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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...

 

It 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..."

 

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.

 

  • Tomo Fujita
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This is the Universe of

  • Name: Tomo Fujita
  • City/Place: Boston
  • Country: United States
  • Hometown: Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Life & Work

  • Bio: 世界で活躍する日本人ギタリスト、ギター・インストラクター。

    米バークリー音楽大学ギター科助教授。バークリーでの授業は、毎年受講希望者が殺到し、オープン数時間で満員になるほどの人気ぶりである。教え子には、世界的ミュージシャンであるJohn Mayer、Eric Krasno(Soulive)など多数。日本人向けに個人レッスン・通信レッスンも行っており、そのGrooveにこだわる独自のレッスンは、世界中から高い評価を受けている。

    そしてその経験から生み出された『演奏能力開発エクササイズ』『耳と感性でギターが弾ける本』『生きたグルーヴでギターが弾ける本』などの教則商品は、総発行部数15万5千部を超える大ロングセラー商品となっている。

    ブルースをルーツとしたグルーヴ溢れる即興演奏を得意とし、各地でライヴを行うなど、プレーヤーとしても世界で活躍中。

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  • Email: [email protected]

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  • ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomoFujitaMusic/videos
  • ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCftzmYhvOk-G37UA_fo4YKg
  • ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6k6fOGkIb5SKZl98e2SPed
  • ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/23hI9za8Iu5Tju6KN5aJ0Z
  • ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/5k7TV6UPBb7DSyp81aqk37
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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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  • Daphne A. Brooks Writer
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  • Chris Dingman Multi-Cultural
  • John Patrick Murphy Brazilian Music
  • Oscar Bolão Samba
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Ari Rosenschein Seattle
  • Ari Rosenschein Writer
  • Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Fiddle
  • Matthew F Fisher Brooklyn, NY
  • Ivan Bastos Música Afro-Baiana, Afro-Bahian Music
  • Vadinho França Salvador
  • Gel Barbosa Paraiba
  • Marc Ribot Brooklyn, NY
  • Paul Mahern Record Producer
  • Cara Stacey Mbabane
  • Mary Stallings San Francisco
  • Carlinhos Brown Record Producer
  • David Bruce YouTuber
  • Teddy Swims Georgia
  • Dan Trueman Violin
  • Jussara Silveira Salvador
  • Cinho Damatta MPB
  • Carol Soares Singer
  • Ari Rosenschein Journalist
  • Mateus Aleluia Brazil
  • 小野リサ Lisa Ono Multi-Cultural
  • Roy Germano Author
  • Guto Wirtti Samba
  • Warren Wolf Drums
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  • Intisar Abioto Journalist
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  • Bob Mintzer Big Band Leader
  • Joe Newberry Singer-Songwriter
  • Gretchen Parlato Singer
  • McCoy Mrubata Composer
  • Aneesa Strings Bass
  • Johnathan Blake Jazz
  • Tia Surica Singer
  • Gabrielzinho do Irajá Composer
  • Baiba Skride Latvia
  • Khruangbin Houston, Texas
  • Jorge Aragão Brazil
  • Leandro Afonso Federal University of Bahia
  • Isaias Rabelo Jazz
  • Brett Orrison Sound Engineer
  • Pretinho da Serrinha Singer
  • Larry McCray Blues
  • Toninho Nascimento Belém do Pará
  • Gabriel Geszti Piano
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan Jazz
  • Ricardo Bacelar Piano
  • Ben Harper Rock
  • Ron Carter Educator
  • Rosa Passos Bossa Nova
  • Marcus Teixeira Guitar
  • Jeff Ballard Jazz
  • Nubya Garcia Composer
  • Béla Fleck Banjo
  • Andrew Huang Canada
  • Brad Ogbonna Filmmaker
  • Simon Singh Television Producer
  • Bule Bule Chula
  • Isaiah J. Thompson Composer
  • Jurandir Santana Timple
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  • Julian Lage San Francisco Conservatory of Music Faculty
  • Nduduzo Makhathini South Africa
  • João Teoria Compositor, Composer
  • Cristovão Bastos MPB
  • Marvin Dunn African American History
  • Marcus Gilmore Composer
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Choro
  • NIcholas Casey Madrid
  • Fred Dantas Choro
  • Greg Ruby Manouche
  • Raymundo Sodré Chula
  • Colson Whitehead Novelist
  • Renato Braz Guitar
  • Adriano Souza Bossa Nova
  • Milton Primo Bahia
  • Márcio Valverde Bahia
  • Miguel Zenón Composer
  • Adriene Cruz Quilts
  • Antonio Sánchez Film Scores
  • Gabriel Geszti MPB
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Helsinki
  • Berta Rojas Paraguay
  • Natan Drubi Bahia
  • Rebeca Omordia London
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  • Jon Faddis Trumpet
  • Sergio Krakowski Choro
  • Brian Q. Torff Bass
  • Ben Monder New York City
  • Beeple VR / AR
  • Alexandre Vieira Bahia
  • Chris Thile New York City
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  • Fernando Brandão Pífano
  • Jelly Green Painter
  • Paulão 7 Cordas Brazil
  • Rob Garland Jazz, Funk
  • Matt Garrison Jazz
  • Matt Parker Mathematics
