Pao Barreto <\/b>will unveil her new album “Spiralis<\/b>” on its physical<\/b> release (CD and vinyls) April 9, 2021<\/b> and digital<\/b> release April 30, 2021<\/b> on El Clan Records <\/b>\/ Inou\u00efe Distribution<\/b>.<\/p>\n
This new work will be presented live on stage on Friday September 24, 2021<\/b> at the Studio de L\u2019Ermitage<\/b> (Paris).<\/p>\n
The story begins on December 21st<\/sup>, 2012, a very symbolic day : according to the cosmogony of the Maya who conceived time as a succession of cycles, on that day humanity was meant to disappear. The alignment of the Sun and Earth at the centre of the galaxy marked the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one. At that same moment, the young Pao<\/strong>, then a fashion designer in Bogota, leaves her homeland, determined to fully embrace her vocation : music.<\/p>\n She decides to set up in Paris to resume her musical studies. During 3 years, she studies the basics of traditional percussion with Paul Mindy in a Parisian academy of music, as well as a degree of ethnomusicology at Paris VIII University. At the same time, she joins several latin bands and begins her career as a singer, exploring different styles : Cuban music with La Cubanerie and Who\u2019s the Cuban<\/strong>, orchestral cumbia with Cumbia Ya !<\/strong>, traditional colombian carribean rhythms with Cumbia y Card\u00f3n. She also collaborates with The Bongo Hop, with whom she records the song Nos Coge la Tarde.<\/p>\n On stage, Pao<\/strong> shines and radiates. As concerts go by, the Parisian audiences quickly get addicted to her powerful energy and her warm tone of voice.<\/p>\n After six intense years of touring on French and international stages, the journey of Pao<\/strong> reaches a turning point. In March 2020, she produces Spiralis, her first album as a singer and songwriter. The album is recorded between Paris (with El Speaker<\/strong> and Nicolas Vair<\/strong>) and the Groove Studios in Bogota (with Nicol\u00e1s Cajamarca<\/strong>, Jorge Corredor<\/strong> and 2018 Latin Grammy Harbey Marin).<\/p>\n Spiralis<\/strong>, the spiral, symbolizes the cycles of life, the endless renewal of vital energy. In fact, Pao<\/strong> has been familiar with this symbol for a long time : long before arriving in France, she had several experiences of exploring her inner world with yag\u00e9, a medicinal beverage from the pre-Columbian people of Putumayo. During night-time ceremonies led by the taitas (shamans), the plant would always reveal to her those sacred geometrical figures.<\/p>\n With Spiralis<\/strong>, Pao<\/strong> shares with us two faces of her artistic world : warm, joyful and lively on one side ; mystical and introverted on the other. Her compositions are influenced by many genres : caribbean rhythms (bullerengue, champeta, cumbia) intertwine with electronic sounds, alongside touches of soul, funk and reggae. The lyrics -both in Spanish and French- obviously have to do with the cyclical rhythm of the universe, but also invites us to reconnect with nature and celebrate the capacity we all have to transform ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\n Spiralis<\/strong> will be launched in April 2021. Whether you choose to discover the album with eyes closed in meditative listening, or to let yourself go into a joyful trance… you will be carried away by a transcendental spiral. So let’s all be there to continue writing the story with Pao !<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pao Barreto will unveil her new album “Spiralis” on its physical release (CD and vinyls) April 9, 2021 and digital release April 30, 2021 on El Clan Records \/ Inou\u00efe Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Friday September 24, 2021 at the Studio de L\u2019Ermitage (Paris). The story begins on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n