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  • @ Ground Zero
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  • If You Can't Stand the Heat
  • Harlem to Bahia to the Planet
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From Brazil with love →

@ Ground Zero

 

Have you, dear friend, ever noticed how different places scattered across the face of the globe seem almost to exist in different universes? As if they were permeated throughout with something akin to 19th century luminiferous aether, unique, determined by that place's history? It's like a trick of the mind's light (I suppose), but standing on beach or escarpment in Salvador and looking out across the Baía de Todos os Santos to the great Recôncavo, and mindful of what happened there, one must be led to the inevitable conclusion that one is in a place unique to history, and to the present*.

 

 

"Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor / The time has come for these bronzed people to show their value..."Música: Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo: Betão Aguiar.

 

*More enslaved human beings entered the Bay of All Saints and the Recôncavo than any other final port-of-call throughout all of mankind's history.

 

These people and their descendants created some of the most uplifting music ever made, the foundation of Brazil's national art. We wanted their music to be accessible to the world (it's not even accessible here in Brazil) so we created a platform by which everybody's creativity is mutually accessible, including theirs.

 

El Aleph

 

The network was built in an obscure record shop (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found it) in a shimmering Brazilian port city...

 

...inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' (short story) El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone.

 

It "works" by virtue of the "small-world" phenomenon...the same responsible for the fact that most of us 7 billion or so beings are within 6 or fewer degrees of each other.

 

It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):

 

www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world

 

With David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio: www.npr.org/2013/07/16/202634814/roots-of-samba-exploring-historic-pelourinho-in-salvador-brazil

 

All is more connected than we know.

 

Per the "spirit" above, our logo is a cortador de cana, a cane-cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.

 

If You Can't Stand the Heat

 

Image above is from the base of the cross in front of the church of São Francisco do Paraguaçu in the Bahian Recôncavo

 

Sprawled across broad equatorial latitudes, stoked and steamed and sensual in the widest sense of the word, limned in cadenced song, Brazil is a conundrum wrapped in a smile inside an irony...

 

This is not a European nation. It is not a North American nation. It is not an East Asian nation. It straddles — jungle and desert and dense urban centers — both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. Brazil absorbed over ten times the number of enslaved Africans taken to the United States of America, and is a repository of African deities (and their music) now largely forgotten in their lands of origin. It was a refuge (of sorts) for Sephardim fleeing an Inquisition which followed them across the Atlantic (that unofficial symbol of Brazil's national music — the pandeiro — was almost certainly brought to Brazil by these people). Across the parched savannas of the interior of Brazil's culturally fecund nordeste/northeast, where wizard Hermeto Pascoal was born in Lagoa da Canoa (Lagoon of the Canoe) and raised in Olho d'Águia (Eye of the Eagle), much of Brazil's aboriginal population was absorbed into a caboclo/quilombola culture punctuated by the Star of David. Three cultures — from three continents — running for their lives, their confluence forming an unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof. Nowhere else but here.

 

Oligarchy, plutocracy, dictatorships and massive corruption — elements of these are still strongly entrenched — have defined, delineated, and limited Brazil.

 

But strictured & bound as it has been and is, Brazil has buzz...not the shallow buzz of a fashionable moment...but the deep buzz of a population which in spite of — or perhaps because of — the tough slog through life they've been allotted by humanity's dregs-in-fine-linen, have chosen not to simply pull themselves along but to lift their voices in song and their bodies in dance...to eat well and converse well and much and to wring the joy out of the day-to-day happenings and small pleasures of life which are so often set aside or ignored in the European, North American, and East Asian nations.

 

For this Brazil has a genius perhaps unparalleled in all other countries and societies, a genius which thrives alongside peeling paint and holes in the streets and roads, under bad organization by the powers-that-be, both civil and governmental, under a constant rain of societal indignities...

 

Which is all to say that if you don't know Brazil and you're expecting any semblance of order, progress and light, you will certainly find the light! And the buzz of a people who for generations have responded to privation at many different levels by somehow rising above it all.

 

"Onde tem miséria, tem música!"* - Raymundo Sodré

 

And it's not just music. And it's not just Brazil.

 

Welcome to the kitchen!

 

* "Where there is misery, there is music!" Remarked during a conversation arcing from Bahia to Haiti and Cuba to New Orleans and the south side of Chicago and Harlem to the villages of Ireland and the gypsy camps and shtetls of Eastern Europe...

