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The second day of the Valencian Music Fair Trovam takes place during this Friday at the Auditorium and venues in Castellón de la Plana. The day's program includes 15 musical performances, as well as professional talks, workshops, and a conversation starring La Bien Querida.
The artistic lineup opened with the concert by Sara Dowling in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorium. Passing through this same stage will be Sanspok, the imaginative project of Vila-real native Sophia Bodí; Negre, a Balearic indie-rock band; Cervatana, a group that fuses kraut rock, techno, ambient, and big beat; and AnimalPersona, a pop-soul ensemble led by Carles Chiner (Gener) presenting the album Bestiari. On the other hand, the esplanade located at the main entrance of the Castellón coliseum hosts the Vibra Mahou Stage. Half a dozen musical proposals will play there: Paco Pecado, an artist with a special predilection for kitsch, retro, and vintage elements; Stereozone, a rock ensemble that will present new songs such as “La comunidad”; Nadia Sheikh, singer and guitarist of forceful melodies; Marte Lasarte, a Basque post-punk quintet that has just released its second work, Kea, Argiak eta Kontraesanak (Smoke, lights and contradictions); Kiliki, spearhead of Navarrese urban music; and Bernal, one of the Valencian bands with the largest following thanks to their post-rock, hardcore, and slowcore tracks. In addition, the venue La Bohemia will experience the live shows of Chilean singer Cancamusa and the Barcelona band Brighton 64, which has included the Trovam Fair on its farewell tour. Finally, playing at El Terra will be Repion, a duo that will offer an acoustic recital to officially debut the album 201, and Arre-A.K., a group that will play the tracks from the album Kinkis de Bankal.
Activities for sector agents
This Friday will also serve for the Trovam Fair to close the professional programming of this fourteenth edition. This morning, networking rounds took place between artists and managers, promoters, and programming spaces to incentivize bookings in venues and festivals in the Valencian Community and the rest of the country. Accredited agents had the opportunity to attend the roundtable ‘The song after the song: production, authorship, and exploitation’ with the participation of Alba Fernández, from Calaverita Records; Alejandro Hernández, member of Maestro Espada and music producer; Gina Navarro, legal professional from the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE); and Pablo Contreras, music journalist; moderated by Ana Gómez de Castro, doctor in communication and expert in music industry strategy. Other scheduled activities include the second session of ‘The Conversations of Trovam’ with the dialogue between La Bien Querida and journalist and writer Rafa Cervera. Likewise, the projects of the Professional Association of Representatives, Promoters and Managers of Catalonia (ARC) and the Galician Association of Music Companies, promoter of the PALCO fair, will be made known firsthand. Young promoters and backliners have also gathered at this edition of Trovam.
16 performances to close an unmissable appointment with culture
The fourteenth edition of the Valencian Music Fair will close tomorrow, Saturday, November 14, with more than fifteen live shows of very diverse genres. Those in charge of opening the final day will be Ramonets, one of the family music bands with the most followers. They will play on the Vibra Mahou Stage to celebrate ten years of career in the company of young and old. In the afternoon, the Chamber Hall will open its doors for singer-songwriter Nacho Casado to present Canciones del Mar, a project where he explores the relationship between landscape, memory, and identity through song. Very different is the sound of Abraxas and Hugo Mas, who have worked to the beat of electronics around the libertarian uprising of the Petroleum Revolution that took place in Alcoi in 1873. Also using programming are Madrid's VVV [Trippin’You], exponents of styles such as makina, jungle, dubstep, or UK garage, and Brilla Carmen, a group led by Castellón native Víctor Ballester (deBigote) who has musically addressed his mother's neurodegenerative disease on the album Ahí vos quedeu. The Chamber Hall will close definitively with the concert by Toundra, an instrumental and experimental rock band that has just released the album Siete.
The Vibra Mahou Stage will also give a good sample of the Fair's varied programming with five Valencian proposals. In this way, the public will be able to experience the performances of the indie-rock group Palo Domado; the Anglo-Saxon-inspired pop-rock of Romàntic Dimoni, the reincarnation of Carles Caselles (Smoking Souls); the rock mix of Momo, an ensemble led by Marcos de la Torre (Mafalda); and the urban rhythm singers La Xica and Quinto. In addition, the Symphonic Hall will house two artists who have achieved great success among young audiences: Depresión Sonora and Perfecto Miserable. The first is the project of Madrid native Marcos Crespo and draws on post-punk to x-ray the present of a fatigued, anxious generation forced into hyperproductivity. On the other hand, Perfecto Miserable is a local noise pop and alternative rock band that released the album Acabará fatal last June. But music will also be heard beyond the halls of the Auditorium. Thus, vocalists Noelia Llorens ‘Titana’ and Anna Ferrer will be at the Principal Theatre. The Valencian has released Llum, an album that explores some of the great themes of the traditional repertoire and recovers unknown pieces from a feminist perspective. For her part, Menorcan Anna Ferrer will stage Pa, where she reflects through melodies on her decision to abandon the family tradition of bakers. Trovam's programming will also extend to the venue La Bohemia, where the concert by Rebrote, a group led by Iñaki “Uoho” Antón reuniting former members of Platero y Tú and Extremoduro, will be held; and El Terra, where the Fair will end with the songs of the Elche punk-pop group La 126.
