Bringing a fiery cast of UK stars, (including MOBO-winning hip-hop rapscallion Sway; global music guru Gilles Peterson; jazz wunderkind Soweto Kinch; and art-rock upstarts the 1990s), and a blazing range of Brasilian names (such as film and music trailblazer Seu Jorge; star of last week’s South Bank Show; electronic maverick Bruno E Sexteto; and groundbreaking vocalist Patrcia Marx), TrocaBrahma promises an effervescent culture jam of contemporary UK and Brasilian talent. The best news is that some of these incredible un-missable urban events will have FREE ENTRY.

Much of the carnival’s fruit will be borne from the TrocaBrahma Exchange: a project during which such divergent, inventive UK acts as Mark De Clive Lowe, the 1990s and Silhouette Brown (Bugz in the Attic, 4 Hero), will visit Brasil over the next few weeks to engage and create with like-minded and unlikely indigenous counterparts including Seu Jorge, Bruno E Sexteto and young sonic rabble-rousers Instituto. All of these exchange artists (full details below) will return to the UK to perform their unique UK / Brasilian collaborations for the first time in front of a live audience.

From live sets and collaborations to impromptu jams and live art; from upbeat global improv to offbeat local DJ slots, TrocaBrahma will set the city alight: all day, all night, all weekend.

To celebrate the launch of TrocaBrahma and his own ‘Back to Brazil’ compilation Gilles Peterson has created a series of six Brasilian podcasts, available throughout Summer 2006, exploring the culture and music of Brasil, downloadable from www.brahma.com/gillespeterson.

For further information on Brahma and Trocabrahma please go to www.brahma.com/trocabrahma

TROCABRAHMA: LISTINGS INFORMATION
Friday 28th July
TrocaBrahma: Usher Hall, Edinburgh (Seu Jorge - FULL LIVE SET, Gilles Peterson, Instituto, Sway, Drumagick, Mark De Clive Lowe, Soweto Kinch, Bembe Segue and Dynamite MC)
Tickets £18
Doors 7.00pm

Friday 28th July
TrocaBrahma: Star and Garter, Manchester (1990s, Nereu - Trio Mocoto, JD Twitch - Optimo)
FREE
Doors 8.00pm

Friday 28th July
TrocaBrahma: Jazz Cafe, London (Silhouette Brown, Patricia Marx, Bruno E Sexteto)
Tickets £15 adv. Or visit www.brahma.com/trocabrahma to register for your free ticket to this event: limited availability of 200 tickets on a first come first served basis.
Doors 7.00pm

Saturday 29th July
TrocaBrahma: Manchester Academy (Seu Jorge – FULL LIVE SET, Gilles Peterson, Instituto, Sway, Drumagick, Mark De Clive Lowe, Soweto Kinch and Bembe Segue)
Tickets £18
Doors 7.00pm

Saturday 29th July
TrocaBrahma: Bongo Club, Edinburgh (Silhouette Brown, Patricia Marx, Bruno E Sexteto, DJRed6)
FREE
Doors 8.00pm

Saturday 29th July
TrocaBrahma: Old Blue Last, London (1990s, Nereu - Trio Mocoto, JD Twitch - Optimo)
FREE
Doors 8.00pm

Sunday 30th July
TrocaBrahma: Koko, London (Seu Jorge- FULL LIVE SET, Gilles Peterson, Instituto, Sway, Drumagick, Mark De Clive Lowe, Soweto Kinch, Bembe Segue and Dynamite MC)
Tickets £18
Doors 7.00pm

Ticket Outlets
Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk

London
Phone 08700 600 100
Fopp Records, Camden and Covent Garden
Koko, 1A Camden High Street, Camden

Manchester
Phone 0161 832 1111; 0151 256 5555
Picadilly Box Office, Exchange St, Manchester
Picadilly Box Office, 58a Houghton Way, Liverpool

Edinburgh
Online: www.tickets-scotland.com
Phone 0870 2201116
Ticket Scotland, 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh