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Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.
Panamanian Soul emerged during a turbulent time in the country’s history—the 1960s and early 1970s. During the construction of the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1914, Afro-Caribbean laborers were brought in from British colonies such as Jamaica and Barbados. After the Canal was completed, these workers and their descendants faced exclusion and racism within Panamanian society. By the 1960s, the global wave of civil rights movements had not gone unnoticed. Many Panamanians were exposed to the U.S. Black freedom struggle through contact with American G.I.s stationed at U.S. military bases. The voices of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and Otis Redding, broadcast over Army Radio, also left a lasting impression. Inspired by this cultural exchange, many descendants of the canal laborers began forging their own unique Soul sound.
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Mauricio Bejarano Bogotá, Colombia, 1955
He has explored several fields of creativity such as design, sculpture, painting, poetry, essays and acousmatic art. Currently he is Associate Professor in the faculty of the College Fine at the National University of Colombia. He has attended several workshops and seminars on electroacoustic composition by Daniel Teruggi and François Bayle (Ina-GRM), Francis Dhomont, Stéphane Roy, John Chowning, Jean Claude Risset and Michel Zbar. He has exhibited his artwork both at individual and group exhibitions. His music is widely performed around the world including Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Canada, USA, Mexico and Uruguay. His composition Jagua (r), was awarded a prize in the International Acousmatic Composition Competition, Noroit 95. Mauricio Bejarano has created radio phonic and sonic art works, has written several essays on electro acoustic music, and periodically lectures on the topic.
Mauricio Bejarano Bogotá, Colombia, 1955
He has explored several fields of creativity such as design, sculpture, painting, poetry, essays and acousmatic art. Currently he is Associate Professor in the faculty of the College Fine at the National University of Colombia. He has attended several workshops and seminars on electroacoustic composition by Daniel Teruggi and François Bayle (Ina-GRM), Francis Dhomont, Stéphane Roy, John Chowning, Jean Claude Risset and Michel Zbar. He has exhibited his artwork both at individual and group exhibitions. His music is widely performed around the world including Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Canada, USA, Mexico and Uruguay. His composition Jagua (r), was awarded a prize in the International Acousmatic Composition Competition, Noroit 95. Mauricio Bejarano has created radio phonic and sonic art works, has written several essays on electro acoustic music, and periodically lectures on the topic.
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