• Pedrina, Julio Victoria, Amantina, Miguel Rico, Duplat, El Sonar de Telembí, Todo Copas, Sr Pablo, Papa Kumbé and Tribu Baharú are the artists that will be in the Barcú Sessions from October 13th to 18th. These concerts can be seen through barcu.com and the YouTube channel of BARCÚ for free.
• The musical program is complemented by conversations BARCÚ, meetings and talks with national and foreign figures of the music scene such as Fonseca, Esteman, Superlitio, Diamante Eléctrico, Distrito Especial, Mitú, Caloncho, Visitante (Eduardo Cabra from Calle 13), Amigos Invisibles and Tweety González.
• BARCÚ will also present the DJ Set de Monte (a solo project by Simón Mejía from Bomba Estéreo), Dj Pony from Mexico City, Dj Fest from New York, DJ Roberto Urbina from Bogotá, Julián Martínez with Sector 9, Fonika with DJ Frutico and Sebastián Molinares that will be broadcast from the Zoom platform.

Since 2014, BARCÚ Nights have been the stage for more than 100 bands. It has also been a starting point for the international projection of many of them that have reached such important events as the Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom. “In this 2020, a year in a context as particular as the one we are living, we had with Noches BARCÚ the challenge of reinventing ourselves without ceasing to be the platform of Colombian music that we have been,” says María Teresa Rojas, Executive Director of BARCÚ.

The result is a 2.0 format: BARCÚ Sessions. Two daily presentations of musicians and bands in streaming in an intimate, unplugged and interactive mode that will be seen, completely free, through the YouTube channel of BARCÚ and Barcu.com, and that will feature national soloists and bands of different genres such as Pedrina, Julio Victoria, Amantina, Miguel Rico, Duplat, El Sonar de Telembí, Todo Copas. Mr. Pablo, Papa Kumbé and Tribu Baharú.

“The objective of the BARCÚ Sessions is to show the musicians to their audience in their pure state: in a rehearsal, in a recording in their studio, without the artifices of lights and big scenery, and without the distance in front of the audience that exists in a concert”, explains Santiago Muñoz, Musical Coordinator and the person who has been in charge of this project since May, supervising the thousand and one details of the staging of the BARCÚ Sessions. Before assuming this task, Santiago was part of Fonseca’s team and since 2005 he has lived in New York where he works in event management and production.

Another attraction will be the BARCÚ Conversations: meetings and talks between journalists with national and foreign figures of the music scene such as Fonseca, Esteman, Superlitio, Electric Diamond, Distrito Especial, Mitú, Caloncho, Visitante (Eduardo Cabra from Calle 13), Amigos Invisibles and Tweety González.

The musicians of the BARCÚ Sessions are:

Pedrina. Bogotá. She began her career as a singer at Hotel Mama y Pedrina y Rio at a very young age, before starting her own flight with the album Prisma. A voice with personality and character and one of the Colombian figures with the greatest international projection.

Julio Victoria. Armenia. DJ and producer. His work deeply explores the limits of techno and conventional house, combining different native instruments such as harp and marimba with more contemporary currents.

Amantine. Bogotá. At the age of 14, while living in Ecuador, he began writing his own songs. In the neighboring country he met success as a vocalist and leader of “Les Petit Bâtards”, an alternative rock band. He has started his career as a soloist.

Miguel Rico. Bogotá. Composer, producer and pianist. He has been a session musician, producer, composer and arranger for different artists. He made his debut as an artist presenting his first piano album titled Canciones para Pancha.

Duplat. Solo musical project based in Bogotá. Musically, the presence of mixed sounds from Southern Cone rock, classical music, indie, pop and jazz, and the presence of piano, saxophone and electric piano and voice are predominant.

El Sonar de Telembí. Artistic group that seeks to rescue, conserve and disseminate the wealth of the heritage of Afro-Colombian culture in the Pacific.

Todo Copas. Group formed by two mcs of extensive experience Angel & Smith and Dj Chip. It is one of the best known and respected groups at the national level.

Sr Pablo.Medellin. Between rap and reggaeton parties, this artist has made rap since his first album in 2016 until today a constant evolution.

Papa Kumbé. Producer and DJ collective formed by MAKI (Producer / DJ), MIG (Bassist / DJ) and CROW (Turntablist / Producer DJ). Hip hop, dembow, rock and electronica and cumbia influence their sound.