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  • @ Ground Zero
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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.

 

  • Leandro Afonso
    I RECOMMEND

CURATION

  • from this node by: Criador acima/Creator above

This is the Universe of

  • Name: Leandro Afonso
  • City/Place: Salvador, Bahia
  • Country: Brazil

Life & Work

  • Bio: Leandro Afonso é professor, pesquisador, e realizador.

    Graduado em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), mestre em Comunicação e Cultura Contemporâneas pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA).

    Diretor dos curtas Nunca Mais Vou Filmar (2012), Lara (2013), Habeas Corpus (2014), Argentina, Me Desculpe (2015) e Toda Sombra Parece Viva (2019). Em pós-produção de primeiro longa, Tio Bruno (2021). Redator da Revista Rocinante. Oficineiro e palestrante dos Pontos MIS (Museu da Imagem e do Som). Pesquisa encenação no cinema, gêneros cinematográficos, história do cinema brasileiro e cinema latino-americano.

Contact Information

  • Email: [email protected]

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Twitter: lafonso86
  • ▶ Instagram: lafonso86
  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdFRxHqlR7u1RruFUpA_GxA

Clips (more may be added)

  • 1:01
    Teaser Trailer - ARGENTINA, ME DESCULPE (2015)
    By Leandro Afonso
    27 views
  • 2:12
    Bruno Nunes - The Way You Look Tonight (Live)
    By Leandro Afonso
    44 views
  • 0:58
    Teaser Trailer - HABEAS CORPUS (2014)
    By Leandro Afonso
    47 views
  • 4:38
    Tio Bruno
    By Leandro Afonso
    47 views
  • 0:50
    Teaser Trailer - LARA (2013)
    By Leandro Afonso
    32 views
  • 1:05
    Lara procura
    By Leandro Afonso
    102 views
  • 0:48
    Teaser Trailer - NUNCA MAIS VOU FILMAR (2012)
    By Leandro Afonso
    21 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 Leandro Afonso:

