Category: Agenda

The return of OUT.RA Música: concerts from January to April in Barreiro

Tiago Franco

Stepping into the new year at full speed by announcing several concerts integrated as part of OUT.RA Música’s regular programming from January until April, in Barreiro.

 

On the 28th of this month Noite da Raposa returns to ADAO. Raposa is our space of irregular frequency to celebrate emerging names in electronic music and beyond, bouncing between two stages without breaks; this time with Zima, Oseias, Zarya, Supperminer, The World According to Mel & Thep e Shikabala.

 

February begins with the return of the Argentinian Alan Courtis for a week of work at Associação Nós and their show with Heróis Indianos Romanos Africanos at Biblioteca Municipal (on the 12th), and continues at Sala 6 with a concert by Leonor Arnaut & Ricardo Martins (on the 24th).

 

During March, returning to Sala 6, we welcome the free and impacting music from the North American duo Blacks’ Myths (bassist Luke Stewart from Irreversible Entanglements and drummer Warren Crudup III) and from Inês Malheiro (dia 11) e (on the 11th), and the wonder trio Alex Zhang Hungtai, Pedro Sousa & Gabriel Ferrandini ( (on the 24th), and on the 30th, we proceed to the Biblioteca Municipal for an improvised encounter betweenDaniel Levin's cello, Rodrigo Pinheiro's piano and Hernâni Faustino's double-bass.

 

Finally, on April 21st, back again at Sala 6 for a concert with Rita Silva, Portuguese composer currently based in the Netherlands who released last year the promising “The Inflationary Epoch”.

Tickets are now on sale for all these concerts (with the exception of the 12th of February afternoon, which is free entry) via outra.bol.pt and its associated stores.

Pedro Alves Sousa's artistic residency at AMAC

Tiago Franco

Over the past week in Barreiro, we’ve hosted the saxophonist and composer extraordinaire Pedro Alves Sousa, in an artistic residency at Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, where the musician has been working and developing his opera/installation/performance “A Vaia Viva”, his own adaptation of Julio Cortázar’s story “Las babas del diablo”.

In this residency, the main focus is centered around the development of this composition, making use of amps and reel-to-reel tape recorders, and on Sunday the 27th, we invite everyone to a presentation of his work so far, as an open rehearsal, held at the musician’s workspace, located deep in AMAC’s backrooms.

Entry is free, and the audience must gather at AMAC’s main atrium by 5PM so that as a group, through half secret stairways and hallways, we can all meet the musician.

SONICA EKRANO 2022

Tiago Franco

Right after an OUT.FEST that we all still feel not only under the skin but also with our ears and hearts, it’s an enormous pleasure to announce the 2nd edition of SONICA EKRANO – Documentary Film and the Musical Fringes, which will be held between the 21st and 29th of October in Barreiro.

SONICA EKRANO is dedicated to the music, musicians, sounds and movements on the fringes of massification and popularity, and aims to provide the opportunity to watch cinematic works that, even in this digital era, are hard to access, striving to contribute to a bigger audiovisual inclusion, as well as being mindful of geographic diversity and the equilibrium of historical perspectives and contemporary narratives.

This second edition presents 15 films, with almost half being exhibited for the first time in Portugal – highlighting the world premiere of “Na Corda Bamba”, the new film by the director Luís Fernandes, which follows the experimental music scene in Portugal, or “Universe”, , a documentary that broaches a series of compositions written by Wayne Shorter for the legendary Miles Davis, which awaited for decades to be released. For the remaining programme, we also have films portraying artists such as Lydia Lunch, Fela Kuti, Poly Styrene, Tangerine Dream ou Telectu, among others.

The screenings will be dividided between the Castello Lopes cinema in Fórum Barreiro, the local Cineclube, the Munincipal Library of Barreiro and Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita. The price of the ticketfor each session is 2,5€, with a general pass also available in limited numbers that grants access to all screenings for 10€ only.

The full programme can be viewed at www.sonicaekrano.com

OUT.FEST 2022: Full lineup revealed

Tiago Franco

Last fifteen names announced for the 18th edition of OUT.FEST – Barreiro International Exploratory Music Festival, which will occur between the 5th and 8th of October, a lineup that includes a grand total of 30 acts and 2 talks with artists in a variety of venues in the center of the city, making it the biggest and most extensive lineup of the festival’s history.

