We had great time at last weekend’s TrocaBrahma 2007 gigs and we’re sure you did too! If you’re anything like us you must have taken a load of photos and maybe even a bit of video too, so why not send us the evidence and share your experiences of these amazing and unique collaborations.
Celebratory Brahmas were free flowing the night of the completion of the Liverpool leg of our street art collaboration series. Feeling understandably pleased by what he and Sam Skinner had accomplished, our resident artist abroad Speto and I stayed up till the wee small hours reflecting on this amazing cultural jam we’ve been so fortunate to find ourselves a part of.
During our search for a suitable site in Liverpool it was genuinely exciting to experience first hand the mass urban regeneration that’s currently taking place in this amazing city. There’s a notable buzz in the air round these parts with so much going on in the run up to Liverpool being crowned City of Culture next year with new bars, eateries and galleries popping up all over the place.
Church Street in Stoke Newington in one of London’s newest trendy areas. It is an up and coming part of London. Which means it is an area with challenging inner city issues, that exist along side boutiques, vintage clothes shops and organic food markets.
I arrived and met Dougal and Tommy in the airport, they are podcasters who were covering the whole trip. It turned out that nearly everyone in Brazil was from Glasgow and liked a drink. Right up my street! We went straight out to eat and it was a relief to see I got on with them as I was on my own out there. Neil and Cathy from Better Days were really nice and Bruno, our Brazilian point of contact, was so helpful. The hotel was good too with an amazing view over Sao Paulo and I slept well on the first night.
Many thanks to Dago at Sao Paolo’s Trama Virtual for this excellent feature on the TrocaBrahma musical exchanges. You’ll have to brush up on your Portuguese to understand it all.
Gruff Rhys unhurriedly unpacks an assortment of strange toys and home-made signal generators and synthesisers while Tony Da Gatorra fastens a T star G headband around his forehead and straps on his creation: the Gatorra. Gruff is a Welsh song-writing legend. Tony is an incredible guy. We feel honoured to be able to spy on their rehearsal process.