Jazz From Catalonia 2011

Artist : Various artists

Title : Jazz From Catalonia 2011
Release Date : June 26, 2011
Label : Catalan Arts
Format : CD

The aim of this compilation is to give visibility to the music sector in Catalonia and show the vitality of the Catalan record labels. To this end, the CDs are distributed in different fairs where the Department of Culture attends, as well as among international professionals interested in the music produced in Catalonia. The song selection is made by professionals (journalists, programmers, music critics, etc.) based on simple criteria such as quality and internationalization capacity of the different musical ideas. All three discs contain information about each group, as well as the contact details of the record labels and their respective management offices.

Oriol Roca appears on the following track:

273 by MUT TRIO included on the album 1374 (Whatabout Music 2011)

March 8, 2015

WORLD MUSIC FROM CATALONIA 2007

World Music from Catalonia 2007

Artist : Various artists

Release Date : february 1, 2007
Label : Catalan Arts
Format : CD

Oriol Roca appears on the track Corrandes d’exili, performed by Immigrasons.

Barcelona is the European capital of World Music of the moment. For years, the so-called “So Raval”, a district in the city centre turned into a haystack of mixed sounds and quality original proposals, has triumphed around Europe.

But the musical wealth of Catalonia does not end in the Raval. This is a particularly good time for La Garriga (the origins of La Troba KungFu), Girona, the lands of the Ebro river and the peripheral districts of Barcelona (where the rumba has found great successors in groups such as Barrio Negro and Talegueros), for example. And if we refer to music in Catalan, we must also count the contributions to World Music of performers and instrumentalists from València, such as Miquel Gil and Al Tall.

All of the mentioned names form part of the selection of 20 records that Philip Sweeney, an English music critic specialised in the genre, has made for the CD World Music from Catalonia 2007. A compilation that includes traditional song passed through a modern musical sieve, rumba, hip hop, bulerías and other flamenco styles performed by the young children of the working class outskirts of Barcelona, and dance songs and havaneras, all mixed between the many other styles that make up the rich variety of proposals that can now be heard in any corner of Catalonia.

Raül Fernández: guitar, vocals
Ernesto Snajer: guitar
Sílvia Pérez Cruz: vocals
Mariano Cantero: percussion
Giovanni Di Domenico: piano, keyboards, accordion
Guido Martínez: electric bass, double bass
Oriol Roca: drums