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Gothenburg club and concert tips – May 1 – 4

Where to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly Magazine has the answers (Click links for more information)

Published: 1 May 2008 15:00 CEST

From Brazil, Badi Assad is rooted in the bossa genre but also wanders into jazzy tunes and singer/songwriter pop. Her talent in guitar playing won her a prize for “Best acoustic finger style guitarist” in 1995. A nice, tranquil start to a night in the city.

It has been two years since we last heard new music from Magnus Tingsek. Too Many Feelings At The Same Time is the new album. Two years in the making, it proves that the Swede from Malmö has created his very own musical signature. The soul and the disco are never far away but the acoustic folk-rock shines through every now and again. Tingsek will most likely give you a new favorite soundtrack for beach 2008.

The walls will be covered by visuals. The speakers blasting with techno house. And the crowd screaming for more champagne. Join the VJs and DJs for a techno tango on the Uppåt Framåt dance floor.

Woody West -The return to mothers freak

Woody west returns to the place where it once all began. Alternative country all night!. The Sadies could possibly be the best alt. country act in the world! Their mix of psychedelic everything from country and Southern rock to 60s garage, surf and bluegrass will be an energy kick better than any red bull drink out there. Make sure to get on the bus from Pustervik on time and buy tickets in advance.

Live acts: The Sadies and Kristoffer Åström + secret guests

Sebastian Tellier

What could be better than some refreshing French pop on a Sunday? Tellier’s fanciful mix of Serge Gainsbourg, Sofia Coppola, Phoenix and Daft Punk will make you wide awake and that end-of the-weekend angst will fly away in an instant.

Meet the Spanish rapper bringing flamenco and bossa nova into hip-hop

Spanish rapper Anton Alvarez known as 'C. Tangana' poses in Madrid on April 29, 2021. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP

The 30-year-old has emerged as one of the world’s biggest Spanish-language stars since his third album “El Madrileno” — the Madrilenian — came out in February. That ranks him alongside his superstar ex-girlfriend Rosalia, the Grammy-winning Catalan singer with whom he has co-written several hits.

C. Tangana, whose real name is Anton Alvarez Alfaro, has come a long way since a decade ago when he became known as a voice of disillusioned Spanish youth in the wake of the financial crisis.These days his rap is infused with everything from reggaeton and rumba to deeply traditional styles from Spain and Latin America, with a voice often digitised by autotune.

“It’s incredible that just when my music is at its most popular is exactly when I’m doing something a bit more complex, more experimental and less
trendy,” he told AFP in an interview.

And he is unashamed to be appealing to a wider audience than previously: his dream is now to make music “that a young person can enjoy in a club or someone older can enjoy at home while cooking”.

‘People are tired’

The rapper, who sports a severe semi-shaved haircut and a pencil moustache, has worked with Spanish flamenco greats including Nino De Elche, Antonio Carmona, Kiko Veneno, La Hungara and the Gipsy Kings.

In April he brought some of them together for a performance on NPR’s popular “Tiny Desk Concert” series, which has already drawn nearly six million
views on YouTube.

Shifting away from trap, one of rap’s most popular sub-genres, and venturing into a more traditional repertoire was a dangerous move — especially for someone with a young fanbase to whom rumba, bossa nova and bolero sound old-fashioned.

“I think people are tired. They’ve had enough of the predominant aesthetic values that have previously defined pop and urban music,” he said.

Parts of his latest album were recorded in Latin America with Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa of Buena Vista Social Club, Uruguayan
singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, Mexican folk artist Ed Maverick and Brazil’s Toquinho, one of the bossa nova greats.

“What struck me most everywhere I went was the sense of tradition and the way people experienced the most popular music, and I don’t mean pop,” he said.

A new direction

C. Tangana started out in 2006 rapping under the name Crema. When the global economic crisis swept Spain a few years later, hard-hitting trap was
the perfect way to voice the angst of his generation. But after more than a decade of rapping, things changed.

“When I was heading for my 30s, I hit this crisis, I was a bit fed up with what I was doing… and decided to give voice to all these influences that I
never dared express as a rapper,” he said.

The shift began in 2018 with “Un veneno” (“A poison”) which came out a year after his big hit “Mala mujer” (“Bad woman”).

And there was a return to the sounds of his childhood when he used to listen to Spanish folk songs at home, raised by a mother who worked in
education and a journalist father who liked to play the guitar. The Latin American influences came later.

“It started when I was a teenager with reggaeton and with bachata which were played in the first clubs I went to, which were mostly Latin,” he said.

Studying philosophy at the time, he wrote his first raps between stints working in call centres or fast-food restaurants.

As to what comes next, he doesn’t know. But one thing he hopes to do is collaborate with Natalia Lafourcade, a Mexican singer who dabbles in folk, rock and pop — another jack of all musical trades.

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