LUCIANO SALLUN FROM PEDRA BRANCA & GEM - SITAR IMPROVISATION (BalconyTV)

LUCIANO SALLUN FROM PEDRA BRANCA & GEM performs the song "SITAR IMPROVISATION" for BalconyTV.

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PRESENTED BY DAVID FERREIRA *LUCKY LUPE

MICROPHONES BY RODE

http://www.rode.com

Brazil's culture is a rich mosaic of many cultures of the world. Pedra Branca, from Sao Paulo, plays ethnical instruments and electronic timbres to create Brazilian experimental music.

Founded in 2001 by Luciano Sallun and Aquiles Ghirelli the band brings an unique and proper way of making music in the world.

With fifteen years could be seen as one of the biggest names of Brazilian world music and the largest group of chillout lounge Brazilian.

In Brazil managed to be reference for great projects and national and international DJs, as well as reference for Brazilian audience.

Touring in August 2008 in festivals in Portugal - Bons Sons Festival and Boom Festival.

GEM, Grupo Experimental de Música, integrates musical works, luthiery and visual arts, employing different kinds of materials found day-by-day, recycling and giving them new meanings.

Idealized by Fernando Sardo, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, GEM was formed in 2003 by Fábio Marques, Luciano Sallun, Rodrigo Olivério, Bira Azevedo, Flávio Cruz and Fernando Sardo, himself.

Components build different gears with which they research new sound forms.

Moreover, GEM proposes workshops that encourage the experimentation and utilization of recyclable materials to create music, making children, teenagers and adults rethink their relationship with music.

GEM performed in Brazil and in foreign countries, in highlighted cultural spaces as the 28th Bienal de Sao Paulo and Festival Europalia Brasil 2011, Belgium.

Next shows in Sao Paulo:

16/4, Pedra Branca - CCSP, 19h

17/4, GEM - CCSP, 18h

Luciano Sallun - sitar

Pedra Branca

http://www.pedrabranca.mus.br/

https://www.facebook.com/pedrabranca2012

http://soundcloud.com/pedrabranca

https://pedrabranca.bandcamp.com/music

Freaks, Sesc Santo André

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZ21lMbdv8

Hindu Caipira - MIS SP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXu3esKVazE

Delhi Beat Trafic, Sesc Pompeia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waz51QEKXcQ

Blue Oud, Sesc Sorocaba

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnAbWkw9ro4

GEM

http://www.gem.art.br/

https://www.facebook.com/grupoexperimentaldemusica

VideoClip GEM x Naná Vasconcelos (2013) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrA_Mg_wluQ

Bienal das Artes SP (2008) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHIPO8SmcZg

Intervention Metrô Paraiso (2011) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Qqk8F

Intervention Mercado Municipal de São Paulo (2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhmWMIOCss

CREDITS / SPONSORS

Production, Booking & Script: UK Live Sessions Booking, Music Projects, PR

Camera Op: Keila Antunes and Caue Patucci

Sound Mixer Engineer & Music Production: Rafael DG *Audmo

Presenter: David Ferreira *Lucky Lupe instrumental band (Lisbon-Sao Paulo)

Photographers: Keila Antunes and Caue Patucci

Location: Centro Cultural São Paulo - http://www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br/

Supporter - Centro Cultural São Paulo - http://www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br/

Microphones by RODE: http://www.rode.com/

Equipment by Nikon - http://www.nikon.com.br

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