  • 1 Bahia
  • 1 Brazil
  • 1 Federal University of Bahia
  • 1 Film Director
  • 1 Film Editor
  • 1 Film Producer
  • 1 Salvador
  • 1 Screenwriter
  • Marcus Teixeira MPB
  • Mohini Dey Bass
  • Shabaka Hutchings Composer
  • Ricardo Herz Choro
  • Ronell Johnson Second Line
  • Edgar Meyer Bluegrass
  • Alita Moses Neo Soul
  • Terence Blanchard Film Scores
  • Gilson Peranzzetta Brazil
  • Kirk Whalum Flute
  • Geraldine Inoa Television Writer
  • Dale Barlow Jazz
  • Aurino de Jesus Samba de Roda
  • Alex Rawls Arts Journalist
  • Rayendra Sunito Record Producer
  • João Teoria Trompete, Trumpet
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Photographer
  • Mulatu Astatke Percussion
  • Celino dos Santos Viola Machete
  • Michael League Record Label Owner
  • Eli Teplin Piano
  • Amit Chatterjee Sitar
  • Nate Smith Jazz
  • Moses Boyd Record Label Owner
  • Gustavo Caribé Bahia
  • Urânia Munzanzu Cineasta, Filmmaker
  • Jussara Silveira Bahia
  • Diedrich Diederichsen Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Faculty
  • Philip Ó Ceallaigh Translator
  • Regina Carter Jazz
  • Matthew F Fisher Brooklyn, NY
  • Rudy Royston Jazz
  • Celsinho Silva Pandeiro Instruction
  • Garth Cartwright DJ
  • Hugues Mbenda Marseille
  • Adenor Gondim Photographer
  • Anoushka Shankar Multi-Cultural
  • Gui Duvignau Contemporary Classical Music
  • Marcus Miller Composer
  • Andrew Huang Record Producer
  • Chris Dingman Vibraphone Instruction
  • Jason Parham Publisher
  • Michael Kiwanuka Singer-Songwriter
  • Trombone Shorty Trumpet
  • Danilo Brito Composer
  • Michael Formanek Bass
  • Monarco Cavaquinho
  • Johnny Lorenz Poet
  • Toumani Diabaté Bamako
  • Marcela Valdes Journalist
  • Siba Veloso Composer
  • Fred P Deep House
  • Mike Moreno Guitar
  • Ry Cooder Americana
  • Will Vinson Saxophone
  • Itiberê Zwarg Rio de Janeiro
  • Shamarr Allen Trumpet
  • Stephen Guerra Brazilian Classical Guitar
  • Psoy Korolenko Псой Короленко Jewish Music
  • Jon Batiste Classical Music
  • Emicida Brazil
  • Jared Sims Funk
  • John Doyle Guitar
  • Reggie Ugwu New York City
  • Nate Chinen Music Critic
  • Marcel Camargo MPB
  • John Edward Hasse Jazz
  • Matt Garrison App Developer
  • Carl Joe Williams Painter
  • Laércio de Freitas Actor
  • Robb Royer Pop
  • Scott Yanow Writer
  • Miles Mosley Bass
  • Ubiratan Marques Maestro, Conductor
  • Lenine Record Producer
  • Joachim Cooder Drums
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Jazz Photographer
  • Curly Strings Multi-Cultural
  • Mahsa Vahdat Singer
  • João Parahyba Percussion
  • Ramita Navai Journalist
  • Ruven Afanador Fashion Photographer
  • Mou Brasil Jazz Brasileiro, Brazilian Jazz
  • Otmaro Ruiz Composer
  • William Parker New York City
  • Natan Drubi Choro
  • Eliane Elias Singer-Songwriter
  • Mike Marshall Choro
  • Don Byron Clarinet
  • Mário Pam Salvador
  • Utar Artun Percussion
  • Avner Dorman Contemporary Classical Music
  • Benjamin Grosvenor Piano
  • Stefon Harris Marimba
  • Yilian Cañizares Cuba
  • Negra Jhô Bahia
  • Rosa Cedrón Spain
  • Utar Artun Film Scores
  • Berta Rojas Classical Guitar
  • Jamie Dupuis Composer
  • Questlove Record Producer
  • Derrick Hodge Record Producer
  • Ilê Aiyê Bahia
  • Chris Dingman Multi-Cultural
  • James Elkington Chicago, Illinois
  • Eddie Palmieri Piano
  • JD Allen Jazz
  • Ben Williams Composer
  • Adam Cruz New York City
  • Pierre Onassis Singer-Songwriter
  • Veronica Swift New York City
  • Tony Trischka Americana
  • Caroline Shaw Singer
  • Perumal Murugan India
  • Babau Santana São Braz
  • Richie Pena Programmer
