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Metá Metá at The Workman's Club
Courtesy of Improvised Music Company | Posted on August 11, 2016
Where
The Workman's Club
10 Wellington Quay
Dublin
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When
Fri, September 9, 2016
20:00
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Musicians
Demetrius Steinmetz
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“An extraordinary style – the music echoes everything from punk rock to freeform jazz and samba” - The Guardian
"Metá Metá are a raucous trio intent on shattering images of Brazilian music” - The Wire
Over a squalling chaos of improvised guitar and squealing sax, a primal female voice cries out to out to Exu, the gatekeeper of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé. This is the sound of Metá Metá - vocalist Juçara Marçal, saxophonist Thiago França and guitarist Kiko Dinucci – a trio of Sao Paulo’s most sought after musicians, bursting from their home city with a dirty brew of psychedelic samba, distorted jazz and Afro-punk. For the Dublin show, this trio will become a quintet, joined by Marcelo Carbrel on bass and Sergio Machado on drums....