Alicante premiered first urban cultural festival in 2022 City Tacticsa quote that Returning to Las Cigarreras from May 16-20 with a program that combines music, dance, graffiti and fashion and one of the fathers of hip hop culture guest starred, African BambaataaHe was born 66 years ago in the Bronx, New York.
Festival free entry and free access To all its activities organized by the Urban Tactics collective and produced by the Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valenciana and Las Cigarreras and Cervezas Alhambra. The purpose of this meeting is to To articulate different aspects of urban culture, bring them closer to the public and propose a revision The history of hip hop in Alicante with workshops, concerts, DJ sessions, talks and projections.
“Last year, both the events we held in Secadero and the concerts in La Trasera, for some, it was completely packed. seven hundred people“remembers the good reception the first edition had ivan lopezOne of the organizers of the festival based on the weight of hip hop culture in Alicante in the 2000s. 80s and this, along with the current quarry participating, is shown by: Santi Uve, Da Zoo Bros or Cleo Pathfinder.
The festival starts on May 16 with the onset bulk graffiti en la Trasera de Las Cigarreras, curated by the artist redthe author of last year’s mural will be performed by up to 20 Valencians on this occasion. yekoyekill and the people of Madrid Asem and Mr. Man.
Caja Negra, where the documentary will be shown, opens on 19 May. Alicante Represents! related to Maria CampilloA roundtable will open with and reviewing the history of hip hop in Alicante. orchards at night And DJ Power. Most of the program takes place at: Saturday, May 20during the day, from 11:00 to 23:00, Market and rap workshops in Valencia and documentary screening The Man Behind the Rhythmrelated to Eugenio Pantanathroughout the morning.
block party
This year’s edition is called block partyWhat is this Street parties of the 70s and 80s carried out between apartment blocks in the New York neighborhood of the Bronx and, among other things, Curb youth gang violence with dj setsWhere Africa Bambaataa pioneered. “Urban Tactics, Celebrate the DJ and producer figure and give them visibility, the real architects of hip-hop, often overshadowed by the Mc figure. Not only because of the presence of Afrika Bambaataa, but also because of the production workshops and don’t strike“, point from the festival, through the collective Beatmeeting Cru Created in 2022 in Alicante (Aukan, DJ Saico and Grumo) offers workshops covering styles from the most experimental hip hop to Lo-Fi and funk, while Madrid City breakers (Dj Garcia and Hair 2) suggest an example of electro hip hop.
Concert at La Trasera
The concert at La Trasera will start at 19:00 with the rapper from Madrid. mikalleyit will be followed by Alicante-based Cuba Cleo Pathfinder – it exudes a style boombap old school maker of his new EP los alicantinos, with different effects protector -MC from Alicante, who has edited more than seven studies and dozens of collaborative works- and Da Zoo Bros. -Two of the pillars of the Alicante scene since the mid-90s: Bha and DJ Power– and closing African Bambaataa. Among the achievements of the American DJ and producer Planet Rock in 1982 or Funk Traitorscornerstones of hip hop, electro, house and other electronic music genres.