- artist:Gato Preto
- event type:WOMEX 17 Showcase
- date:27 Oct 2017
- time:00:00 - 00:45
- city/area:Katowice
- venue:Twin Stage A, Spodek, tunnel via ICC west entrance
- country:Poland
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Extra-terrestrial time-travellers Gato Preto have arrived to bring the urgent message that the world needs to unite in search of a better groove. Mixing Angolan kuduro with Brazilian favela funk, Mozambican chants with Afro-house, they provide food for booty and mind, deconstructing stereotypes with their post-apocalyptic sci-fi visuals and dismantling borders with conscious messages and massive amounts of bass. Gato Preto are Mozambican/ Portuguese femcee Gata Misteriosa and Ghanaian/ German producer Lee Bass. They’re in the vanguard of the international Afro-futurist scene, carrying the cosmic torch of Sun Ra and Funkadelic and collaborating globally with contemporary audio astronauts such as Edu K and MC Zulu. Earth visitations so far include sightings at forward-looking festivals such as African Futures in Johannesbourg, Nyege Nyege in Uganda and Blacks to the Future in Paris. Closer encounters coming soon.
Gata Misteriosa - vocals, percussion
Lee Bass - keyboard, synthesizer
Moussa Daillo - percussion
Helene Sagna - dancer
tbc - dancer