Press release 2013

HEDONISTIC arT COllECTIvE frOm SaO PaulOVOODOOHOP

Volatille / photo: ariel Martini

Voodoohop is a contagious and exhuberant art collective. it emerged from an underground party and in a few years, became one of the most striking artistic movements in Brazil.

through 4 years of intense collaborative events Voodoohop’s dJs, performers, video artists & dancers created a synesthetic show working like a tropical cabaret. the music mixes with lights, decoration and projection, performers and dancers contaminate the public.

Be prepared for glitter showers and sound explosions !

pilantröpóV / photo: Marcelo paixão

tiMalina / photo: caroline Barrueco

hugo perucci / photo: Marcelo paixão

in 2009 a group of artists from different backgrounds and origins instinctly converged to the old decadent heart of the city and started to use it as a playground for experimentation.

expending from the center of São paulo to other cities, they are nomadic, exploring temporary environments such asabandoned buildings, carparks, private houses, forests, waterfalls or trashy lap dance clubs.

tiMalina and Volatille / photo: ariel Martini

hugo perucci / photo: Marcelo paixão

their MuSical StYle iS deFined BY the tropical pSYchedelia oF BraZil,

experiMental aVant-garde electronica, MiniMaliSt percuSSiVe WorKoutS,

the inducing Beat oF techno and the hYpnotiZing grooVe oF SaMBa.

soundcloud.com/voodoohop

pilantröpóV / photo: ariel Martini

artiStS Who perForMed With Voodoohop in BraZil:

acid pauli (clown and Sunset), nu (Kater holzig/Berlin) reBolledo (Kompakt / Mexico-cologne), MatiaS aguaYo (comémé)optiMo (uK), FuJiYa & MiYagi (uK), JoaKiM (tigersushi / paris), pilooSKi (Fr), poni hoax (paris), JeSSie eVanS (new York/Berlin), aShleY Beedle (london), Felix KuBin (hamburg), Floating pointS (london), hugo capaBlanca (discos capablanca/ Berlin), BariS K (Saturnmuzik / istanbul), MicKeY Moonlight (edbangers/uK), SeBo & MadMotorMiquel (Bachstelzen/Berlin), phonique (poker Flat/Berlin), JoYce MuniZ (exploited/Vienna), SpoeK MathaMBo (South africa), Shir Khan (Magnet/Berlin), euphorie (exYZt/paris), daniel hunt (ladytron/london), Marina gaSolina (london/Brasil), dJ doloreS (recife), tetine (Sao paulo/london)....

Voodoohop plaYing at the top oF Vidigal FaVela in rio

Keroøàcidu SuäVäK / photo: caroline Barrueco

tiMalina / photo: ariel Martini

Standing out by their originality & creative energy they mix artistic projects with a a hedonistic spirit, drawing their inspiration from the tropicalia movement, dzi croquettes, oswald de andrade’s antropophagic Manifesto, underground resistance, african Voodoo and Brazilian candomblé rituals, the Surrealists, the Factory, helio oiticica and lygia clark, Bar 25 and Berlin techno, hakim Bey, Marina abramovic’s performances and olafur eliasson’s installations.

perForMance at heliodora’S WaterFall inVolVing the puBlic

VoodooStocK (anual FeStiVal in the nature organiZed BY Voodoohop colectiVe)

Keroøàcidu SuäVäK ‘S geodeSic doMe at VoodooStocK

darKneSS ritual at VoodooStocK

Utopic carnavalesqUe hedonist heretic ritUalistic empiric nUde neon tropicalist pirates lysergic anarchist pagan exorcist forbidden nomadic nostalgic visionary folkloric psychedelic spontaneoUs chaotic freaky eUphoric

A libertAting exPerience (BraSileiroS MagaZine)

best PArty Of sAO PAulO (guia da Folha 2012 and 2013)

tHe AlcHemy between music AnD Art (eStado de São paulo)

tHe symbOl Of sAO PAulO AlternAtiVe scene (MixMag)

A stimulAtiOn Of All fiVe senses (norient)

gerManY / June 2012

Voodoohop at Fusion FestiVal

gerManY / June 2012

Voodoohop at Fusion FestiVal

BraZil / FeBruarY 2012

Voodoohop at Rio CaRnaVal

BraZil / FeBruarY 2012

Voodoohop at Rio CaRnaVal

São paulo / SepteMBer 2012

Voodoohop at MCi FestiVal

São paulo / SepteMBer 2012

Voodoohop at MCi FestiVal

the ColleCtiVe

Voodoohop is composed of the twisted electronica of psilosamples, Jardim elétrico’s vivid video mapping, tropical psychedelic performances from Keroøàcidu Suäväk, hugo perucci, Volatille and timalina, the blended mixes from djs thomash, urubu, piero chiaretti, carlos capslock and a Macaca and the visual imersion of daniel lie and ton candido.

thomash is a surprising figure of the brasilian musical

scene, dj and creator of the Voodoohop party in São

paulo. after getting a degree in artificial intelligence

in Scotland, it didn’t take long for thomash to start

playing around with new programs like live and quickly

develop his own way of mixing music. characterized by

tropical beats, irresistible groove and layers of synths,

thomash’s music represents the perfect fusion between

his country of origin, germany and Brasil. his style

can be described as an unpretentious mix between

krautrock, samba, eletronica and psychedelia, blurring

the frontier of styles and bpms.

