MEDIMEX will take up over 8000 square meters of exhibition space,  with 150 stands and  1000 among operators, national and international artists . 50 scheduled events  between live showcases, exhibitions and meeting  and about 30 conferences, presentations and press conferences. Within the MEDIMEX will take place XV edition of MEI - Meeting of the independent labels, held in Faenza up to the last edition. 

The several  stands will host, besides Italian and international music operators and professionals, cultural institutions and trade associations including: Assomusica, Fimi, Fondazione Fabrizio De Andrè Onlus, Fondazione Gaber, Fondazione Musica per Roma, Hellenic Ministry of Culture General Directorate of Modern Culture Directorate of Music, ICIC (Catalan Institute of Cultural Industry ), Phonopaca (France), Pôle Industries Culturelles & Patrimoines (France), SIAE, Tunisie Culture and Tunisia National Tourism Department, Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques, Zone Franche (France).

Friday 25th and Saturday 26th  November on 3 main stages of Showville Theater of  Bari there will be the  performances - reserved for registered operators  - of artists from Puglia new music scene, national artists and artists from Mediterranean area: Boom Da Bash, Antonio Castrignanò, Erica Mou, H.E.R. e la Band Famenera, Mama Marjas, Mascarimirì, Jolaurlo Steela, Bianco, Fabrizio Cammarata & The Second Grace, Phinx, Roberta Alloiso, The Banditi, Savina Yannatou, Rodrigo Leao, Badiaa Bouihrizi, Fanfara Tirana & Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Moussu T e Lei Jovents, Djmawi Africa, Sonia Brex e Trans Global Underground & Natacha Atlas.

 

 

Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27, Medimex include in its program a series of international conferences. Assessments and views, future and trends, will be the central themes of a debate on music industry that will see the participation of institutions, journalists, art directors, professionals and musicians. From "The Land that resounds.The music as economic  promotion of the territory", during which will be compared important experiences of festivals in Italy, Europe and North Africa,"Music and Revolution" , analysis on the recent political and cultural situation of North Africa and Middle East, by " Culture, a new industrial pluster” promoted by the General Direction of SIAE to “Who's Afraid of music?" sponsored by XL music supplement of the Republic, which will see the participation as speakers FRANCO BATTIATO, VASCO BRONDI (OVVERO LE LUCI DELLA CENTRALE ELETTRICA), CAPAREZZA, DANIELE SILVESTRI.

 

 

 

During the three-day Music Expo  will be held  also several press conferences and presentations of new projects and music initiatives: 99POSSE, LE LUCI DELLA CENTRALE ELETTRICA, TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI, TEATRO VALLE OCCUPATO, ASSOMUSICA, WOMEX, FIRA DI MANRESA, YOU TUBE, MYSPACE, NOTE LEGALI, many others.

 

Within the Medimex  scheduled  the presentation of four music awards: Best Italian Artist Award MEDIMEX to Vinicio Capossela, Best International Artist Award MEDIMEX to Natacha Atlas and two MEI awards, PIMI - Independent Music Italian Award with Massimo Volume, Paul Benvegnù Brunori Sas, Le Luci della centrale elettrica and many others, and PIVI - Italian Award Independent Videoclip with 99 posse, Daniele Silvestri and many other guests. 

 

Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday, November 27 also scheduled many events in more than 20 spaces between theaters, bars, clubs and meeting places (99 posse first national, Bonus Track, and many others).

 

 

 

 

MEDIMEX is promoted by the Mediterranean, Tourism and Culture Department of Puglia Region, as part of the Operational Programme ERDF (European Regional Development) enacted by Teatro Pubblico,  IV Axis Puglia / Apulia Sounds,  in collaboration with MEI-Meeting of Independent Labels with the support of Economic Development and  Agri-Resources Department of of Puglia Region, Fiera del Levante of Bari.

Media partners: XL Repubblica suplement and Radio Rai Tre.

 

 

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Artists of the calibre ofPaolo Nutini, Lou Reed, Jimmy Cliff, Kaiser Chief and many others will perform on stages around the city.

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On the 17th July free entry thanks to Puglia Sounds

Downwards, regular and living beats overflow on the little drum’s skin, like a huge heart beating the chamade and dancing as it had a shiver in the name of love. Then an acute voice sounding a little bit nasal releases an intense melody that traces some loops. The spirit gets mad. They use a E tonality, beating guitar, accordion, bagpipes completing the harmonies con brio, the rhythm section and  the trail bringing from the land up to the sky. In the crowd, you can see the first reactions provoked by the uneasiness of the pizzica. Smiles come out, feet lift up from the ground, heart, bodies and soul mix with each other like in a turbine.

Mauro Durante & Silvia Perrone : Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Nevertheless, not everything was perfect! The sugars room, the biggest one among the three rooms staged for the Babel Med Music, showed certain  phonic changeableness. Indeed most of the times it offered its worst aspects. Luckily  the group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino took its own sound engineer from Puglia with itself. He showed to know very well his musicians and to be used to the Italian hall’ inconveniences, he was able to face many problems concerning reverberation  and vibrations, quite usual inside the old  sugar bowl  of the Docks from the South.

The six young virtuous musicians and a naughty dancer with carmine veils on the stage dominate our emotions. It’s like a perturbation bringing us until remote periods.

This dance and rhythm seem to be connected to a pagan possession rite and that is still alive  in Southern Italy, in spite of the church interdiction. All this belongs to the ancient tarantula myth, whose injection inflicted to his victims a strong poison, that had as only remedy a savage dance in order to  annihilate its effects.

The Prims tried to transform the tarantella into  a noble music for the court by removing its rhythm and sense, however its initial conception survived by preserving in secret its healthy and attractive power.

 Maria Mazotta

Nowadays, tarantella has been thrown again all over Italy by some musicians and because of its festive attitude, it might be matched to the rave parties thanks to its rapture and bits. Anyway this music is lacking success and glamour style to become a proper international phenomenon. There are not so many musicians as Mauro Durante and his partners to conjugate a savage essence with a music with no imperfections.
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino was found in 1975 by Daniele and Rina Durante, it is directed by their sons since 2007, who can also play quite well the tambourine, the violin and  even singing. Mauro’s friends can also play several instruments, first of all the little drum or also guitars like Luca Tarantino does, wind instruments by Giulio Bianco, accordion by Massimiliano Morabito, head voice by Maria Mazotta, a husky voice for Giancarlo Paglialunga and transcendental and sensual dance by Silvia Perrone.

Everyone preserves a well-defined space where timber and colors harmonize the tasty contrasts. This ensemble  shows to be able and inspired by respecting a large sound spectrum, with an unchangeable groove and thin shades.

Pizzica despite its wild rhythm, it makes room to the soft melody typical of love songs sometimes. They revise the classic repertory or create new pieces by using the Griko Salentino. This language that finds its roots into the ancient Greek is a memory of an antique affiliation of the region to the Hellenic imperialism. This linguistic particularity, nearly disappeared in other countries, does not prevent the group from reaching a perfect resonance with such époque Traditional instruments live with technological innovation, it is like if the Roots soul give their hands to a meticulous modernity.

In conclusion, we can say that even without losing its sensuality and provoking a state of constant uneasiness, Pizzica might result attractive and involving for the rest of the world such as it did with the Babel Med Music 2011 audience.