 

Along with the previously announced names, of which we highlight the Japanese PHEW, the North-American NICOLE MITCHELL and PRISON RELIGION, the British DAVID TOOP or the Portuguese SEREIAS and LUÍS FERNANDES, OUT.FEST now announces the Portuguese premiere of the North-American CLAIRE ROUSAY or the collaboration between the British RICHARD DAWSON or the Finnish CIRCLE, as well as the return of names like RP BOO, EVE RISSER e AUDREY CHEN, along with the world premiere of national projects, such as the installation “A Segunda Natureza” by OUT.RA grant recipient RITA SANTOS and the GEORGE SILVER & GOLD quartet, an expansion of George Silver’s solo work following an invitation by the festival’s organization.

 

OUT.FEST 2022 continues the tradition of making full use of the various venues in Barreiro, with a special spotlight on the opening concert, which marks the first time that the festival extends to the historic and emblematic CP train workshops, one of the 10 different stages that will host the event throughout the 4 days.

The remaining global passes, priced at 30€, and the day tickets (with prices ranging from 8€ to 15€) can be acquired via BOL and associated stores.

Spot da Juventude lineup revealed

Tiago Franco

SPOT da Juventude is back at Festas do Barreiro! From the 12th to the 21st of August, we will have 10 days featuring the most interesting, contemporary and diverse alternative musical manifestations. There are parties everywhere in Portugal, but the SPOT is in Barreiro! You can view the full lineup here.

SPOT da Juventude is a collaborative project from OUT.RA, ADAO, Gasoline, Hey Pachuco and the Barreiro Municipality.

OUT.FEST 2022: new confirmations

Tiago Franco

Three new names have been announced for the 18th edition of OUT.FEST – Barreiro International Exploratory Music Festival, which will take place between October 5th and 8th, with close to thirty concerts taking place in various different venues throughout the city centre.

The North-American AMIRTHA KIDAMBI will present her quartet ELDER ONES, an acclaimed formation that crosses contemporary jazz with the Indian influences and roots of its leader, while the Australian percussionist WILL GUTHRIE will be accompanied by the Parisian ensemble NIST-NAH, where together they will pay homage and build new worlds of sound via the traditional gamelan from Indonesia. Meanwhile, the British DAVID TOOP will make a rare live appearance, bringing with him more than four decades of his repertoire as a musician, writer and thinker of music, sound and listening in its multiple facets. Beyond the concerts, these artists will take part in open talks with the public about the work they bring to the festival as part of REMAIIN, a European project organised by entities from four countries, whose purpose is to showcase extra-European influences in current and historic avant-garde music.

A reminder that OUT.FEST has announced thirteen other names in the beginning of July, which include the Japanese PHEW,, the North-Americans NICOLE MITCHELL and PRISON RELIGION, as well as the Portuguese SEREIAS and LUÍS FERNANDES.

Festival passes can be purchased for 30€ via BOL and its associated points of sale: https://outra.bol.pt/ 

OUT.FEST 2022: First artists confirmed

Tiago Franco

The first confirmed artists have been announced for the 18th edition of OUT.FEST - Barreiro International Exploratory Music Festival, which will take place between October 5th and 8th in a return to its usual format, with close to thirty concerts taking place in several venues throughout the city centre.

Japanese artist PHEW, a unique and intriguing voice with a career spanning over four decades, and North-American flutist NICOLE MITCHELL, a key name in this century’s new American Jazz, are two of the leading names in this first group of thirteen confirmed artists, which also includes the claustrophobic rap of the North-American duo PRISON RELIGION, the indie mystery of British group BAR ITALIA, a new band whose music is released by Dean Blunt’s World Music label, Porto’s SEREIAS, who have just released a new and incendiary self-titled album, Brazilian-born, Porto-based artist DIBUK, the return of Italian producer STILL, this time in a collaboration with the Ugandan ECKO BAZZ, the electronics of Braga’s own LUÍS FERNANDES, Rotten\Fresh’s co-founder USOF and Thai artist PISITAKUN, as well as three very recent collaborations between Portuguese artists: MÁ ESTRELA, a group led by saxophone player Pedro Alves Sousa in search of electronic spectrums outside jazz, POLY VUDUVUM, a duo made up by the multifaceted Diana Policarpo and Marta von Calhau, and the absolute debut of the duo of CAVERNANCIA & MARIA DA ROCHA, which brings together Barreiro’s Pedro Roque and the Lisbon violinist.

Festival passes can already be purchased for 30€ through BOL and its associated points of sale, and are also available online here: https://outra.bol.pt/ 

OUT.FEST 2022: 5-8 Outubro

Diogo

Dates are set for the 18th OUT.FEST! Between the 5th and 8th October Barreiro will once again welcome some of the most alive music right now, with history, present and future holding hands with a view to the world's vastness and plurality.

Before we reveal some of the names of this year's programme, specially-priced global passes granting access to all paid concerts are now available in a limited quantity - you can buy them at outra.bol.pt or all the usual retailers (Fnac, Worten, etc).