thoMash dJ

Marina Sarno aka urubu is a Multimedia

artist and dJ from Salvado de Bahia. her

musical research is at the intersection of

electronic music, regionalism an Brazilian

folklore. as a dj she develops a dialogue

between these heterogene worlds: the

scholar, the technical, organic and popular,

mixing electronic music. lambada, european

avant-garde, electro-candomblé, lo-fi synths

with maculele.

uRubu dJ

psilosamples is the brainchild of the Mineiro Zé rolê, an artist born

and raised in the small town of pouso alegre, in the south of the state

of Minas gerais. the rural environment that surrounds his life (a lot

of vegetation, grass, dogs barking and a tremendous sense of calm)

spontaneously ended up cross-pollinating his music. rolê’s sound blends

the songs - “cantigas”, the traditions - the “cirandas” and the “forrós”

of traditional Brazilian culture with electronic music, and techno and

idM in particular.

psilosamples is currently preparing his second album, Mental Surf. its

distribution in Japan is already assured by octave/ultravibe, the same

label that represents artists like cut chemist, Madlib and Burial, among

others. in 2012 he played at Sonar Barcelona.

psilosaMples liVe

piero chiaretti is a 22 years old dj from

São paulo. in a crusade for sound without

boundaries, he bravely ventures into the

dark world of psychedelic rock, the jungles

of disco and up to the distant shores of

many africas. he always follows the road

marked by funky grooves and contagious

beats seasoned with cowbell.

pieRo ChiaRetti dJ

paulo tessuto is a well known brazilian dJ

and cultural activist. Famous for his long

sets mixing hypnotic downtempo, nu disco

and house, he created a project called

‘carlos capslock convida’. this irreverently

political party, gathers the the freakiest

performers of the city.

CaRlos CapsloCk dJ peRFoMeR

after organizing parties in parisian squats

a Macaca in quest of tropical climate went

into exile in Sao paulo where she took

refuge in the cult of Voodoohop, itinerant

parties that combine mystery and hedonism.

She felt at home and took advantage of

this air of freedom blowing in the heads

Sao paulo to play her favorite songs with

unlimited style. Without betraying their

european origins, their djsets acidulated mix

fully with the Brazilian energy.

a MaCaCa dJ peRFoMeR

Freaky contemporary carnavalesque entity

who grew up in piripiri (piaui/north of Brazil).

in his performances he plays with multiple

allusions and esthetic experiences. travels

through distincts but complementary musical

universes (Samba, Brazilian 60’s & 70’s rock),

between tradition and futurism, marrying

music with visual art. Volatiluz get himself

and his public into simultaneous experiences,

multiexperiences, incorporation of his body to

the piece of art, in-corporations.

Volatiluz DJ/performer

experimental filmmakers deconstructing

narratives, BirdZzie and hta, declared

themselves proud members of the aa

(anonymous audiovisualist). they play with

imaginative and visually eclectic influences

ranging from Svankmajer to peS, deren,

lynch, paik or Buñuel, Vertov, anti-VJ,

(...) lichtfaktor, Viola and nelson leirer,

the most important is to travel in their

immersive pixelized world.

JaRdiM eletRiCo Video Mapping

rg_Faleiros is Brazilian duo formed by

artists rafael rg and Fabiana Faleiros.

Much of rg_Faleiros´s artistic production

derives from social interventions in relation

with local communities. Between the

performance and the Mcs show, they use

their microphone as unpolitical weapon and

humour bomb.

rG/faleiros mCs peRFoRMeR

hugo search in his work to gather

individual poetic creation which permeates

through drawing, painting, installation or

urban intervention with the participation

of the public. this way he manages to

create an special atmosphere of ritual and

catharsis taking art as a possible platform

for experience and transgression.

HuGo perucci performer/

open ritual event assimilating all kind

of cries and whispers that exist in its

surroundings. experimental music resulting

of polymorphic positions, acoustic

instruments, exotic clothes and masks.

Sensorial explosions of colors, movements,

instincts transcending the technique. Free

folk: discovery of an ancestry that can

be recreated, personal folklore, concrete-

primitiveness. experimental bodies drifting

in ecstasy... incorporations: pilantropov

pausanias and Kaloan Meenochite

keRooaCido suaVak liVe MusiC peRFoRMeRs

Born in a Jackfruit on the shore of the

amazonian river, timalina, this famous

dancing narcotic anonymous, reincarnates

sometimes as a dark ghost wrapped in

tight latex or a coulourful bird-women. She

is a live-artist who grew with the variable

and unvarious development of São paulo

nightlife. her performances involves dance,

music, social interaction, incarnation, neon

tropopsipop, psychedelic transe, lights,

electricity, water and guarana powder.

tiMalina peRFoRMeR

São paulo born daniel lie manipulates

video, colours and lights. Mixing images and

switching colours under the influence of

chitas (traditionnal colourful Brazilian piece

of fabric), the artist mainpulates projectors

to iluminate the surrounding space and

through a playful use of lens, mirror or

cristal he creates an atmosphere of visual

immersion.

daniel lie Visual iMeRsion

in love with video, music, lights and technology.

this creature travels freely through darkness without

recognizable features, creating entertaining and

hypnotizing immersive experiences. through projections,

performances and noises he guides you into a world

full of synesthesia and colours.

ton Candido Visual iMeRsion

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