  • David Byrne Film Scores
  • Dave Smith England
  • Steve Earle Writer
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  • Terri Lyne Carrington Drums
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  • Wayne Escoffery Jazz
  • Joachim Cooder Keyboards
  • Anthony Hamilton Soul
  • Ned Sublette Cuba
  • William Skeen Early Music
  • Cimafunk Cuban Funk
  • Alicia Svigals Jewish Music
  • Steve Cropper R&B
  • Aaron Goldberg New York City
  • Nação Zumbi Olinda
  • Nomcebo Zikode South Africa
  • Marvin Dunn Writer
  • Lilli Lewis Folk Rock
  • Sheryl Bailey New York City
  • Rumaan Alam Essayist
  • Myles Weinstein Drums
  • James Poyser New York City
  • Joan Chamorro Composer
  • Ivan Neville Singer-Songwriter
  • Gary Lutz Writer
  • Paulo Aragão Choro
  • John Schaefer Radio Presenter
  • Rumaan Alam Short Stories
  • Scott Yanow Music Critic
  • Victor Gama Composer
  • Bill Callahan Singer-Songwriter
  • Darol Anger Folk & Traditional
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi Jazz Photographer
  • Michael Olatuja Lagos
  • Jan Ramsey Second Line
  • Ana Luisa Barral Bahia
  • Adam O'Farrill Trumpet
  • Tedy Santana Salvador
  • Steve Earle Radio Presenter
  • Orrin Evans Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Damon Albarn Record Producer
  • David Braid England
  • André Mehmari Composer
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  • Marcel Powell Rio de Janeiro
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  • Edmar Colón Saxophone
  • Luques Curtis Latin Jazz
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  • Kiko Souza Saxophone
  • Veronica Swift Jazz
  • Ayrson Heráclito Multimedia Artist
  • Ry Cooder Record Producer
  • Thomas Àdes Conductor
  • Terence Blanchard Composer
  • John Patrick Murphy Accordion
  • Ben Wendel Saxophone
  • Richie Barshay Afro-Latin Percussion
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  • Germán Garmendia Chile
  • Louis Michot Singer-Songwriter
  • Nana Nkweti Writer
  • Negrizu Afoxé
  • Ned Sublette Writer
  • Restaurante Axego Restaurant
  • Janine Jansen Netherlands
  • Jared Jackson Harlem
  • William Parker Bass
  • Michael Formanek Composer
  • Justin Kauflin Piano
  • Nicolas Krassik Forró
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  • Pedro Aznar Film Scores
  • Esperanza Spalding Bass
  • Phakama Mbonambi Journalist
  • David Bragger Old-Time Music
  • Anissa Senoussi Matte Painter
  • Tom Schnabel World Music
  • Steve McKeever Hidden Beach Recordings
  • Luciano Salvador Bahia Record Producer
  • Mike Moreno Aaron Copeland School of Music Faculty
  • Louis Marks Music Producer
  • Jonga Cunha Author
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  • Onisajé Candomblé
  • Olga Mieleszczuk Warsaw
  • Zachary Richard Accordion
  • Stomu Takeishi New York City
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  • Catherine Bent Choro
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  • Scotty Barnhart Composer
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  • Shamarr Allen Trumpet
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  • Astrig Akseralian Mixed Media Art
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  • Paulo Martelli Brazilian Classical Guitar
  • Burhan Öçal Istanbul
  • Marcel Camargo Choro
  • Djuena Tikuna São Luís, Maranhão
  • Arturo Sandoval Jazz
  • Alex Mesquita Brazil
  • Catherine Bent Composer
  • OVANA Homemade Instruments
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  • Ajeum da Diáspora Brazil
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  • John Waters Public Speaker
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  • Mary Norris Writer
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  • Chris Acquavella Germany
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  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Record Label Owner
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  • Adenor Gondim Bahia
  • Molly Tuttle Americana
  • Vanessa Moreno Brazilian Jazz
  • Danilo Pérez Panama
  • Yvette Holzwarth Los Angeles
  • Giovanni Russonello Journalist
  • Omar Sosa Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Rema Namakula Uganda
  • Sabine Hossenfelder Physicist
  • The Bayou Mosquitos Zydeco
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  • Camille Thurman Piccolo
  • Renata Flores Quechua
  • Yunior Terry Violin
  • Dezron Douglas Composer
  • Hermeto Pascoal Composer
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  • Capinam Brasil, Brazil
  • Andrew Finn Magill Composer
  • Mickalene Thomas Installation Artist
  • Lionel Loueke Composer
  • André Mehmari Contemporary Classical Music
  • Jovino Santos Neto Piano
  • Logan Richardson New York City

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