 

Harlem to Bahia to the Planet



Why a "Matrix"?

 

I was explaining the ideas behind this nascent network to (João) Teoria (trumpet player above) over cervejas at Xique Xique (a bar named for a town in Bahia) in the Salvador neighborhood of Barris...

 

Like this (but in Portuguese): "It's kind of like Facebook if it didn't spy on you, but reversed... more about who you don't know than who you do know. And who doesn't know you but would be glad if they did. It's kind of like old Myspace Music but instead of having "friends" it has a list on your page of people you recommend. Not just musicians but writers, painters, filmmakers, dancers, chefs... anybody in the creative economy. It has a list of people who recommend you, or through whom you are recommended. It deals with arts which aren't recommendable by algorithm but need human intelligence behind recommendations. And the people who are recommended can recommend, creating a network of recommendations wherein by the small world phenomenon most people in the creative economy are within several steps of everybody else in the creative economy, no matter where they are in the world. Like a chessboard which could have millions of squares, but you can get from any given square to any other in no more than six steps..."

 

And João said (in Portuguese): "A matrix where you can move from one artist to another..."

 

A matrix! That was it! The ORIGINAL meaning of matrix is "source", from "mater", Latin for "mother". So the term would help congeal the concept in the minds of people the network was being introduced to, while giving us a motto: "We're a real mother for ya!" (you know, Johnny "Guitar" Watson?)

 

The original idea was that musicians would recommend musicians, the network thus formed being "small world" (commonly called "six degrees of separation"). In the real world, the number of degrees of separation in such a network can vary, but while a given network might have billions of nodes (people, for example), the average number of steps between any two nodes will usually be minuscule.

 

Thus somebody unaware of the magnificent music of Bahia, Brazil will be able to conceivably move from almost any musician in this matrix to Bahia in just a few steps...

 

By the same logic that might move one from Bahia or anywhere else to any musician anywhere.

 

And there's no reason to limit this system to musicians. To the contrary, while there are algorithms written to recommend music (which, although they are limited, can be useful), there are no algorithms capable of recommending journalism, novels & short stories, painting, dance, film, chefery...

 

...a vast chasm that this network — or as Teoria put it, "matrix" — is capable of filling.

 

  • Flor Jorge
    I RECOMMEND

CURATION

  • from this node by: Criador acima/Creator above

This is the Universe of

  • Name: Flor Jorge
  • City/Place: Los Angeles
  • Country: United States
  • Hometown: Rio de Janeiro

Current News

  • What's Up? New single MACUMBEIRA has just been released!

Life & Work

  • Bio: Flor Jorge is Seu Jorge's LA-living daughter, who can be heard singing on Marisa Monte's newest album.

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Instagram: florlosophy
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2iTQvI7XB6eAccQ5_Kz1g
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3CdTias43b3Oic66fadZWY

Clips (more may be added)

  • 3:48
    Macumbeira
    By Flor Jorge
    23 views
  • 5:01
    Marisa Monte | Pra Melhorar feat Seu Jorge e Flor (vídeo)
    By Flor Jorge
    35 views
  • 4:28
    Flor - Sapiens (Official Video)
    By Flor Jorge
    69 views
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Imagine the world's creative economy at your fingertips. Imagine 10 doors side-by-side. Beyond each, 10 more, each opening to a "creative" somewhere around the planet. After passing through 8 such doorways you will have followed 1 pathway out of 100 million possible (2 sets of doorways yield 10 x 10 = 100 pathways). This is a simplified version of the metamathematics that makes it possible to reach everybody in the global creative economy in just a few steps It doesn't mean that everybody will be reached by everybody. It does mean that everybody can  be reached by everybody.


Appear below by recommending Flor Jorge:

