OVANA, steps away
OVANA and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)OVANA & degrees of proximity
Why again is OVANA mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix via ↴
Artist & Where
- Name: OVANA
- City/Place: Xangongo
- Country: Angola
Life & Work
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Bio:
OVANA são um duo de dois jovens músicos que cantam em Kwanhama, a língua nacional da província do Cunene.
Tocam instrumentos por si construídos bem como guitarra acústica. O percussionista toca uma espécie de bateria construída numa lata de óleo de automóvel coberta com borracha de câmara de ar e caricas e outros tipos de latas que criam o efeito de pratos de choque.
O guitarrista e cantor, para além de guitarra toca um instrumento de cordas que construiu com pedaços de chapa e um pedaço de madeira esculpido de um tronco de árvore.
OVAMA is two young musicians who sing in Kwanhama, the language of Angola's province of Cunene.
They play instruments they've built for themselves, such as an acoustic guitar. The drummer plays a kind of drum kit constructed from an automobile oil can covered in rubber from an inner tube, adorned with bottle caps etc. which create the sound of cymbals.
The guitarist is the singer; he also plays a self-constructed instrument built from sheet metal and wood sculpted from a tree trunk.
Contact Information
- Email: pangeiart@gmail.com
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Management/Booking:
Se estiver interessado em algum aspecto deste projecto entre em contacto com a PangeiArt:
If you're interested in any aspect of this project please enter into contact with PangeiArt:
http://www.pangeiart.org
Media & Markets
- ▶ Website: http://www.tsikaya.org
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
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
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' 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...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, 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.
