D'ÁGUA NEGRA
Brazil
STYLE: Jazz/Soul
TRAVEL CREW: 6 pax
AVAILABILITY: Full year 2024
TERRITORIES: Worldwide
SUMMARY
D'Água Negra is an Amazonian band that draws inspiration from the mystical river in Manaus. The band, composed of Clariana Brandão Arruda, Bruno Barrozo Belchior, and Melka, emerged in early 2020, with a focus on the rare manauara and the northeastern idiosyncrasy. Despite being rooted in the Amazon, the band avoids regional clichés, embracing various artistic languages such as jazz, blues, soul, breakbeat, and electronic music. The project symbolizes resilience, movement, and the transformative power of art, with the river Rio Negro serving as a metaphor for the diverse influences that flow into their musical laboratory, connecting them to the world.
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Take a deep breath. Dive in. What follows is strangeness, surprise, welcome, and pleasure, basically in that order. Explicitly inspired by the mystical river that runs through Manaus, D'Água Negra is about resilience, yes, but much more about movement and the transformative and absolutely necessary power of art.
D'Água Negra is an Amazonian band, undoubtedly, but without any commitment to the regional cliché.
Composed by Clariana Brandão Arruda, Bruno Barrozo Belchior and Melka, respectively, found themselves tied to the same pulsating theme: the rare manauara idiosyncrasy, or, to go further, the northeastern idiosyncrasy.
All born in the capital of Amazonas and similarly involved in cultural projects, particularly in the field of music, their paths crossed in early 2020, just before they were separated by the pandemic. Nothing could be more symbolic than the river Rio Negro to illustrate the importance of this flow. "D'Água Negra brings a fundamental geographical location for us, as a Manaura project, from the North, but, just like the river, whose waters evaporate and travel to the continents, we also embrace different artistic languages, references such as jazz, blues, soul, breakbeat, electronic music, in short, we are a musical laboratory open to everything, connecting us to the whole world”.
Respire fundo. Mergulhe. O que se segue é estranheza, surpresa, acolhimento e prazer, basicamente nessa ordem. Explicitamente inspirado pelo rio místico que atravessa Manaus, D'Água Negra trata da resiliência, sim, mas muito mais sobre movimento e o poder transformador e absolutamente necessário da arte.
D'Água Negra é uma banda amazônica, sem dúvida, mas sem nenhum compromisso com o clichê regional.
Composta por Clariana Brandão Arruda, Bruno Barrozo Belchior e Melka, respectivamente, se viram ligados ao mesmo tema pulsante: a rara idiossincrasia manauara, ou, para ir além, a idiossincrasia nordestina.
Todos nascidos na capital do Amazonas e igualmente envolvidos em projetos culturais, especialmente na área da música, seus caminhos se cruzaram no início de 2020, pouco antes de serem separados pela pandemia. Nada poderia ser mais simbólico do que o rio Rio Negro para ilustrar a importância desse fluxo. "D'Água Negra traz uma localização geográfica fundamental para nós, como um projeto manauara, do Norte, mas, assim como o rio, cujas águas evaporam e viajam para os continentes, também abraçamos diferentes linguagens artísticas, referências como jazz, blues, soul, breakbeat, música eletrônica, enfim, somos um laboratório musical aberto a tudo, nos conectando ao mundo todo".
