Wicked Aura Batucada
I can't believe it's already Monday after a busy and happening weekend in Melbourne, with the Commonwealth Games still on, and the Festival Melbourne2006 being held in conjunction with it. I tried uploading some of my photos from the festival, but my handphone's Bluetooth doesn't seem to be working (forgot to bring my camera for the event).
Anyway, one of the performing acts which caught my attention at the festival was the 13-member percussion group, Wicked Aura Batucada, who hail from Singapore. Their unique fusion of Brazillian samba music with funk, afrobeat, and local Singaporean ethnic rythms, combined with their infectious beats and positive energy, certainly brought about much life and groove to the festival's beach party on Saturday (the beach I'm referring to is the much hyped-up artificial beach in front of the Arts Centre, with lots of sand but no water!).
Anyway, one of the performing acts which caught my attention at the festival was the 13-member percussion group, Wicked Aura Batucada, who hail from Singapore. Their unique fusion of Brazillian samba music with funk, afrobeat, and local Singaporean ethnic rythms, combined with their infectious beats and positive energy, certainly brought about much life and groove to the festival's beach party on Saturday (the beach I'm referring to is the much hyped-up artificial beach in front of the Arts Centre, with lots of sand but no water!).
Wicked Aura Batucada performing in Festival Melbourne2006 | Source: Jeff Busby
You can find out more about the group, which was formed in 2003, via their homepage.
The group was definitely awesome. I witnessed their performance on Saturday too.
Melbourne should definitely invite more of these talented artists to perform for FREE throughout the year. Melbourne, afterall claims to be multi-cultured, multi-layered and marvellously arty.
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March 21, 2006 4:10 pm