz estrondoso que reune dois dos projectos mais interessantes do panorama musical underground português acompanhados de dois britânicos que já deram muito que falar e um membro da família Minus, esta próxima edição d’”O Baile” vai ser certamente uma das festas mais memoráveis do verão londrino.
A comitiva portuguesa como já se sabe é composta por :papercutz e Octa Push. A representar o Reino Unido, Rival Consoles e Missaw vão invadir a cabine d’”O Baile” com a sua vertente de techno excêntrica mas sempre acessível. A fechar o cartaz, Matthew Hawtin, vai mostrar a sua raça com um set que faz a ponte entre as melodias hipnóticas e as batidas mais fortes. Para quem estiver em Londres, esta é uma festa a não perder no dia 2 de Julho no Islington Metal Works a começar a partir das 22h.
Madame is now the booker for The Correspondents in Portugal
A few weeks back, Madame organized a party in Lisbon that was headlined by London-based Hip-Hop/Swing duo The Correspondents. The DJ/MC team went down a storm with party goers and since Madame knows great talent when she sees it, she immediately decided to sign on to be The Correspondents booker in Portugal. If the reaction from the first time they played in Lisbon is anything to go by, then the super talented duo will surely be returning to Portugal many times.
she immediately decided to sign on to be The Correspondents booker in Portugal. If the reaction from the first time they played in Lisbon is
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Quando a Madame organizou uma festa que teve como cabeça de cartaz os londrinos The Correspondents , a reacção do público não podia ter sido melhor. Enquanto apreciadora de verdadeiro talento decidiu então começar a fazer os bookings dos The Correspondents em Portugal.
Ao que parece a dupla irá voltar muitas vezes a terras lusas. com uma actuação já agendada para a próxima semana, dia 9 de Junho, em Lisboa, num novo espaço a anunciar.
Stereo Addiction lançam “Shades Of Light”
Stereo Addiction are gearing up to release the “Shades Of Light” E.P. The title track has already been immortalised in a video, directed by Daniel Vyskoc and produced by Stink Factory, that sees Portugal’s biggest DJ duo in the role steal a record from Rough Trade in Brick Lane a run through the streets of London. “Shades Of Light” will be released on Kasey Taylor’s eVapour8 label with the track “Dee-troit” on the B-Side. The E.P will be available on Beatport from the 7th of June.
Stereo Addiction are gearing up to release the Shades Of Light E.P. The title track has already been immortalised in a video, directed by Daniel Vyskoc and produced by tink Factory, that sees Portugal’s biggest DJ duo in the role steal a record from Rough Trade in Brick Lane a run through the streets of London. “Shades Of Light” will be released on Kasey Taylor’s eVapour8 label with the track “Dee-troit” on the B-Side. The E.P will be available on Beatport from the 7th of June.
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Os Stereo Addiction vão lançar o seu tema “Shades Of Light“. A faixa já teve direito a videoclip, realizado por Daniel Vyskoc, produzido pela Stink Factory e com uma participação de Gustavo e John-E a roubarem discos na Rough Trade e a serem obrigados a correr pelas ruas de Londres. “Shades Of Light” vai ser editado pela eVapour8 records de Kasey Taylor e inclui também, no lado B, o tema “Dee-troit“, da mesma dupla. O E.P vai estar disponível no Beatport a partir do dia 7 de Junho.
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 returns to London in 2010
After making it’s Lisbon debut in November and with a second event in the same city in February, Madame and Lumin felt it was high time to bring “O Baile” back to it’s city of origin, London.
On Friday the 2nd of April, the girls will be bringing the party back to the UK with a new venue and two great names from the Portuguese underground – Heartbreakerz, Lisbon’s favourite female DJ duo, and Teratron a new dance floor destroying project featuring members of Portugal’s biggest hip hop crew Da Weasel.
The event will be held at The Islington Metal Works, accessed via a discreet entrance just behind Angel tube station it has played host to the hippest art exhibitions, concerts and even Spike Lee’s private parties.
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Após o sucesso da estreia lisboeta em Novembro do ano passado e com o próximo evento a ocupar a LX Factory em Fevereiro, Madame e Lumin decidiram que chegou a hora de regressar às origens e marcar mais uma festa em terras de sua majestade.
Sexta-feira dia 2 de Abril, “O Baile” está de volta a Londres num novo espaço - Islington Metal Works, e com dois grandes talentos da cena portuguesa – Teratron e Heartbreakerz.
Teratron é um novo projecto orientado para as pistas de dança, formado por dois ex-membros dos Da Weasel e descritos da seguinte forma “o adn de Afrika Bambaataa com a irreverência de Tommy Lee, a insanidade de Prodigy com a frescura da turma Ed Banger, os olhos dos Chemical Brothers, o nariz de Michael Mayer, a boca de Dita Von Teese”. ..
A Islington Metal Works fica por trás da estação de metro em Angel e já foi local de variadíssimos concertos, exposições e festas privadas do realizador Spike Lee.