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  • 3 Los Angeles
  • 3 MPB
  • 3 Rio de Janeiro
  • 3 Singer-Songwriter
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  • Rowney Scott Brasil, Brazil
  • Mavis Staples Soul
  • As Ganhadeiras de Itapuã Bahia
  • Chano Domínguez Piano
  • Jam no MAM Jazz
  • Luciano Calazans Composer
  • Marvin Dunn African American History
  • Meddy Gerville Composer
  • Danilo Caymmi Film Scores
  • Nicholas Barber Film Critic
  • Wynton Marsalis New Orleans
  • Dónal Lunny Songwriter
  • Adam Rogers Jazz
  • PATRICKTOR4 Brasil, Brazil
  • Ubiratan Marques Brasil, Brazil
  • Jane Ira Bloom Jazz
  • Frank Negrão Funk
  • Giba Conceição Salvador
  • Pierre Onassis Brazil
  • Camille Thurman Jazz
  • Art Rosenbaum Folk & Traditional
  • Paulinho Fagundes Violão Gaúcho
  • Gretchen Parlato Jazz
  • Thiago Trad Bateria, Drums
  • Leandro Afonso Film Producer
  • Luíz Paixão Pernambuco
  • Alicia Hall Moran Jazz
  • Shaun Martin Record Producer
  • Tom Oren Tel Aviv
  • Carwyn Ellis Wales
  • Tam-Ky Supermarket
  • Gino Sorcinelli DJ Culture
  • Marko Djordjevic Composer
  • Gaby Moreno Singer-Songwriter
  • Abel Selaocoe Contemporary African Classical Music
  • Walter Pinheiro Brazilian Jazz
  • Justin Stanton Sound Design
  • Anders Osborne Singer-Songwriter
  • Oteil Burbridge Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Garth Cartwright Music Promoter
  • Luques Curtis Latin Jazz
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Arranger
  • Aurino de Jesus Samba de Roda
  • Rahim AlHaj Composer
  • 小野リサ Lisa Ono MPB
  • Henry Cole Puerto Rico
  • Alan Bishop Bass
  • Ramita Navai Iran
  • Asa Branca Folk & Traditional
  • Ben Harper R&B
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Brazilian Jazz
  • Morgan Page DJ
  • Diosmar Filho Cineasta Documentarista, Documentary Filmmaker
  • Lula Galvão Bossa Nova
  • Paulinho do Reco Songwriter
  • Hamilton de Holanda Choro
  • Harvey G. Cohen Political Historian
  • Abderrahmane Sissako Film Producer
  • Utar Artun Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Hugo Rivas Argentina
  • Jonathon Grasse Guitar
  • Gringo Cardia Architect
  • Donna Leon Writer
  • Brandon J. Acker Theorbo
  • Nath Rodrigues Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Cara Stacey Composer
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel Jazz
  • Peter Erskine Author
  • David Bruce Multi-Cultural
  • Jau Samba Reggae
  • Jeremy Pelt Trumpet Instruction
  • Barlavento Samba
  • Evgeny Kissin Contemporary Classical Music
  • Varijashree Venugopal Bengaluru
  • Paulo Costa Lima Faculdade da UFBA, Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • Dan Auerbach Singer-Songwriter
  • Johnny Vidacovich Funk
  • Jeremy Danneman Jazz
  • Ivan Neville Funk
  • Ferenc Nemeth Drums
  • Bebê Kramer Tango
  • Alexandre Gismonti Guitar
  • Mark Bingham Singer-Songwriter
  • Seth Rogovoy Klezmer
  • Ricardo Herz Rabeca
  • Bob Bernotas Jazz
  • Restaurante Axego Brazil
  • Corey Harris Blues
  • Brian Jackson Flute
  • Barry Harris Jazz
  • Samuca do Acordeon Bossa Nova
  • Karim Ziad Paris, France
  • Dave Smith Alternative, Improv
  • David Simon Baltimore, Maryland
  • Domingos Preto Brazil
  • Diosmar Filho Geógrafo, Geographer
  • Alita Moses Jazz
  • Fábio Peron Samba
  • Lydia R. Diamond Playwright
  • Philip Glass Piano
  • Endea Owens Composer
  • Terri Hinte Liner Notes
  • Stan Douglas Vancouver
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Trombone
  • Carrtoons Bass
  • Alex Mesquita Bahia
  • Simon Brook Paris
  • Riley Baugus Fiddle
  • Ivan Bastos MPB
  • Kurt Andersen Essayist
  • Marcel Camargo Jazz
  • Rayendra Sunito Jazz
  • Alexandre Gismonti Brazil
  • Gringo Cardia Set Designer
  • Gregory Porter Jazz
  • Nelson Cerqueira Academia de Letras da Bahia, Bahian Academy of Letters
  • Celso de Almeida Drums
  • Sam Dagher The Middle East
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Singer
  • Henry Cole Puerto Rico
  • Dorian Concept Electronic Music
  • Nilze Carvalho Samba
  • Bianca Gismonti Brazil
  • Fabiana Cozza Poet
  • Reena Esmail Contemporary Classical Music
  • Tommaso Zillio Prog Rock
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh Romania
  • Tobias Meinhart Composer
  • China Moses R&B
  • Jerry Douglas Country
  • Jorge Aragão Rio de Janeiro
  • Vanessa Moreno MPB
  • Louis Michot Fiddle
  • Dudu Reis Bahia
  • Kiko Loureiro Guitar Instruction
  • Hélio Delmiro Brazilian Jazz
  • Nubya Garcia Jazz
  • Russell Malone Jazz
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Brazil
  • David Wax Museum Charlottesville, Virgina
  • Martyn Record Label Owner
  • Romero Lubambo Brazilian Jazz
  • Tito Jackson Guitar
  • Angel Deradoorian Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Chris Potter Jazz
  • Chris Dingman Jazz
  • Don Byron New York City
  • Manassés de Souza Composer
  • Demond Melancon Louisiana
  • Jim Hoke Nashville, TN
  • Ron Blake Jazz
  • Ajeum da Diáspora Brazil
  • Serginho Meriti Composer
  • Frank Negrão Salvador
  • Sammy Britt Mississippi
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Writer
  • James Strauss Contemporary Classical Music
  • Cinho Damatta Salvador
  • Meshell Ndegeocello Jazz, Funk, R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Reggae
  • Otmaro Ruiz Piano Instruction
  • Del McCoury Singer
  • PATRICKTOR4 Pernambuco
  • Mike Marshall Author
  • Endea Owens Bass
  • Carlos Malta Brazil
  • Siobhán Peoples Fiddle
  • Sierra Hull Mandolin
  • Dave Smith Jazz
  • Pedro Abib Bahia
  • Airto Moreira Composer
  • Ben Wolfe New York City
  • Isaias Rabelo Brazil
  • Weedie Braimah Djembefola
  • Germán Garmendia Singer
  • Massimo Biolcati Composer
  • Willie Jones III Drumming Instruction
  • Alicia Keys Record Producer
  • Anna Mieke Singer-Songwriter
  • Sérgio Pererê Actor
  • James Strauss Flute
  • Julian Lage Composer
  • Bhi Bhiman R&B
  • Alma Deutscher Piano
  • Julian Lage Jazz
  • Helen Shaw New York City
  • Safy-Hallan Farah Music Critic
  • Edgar Meyer Composer
  • Paulão 7 Cordas Choro
  • Yola Americana
  • Natan Drubi Brasil, Brazil
  • Guilherme Kastrup Drums
  • Nicolas Krassik Composer
  • Márcia Short Bahia
  • Roy Nathanson Composer
  • Les Filles de Illighadad Niger
  • Howard Levy Multi-Cultural
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Television Writer
  • Renee Rosnes Jazz
  • Fábio Luna Forró
  • Derron Ellies Steel Pans
  • João Parahyba São Paulo
  • Keyon Harrold Trumpet
  • Jamz Supernova DJ
  • Orlando Costa Rio de Janeiro
  • Ron Wyman Documentary Filmmaker
  • Mingus Big Band New York City
  • Brian Jackson Record Producer
  • David Bragger Old-Time Music
  • Jennifer Koh Contemporary Classical Music
  • Isaiah J. Thompson Piano
  • Tom Bergeron Saxophone
  • Ana Luisa Barral Brazil
  • Christopher Seneca Drums
  • Dermot Hussey Pan-Africana
  • Michael League Bass
  • Deesha Philyaw Columnist
  • Moreno Veloso Pandeiro
  • Beats Antique World Fusion
  • Colson Whitehead Literary Critic
  • Casa Preta Local de Música ao Vivo, Live Music Venue
  • Ethan Iverson Writer
  • Antonio García Film Scores
  • Angelique Kidjo Africa
  • Joe Lovano Jazz
  • Ivan Bastos Bahia
  • Roots Manuva Singer-Songwriter
  • Dhafer Youssef ظافر يوسف Singer
  • Richard Galliano Musette
  • Wayne Krantz New York City
  • Carlos Henriquez Jazz
  • Jocelyn Ramirez Online Cooking Classes