Have a look at 2019's aftermovie here, and get ready, after two atypical years, to return to a festival model which celebrates the city center in a unique fashion.

Start preparing the reunions and discoveries!

DEAFKIDS in a week / DUMA postponed

Diogo

In a week's time, next Friday, June 3rd, we'll welcome the Brazillian band DEAFKIDS back to Barreiro after their explosive concert at OUT.FEST 2019. We had this to say about them back then (and they’re words we stand by): “They mix various aspects of initiatic hardcore punk, several declinations of metal, and a rhythmic tribalization which is a sort of a Sepultura via Motorhead-style psychedelic hard’n’heavy, with a lot of moments which are more on the abstract, with a lot of pages taken out of hairy rock with a ton of delay.” An unmissable event, as you can tell already, even more so due to the presence of Lisbon's CLEMENTINE and their power-garage-rock at the kick-off. 

Meanwhile, we're sad to announce that the debut of Kenyan duo DUMA has been postponed due to issues with the European visa of one of the band's members. We're working with the musicians and their agents to schedule a new date for their show, sometime later this year. Tickets already purchased for the event will remain valid for this next date.

Tickets are still on sale for the Deafkids concert, as well as the one by FÖLLAKZOID*, on June 25th, at outra.bol.pt and its associated stores.

PARTICULAR UNIVERSAL: Vaiapraia em residência em Castro Marim

Diogo

Rodrigo Vaiapraia é o próximo artista em residência no Concelho de Castro Marim, ao abrigo do projecto Particular Universal. 

Criador transdisciplinar e autodidata, lidera desde 2014 os Vaiapraia, banda maior do rock independente em Portugal, herdeiros directos e assumidos dos movimentos punk/riot-grrrl/queercore, aclamados em igual medida por Público, Blitz ou Time Out, por exemplo, com o álbum “100% carisma”, de 2020, como marco no rock português de qualquer época.

Entre os dias 6 e 13 de Maio, Rodrigo, juntamente com Ana Farinha, Daniel Fonseca e Beatriz Diniz, estará pela Quinta da Fornalha a trabalhar sobre várias ideias embrionárias colecionadas ao longo dos últimos dois anos, procurando “encontrar coletivamente a atenção, crescimento e reformulação que cada melodia pede”.

No dia 14, pelas 19h, no Anfiteatro ao ar livre do Revelim de Santo António, teremos a oportunidade, talvez, de conhecer pela primeira vez (ao lado de algumas das mais enérgicas e profundas canções de produção nacional dos últimos largos anos), as novas direcções de Vaiapraia. O concerto é de entrada livre.

Esta é a segunda residência com curadoria da Filho Único, parceira do projeto Particular Universal.

PARTICULAR UNIVERSAL: Knut Olaf Sunde is the next artist-in-residency at Castro Marim

Diogo

Norwegian composer Knut Olaf Sunde, whose work revolves around notions of place, duration and immersion, is the next artist in residence in the Castro Marim Municipality, as part of the Particular Universal project.

Between April 23rd and May 7th he will “observe, learn and try to understand the different cultural and landscape logics” of the region, through sound and video recordings, as well as in conversation with the locals, with the aim of establishing a narrative, to be presented April 29th, at 5.30pm, at the Armazém do Sal - a free admission event.

This will be the second residence curated by NyMusikk, norwegian partner for the project, which is funded by the EEA Grants mechanism, with the theme “Identity, Memory and Landscape in Castro Marim”.

Concerts for May, and a JUNHO CRAZY

Diogo

Even with April having barely started and two unmissable events already on the horizon, we refuse to stop and now share with you everything we have in store for May and June (which is going to be crazy!)

On May 14th we will celebrate the creativity within “Greater Barreiro” with the presentation of the final work by the two recipients of OUT.RA’s Local Creation Grant for 2021: George Silver (André Neves) and Puçanga (Vera Marques). Both of them will be presenting new releases, with the concerts happening at ADAO and entry being free of charge.

The month that follows is JUNHO CRAZY: three nights full of great concerts with Deafkids from Brazil and Clementine from Lisbon (June 3rd at ADAO), Duma from Kenya and Cavernancia from Barreiro (June 11th, at Gasoline), and Föllakzoid from Chile and Anti S. from Catalonia (June 25th, again at ADAO, finally fulfilling our promise to host these bands in 2020, which we were forced to postpone due to the pandemic*).

Since this June truly is Crazy, we have a combo ticket with special pricing for these three concerts, available in limited quantities, which you can already purchase through outra.bol.pt and its associated stores. Also available are the individual tickets for each of these events.

* Tickets purchased for the original 2020 date are still valid for this concert