Bianca Fachel
Bianca Fachel, a Brazilian artist based in Ireland, is a versatile force in music, film, and entrepreneurship. Pioneering the fusion of music with the regenerative economy, she focuses on original compositions, collaborations, and educational programs, solidifying her impact in the creative sphere.
Bianca Fachel has performed on stages in Porto Alegre, Ireland, and internationally, captivating audiences at renowned festivals such as Montreux Jazz Festival, Sligo Jazz Festival, and Bray Jazz Festival.
Her original songs “Keep on Moving” and “The Way Back Home” were selected for inclusion in the Irish Featured Movie “Writing Home,” earning recognition at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh Cinema Festival.
Pursuing her passion for music, Bianca studied Sound Engineering and Music Festival Management at Sound Training College in Dublin and attended a songwriting course at Berklee College of Music.
Bianca’s musical compositions blend influences from Samba, Bossa Nova, MPB, Brazilian Soul Music, Tropicália, African rhythms, and Irish Traditional Music, resulting in a unique style.
In March 2021, Bianca became the first independent artist to produce and launch online shows featuring her original songs, receiving acclaim for “Land of Dreams – a journey to inspiration Vol. 1” and “Timeless River – A wrinkle in time Vol. 2.”
In 2022, Bianca ventured into event production with the environmentally conscious “Music in the Forest” Hybrid Music Festival and appeared on the Cúltír TV Programme, representing Roscommon.
Towards the end of 2022, Bianca received an Arts Council grant to collaborate with women from diverse backgrounds on the “Bean Feasa” project, recording and producing 10 songs at her Birdland Music Studio.
In March 2024 Bianca collaborative project is accepted to be funded by Coimisiún na Meán to produce and record a radio documentary.
Set for release also in 2024, Bianca’s highly anticipated album “Time Machine” being awarded by Roscommon Arts Council reflects her dedication to crafting original compositions and features collaborations with musicians from Ireland and abroad, recorded at Birdland Music Studio.
Djâmen
Djâmen, a Latin Grammy Award co-winner, is an arranger, composer and multi- instrumentalist.
Citing Milton Nascimento , Black Rio amongst his earliest Brazilian influences, his music is also inspired by international black music artists such as Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis and Esperanza Spalding. Having grown up in an artistic and musical family, he was blessed to learn from pioneers of samba rock and black southern Brazilian music (afro-gaúcha) like Bedeu, Luis Vagner, Marco Farias and Giba Giba – rhythms later brought to the world stage by Sérgio Mendes. In 2018 as a co-producer and arranger he won the Latin Grammy awards as the best album in Portuguese language.
Djâmen blends it all into a unique form of contemporary avant-garde Brazilian music that is extensively informed by, but also deeply conscious of its role in, the Brazilian Afrofuturism Movement. He brings strong messages on themes such as racism, black empowerment, gender equality, self-development and immigration, all of which are entrenched in his journey.
Moved by his belief in the decolonisation of sound and ideas, Djâmen challenges single- gender approaches to music and mixes together elements of jazz, neo soul and traditional Brazilian music. He uses his art as a way to deconstruct pre-established rules that create separation, in favour of bringing people together and honouring all forms of expression. Djâmen’s music is finely tuned and rich in personal experience, vast musical knowledge and social consciousness. Both penetrating and elevating, it is a delicate but fierce step towards his envisioned future.
Zeh Netto
Guitarist, composer, producer, arranger and speaker.
Owner of PLANETA ZEN, having worked for several major advertising agencies and clients throughout Brazil and abroad, as well as producing music for TV, film and theatre. Also producing and making arrangements for singers and instrumentalists.
Producing and creating audiovisual music for almost 3 decades. Performed at Jazz festivals of Montreux (Switzerland) and Zelt Musik Festival (Germany), as an acoustic guitar player performing his own pieces.
Graduated in Arrangement by UNIRIO. Berklee’s diploma “Composing for film and TV”
Latest work for cinema the feature film animation WITCHCRAFT. A co-production Brazil/ Spain. Awarded at Rio Cine
Speaker and professor of Production and Music Technology in on and off line courses.
One of the organisers of the International Musimagem Brazil Festival, the only soundtrack festival in the Americas, and the only one made by composers.
Binho Manenti
Binho Manenti is a Brazilian musician, producer, publicist and multi-instrumentalist composer.
Besides producing artists and bands, Binho has been producing soundtracks and sound design for radio, commercials and TV shows and also making online record sessions worldwide. He started in music when he was only 13 years old, taking classical piano lessons and then he started to play other instruments, such as the bass and drums. He also worked as a musician and record producer during his time in Ireland, playing with a variety musicians from all parts of the world and in 2019 he had played and co-produced some soul/jazz, R&B, blues and gospel bands while living in the United States, including the groups Honey Monsoon, The DayNites, and others.
His latest productions and works include the soundtrack and sound design for the TV show “Crisálida”, available on Netflix Brazil and Netflix Portugal, his composition “Um Dia Pra Esquecer” released as a single by the artist Kariel, the album Brazil’ejru by the Italian artist and singer Rohmanelli and more.
His influences are very wide, from classical music to 70s artists to reggae, rock and world music.
Maikon Varela
Maikon Varela is a musician, actor, teacher and activist.
Influenced by various styles, the artist develops across different genres and has made seven albums throughout his career. Maikon also lends his talent to projects by other artists and in this new solo phase he presents original work in partnership with poets and musicians from other states in Brazil and internationally.