#10 - Kotoe

Kotoe is a DJ, Actor, and Festival Organizer who makes you want to move — think disco, feel acid, breathe tropicali.  Learn more about and follow here: Insta: www.instagram.com/kotoekk Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kotoek RA: https://ra.co/dj/kotoe Key References & Links from this episode: MUSIC Alviverde: https://open.spotify.com/track/4i1DikJPhPfUD4XwRKFEQ2 PEOPLE/ARTISTS Jun Miyaki: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3a7hEDDgro56kvwVOfQ6nc Anna Almani: https://ra.co/dj/annaalmani Holger Hecler: https://ra.co/dj/holgerhecler DakhaBrahka: www.dakhabrakha.com.ua Acid Pauli: https://ra.co/dj/acidpauli Orange Blossom: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAw8AfCObQgZlXRSRILOq Kokoko: www.kokokomusic.com Holger Hecler: https://ra.co/dj/holgerhecler Maraña: www.instagram.com/marana_performance Marc Mahfoud: https://ra.co/dj/mahfoud VENUES/FESTIVALS Voodoohop na Cachoeira: https://voodoohop.com  Château Perché: www.instagram.com/chateauperchefestival  Obien Klein ei in Dresden (? collective of her partner) Bucht der Traeumer: https://bucht-der-traeumer.de Bachstelzen (stage at Fusion): https://bachstelzen.de Garbicz: https://garbiczfestival.com Fusion Festival: www.fusion-festival.de Rummels Bucht: www.rummels-welt.de Melt Festival: www.meltfestival.de Medalshauss Festival (? festival that is ending this year)  Burning Man: https://burningman.org Stone Burner, Palapa, Tower, Desert Dance (translated Fusion stages) TECH Juno: www.junodownload.com OTHER LINKS Manga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga Pina: www.imdb.com/title/tt1440266 Voodoohop Collective: https://voodoohop.com MPB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BAsica_popular_brasileira Stil vor talent: www.stilvortalent.de Holger Hecler on Meet the DJ: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7v0MlAlmxtPchJ7hzcLae5?si=Ee0c5fUOQz-14zlJo4PctA Havilan de Traemer (? collective that formed): Organismo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4T-Y1N5EA SHOW OUTLINE [0:00] The bell [0:30] What a great name [1:05] Lisbon fit(s) [2:15] Where are you from? (face slap) [5:35] Japanese musical vibes [7:18] Musical start: Voodoohop Collective [11:22] Pandemic / Isolation … to accelerating BPM [15:00] Pre- and post-Azores Kotoe [17:42] Back to life, back to festivals [20:20] New families! [21:25] Bucht der Traeumer  [25:33] The end of government support [26:31] Fusion – the utopia that changed my life [32:01] Playing at Fusion and Bucht brings out the best [34:30] Festivals as transformational experience [36:10] Wastedness can be a special place [40:10] Festivolution [42:16] Feminine energy to fill the space [46:32] Musical sourcing [47:40] Sound choreography (dramaturgy!) across nights and stages [51:15] Favorite set evaaaaa + Kotoe makes us all cry a little [54:20] Closing track philosophy: every carnaval has its end [56:30] Performing w Maraña [59:16] First time burner and Kotoe is the gift [1:06:00] Mahfoud meets a carnaval bloco [1:10:10] What’s next? An EP, The burn and another Rio carnaval

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