Trocabrahma Podcast

Summary: Trocabrahma: a culture jam of UK and Brasilian talent, hosted by Diplo Brahma is delighted to present the 2007 Trocabrahma Podcast. Following this summer's impassioned live events and artistic exchanges in Sao Paulo, London, Liverpool and Glasgow, these six unmissable podcasts will celebrate the collaborative spirit and fiery narratives of this year's TrocaBrahma, which boasted a stellar cast of musical stars including Os Mutantes, Gruff Rhys, Bonde do Role, King Creosote, Gilles Peterson, Diplo, Four Tet, Radioclit and Open Field Church - amongst a host of others. The kaleidoscopic podcast gala is anchored by presenter and mash-up overlord Diplo. Each instalment is further brought to you by musicians who feature in assorted TrocaBrahma adventures which include Twitch from Optimo's investigations into the Tropicalia musical movement in episode one, Gilles Peterson, Joe Davis and Ben Westbeech's crate digging at Sao Paulo's Eric's Disco record shop in episode two, the story of the esoteric Gatorra instrument in episode four (Franz Ferdinand's Nick McCarthy has one and jams for us with inventor Tony Da Gatorra) where we also eat chicken hearts and go to the market. Featuring exclusive music, collaborations, interviews and material the array of high-octane half-hour podcasts will explore and revel amidst the myriad facets of Brasilian contemporary culture: music, politics, street art, fashion, food and drink, society, sport and more. From a shopping trip with CSS, to a cultural current account of Brasil from Tropicalia lodestars Os Mutantes, the TrocaBrahma 07 podcasts see Gilles Peterson finding out how Brasilian music first came to the UK from a quiet man called Eric Disco; King Creosote navigating Sao Paulo's markets; Gruff Rhys waxing lyrical on his musical toy box; Bonde do Role unleashing must-hear anecdotes and Radioclit's dreams of super powers.