2009
PEOPLE PROJECT, 'natural', 13 tracks, featuring special guests:  Drew Gonsalves (Kobo Town), Yusa, Rommel Teixera Ribeiro, Steven Patterson, Zakari Frantz, The Souljazz Orchestra.

PEOPLE PROJECT, NATURAL DEMO (4 TRACKS), new album (15 TRACKS) in progress, recording at Metropolitan Studios in Ottawa, CA


2008

Compilation ‘AFRICAMERICA - Corazon de un continente’ feat. PEOPLE PROJECT (MX/CA), QUEM (MX), MAX VIANA (BRASIL), YUSA (CUBA)

PEOPLE PROJECT, live recording for IMER, for National Radio in Mexico City.

2007

PEOPLE PROJECT and KOBO TOWN, for CBC’s ‘FUSE’ on Radio 3, recorded live at CBC Studio 40, Ottawa, ON, CA

PEOPLE PROJECT, ‘Les nuits zébrées’, live recording for Radio Nova at La Bellevilloise, Paris, FR

2006

PEOPLE PROJECT, self-titled, recorded in Mexico City, MX





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People Project announces
2009 MEXICO CD RELEASE TOUR dates for
‘natural’

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
www.cdbaby.com/peopleproject2


People Project is thrilled to announce the release of their new album and official tour dates for their 2009 Mexican CD Release Tour!

Come out and celebrate the release of our second album and a new distribution contract for all of Mexico. 

People Project is an intercultural, multilingual group that brings together emerging artists from around the globe to work in several languages, mix many genres and sing about people.  Artists from North America and Latin America have teamed up to participate on an album that features a distinctive and eclectic mix of funk, brazilian, hip-hop, reggae and afro music in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.  The new album features guest artists:  Yusa, Rommel Ribeiro, Kobo Town and The Souljazz Orchestra.

Featuring:

Philippe Lafreniere (vocals, drums, guitar) (CANADA)
Gabriel ‘Queso’ Bronfman (vocals, guitar, cavaquinho, bass) (MEXICO)
Rommel Ribeiro (bass, guitar, vocals, percussion)
Danny Bronfman (percussion)
+ Special Guests


UPCOMING DATES:


14 Nov 2009                                15:00
Jah Fest Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

20 Nov 2009                                22:00
El Zinco Jazz Club Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

21 Nov 2009                                22:00
El Zinco Jazz Club Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

1 Dec 2009                                17:00
Teatro Carlos Lazo Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

3 Dec 2009                                21:00
El convite en la casa blanca Mexico DF, Distrito Federal



For more information:
www.myspace.com/peopleproject
For more specific information and interviews:
people_project@yahoo.ca




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People Project annonce
TOURNÉE MEXICAINE et lancement du disque
‘natural’

DISPONIBLE EN LIGNE!
www.cdbaby.com/peopleproject2


Joignez-vous à nous pour le lancement officiel du deuxième disque de People Project, ‘natural’, disque supporté par le Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario - au Mexique!

People Project est un collectif musical inter-culturel et polyglotte dont ses nombreux collaborateurs et collaboratrices provenant surtout de l’amérique du nord et de l’amérique latine se réunissent pour créer une musique dite ‘internationale’.  Le thème principale:  tout ce qui est ‘people’.  Le groupe se distingue par un mélange original de musique funk, brésilienne, hip-hop, reggae et afro en anglais, français, espagnol et portuguais.  Comme invité(e)s spécial(e)s, le nouveau disque est marqué par la participation de Yusa, Rommel Ribeiro, Kobo Town et The Souljazz Orchestra.

En vedette:

Philippe Lafreniere (voix, batterie, guitare) - CANADA
Gabriel ‘Queso’ Bronfman (voix, guitare, cavaquinho, basse) - MÉXIQUE
Rommel Ribeiro (basse, guitare, voix, percussions) - BRÉSIL
Danny Bronfman (percussions) - MÉXIQUE
+ Invités spéciales



À VENIR:


14 Nov 2009
15:00
Jah Fest Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

20 Nov 2009
22:00
El Zinco Jazz Club Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

21 Nov 2009
22:00
El Zinco Jazz Club Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

1 Dec 2009
17:00
Teatro Carlos Lazo Mexico DF, Distrito Federal

3 Dec 2009
21:00
El convite en la casa blanca Mexico DF, Distrito Federal


Pour plus d’informations:
www.myspace.com/peopleproject
Entrevues, etc:
people_project@yahoo.ca

Available at following locations:

Self-titled, written and recorded in Mexico City in 14 days.
Includes 10 original compositions in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and 1 instrumental.

Artwork: The CD is a beautiful booklet, book-binding, texturized, with all the lyrics, a number of photos, and interesting things related to the entire experience of People Project and the making of.

Track Titles:

1. Segundo Piso
2. Da minha vida
3. Regalando
4. People
5. Mélancolie douce et reveuse
6. Para Gil
7. A fuego lento
8. NIP-R.I.P.
9. Duele
10. Felicidade de ser
11. American Dollars

Where to get it: CD BABY, Itunes

Any questions?

people_project@yahoo.ca

"Everything about this project has come together in such a very spontaneous way that I feel I can't explain it, I can only tell you how much fun it has been and how lucky I think we all feel to have met each other, worked together, and created something, maybe not out of nothing, but out of what and who we are. We set out to write some good songs, to perform them, to record them, to work together and see what we could accomplish. I don't think any of us had any idea of what we would do exactly, and so we would try to find a natural flow with the way it was coming together, and we were going to do our best.

I had been to Mexico a few times to work with Gabriel and his group QUEM when they invited me as a guest musician to play and record two of my songs on their album 'callejero'. But it wasn't until Gabriel's trip to Canada that we first fashioned a repertoire and prepared a few shows. Steve Patterson and Gabriel were cool right from the start and so we played those shows together. Some months later, he called me up, said that he had got access to a studio, had found some great engineers, whatever we needed, and invited Steve and I to go and join him and see what we could make of it. So, we bought our tickets and set off for Mexico City to spend two weeks writing, arranging, recording and by the end of our trip we had recorded ten songs, had been interviewed on National TV and had met some wonderful people, played some and before we knew it we were back home. In the weeks following, everything continued to fall into place. Only a few weeks after that, we were back in Mexico again to touch up a few things and mix the album. Shortly after, Gabriel then went to Los Angeles to master with Precision Mastering and now we have a beautiful project. It has been a wonderful oppurtunity and experience and we've met so many wonderful people that are really pleased with how the project has come along so far. We were up to the challenge and did what we could with the time we had, and ultimately succeeded in pushing our creative limits to the max, but we'll let you be the judge.

I would to thank all who support us in Mexico and in Canada. I want to especially thank all those who come to see us at the Café Nostalgica, you have put the good feeling in our hearts, and have given us the courage and confidence to just do it, but most of all, you have given us the momentum. Thank you."

- Philippe Lafreniere, People Project