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The Matrix Online Network is a platform conceived & built in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and upon which people & entities across the creative economic universe can 1) present in variegated detail what it is they do, 2) recommend others, and 3) be recommended by others. Integrated by recommendations and governed by the metamathematical magic of the small world phenomenon (popularly called "6 degrees of separation"), matrix pages tend to discoverable proximity to all other matrix pages, no matter how widely separated in location, society, and degree of fame. From Quincy Jones to celestial samba in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to you, all is closer than we imagine.

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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.

 

  • Iuri Passos
    I RECOMMEND

CURATION

  • from this node by: Criador acima/Creator above

This is the Universe of

  • Name: Iuri Passos
  • City/Place: Salvador, Bahia
  • Country: Brazil

Life & Work

  • Bio: Iuri Passos was born and raised in the Gantois terreiro de candomblé in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

    He's a percussionist and musicologist with a master's degree from the Federal University of Bahia.

    His project Rum Alagbê is open classes in candomblé drumming a couple of times of week at Gantois, in the Salvador neighborhood of Federação, including Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. or so. Payment for these classes is whatever donation one wishes to give, if any.

Contact Information

  • Telephone: +55 71 99161-1288

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Instagram: iuripassos10
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/IuriPassos

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  • Teaser do filme 'Orin: música para os Orixás, sobre Iuri Passos e Projeto Rum Alagbê
    By Iuri Passos
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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.


