Musician and Capoeira Mestre, Jairo da Silva Dornellas (a.k.a. Pacheco), was brought up on the North East coast of Brazil in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Olinda. Pacheco started composing
Palenke was formed over 20 years ago by Colombian musicians Lisabdro Sapata (a Latin Rock and Roll star in the 70's and 80's) and Fernando Suarez 'Kinacho'. They originated from different bands and
Panache play a sparkling mix of soca, calypso, samba, salsa, merengue and reggae on steel pans to accompany some fine vocal arrangements on an assortment of classic Caribbean favourites. Band leader
In 1988 Anslem Samuel was a Youth Service Worker at Hackney Council. One day, he found some steel pans stored in the toilet. "I asked why they were in there, and was told they had no other place to
Paprika Balkanicus play a fiery blend of Balkan, Eastern European and Gypsy music with Classical and Jazz influences, as well as original compositions.
Bogdan Vacarescu came from Romania, bringing
Slovene Mihaela Repina and Londoner Paul Bradbury met on a dance floor in Dalston in 1997 and have never looked back. Starting out as a drum and bass outfit, they soon got bored of writing beats and
Poetic Pilgrimage are a progressive and poetic hip hop duo formed by Muneera Rashida and Sukina Abdul Noor in Bristol, 2002. Now based in London, the two aim to spread their 'simple message of peace
Pooja Pottenkulam is an animation filmmaker. She has enjoyed drawing since childhood and has always used drawing as a means of telling stories. "The story always comes first", Pooja explains. She
Pratima Kramer is a visual artist who interprets her impressions from a youth spent in India through mixed media works inspired by the cultures of Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Born in Kampala, Uganda,
Princess Emmanuelle a.k.a. Empress 1 is a British female artist of African and Arabian heritage, raised in West London. She has since childhood devoted herself to performance and widening her