Highlights from the Bogota Music Market.
The seventh version of the Bogota Music Market (BoMM) came about within the Colombian capital’s Chamber of Commerce on September 10-13. Day 2, September 11, featured panels all through the day and a complete of 26 showcases, with artists chosen by curators from amongst 2,600 candidates, a document for the convention.
Here are 5 takeaways from the occasion.
1. Colombia’s music enterprise is wholesome — and rising: According to Bogota Chamber of Commerce president Monica De Greiff, final yr, BoMM generated enterprise price roughly $2.1 million, with expectations larger for 2018. De Greif additionally famous 2,600 native artists had utilized for consideration to be showcased on the occasion, a 128% improve in candidates from the earlier yr.
2. Four bands rocked our world: Afrobeat ensemble La Boa and Explosión Negra, a bunch that blends folks beats with hip hop and rap, blew us out of the water with their huge sound and tight beats. While mixing folks and concrete is not new, these bands took the idea to a different stage with finely tuned performances that managed to be exhilarating, even at 10 am within the morning. Veteran Salsa Band La 33, with its mix of youth and expertise, modern and custom, reminded us why salsa is everlasting in Colombia. And arduous rockers Mad Tree highlighted range with musicianship.
3. Colombia’s music defies style definition: Although the nation has lengthy been identified primarily for vallenato and cumbia and pop-tropical mixes of these rhythms, there’s merely no option to categorize Colombian pop anymore. At BoMM, showcases ranged from guitar-driven arduous rock to digital folks to straight-ahead salsa.
4. Women Rule: If there’s a shortage of ladies in Latin music and in touring bands, it’s not occurring in Bogota. Most bands had been both fronted by ladies or had feminine members, from bass gamers to guitarists. Examples: Mad Tree (feminine bass participant); La Boa (one among three singers); Cimarron and Lunalé (each had feminine lead singers); La Vodkanera (horn gamers and singer); La Mojarra Eléctirca (singer); La Playara (cuatro, flute and vocals); Explosión Negra (singer/percussion); Los Pangurbes (singer). You get the drift.
5. In the land of cumbia and vallenato, heavy metallic is beloved (at the least in Bogotá): While not current within the showcases, heavy metallic is a style of selection in Colombia’s capital. According to Javier Bulla, who books Auditorio Lumiere, “Everything hard metal that we book, works. There is a huge hard metal fanbase in Bogotá and its surroundings.”
