The Pro-electronic Festival was created for years ago for the purpose of boosting Cuban electronic music. The fourth edition of the festival will take place in Havana from July 3 through 5. Once again this space welcomes artistic creation and shows the expressive potential of the Cuban Electronic Music Movement, while promoting recent national productions.
The event, organized by the Pm records Cultural Institution, will begin on July 3 at 5:00 pm at the Torreón de la Chorrera so that the audience can enjoy the most passive side of this genre. The Training Session is retaken on July 4 at 2:00 pm at the headquarters of Pm Records. It is dedicated to the debate on contemporary and polemic issues. There will be two lectures, the first one on legal aspects of production and distribution of electronic music, by expert Darsi Fernandez; and the second one on synesthesia in the movement of Cuban electronic music, by specialist Laura Martín. The third moment of the festival has been reserved for the most popular trends of electronic music and is scheduled for July 5 at the Salon Rosado in La Tropical.
It is to visualize the young movement of this kind of music, generate spaces for dialogue and professional training, insert this kind of music in the market and show a Tropical from 7:00 pm on
Pro-electronic is an annual festival that brings together composers in this genre from all over the country and aims at making more dynamic and promoting this kind of music, which is increasing the number of fans in spite of its scarce spreading in contrast with other musical genres in Cuba. It offers an updated panorama of the genre.
This movement has been growing rapidly in Cuban night clubs, concerts, beach parties, etc., for more than 15 years. Its self-taught creators are still struggling for a space within the national culture despite its many followers among the youngsters.
Diverse, creative, experimental, innovative, irreverent and risky,electronic music works as some sort of liberating trip to the acoustic universe of the city, where from the slightest noise to the most strident sound are shifted into hypertextual melodies.
As it has been the tradition since the first festival, followers of this genre from all over the country look forward for this event to present their art and drag the audience into the world of new melodic solutions made with the most updated technologies.
DJs, renowned producers and amateurs will coexist in a space aimed at being a means of expression for those who chose this kind of art. Kike Wolf, Diemen Duff, Electro Zona, Wichy from Vedado, Resaka, Djoy de Cuba, David Casas, Denis Ever, are some of the participants in this year’s edition of the festival.
Pro-electronic is nowadays the only national festival exclusively dedicated to composers of electronic music.
Authors
Cecilia Crespo,
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