BAQUE LUAR
Roof-raising percussion and vocal collective
BIO
Baque Luar is a London-based collective of female and non-binary vocalists and percussionists from diverse backgrounds, united by their love of Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian roots music. Their music focuses on honouring feminine power and creativity, acknowledging struggles against oppression and praising nature at this critical ecological moment.
Drawing inspiration from the rich soundscapes and traditions of maracatu, coco, bumba meu boi, tambores de Minas, and ciranda as well as sacred rhythms of Brazilian Candomblé, Baque Luar combines original multivocal compositions and arrangements with powerful percussive grooves. .Meaning ’moonlit beat’, Baque Luar is also an ongoing exploration of feminine rhythmic creativity, engaging critically with gender imbalances in drumming traditions worldwide as well as the music industry at large. With a unique mixture of intricate arrangements, vocal harmonies, dance, movement and a spectacular array of DRUMS, Baque Luar will rock you.
SUMMER 2023
UPCOMING GIGS: https://linktr.ee/baqueluar
Friday 12th May: RichMix (London)
Saturday 13th May: Great Escape (Brighton)
Friday 19th May: Outlandish Nights (Bristol)
Saturday 1st July: Nest Collective
Friday 7th July: Nest Collective (London)
Saturday 22nd July: Jaminaround (Dorset)
Friday 25th August: Brilha Baque Luar! The Albany, Deptford
BAQUE LUAR'S DEBUT ALBUM BRILHA
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Baque Luar's debut album Brilha is a work of praise for this earth and for the human and beyond-human connections which nourish us. It features a collaboration with Maracatu Leão Coroado (the oldest maracatu nation in the world), amongst an array of powerful original tracks. It explores the group’s own collective identity, diverse roots and influences. Drawing on rhythms from maracatu, coco, ciranda, congado, caboclinho, Candombe Mineiro, manguebeat, as well as sacred rhythms of Brazilian Candomblé, the record is a story of remembering our place in larger ecosystems of rhythm, spirit, ancestry and nature, and imagining ways forward together.
* The album was made with support from
Arts Council England.*
PAST EVENTS
DANDELION FESTIVAL, GLASGOW
17-18th June 2022
Dandelion Festival is a creative programme running across Scotland that demonstrates the power of collective action in a major 'grow your own' initiative. The aim is to make growing your own food as easy and accessible as possible to people of all ages through events and activities taking place all over the country – from the remotest islands to the centres of cities – including festivals, music and cooking. Baque Luar played on Dandelion's Pavilion of Perpetual Light stage, a living stage comprised of 60 'grow your own' light boxes growing flowers and vegetables. Viva!
LAND SKILLS FAIR
23rd July 2022
Land Skills Fair is a multigenerational and multicultural skill and knowledge exchange that aims to provide a safe space for everyone to learn from each other and explore different land-based topics and practices. Baque Luar headlines on Saturday 23rd July.
SHAMBALA 2022
August 25-28th 2022
Baque Luar plays the eclectic Sankofa stage at Shambala on Sunday 28th August. Shambala is committed to being sustainable, circular, regenerative, net positive, earth & life respecting, and future thinking. Their green practices are considered pioneering world-wide, achieving 100% renewable electricity, become meat fish & dairy-milk free, and eradicating single use plastics. Looking foward!
'CAPITAL LETTERS DO NOT DO JUSTICE TO HOW MUCH I LOVE BAQUE LUAR!' - Sam Lee, Nest Collective
'Baque Luar are an outstanding live act, with a depth of knowledge and respect for their artform that is clear for any observer to see. Their live show is captivating and overflows with an energy, percussive flair and cohesive vocal arrangements & performance like no other group I have seen. They were an absolute stand out act in the programme of Glasgow’s Encontro Street Band Festival 2019. In addition to a series of blistering live shows, they ran high quality workshops that were accessible, well taught and fun. I would book them again in a heartbeat.' -Olivia Furness – Director, the Encontro Street Band Festival
'A massive thank you for your performance on Sunday. You really rocked the space and bought such a gorgeous energy that pulled in audiences from far and wide. I would absolutely love to have you back anytime and will most definitely be in touch for future festivals and performances.' -Deborah Bankole - Creative Programmer
- Southbank Centre
'Saw this wonderful group last night at Jago (Passing Clouds) and they blew the roof off the joint. Go and see them. And if you have already seen them, go see them again! I’ll be looking for them the next time I’m in the UK.' - Rick Campbell
CONTACT
For performances, parades, workshops and other events get in touch!
07712721750