  • Marko Djordjevic Drums
  • Elif Şafak Essayist
  • Jared Sims Saxophone
  • Banning Eyre African Music
  • Roque Ferreira Samba de Roda
  • Márcio Bahia Samba
  • Manolo Badrena Puerto Rico
  • Saul Williams Singer-Songwriter
  • Mauro Senise Saxophone
  • Teddy Swims R&B
  • Mark Lettieri Ropeadope
  • Margareth Menezes Brazil
  • Thomas Àdes Opera
  • Berkun Oya Istanbul
  • Rowney Scott Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Marcus Strickland Saxophone
  • Larissa Fulana de Tal Salvador
  • Mykia Jovan New Orleans
  • Julian Lloyd Webber London
  • Michael Formanek Peabody Conservatory of Music Faculty
  • Ann Hallenberg Mezzo-Soprano
  • Jovino Santos Neto Record Producer
  • Jimmy Duck Holmes Guitar
  • Henrique Cazes Rio de Janeiro
  • Carla Visi Salvador
  • Hopkinson Smith Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Faculty
  • Dónal Lunny Irish Traditional Music
  • Nathan Amaral Rio de Janeiro
  • Nação Zumbi Rock
  • Gabriel Geszti Choro
  • Burkard Polster Author
  • Sam Reider Brooklyn, NY
  • Colm Tóibín Journalist
  • Geraldo Azevedo Frevo
  • Stefon Harris Composer
  • H.L. Thompson Music Consultant
  • Rogê Singer-Songwriter
  • Jaimie Branch Composer
  • Milton Primo Viola Machete
  • Jimmy Dludlu AfroJazz
  • Laércio de Freitas Brazil
  • Congahead Jazz
  • Veronica Swift Composer
  • Francisco Mela Composer
  • Célestin Monga Africa
  • Pierre Onassis Música AFRO
  • Gel Barbosa Salvador
  • Reuben Rogers Caribbean Music
  • Kirk Whalum R&B
  • MonoNeon Memphis, Tennessee
  • Chano Domínguez Jazz
  • Manuel Alejandro Rangel Maracas
  • Pedrito Martinez Congas
  • Leo Genovese Jazz
  • Marc-André Hamelin Composer
  • Aindrias de Staic Fiddle
  • Alexandre Vieira Compositor, Composer
  • Alex Clark Digital Media Producer
  • Fernando César Educator
  • Ed Roth Los Angeles
  • João Callado Painter
  • Msaki Singer-Songwriter
  • Christopher Nupen Filmmaker
  • Terri Hinte Travel Writer
  • Kim André Arnesen Oslo
  • Amy K. Bormet Washington, D.C.
  • Ana Luisa Barral MPB
  • Shaun Martin Ropeadope
  • Tatiana Eva-Marie Singer
  • VJ Gabiru DJ
  • Andrew Gilbert Jazz
  • Christopher Wilkinson Movie Producer
  • Ryan Keberle Trombone
  • Priscila Castro Carimbó
  • Lavinia Meijer Contemporary Classical Music
  • Joshue Ashby Afro-Cuban Music
  • Leon Bridges Soul
  • Fábio Luna Brasil, Brazil
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Violin
  • Leon Bridges Singer-Songwriter
  • Musa Okwonga Poet
  • Celsinho Silva Rio de Janeiro
  • Doug Adair Music & Cultural Education
  • Laércio de Freitas Actor
  • Itiberê Zwarg Brazil
  • Roque Ferreira Brazil
  • Nelson Sargento Brazil
  • Jim Hoke Saxophone
  • Eric Harland Drums
  • THE ROOM Shibuya Dance Club
  • João Callado Rio de Janeiro
  • Nana Nkweti Writer
  • Sam Wasson Los Angeles
  • Benny Benack III Trumpet
  • Oteil Burbridge Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Kabak Kemane
  • Yunior Terry Violin
  • Nabihah Iqbal London
  • TaRon Lockett Singer-Songwriter
  • Steve Lehman Jazz
  • Kiko Freitas Educator
  • Romero Lubambo New York City
  • Anat Cohen Jazz
  • Leo Genovese Keyboards
  • Craig Ross Guitar
  • João Callado Cavaquinho
  • James Martin Jazz
  • Malin Fezehai Brooklyn, NY
  • Jason Marsalis Vibraphone
  • Nels Cline Composer
  • Wynton Marsalis Trumpet
  • Peter Mulvey Singer-Songwriter
  • Maladitso Band Africa
  • Dhafer Youssef ظافر يوسف Oud
  • Ricardo Herz Violin
  • Roy Ayers Vibraphone
  • Helado Negro Ecuador
  • Nduduzo Makhathini Fort Hare University Faculty

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We're a real mother for ya!

 

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