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Released: Jun 28, 2011
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  • Genre: Indie / New Wave / Tropical

    Location Brasil, Sw

    Profile Views: 91993

    Last Login: 9/7/2011

    Member Since 12/5/2006

    Website www.dacruzmusic.com

    Record Label Six Degrees Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

  • Members

    Mariana Da Cruz - Voice, Ane H. - Beats and Basses, Oliver Husmann - Guitars, Pit Lee - Percussion, Live Support: Nik Hürny - Trumpet, Marc Stucki - Sax

  • Influences

    Kode 9 - Nucleus (Ian Carr) - Tom Ze - Honeymoon Killers - Chrome - Archie Shepp - Jorge Ben Jor - Swans - Crime And The City Solution - Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Butthole Surfers - Pascal Comelade - Kutiman - Liquid Liquid - Stereotyp - Ptôse - Suicide - Wall of Voodoo - Marisa Monte - Gun Club - Rachid Taha - Moloko - Die Kapazität - Little Dragon - Tomas Mapfumo - Don Li - Portishead - Unknownmix - Mulatu Astake - Danyel Waro - Danielle Dax - The Very Things - Legendary Pink Dots - The Normal - Minimal Compact - Michael Smith - Flora Purim - Keziah Jones - Yusef Lateef - Nina Simone - Zazou Bikaye & Cy1 - Jimi Tenor - John Lee Hooker - Fall of Saigon - LL Cool J - Sixteen Horsepower - Blurt..

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Whether you call it Tropical New Wave or Sub-Urban Brazilian Music – it's definitely some brand new rhythm Da Cruz from Bern, Switzerland, are coming up with on their third release „Sistema Subversiva". The Group surrounding brazilian Singer Mariana Da Cruz just signed a record deal with San Francisco-based Label Six Degrees Records, renowned not only for introducing the likes of Bebel Gilberto and CéU to the US-Audience, but also for being homebase to The Dø, Michael Franti and The Orb.

Considering their confidence in pushing musical boundaries forward you'd probably locate Da Cruz anywhere close to M.I.A. and Ebony Bones. On „Sistema Subversiva" this four-piece band miraculously succeeds in creating some higly contemporary yet firmly classical, deeply urban but still open-minded fusion of styles. Never pretentious but always challenging to your everyday routine of listening habits, „Sistema Subversiva" somehow manages to touch your heart and move your hips at the same time. No surprise therefore to hear that Da Cruz have recently played the greatest venues between London and Sao Paulo, Paris and Berlin.

So for everyone already familiar with Da Cruz: listen up! „Sistema Subversiva" is both the most rugged and the most energetic record to be released by this group. More consistently than ever Da Cruz are blending Elements of Afrobeat, Dancehall, Kuduro, Jazz, New Wave, Breakbeat, Samba and Indie-Rock with state of the art electronic music. „Comfy Bossa-Nova must wait", Mariana Da Cruz says. In „Tudo Bem Aqui" mellow horns meet heavy Dancehall-Beats and crunchy guitars. „Curumin" appears as afro-brazilian funk-explosion, backed by massive electronic sub-basses. „Papo De" is that much a charming piece of electro-reggae it really seems likely to become Da Cruz first smash hit. Last but not least „Warm Leatherette", this 1978 hit by Daniel Miller (Mute Records) and his band Normal, is transformed into a thrilling fusion of Hi-Tech-Punk-Samba.

Most songs revolve around Brazil, a country constantly stuck between energy and lethargy, as Mariana Da Cruz says. „As long as I can remember big promises have been made about brazils rise to economical stability and power. But nothing ever happened." Mariana Da Cruz who moved to Switzerland seven years ago, still cares a lot about her people. „I belong to a disenchanted generation. We're fed up with promises. I want to wake people up from their apathy. However, if it weren't for corruption and nepotism, I would be delighted by a country refusing to adapt to the world economic masterplan and just goes out and has a ball." Da Cruz's story is one of two musicians with highly different tempers. Working in Brazil and Portuga

l in 2005 as a Bossa-Nova-Singer Mariana Da Cruz accidentally ran into Ane H., former singer and musical mastermind of swiss Industrial-Electro-Pioneers „Swamp Terrorists". After moving to Switzerland Oliver Husmann, a renowned Guitarist and Swamp-Terrorists-Drummer Pit Lee joined the band. So far Da Cruz has released two records gaining wide attention not only in Europe: In 2007 their debut „Nova Estaçâo" hit the CMJ-Charts in the US, „Corpo Elétrico" (2008) was recorded in Bern and São Paulo and licensed to 33 countries. „Sistema Subversiva" is an exciting piece of music, not only considering the quality but also the quantity: Da Cruz' songs sum up to 70 minutes, including a remix by their Bernese Buddies and Electro-Freewheelers „Filewile". „Anybody who goes out and spends money for music nowadays should definitely expect something big in return", Mariana Da Cruz says.

