| Performance Notes | Pocket Caravan explores the fascinating rhythms and fiery dances of the world. The Quartets performances take the listener from the barn dances of Northern Brazil to the gypsy circles of Spain via the Gaucho campfires of Uruguay, combining live looping, jazz improvisation and traditional techniques to celebrate the shared influences of music around the globe.
The ensemble began after a chance encounter between South Brazilian violinist Felipe Karam and British guitarist Peter Michaels. Both had composed music inspired by places they had lived, and recorded their debut album Landscapes in 2008, with many guests joining them in the studio.
The quartet developed to include Bahian percussionist Anselmo Netto and North Brazilian double bassist Matheus Nova. After touring the UK, they recorded live at the Forge Concert hall in Camden Town, under the venues own label. The resulting album, 7 Steps From The Border, explored the power of music to cross seemingly closed borders.
During a recent tour of Brazil, from the Amazon down to the Uruguayan border, and ending with a series of concerts in Salvador, the group recorded their third album. Entitled THR3E and released in 2013, the album explores music with three at its core waltzes, Chamamés, music of the Candomble religion and African polyrhythms. |
| Related Archival Material | Handbill (RAHE/6/2015/61) |