Temazzcal

An immersive concert, a dreamlike ritual of sonorities and materials that move towards a collective sensory catharsis.

Starting from the concept of the Temazcal, the Aztec bathing ritual, and using essential concepts such as the duality of the forces of fire and stone and the ascent towards spiritual purification, the proposal goes through, from less to more, different sensorial episodes.

The trio proposes a musical journey through soundscapes, free-jazz, improvisation, drones and a multiplicity of genres that make it difficult to classify.

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TEMAZZCAL is the collaboration of three musicians: Aldo Aranda on percussion, Mark Cunningham on trumpet and Kike Bela on bass and synthesizer.

Mark Cunningham (New Jersey, 1952).
A former member of the pioneering New York No Wave band of the 1970s, Mars, in which he played bass and guitar, Mark Cunningham has continued to experiment through the use of trumpet and electronics from the 1980s to the present day, most recently returning to playing his old guitar. Since the break-up of Mars, Cunningham has collaborated repeatedly with leading avant-garde musicians such as Lydia Lunch, Arto Lindsay, Christian Marclay, Etant Donnes and Pascal Comelade, while pursuing his own projects such as Don King in New York and Bestia Ferida, RAEO and Blood Quartet in Barcelona, where he has lived since 1991. His albums and collaborations cover a total of more than 30 releases, including three solo albums: Blood River Dusk (1997) Odd Songs (2020) and Blue Mystery (2022).

Kike Bela (Barcelona, 1976).
Kike Bela is a tireless activist in Barcelona's underground scene, whether as a musician in musical groups, mostly linked to alternative or experimental music, such as Blood Quartet, Murnau B., Le Fou, Tystnaden -with members of Standstill-, Jesucristo Superstar por Casa...), as a coordinator of creative spaces (ex-director of La Escocesa), as an ideologist and producer of multidisciplinary shows (The Exploding Fest..., FiM_Fira Vilaseca, Seismes...), or as a composer of author audiovisual projects, including documentaries by Antonio Pérez Molero, La Flota de Indias, Lacroix-Dalí, Quiero el Eterno, by Miguel Ángel Blanca, with Blood Quartet, or Fin de Siglo by director Alex Casanovas.

Aldo Aranda (México-Holanda, 1978).
Multi-faceted percussionist and virtuous marimba player, described as "The wonderful Mexican percussionist" by the renowned artist and director Jan Fabre. His performances take percussion to a new level of expression, fusing diverse techniques and disciplines such as contemporary musical theatre, improvisation, dance and technology, revolutionising the concept of performance and interpretation. Awarded honourable mentions in the 1st and 2nd International Marimba Competition and Festival in the state of Chiapas, Mexico in 1999 and 2001. Graduated with a master's degree from the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium and later from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Holland.
With an exciting and versatile career, currently based between Holland and Barcelona, he has worked with renowned conductors, composers, theatre companies and orchestras including Plácido Domingo, Neeme Jarvi, Louis Andriessen, Heiner Gobbels, Jan Fabre / Troubleyn Company, Asko-Schoenberg Ensemble, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Guanajuato, Orquesta de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (Mexico), Noord Netherlands Orchestra (Holland), and DeFilarmonie (Belgium). He has performed in the most prestigious festivals around the world such as the Avignon Festival (FRA), Edinburgh Festival (ESC), Wiener Festwochen (AUS), Gaudeamus music week (HOL) Festival Internacional Cervantino (MEX), Aarhus festuge, (DIN), to mention a few. He gives talks and workshops in the USA, Mexico and Europe, and has currently been appointed Artistic Director of the Modern Troubadours Company where they create shows combining music-theatre, storytelling, dance and technology.