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Past Concerts (selection)

Jan 27 2012 Moods Zürich
Dec 31 2011 Gloria Theater Cologne (D)
Nov 11 2011 L’Ampérage Grenoble (F)
Oct 05 2011 Le Batofar Paris (F)
Aug 24 2011 Musikfestwochen Winterthur
Aug 20 2011 Openair Hünegg
Aug 12 2011 Jazztage Lichtensteig
Jul 30 2011 Festasete Sete (F)
Jul 17 2011 Gurtenfestival (Soundsystem) Bern
Jul 09 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux
Jun 06 2011 Radio Paradiso RSR1 Lausanne
Jul 07 2011 Kulturfestival St. Gallen
Jul 02 2011 Jazzfest Wien Vienna (A)
Jul 03 2011 Caliente (Soundsystem) Zürich
Jun 25 2011 Cultures Equitables Lille Lille (F)
Jun 24 2011 Bierhübeli (Orange Party) Bern
May 14 2011 Rote Fabrik Zürich
May 13 2011 Progr Bee-Flat Bern
Dec 31 2010 Vidmar Hallen Bern
Oct 28 2010 Lucerna Bar Prague (Cz)
Jul 17 2010 Open Air Senigallia (It)
Jul 03 2010 Festival Au Foin de la Rue Laval (F)
Jul 02 2010 Züri Fäscht Bürkiplatz Zürich
Jun 26 2010 Festival Aau bord de l’eau Sierre
Mai 23 2010 Dachstock (mit Jimi Tenor) Bern
Oct 10 2009 Theatre La Fourmi Luzern
Apr 30 2010 Palmenhaus München (D)
Apr 16 2010 Electrochoc Festival Bourgoin-Jallieu (F)
Mar 04 2010 Goutte d’Or Paris (F)
Nov 06 2009 LIFEM Kings Place London (UK)
Oct 30 2009 Womex Kopenhagen (DK)
Oct 23 2009 Zeche Carl Essen (D)
Oct 02 2009 Mokka Thun
Aug 09 2009 Heitere Openair Zofingen
Jul 18 2009 Bahnhof Langendreer Bochum (D)
Jul 17 2009 Gurtenfestival Berne
Jul 11 2009 Frauenfeld Openair Frauenfeld
Jul 04 2009 Gena Openair Geneve
Jun 19 2009 Backstage München (D)
Mai 16 2009 Weltnacht-Openair Bielefeld (D)
Apr 09 2009 Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin (D)
Apr 04 2009 La Bellevilloise Paris (F)
Mar 29 2009 Glockenbachwerkstatt München (D)
Mar. 28 2009 Café Leopold Wien (A)
Mar. 27 2009 Posthof Linz (A)
Mar. 03 2009 Guanabara London (UK)
Jan. 31 2009 Kiff Aarau
Jan. 30 2009 Chat Noir Geneve
Jan. 22 2009 Elysée Montmartre (Radio Nova) Paris (F)
Jan. 15 2009 Hotel Eden Arosa
Dec 13 2008 Le Divan Du Monde Paris (F)
Dec 12 2008 Scène Bastille (Zuco103) Paris (F)
Sep 28 2008 Sous Soul Berne (CD Release Party)
Sep 27 2008 Sous Soul Berne (CD Release Party)
Sep 20 2008 Couleur 3 Tent Ouchy (DJ Set) Lausanne
Sep 05 2008 Werkstatt Chur
Aug 16 2008 Dampfzentrale Berne
Aug 15 2008 Rote Fabrik Zürich
Jul 11 2008 Openair Offenburg (D)
Jun 20 2008 Euro08 Fanmeile Zürich
Jun 15 2008 Euro08 Fan Village Genève
May 16 2008 Ravensberger Spinnerei Bielefeld (D)
Jan 14 2008 Livraria da Vila Jardims São Paulo (Bra)
Jan 12 2008 Studio SP São Paulo (Bra)
Jan 05 2008 Che Club Paraty (Bra)
Jan 04 2008 Che Club Paraty (Bra)
Dec 19 2007 Loveland São Paulo (Bra)
Dec 12 2007 Loveland São Paulo (Bra)
Dec 05 2007 Loveland São Paulo (Bra)
Dec 02 2007 Turnhalle Progr Berne
Nov 30 2007 Fnac-Party Toulouse (F)
Oct 12 2007 Schlachthof Kassel (D)
Aug 24 2007 Roter Turm/Badenfahrt Baden
Jul 21 2007 Gurtenfestival Berne
May 26 2007 Afropfingsten Winterthur
Apr 21 2007 Kiff Aarau
Mar 24 2007 Papiersaal Zürich

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