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  • @ Ground Zero
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  • If You Can't Stand the Heat
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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.

 

  • Gel Barbosa
    I RECOMMEND

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix

This is the Universe of

  • Name: Gel Barbosa
  • City/Place: Salvador, Bahia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Hometown: Serra da Raíz, Pariba

Life & Work

  • Bio: Gel Barbosa has played/recorded with Zé Calixto, Pinto do Acordeon, Antônio Barros, Cecéu, Elba Ramalho, Xangai, Targino Gondim, Carlos Pitta, Elba Ramalho, Almério, Mariana Aydar and Renato Borghetti, among others.

    He is also a luthier, working in the construction of accordions.

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Instagram: gelbarbosaoficial
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/GelBarbosa
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/1ZOrZ9FJUJhweDB8UJDVO6
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/4oGBV18iIEeorUdhaqCZlH
  • ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/5C31Nuh2D76Pd9Q5MQLytK

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    Gel Barbosa - Doce de Coco (Jacob Bittencourt)
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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 Gel Barbosa:

  • 3 Acordeon, Accordion
  • 3 Bahia
  • 3 Brasil, Brazil
  • 3 Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • 3 Luthier
  • 3 Paraiba
  • 3 Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • 3 Salvador
  • 3 Sanfona
  • Pasquale Grasso Jazz
  • Leandro Afonso Salvador
  • Carlos Henriquez Composer
  • Nic Adler Festival Promoter
  • Luizinho do Jêje Candomblé
  • Dónal Lunny Bouzouki
  • Jessie Montgomery New York City
  • Marcus Teixeira Guitar
  • Brett Orrison Record Producer
  • Eric Galm Percussion
  • Neymar Dias Brazil
  • Ry Cooder Writer
  • Bobby Sanabria Percussion
  • Dale Barlow Australia
  • Bobby Sanabria Manhattan School of Music Faculty
  • Tab Benoit Record Label Owner
  • Ricardo Herz Forró
  • Dale Farmer Film Director
  • Towa Tei テイ・トウワ DJ
  • David Virelles Composer
  • Iuri Passos Bahia
  • Jon Faddis Purchase College Conservatory of Music Faculty
  • Amit Chatterjee Vocalist
  • Stan Douglas Installation Artist
  • Ron Carter Bass
  • Johnathan Blake New York City
  • Larnell Lewis Jazz, Funk, R&B, Soul
  • Kim Hill Actor
  • Custódio Castelo Compositor, Composer
  • Fred Dantas Bahia
  • Chris Acquavella Germany
  • Ivan Bastos Salvador
  • Mário Pam AFROBIZ Salvador
  • Elio Villafranca Composer
  • Nêgah Santos New York City
  • Shoshana Zuboff Author
  • Di Freitas Ceará
  • Paulo Martelli Brasil, Brazil
  • Oscar Bolão Choro
  • Joshua White Piano
  • Omari Jazz Portland, Oregon
  • TaRon Lockett Los Angeles
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Saxophone
  • Stormzy Singer-Songwriter
  • Alicia Keys R&B
  • Noam Pikelny Bluegrass
  • Deesha Philyaw Essayist
  • Byron Thomas Music Director
  • Alex Mesquita Composer
  • Bob Telson Piano
  • Soweto Kinch Saxophone
  • Asali Solomon Short Stories
  • Katuka Africanidades Brasil, Brazil
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Percussion
  • Jared Jackson Harlem
  • Daymé Arocena Santeria
  • Dezron Douglas Bass
  • Muhsinah Washington, D.C.
  • Cainã Cavalcante Composer
  • Arthur Verocai Arranger
  • Antonio Sánchez Composer
  • Fabiana Cozza São Paulo
  • Ben Allison Bass
  • Nate Smith Television Scores
  • Julie Fowlis Scotland
  • Larissa Fulana de Tal Brasil, Brazil
  • Martyn Drum and Bass
  • Pedro Martins Choro
  • Massimo Biolcati Composer
  • Brandee Younger Jazz
  • Renell Medrano Photographer
  • Ashley Pezzotti Singer-Songwriter
  • Cédric Villani Paris
  • Laércio de Freitas Piano
  • Joatan Nascimento Trumpet
  • Issa Malluf Riq
  • Barney McAll Australia
  • Gregory Hutchinson R&B
  • Zé Luíz Nascimento Salvador
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Television Presenter
  • Roberta Sá MPB
  • Michael League Bass
