FIRST WOMEX SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT

DISMARC CD PROJECT

REGIONAL FUND WEST AFRICA

Dear WOMEXicanos,

here you find the first and long-awaited information on WOMEX 08 Showcases, a DISMARC treasure trove and a call for project proposals by the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Cooperation and Cultural Exchange in West Africa.

FIRST WOMEX SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT

We are most happy to announce the first WOMEX Showcases who have already confirmed. We'd like to thank the seven Samurai for the hard and dedicated work they have put into this year's selection. "I think we have reached very balanced high-profile results. I am totally convinced that it is a great selection for all WOMEX visitors", says Samurai Tobias Maier.
For the first time we have used an online tool for the showcase proposal submissions - www.sonicbids.com- which gave the WOMEX Jury enough time to go through all artists' proposals and do a personal list of favourites before the actual jury meeting.

"In general Sonicbids gave easy access to all the necessary information. Compared to previous years it seems like a huge step forward. I think the quality of the jury debate and the final decisions wouldn't have been possible without the use of Sonicbids or an alternative but similar system. Now we at least came somewhat prepared and therefore had time left for in-depth discussion", said Samurai Maarten Rovers, after the jury marathon in Berlin.

Here are the first showcases who have confirmed:

• A Filetta (France)
  
  
• Alex Cuba (Cuba/Canada)
  
  
• Bako Dagnon (Mali)
  
  
• Bedouin Jerry Can Band (Egypt)
  
  
• Camané (Portugal)
  
  
• Fatima Spar & The Freedom Fries (Turkey/Bulgaria/Ukraine/Serbia/Austria)
  
  
• Jouhiorkesteri (Finland)
  
  
• LA-33 (Colombia)
  
  
• Liu Fang (China/Canada)
  
  
• Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen (USA/Sweden)
  
  
• Mo DJ (Mali)
  
  
• Salamat Sadikova (Kyrgyzstan)
  
  
• Speed Caravan (Algeria/Morocco/France)
  
  
• Tomás de Perrate (Spain)
  
  
• Tumi and the Volume (South Africa)
  
  
• Zabit Nabizade Trio (Azerbaijan)
  
  

Update 15 July 2008, programme subject to change

We will be announcing more artists next week...

See:
www.womex.com/realwomex/showcases
and for the WOMEX Jury:
www.womex.com/realwomex/jury

DISMARC CD PROJECT

WOMEX has completed the first round of a virtual CD project for EU-funded project DISMARC (Discovering Music Archives) and the first two virtual CDs are ready to be presented on VirtualWOMEX:
Tero Halvorsen: "Greatest Finnish Singers Of The 1950s" in cooperation with YLE (Yleisradio Oy - Finnish national broadcaster)
www.womex.com/virtual/tero_halvorsen/various_artists/greatest_finnish_of
Ardian Ahmedaja: "Discovering Albania" cooperation with EMEM (Berlin Phonogram Archive/Museum of Ethnology, Berlin)
www.womex.com/virtual/ardian_ahmedaja/various_artists/discovering_albania
DISMARC is the central database and audio aggregation portal for all non-mainstream music, whether owned by broadcasters, museums, institutions or private collectors.

For more information see: www.dismarc.org

REGIONAL FUND WEST AFRICA

The Regional Fund for the Promotion of Cooperation and Cultural Exchange in West Africa is calling for a project proposal for the following activities:

• cross cutting or multidisciplinary activities: this domain involves development of multidisciplinary professional organisations, cultural information, training on cultural related jobs, the development of multidisciplinary cultural centres, and the promotion of cultural tourism
  
• applied and visual arts
  
• music and theatre
  
• literature
  
• cultural heritage
  
• films (production and distribution of documentary films related to arts and West African Culture) to be implemented in West Africa, funded by the "Regional Fund for the Promotion of Cooperation and Cultural Exchange in West Africa" 9 ACP ROC 018. The proposals must be submitted no later than Friday, 15 August, 2008 at 18:00.

For more information see:
www.acpsec.org/en/pahd/Culture/e3a_guidelines_anglais.pdf
Check back regulary on our new homepage at:
www.womex.com

Stay tuned and keep in touch!
Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin


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