  • Pedro Martins Jazz
  • Luciano Salvador Bahia Theater Composer
  • Custódio Castelo Castelo Branco
  • Michael Doucet Zydeco
  • Kim Hill Singer
  • Marcelo Caldi Singer
  • China Moses Actor
  • Jared Sims Ropeadope
  • Francisco Mela Drums
  • Casa da Mãe MPB
  • Rodrigo Caçapa São Paulo
  • Jonathan Scales Multi-Cultural
  • Alexandre Vieira Contrabaixo, Double Bass
  • Aloísio Menezes Salvador
  • Yacouba Sissoko Kora
  • Susana Baca Peru
  • Kathy Chiavola Singer
  • The Brain Cloud Americana
  • Rosa Passos Bahia
  • Luiz Brasil Samba
  • Kevin Hays Jazz
  • Ben Wolfe New York City
  • Babau Santana Percussão, Percussion
  • Jared Jackson Writer
  • Gian Correa Composer
  • Chris Speed Jazz
  • Tom Bergeron Bossa Nova
  • Caroline Keane County Kerry
  • Cashmere Cat Record Producer
  • John McLaughlin Composer
  • Nicholas Gill Food Writer
  • Larisa Wiegant Utrecht
  • Adenor Gondim Brazil
  • Riley Baugus Old-Time Music
  • Kiko Loureiro Progressive Metal
  • Babau Santana Chula
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Tel Aviv
  • Casey Driessen Bluegrass
  • Chris Thile Classical Music
  • Abderrahmane Sissako Film Producer
  • Ethan Iverson Writer
  • Angelique Kidjo New York City
  • Craig Ross Songwriter
  • Questlove Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Inon Barnatan New York City
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel Vienna, Austria
  • Damion Reid R&B
  • Harish Raghavan Brooklyn, NY
  • Super Chikan Delta Blues
  • Bukassa Kabengele Singer-Songwriter
  • Horácio Reis Brasil, Brazil
  • Yazhi Guo 郭雅志 Suona
  • Elizabeth LaPrelle Folk & Traditional
  • Casey Driessen Live Looping
  • Renato Braz MPB
  • Varijashree Venugopal Carnatic Music
  • Sergio Krakowski New York City
  • Jacob Collier Singer
  • Susheela Raman London
  • Richard Bona Composer
  • Kiko Loureiro Guitar Instruction
  • Joel Guzmán University of Texas in Austin Faculty
  • Danilo Brito São Paulo
  • Luizinho do Jêje Brazil
  • Lô Borges MPB
  • Alexandre Leão Compositor de Televisão, Television Scores
  • Marcelinho Oliveira Music Producer
  • Daniil Trifonov Composer
  • João Rabello Rio de Janeiro
  • Marta Sánchez Piano
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Irish Traditional Music
  • David Byrne Painter
  • Jay Mazza Writer
  • Giveton Gelin New York City
  • Paulo César Pinheiro Rio de Janeiro
  • Matt Garrison Jazz Fusion
  • Alex Mesquita Guitar
  • Pretinho da Serrinha Singer
  • David Mattingly Pratt Institute Faculty
  • Eddie Palmieri Afro-Latin Dance Music
  • David Binney New York City
  • Wayne Shorter Jazz
  • Vijay Iyer Composer
  • Tom Bergeron Samba
  • Nancy Ruth Multi-Cultural
  • Milton Nascimento Minas Gerais
  • Mateus Aleluia Filho Candomblé
  • Jonathan Griffin Radio Presenter
  • Issac Delgado Singer
  • Quincy Jones Composer
  • Yuja Wang New York City
  • Martyn Dubstep
  • Philipp Meyer Austin, Texas
  • David Chesky Jazz
  • Kirk Whalum Flute
  • Walmir Lima Songwriter
  • Isaiah Sharkey Guitar
  • Ronaldo Bastos Composer
  • Don Moyer Graphic Design
  • Nigel Hall R&B
  • Ben Allison Television Scores
  • Philip Cashian Composer
  • Dale Farmer Fiddle
  • Leo Genovese Keyboards
  • Edu Lobo Rio de Janeiro
  • Edil Pacheco Singer
  • Casa da Mãe Brasil, Brazil
  • Bob Reynolds Composer
  • Rosa Passos Guitar
  • Eric Alexander Jazz
  • Scott Kettner New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Faculty
  • Tom Schnabel Author
  • Itiberê Zwarg Composer
  • Kim Hill Entrepreneur
  • Tessa Hadley Non-Fiction
  • Tambay Obenson Journalist
  • Melissa Aldana Chile
  • Camille Thurman Composer
  • Ivan Huol Percussion