  • Brentano String Quartet Yale School of Music
  • Tero Saarinen Dancer
  • Nguyên Lê Composer
  • Nigel Hall Singer
  • Henry Cole Puerto Rico
  • Carwyn Ellis Experimental Music
  • Martin Fondse Composer
  • Ivo Perelman Jazz
  • Turíbio Santos Composer
  • Owen Williams Software Engineer
  • Cinho Damatta MPB
  • Tatiana Eva-Marie Manouche
  • Clarice Assad Composer
  • Laura Cole Singer-Songwriter
  • Patricia Janečková Soprano
  • Pasquale Grasso Jazz
  • Little Simz Hip-Hop
  • Nelson Faria Composer
  • John Santos Cape Verde
  • Luizinho Assis Compositor, Composer
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh Romania
  • Pururu Mão no Couro Sambalanço
  • James Martins Bahia
  • Jon Batiste Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Jeff Preiss Cinematographer
  • Oscar Peñas Barcelona
  • Utar Artun Composer
  • Kurt Andersen Novelist
  • Derek Sivers Singer-Songwriter
  • Mary Halvorson Guitar
  • NIcholas Casey Spain
  • Marcello Gonçalves Violão de Sete
  • Ryan Keberle Piano
  • Victor Wooten Author
  • Mauro Senise Choro
  • Chano Domínguez Piano
  • Capinam Salvador
  • Scott Kettner New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Faculty
  • Ricky (Dirty Red) Gordon New Orleans
  • Mateus Alves Recife
  • Daru Jones Record Label Owner
  • Margareth Menezes Afropop
  • Ibrahim Maalouf Composer
  • Airto Moreira Brazil
  • John Santos Record Label Owner
  • Marc Ribot Composer
  • Eddie Palmieri New York City
  • Gab Ferruz MPB
  • Marc Ribot Soul
  • Marcus Teixeira EMESP Tom Jobim Faculty
  • Colm Tóibín Playwright
  • Ben Wendel Jazz
  • Quincy Jones Trumpet
  • Duncan Chisholm Traditional Scottish Music
  • Anthony Hervey Trumpet
  • Mateus Aleluia Candomblé
  • Liron Meyuhas Singer
  • Sameer Gupta Composer
  • Dadá do Trombone Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Keita Ogawa Brooklyn, NY
  • Marco Pereira Brazil
  • Gabrielzinho do Irajá Partideiro
  • Musa Okwonga Poet
  • Ron Blake Composer
  • Fábio Luna Bateria, Drums
  • Fred P Techno
  • Ariel Reich Dance for PD®
  • Miroslav Tadić Jazz
  • Ellie Kurttz England
  • Art Rosenbaum Folklorist
  • Paquito D'Rivera Clarinet
  • Eric Galm Percussion
  • Priscila Castro Cantora-Compositora, Singer-Songwriter
  • Felipe Guedes Guitar
  • Gerson Silva Bahia
  • Frank Negrão Salvador
  • Toninho Nascimento Samba
  • Kotringo Singer-Songwriter
  • Joatan Nascimento Salvador
  • Ronald Bruner Jr. Composer
  • Gustavo Di Dalva Singer
  • Kalani Pe'a Singer-Songwriter
  • Lucio Yanel Argentina
  • Luciana Souza Brazilian Jazz
  • Meklit Hadero San Francisco
  • Afrocidade Bahia
  • Joel Guzmán Accordion
  • Merima Ključo Klezmer
  • Jahi Sundance DJ
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Electronic Music
  • Antônio Queiroz Samba Rural
  • Marcus Printup New York City
  • Musa Okwonga Essayist
  • Irmandade da Boa Morte Brasil, Brazil
  • Paul McKenna Glasgow
  • Marco Pereira Choro
  • Shanequa Gay Storyteller
  • Billy O'Shea Science Fiction
  • Tatiana Campêlo Afro-Brazilian Dance Instruction
  • Africania Bahia
  • Alexandre Gismonti Composer
  • Oteil Burbridge Southern Rock
  • Flora Purim Brazil
  • Kiko Souza Salvador
  • Marko Djordjevic Drums
  • James Andrews Trumpet
  • Roque Ferreira Author
  • King Britt Record Label Owner
  • João Rabello Rio de Janeiro
  • Jurandir Santana Barcelona
  • Seckou Keita Kora
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Bass
  • Marvin Dunn Historian
  • Angelique Kidjo Multi-Cultural
  • Logan Richardson Flute
  • Plínio Fernandes Brazilian Classical Guitar
  • Horacio Hernández Havana
  • Nelson Sargento Samba
  • Mary Norris Writer
  • Dan Tepfer Piano
  • Şener Özmen Video Artist
  • Inaicyra Falcão Brasil, Brazil
  • Nego Álvaro Samba
  • Moreno Veloso Guitar
  • Etienne Charles Trumpet
  • David Kirby Writer
  • Carlinhos 7 Cordas Samba
  • Tal Wilkenfeld Los Angeles
  • Swizz Beatz DJ
  • Avner Dorman Gettysburg College Faculty
  • Marcelinho Oliveira Salvador
  • Roy Nathanson Brooklyn, NY
  • Leyla McCalla New Orleans
  • Ferenc Nemeth Drumming Instruction
  • Bright Red Dog Albany, New York
  • Ricardo Herz Composer
  • Nic Hard New York City