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  • 4 Bahia
  • 4 Brazil
  • 4 Candomblé
  • 4 Ethnomusicologist
  • 4 Percussion
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  • David Fiuczynski Multi-Cultural
  • Marcus Printup Composer
  • Orlando 'Maraca' Valle Composer
  • Dwandalyn Reece Writer
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  • Andrew Dickson Art Critic
  • Rob Garland Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music Faculty
  • Renell Medrano Dominican Republic
  • Gabriel Geszti Choro
  • Zé Luíz Nascimento Salvador
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  • Egberto Gismonti Brazil
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  • Fernando Brandão Composer
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  • Maciel Salú Rabeca
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  • Burhan Öçal Bendir
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  • Leo Genovese Composer
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  • Mokhtar Samba Drums
  • Andrés Beeuwsaert Piano
  • Menelaw Sete Pelourinho
  • Will Holshouser Jazz
  • Ari Rosenschein Seattle
  • Hugo Linns Brazil
  • Marc Ribot Brooklyn, NY
  • Liz Dany Choreographer
  • Mestrinho Forró
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  • Swizz Beatz Rapper
  • Johnny Lorenz Essayist
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  • Chris Dingman New York City
  • Nicolas Krassik Samba
  • Andra Day Jazz
  • Julia Alvarez Writer
  • Greg Ruby Author
  • Benny Benack III Trumpet
  • Philip Cashian London
  • Adam Cruz Composer
  • Musa Okwonga Podcaster
  • Bing Futch Singer-Songwriter
  • Leon Parker Percussion
  • Eddie Kadi Voiceover Artist
  • Nelson Faria YouTuber
  • Oswaldinho do Acordeon Composer
  • André Vasconcellos Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Taylor Ashton Brooklyn, NY
  • Lucio Yanel Gaucho Culture
  • Matt Dievendorf Guitar
  • Reuben Rogers Caribbean Music
  • Corey Harris Blues
  • Ron Carter Jazz
  • John McWhorter New York City
  • Trombone Shorty Trumpet
  • Terri Hinte Jazz Publicist
  • Darrell Green Jazz
  • Tom Bergeron Saxophone
  • Tom Oren Tel Aviv
  • Hercules Gomes MPB
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  • Vinson Cunningham Writer
  • Mavis Staples R&B
  • Nora Fischer Amsterdam
  • Bob Mintzer Jazz
  • Natan Drubi Salvador
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Writer
  • Alexandre Leão Brasil, Brazil
  • Eli Teplin Piano
  • Ayrson Heráclito Cachoeira
  • Brandee Younger Composer
  • Luíz Paixão Côco
  • Marc Cary Keyboards
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  • Bai Kamara Jr. Singer-Songwriter
  • John Morrison DJ
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  • Joe Newberry Banjo
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  • Peter Serkin Piano
  • Colm Tóibín Playwright
  • Maria Bethânia Singer
  • Sophia Deboick Historian
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  • Léo Rodrigues Côco
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  • Mikki Kunttu Set Designer
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  • Burhan Öçal Kudüm
  • Terell Stafford Composer
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  • Adriene Cruz Tapestry Crochet
  • Justin Stanton Sound Design
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  • Sam Yahel Organ Instruction
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  • Ariel Reich Director
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  • João Teoria Chef
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  • Mark Stryker Jazz
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  • Olga Mieleszczuk Warsaw
  • Lolis Eric Elie Writer
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  • Fred Dantas Big Band Leader
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  • Asa Branca Choro
  • Elie Afif Bass
  • Giveton Gelin Trumpet
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  • Donnchadh Gough Bodhrán
  • Conrad Herwig New York City
  • Liberty Ellman Record Producer
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  • Vijay Gupta Contemporary Classical Music
  • Helen Shaw New York City
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  • Lakecia Benjamin R&B
  • Tom Bergeron Choro
  • Alê Siqueira Composer
  • Danilo Brito Bandolim
  • Stephen Guerra New York City
  • Curtis Hasselbring Guitar
  • Seth Rogovoy Klezmer
  • Melanie Charles Beatmaker
  • Isaiah J. Thompson Jazz
  • Bright Red Dog Ropeadope
  • Tray Chaney Record Producer
  • Kiko Freitas Brazilian Jazz
  • Paulo Aragão Brazil
  • Vivien Schweitzer Opera
  • Cleber Augusto Samba
  • Stephen Guerra Composer
  • James Andrews Trumpet
  • Mário Santana Bahia
  • Marquis Hill Trumpet
  • Rachael Price Jazz
  • Lula Moreira Documentary Filmmaker
  • Marco Pereira Choro
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  • Mestre Nenel Capoeira
  • Adam O'Farrill Trumpet
  • Dezron Douglas NYU Steinhardt Faculty
  • Frank Beacham Videographer
  • Cory Wong Songwriter
  • The Assad Brothers Brazil
  • Merima Ključo Author
  • Rez Abbasi Microtonal
  • George Porter Jr. New Orleans
  • Jamz Supernova London
  • Meshell Ndegeocello Singer-Songwriter
  • Zé Katimba Rio de Janeiro
  • Stephanie Jones Classical Guitar
  • Orrin Evans Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Mário Santana Percussion
  • David Greely Author
  • Cory Henry Singer-Songwriter
  • Melanie Charles Flute
  • Zachary Richard Accordion
  • Matt Ulery Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Matt Ulery Composer
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  • Tigran Hamasyan Armenian Folk Music
  • Mino Cinélu Drums
  • Paquito D'Rivera Saxophone
  • Katuka Africanidades Loja de Roupa, Clothing Store
  • Stefano Bollani Piano
  • Julian Lage Jazz
  • Leigh Alexander Public Speaker
  • Azadeh Moussavi Tehran
  • Roberto Mendes Santo Amaro
  • Timothy Duffy Folklorist
  • Lorna Simpson Sculptor
  • Philip Glass Piano
  • Cassandra Osei Historian of Latin America & African Diaspora
  • David Bragger Banjo
  • Dave Weckl Los Angeles
  • Banning Eyre Radio Presenter
  • Joshua Abrams Bass
  • Nathan Amaral Brazil
  • VJ Gabiru Bahia
  • Luizinho do Jêje Salvador
  • Giovanni Russonello New York City
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  • Johnny Lorenz Writer
  • Tomo Fujita Guitar
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  • Samuca do Acordeon Chamamé
  • Jon Batiste Melodica
  • Eric Harland Drums
  • Francisco Mela New York City
  • Philip Watson Writer
  • Jam no MAM Bahia
  • Casa Preta Brasil, Brazil
  • Jared Jackson Short Stories
  • Catherine Bent Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Caridad De La Luz Puerto Rico
  • Robi Botos Composer
  • Antonio García Piano
  • Abhijith P. S. Nair India
  • Joel Guzmán Accordion
  • Brian Lynch Composer
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  • Victor Gama Luanda
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  • Laura Marling Singer-Songwriter
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  • Samuca do Acordeon Forró
  • Brandon Coleman Singer-Songwriter
  • Owen Williams Software Engineer
  • Herlin Riley Drums
  • Rumaan Alam Essayist
  • Cássio Nobre Samba de Roda
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  • Benjamin Grosvenor London
  • Ricardo Bacelar Direitos Autorais, Royalties
  • Manolo Badrena Visual Media
  • Nduduzo Makhathini Piano
  • Dadá do Trombone Bahia

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