  • Flora Purim Percussion
  • Felipe Guedes Brazil
  • Cláudio Badega Pandeiro
  • Arthur Jafa Multidisciplinary Artist
  • Ben Wendel Composer
  • Christopher James Piano
  • Moses Boyd England
  • Léo Rugero Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Rick Beato Record Producer
  • Dan Auerbach Nashville, Tennessee
  • Gary Clark Jr. Blues
  • Herlin Riley Jazz
  • Nabihah Iqbal Music Producer
  • Larry McCray Guitar
  • Ry Cooder Record Producer
  • Peter Slevin Journalist
  • Kenny Barron New York City
  • Chris McQueen Austin, Texas
  • Rogério Caetano Rio de Janeiro
  • Ben Okri Writer
  • Sérgio Pererê Belo Horizonte
  • Nigel Hall Soul
  • Musa Okwonga Podcaster
  • Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin County Clare
  • Raul Midón Singer
  • Michael Pipoquinha Brazil
  • Matt Parker Author
  • Jorge Aragão Samba
  • Parker Ighile Hip-Hop
  • Sam Dagher The Middle East
  • Rumaan Alam New York City
  • Ricardo Herz MPB
  • Alphonso Johnson Funk
  • Marília Sodré Brasil, Brazil
  • João Teoria Bandlíder, Bandleader
  • Geraldo Azevedo Forró
  • Branford Marsalis Composer
  • Johnny Lorenz Poet
  • Mike Moreno Composer
  • Arthur Verocai Brazil
  • Woody Mann Americana
  • Shannon Alvis Chicago
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Finland
  • Renato Braz Guitar
  • Fabian Almazan Havana
  • Demond Melancon Big Chief
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Sarah Hanahan New York City
  • Gilad Hekselman Composer
  • Anat Cohen Tel Aviv
  • Gel Barbosa Bahia
  • Yasushi Nakamura Jazz
  • Giba Conceição Bahia
  • Jim Hoke Session Musician
  • Martin Fondse Contemporary Music
  • Gilad Hekselman Israel
  • Shemekia Copeland Gospel
  • Carlos Malta Pife
  • Jau Brazil
  • Darol Anger Americana
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Record Producer
  • Dadi Carvalho Bass
  • ANNA EDM
  • Luciano Calazans Brazil
  • Alexandre Leão Compositor de Filmes, Film Scores
  • Malin Fezehai Eritria
  • Guilherme Kastrup Percussion
  • Massimo Biolcati Bass
  • Adriano Souza Rio de Janeiro
  • Fred Dantas Trombone
  • Yazz Ahmed Flugelhorn
  • Judith Hill Singer-Songwriter
  • Martyn House
  • Shanequa Gay Installation
  • Ivan Neville Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Melvin Gibbs Composer
  • Luciano Calazans Bass
  • Paul McKenna Glasgow
  • Wouter Kellerman African Music
  • Tim Hittle Writer
  • Donnchadh Gough Irish Traditional Music
  • Taylor Eigsti New York City
  • Gêge Nagô Samba de Roda
  • Joana Choumali Abidjan
  • Brigit Katz Writer
  • Gretchen Parlato Composer
  • Billy O'Shea Novelist
  • Jurandir Santana Salvador
  • Laura Beaubrun Interior Architect
  • Isaias Rabelo Jazz
  • Luiz Santos Contemporary Classical Music
  • Saul Williams Singer-Songwriter
  • Alfredo Rodriguez New York City
  • Román Díaz Cuba
  • Shaun Martin Songwriter
  • Marcus Teixeira Guitar Instruction
  • Kevin Burke Fiddle
  • Larry Grenadier Basel Music Academy Faculty
  • Nic Hard Audio Engineer
  • Gerônimo Santana MPB
  • Tierra Whack Rapper
  • Jas Kayser Panama
  • Nação Zumbi Olinda
  • Pedro Aznar Poet
  • Bob Bernotas Radio Presenter
  • Marcos Portinari Brasil, Brazil
  • Ken Avis Documentary Filmmaker
  • Carol Soares Santo Amaro
  • Michael Doucet Mandolin
  • Ilê Aiyê Brazil
  • Scott Kettner Percussion
  • Ofer Mizrahi Multi-Cultural
  • Abel Selaocoe Contemporary African Classical Music
  • Intisar Abioto Journalist
  • Manuel Alejandro Rangel Classical Guitar

 'mātriks / "source" / from "mater", Latin for "mother"
We're a real mother for ya!

 

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