Underground Arts
1200 Callowhill St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
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PhillyBloco
Saturday, November 1st celebrating #Halloween and #DayofthrDead at Underground Arts with PhillyBloco // TROPICALISMO MUNDIAL Juanderful Juan & Greg Scruggs. #DiadelosMuerto en #Philly
Resident DJs Juanderful and Gregzinho are proud to celebrate 4 años of tropical vibes in Philly and beyond at Underground Arts on the ever auspicious Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead. We've brought you Carnivals, club nights, street festivals, First Friday residencies, multimedia installations, and always always siempre the freshest sounds from our travels throughout the Afro-Latin-Caribbean world.
PhillyBloco is modeled after the blocos of Rio de Janeiro, with their large percussion sections and harmonic/vocal accompaniment. Our group is comprised of twelve drummers, electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals, horn section, accordion, and Brazilian dancers. The group performs a raucous mash-up of SAMBA, FUNK, REGGAE and more made popular by both Brazilian and non-Brazilian artists including: Olodum, Timbalada, Monobloco, Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder. The one constant in all of our music is a heavy percussive element (12 drummers!) that we use to explore the tremendous range of Brazilian rhythms, applying our own unique creativity and energy to each arrangement.
From Bill Chenevert at Philadelphia Weekly:
"PhillyBloco is huge, both in local esteem and size-wise: They’ve got 12 drummers, an electric and bass guitar, a horn section, accordion and a bombastic Brazilian dance troupe. That’s like 20-plus folks giving you full-on Rio realness. Meanwhile, Tropicalismo is the project of Juanderful Juan and Greg “Gregzinho” Scruggs, and they’re committed to turning revelers into dancing ghouls, they say, with “both old-school rhythms and nu-skool riddims from Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean.” As we’re getting funky underground, our friends south of the border will be celebrating the Day of the Dead, an international—but particularly Mexican—send-up to the souls lost to death, a beautiful tradition that dates back 3,000 years."
Read more: http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/calendar/Calendar-Oct-29-Nov-5-280704002.html#ixzz3HZsdU5fr
Website: http://www.phillybloco.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhillyBloco
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