In 2018,
Gatecrash organised a tour for Alexander Herer’s band - OXYD and as a part of
the tour they played a concert at the community centre of an NGO based out of
Dharavi, Mumbai - Acorn Foundation.
The centre
was packed with kids who had never heard ‘Jazz’
in their lives before, but that didn’t matter, the kids loved the music, they
grooved and danced, lapping up the music as if it was their own. The band also
spoke to the kids about rhythm & improvisation, and they were joined by
young rappers & beatboxers from the community & the gig turned into an
impromptu Jazz Hip-Hop jam. The kids & the musicians both went back with
massive smiles on their faces and also with a sense that they were just a part
of something special.
Little did
she know back then, but this particular gig would turn out to be the
inspiration behind Emmanuelle de Decker (founder
of Gatecrash) for kick-starting a project called Music Mulakatein – a series of free concerts & workshops in
collaboration with local and foreign artists as well as Indian NGO’s to host
Music Mulakatein at various locations like slums, old age homes, hospitals etc.
Under this
avatar, Music Mulakatein was
launched in September 2018 at the
After School of Hip-Hop in collaboration with The Dharavi Dream Project, and
since then Gatecrash has hosted 15 such concerts / workshops in various parts
of Mumbai.
The universe has a funny way
of working sometime and here we are almost 20 months later where Gatecrash is
hosting Music Mulakatein’s 1st Artistic Residency in collaboration
with Alexandre
Herer Nunataq
experimental jazz trio from Paris and The Dharavi Dream Project, an
afterschoolofhiphop nurturing, mentoring and empowering under-resourced hip-hop
talent from Dharavi.
The
residency will delve into Alexandre Herer’s trio’s jazz music and infuse it
with rap, slam, and dance. Through this collaboration the residency aims to
establish a common ground for both sets of artists to work together to learn, un-learn, experiment, deconstruct and
create new music resulting in the vision set out by the artist. The
residency will then be followed up by gigs in Mumbai & Pune.
• November 14, 15 & 16 | Residency
& Presentation at the After Shool of Hip-hop, Dharavi
• Sunday, November 17 | Pecos, Pune
• Wednesday, November 20 | Tete a Tete at Alliance
Francaise de Bombay
• Thursday, November 21 | FLEA Bazaar Café, Mumbai
This
residency wouldn’t be possible without the support of our partners - Sacem|
French Institute in India | French Embassy in India | Onze Heures Onze | BUREAU
EXPORT | DRAC Ile-de-France | SPEDIDAM | Copie Privée | Firstpost | Alliance
Française de Bombay |
LINEUP:
Alexandre Herer Nunataq:
• Alexandre
Herer, Keys
• Pierre
Mangeard, Drums
• Gael Petrina,
Electric Bass
Rappers:
• Amogh Baini
•
Afzal Shaikh Beatboxers:
• Anil Methri
• Aryan Pandey
• Akash Shetty
ABOUT:
Gatecrash
Is
a music agency organising concerts and promoting the live music scene in India.
They curate live music for venues, festivals and events, set up tours for
international bands across the country, promote the jazz scene through
jazzinindia.com and develop social initiatives. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatecrashindia/
Alexander
Herer Nunataq
Explored
new musical concepts, with written repertoire and improvisation techniques. For
Nunataq, Alexandre Herer offers an open, aerial and almost cold music, partly
inspired by wide iced landscapes like Groenland, places that witnessed a passed
climate threatened by modern man. Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/alexandre.herer
Album
Links: https://onz.lnk.to/nunataqEM
The
Dharavi Dream Project
A
trust set up for the After School of hip-hop with the aim to discover, nurture
and promote the Hip-Hop talent from Dharavi and to initiate a Hip-Hop Movement to
encourage young minds from all over the world to express themselves by giving
them a platform for it. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tddp_in/
Website:
https://thedharavidreamproject.org/
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