  • Jeremy Danneman Film Scores
  • Darren Barrett Composer
  • Andrés Prado Universidad Católica del Perú Faculty
  • Lívia Mattos Salvador
  • Negra Jhô Brazil
  • Darol Anger Record Producer
  • Luciano Calazans MPB
  • Woody Mann Guitar Instruction
  • Paulo Costa Lima Música Clássica Contemporânea, Contemporary Classical Music
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Composer
  • Rez Abbasi Indian Classical Music
  • Mauro Refosco Compositor de Filmes, Film Scores
  • Ronell Johnson Sousaphone
  • Jen Shyu Dancer
  • Sheryl Bailey Guitar
  • Alexandre Vieira Brasil, Brazil
  • Adam Rogers Jazz
  • José James Jazz
  • Lula Galvão Brasília
  • James Brandon Lewis Saxophone
  • Celsinho Silva Pandeiro
  • Márcio Bahia Brazil
  • Marcel Camargo Composer
  • Alex Hargreaves Fiddle
  • Ibrahim Maalouf Classical Music
  • Gevorg Dabaghyan Duduk
  • Sam Wasson Author
  • Angel Deradoorian Los Angeles
  • Paulão 7 Cordas Rio de Janeiro
  • Steve Coleman Composer
  • Celso de Almeida Drums
  • Nara Couto Salvador
  • Tomo Fujita Blues
  • Carla Visi Singer
  • Marilda Santanna Cantora, Singer
  • Elisa Goritzki Choro
  • Teddy Swims Soul
  • Gary Lutz Writer
  • Ben Hazleton Bass
  • Karla Vasquez Cooking Classes
  • Leyla McCalla Singer-Songwriter
  • Clint Smith Writer
  • Ênio Bernardes Diretor Musical, Music Director
  • Billy Strings Singer
  • Curtis Hasselbring Composer
  • David Virelles New York City
  • Shamarr Allen Singer-Songwriter
  • Louis Marks Ropeadope
  • João Bosco Rio de Janeiro
  • Sam Yahel Organ Instruction
  • Casa da Mãe Chula
  • Thiago Espírito Santo Brasil, Brazil
  • Tom Moon Saxophone
  • Mahsa Vahdat Persian Classical Music
  • Şener Özmen Kurdistan
  • João Teoria Chef
  • Alexandre Vieira Bahia
  • Makaya McCraven Chicago, Illinois
  • Cedric Watson Accordion
  • Laércio de Freitas Actor
  • Herlin Riley New Orleans
  • Lolis Eric Elie Writer
  • Neymar Dias Brazil
  • Luke Daniels Scottish Traditional Music
  • Chad Taylor Jazz
  • Laércio de Freitas Brazil
  • Keyon Harrold R&B
  • Cuong Vu Jazz
  • David Bragger Guitar
  • Thomas Àdes London
  • Jorge Glem Composer
  • The Bayou Mosquitos Netherlands
  • Larry McCray Arkansas
  • Bianca Gismonti Brazil
  • Grant Rindner Writer
  • Bule Bule Samba Rural
  • Chris Thile New York City
  • Mike Compton Songwriter
  • Ceumar Coelho MPB
  • Hilton Schilder Cape Jazz
  • Mariana Zwarg Rio de Janeiro
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Musicologist
  • Gord Sheard Piano
  • Mariene de Castro Bahia
  • Olga Mieleszczuk Poland
  • Larry McCray Singer-Songwriter
  • Africania Samba de Roda
  • Nêgah Santos Pandeiro
  • Donnchadh Gough Irish Traditional Music
  • Ivan Neville Singer-Songwriter
  • RAM Port-au-Prince
  • Pedro Aznar Guitar
  • Béco Dranoff Cultural Producer
  • Jeff 'Tain' Watts Actor
  • Ronell Johnson New Orleans
  • Ronald Bruner Jr. Drums
  • Roberto Fonseca Piano
  • Jam no MAM Jam Sessions
  • D.D. Jackson Composer
  • Branford Marsalis Theater Composer
  • John Zorn Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Corey Henry Jazz
  • Rosa Cedrón Galicia
  • Amilton Godoy Classical Music
  • Horácio Reis MPB
  • Jonathan Griffin Radio Presenter
  • Fidelis Melo Bahia
  • Asanda Mqiki Jazz
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Piano
  • Edgar Meyer Composer
  • Concha Buika Spain
  • Anthony Hamilton Singer-Songwriter
  • Barry Harris Jazz
  • David Castillo Los Angeles
  • Jeff Tweedy Poet
  • Mário Pam Percussion
  • Adonis Rose New Orleans
  • Shabaka Hutchings Clarinet
  • Tigran Hamasyan Armenia
  • Marilda Santanna Faculdade da UFBA, Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • Antonio García Arranger
  • Dan Auerbach Record Producer
  • David Sánchez Saxophone
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant Illustrator
  • Welson Tremura Choro
  • Soweto Kinch MC
  • Mandla Buthelezi Jazz
  • Shuya Okino Composer
  • Yvette Holzwarth Los Angeles
  • Zigaboo Modeliste Drums
  • Henry Cole Jazz

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We're a real mother for ya!

 

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