July 6, 2015

JAZZ FROM CATALONIA 2015

Jazz From Catalonia 2015

Artist : Various artists

Title : Jazz From Catalonia 2015
Release Date : June 26, 2015
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 tracks:

 

El Resumen by DAVID MENGUAL FREE SPIRITS BIG BAND included in the album Vertebrats (Bebyne 2014)

 

Tengo una debilidad by CELESTE included in the album Celeste canta Anotonio Machín (Whatabout Music 2014)

March 7, 2015

JAZZ FROM CATALONIA 2013

Jazz From Catalonia 2013

Artist : Various artists

Title : Jazz From Catalonia 2013
Release Date : February 4, 2013
Label : Catalan Arts
Format : CD

15 tracks selected by Pierre Bechet (music programmer) in collaboration with Susanna Carmona (coordinator of Jazz Terrassa), Martí Farré (music journalist), Josep Mestres (Barcelona Jazz Radio), Pere Pons (programmer of Jamboree Jazz Club) and Roger Roca (music journalist).

 

Oriol Roca appears on the track Monj by MUT TRIO included in the album 2395 (Moskito Records 2012)

 

  • Miguel Fernández: tenor saxophone
  • Tito Juan: electric guitar
  • Oriol Roca: drums

September 22, 2015

JAZZ FROM CATALONIA 2011

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 7, 2015

JAZZ FROM CATALONIA 2012

Jazz From Catalonia 2012

Artist : Various artists

Release Date : February 2, 2012
Label : Catalan Arts
Format : CD

New edition of the compilation Jazz from Catalonia. 15 tracks with the most representative jazz artists in Catalonia selected by Martí Farré (music journalist) in collaboration with Susanna Carmona (coordinator of Jazz Terrassa), Ferran Esteve (translator and music critic) Josep Mestres (Barcelonajazzradio), Pere Pons (director of Jaç magazine) and Roger Roca (music journalist).

 

Oriol Roca appears on the following tracks:

 

El perro dejó de andar como una rata by David Mengual included in the album Maitia (Quadrant Records 2011)

 

  • David Mengual: double bass, piano
  • Joan Díaz: piano, keyboards, melodica
  • Dani Pérez: electric guitar
  • Giulia Valle: double bass
  • David Xirgu: drums
  • Oriol Roca: drums

 

Corsicanskaya by Piccola Orchestra Gagarin included in the album Platos combinados (Whatabout Music 2012)

 

  • Paolo Angeli: prepared sardinian guitar
  • Sasha Agranov: cello
  • Oriol Roca: drums
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
March 6, 2016

CATALAN SOUNDS 2

Catalan Sounds 2

Artist : Various artists

Release Date : february 1, 2010
Label : Catalan Arts
Format : CD

Oriol Roca appears on the track Wisdom from the album La Tomba dei Giganti by Oriol Roca.

 

The Institut Ramon Llull presents the new edition of Catalan Sounds, a guide to some of the most interesting music on the Catalan and Balearic scene: some two hundred groups and solo artists that make up a very representative sample of Catalan musical creativity in all its quality, variety and individuality.

Catalan Sounds covers an exceptionally diverse spread of talent, from solidly established outfits to brand new line-ups, with a view to making them and their music known to a wider public. Catalan Sounds is conceived, in short, as a readily usable and effective tool to help promoters and events organizers give all kinds of audiences the chance to enjoy really great music.
The Institut Ramon Llull has a remit to disseminate and promote the Catalan language and Catalan culture abroad. At the present time it is a consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the government of the Balearic Islands. The Institut’s Performing and Visual Arts Department provides an international information and advisory service to promoters, awards travel grants to artists and works with leading venues and festivals around the world.

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