The artist spoke about the first international tour of her career, her presence at festivals and future projects
Breeze of La Cordillerabetter known as Brisa Flow She is one of the most interesting artists of recent times. Without fear of taking musical risks, she plays with rap, ancestral songs, jazz, electronic beats and neo-soul and makes it her art. In 2022, it launched Janequeothird studio album and which gave rise to the tour Abya Yalain transit — the artist’s first trip around the world.
With her presence increasingly in demand, she has already performed at Lollapalooza, Rock in Rio, Burning Man and, more recently, in Psych. The artist spoke to Rolling Stone Brasil a few days before the festival in Pará and classified the event as “a very beautiful way to end the year” after a series of performances.
“I say that the show is a great ritual of hypnosis, of calling people to your portal,” explains the artist about the way she sees this type of presentation. “So we kind of open the portal and then close it and during that, several people enter and leave the festival. There are people who enter in the middle of the show, who arrive at the end. This is a responsibility of being able to present my work and, at the same time, at the same time, to seek excellence in every second, which is what I seek.”
The festival closed the artist’s schedule this year, and as is typical of her performances, she prepares something special for each show. “I always bring improvised things, my freestyle characteristic is exactly that.” For the festival, she took a special version of the track “Camburi,” for example.
The fact that it is increasingly present in the festival line-up is, for Breezethe harvest of work that has been done for years. “Music has always existed in my life. To deal with racism and xenophobia I always had to be excellent at what I do. And being a woman too. So, I’m a girl who started to enjoy music through festivals.”
She recalls a recording she watched throughout her life of the Chilean festival Viña Del Marmade by his parents to remember Chile and the indigenous struggle. This type of performance directly affected the artist who Breeze became.
Being in these spaces is the result of a lot of work. I started opening Lollapalooza at noon so today I could play at Psica at midnight.
Rap is commitment – and ancestry too
In addition to being a rapper, Breeze is a representative of the indigenous movement. For her, hip hop was a school and – growing up far from her original culture, which she absorbed through the knowledge of her family – this was a learning experience that she now sees as a responsibility.
“Hip hop managed to open doors for other genres,” reflects the artist, who does not deny that the path still needs to be established, and highlights, for example, the importance of peripheral cultural centers. “So that people like me can get to festivals,” says the artist.
New projects
Despite not sticking strictly to dates, Brisa Flow likes to release an album every two years. “It’s the rhythm of my career,” he explains. Despite not having released an album this year, when Janequeo turned two years old, she went on her first international tour. “It was the Janequeo band version, and we will materialize it. We have three recorded songs that were played at festivals, they are ‘Camburi,’ ‘Cerquita‘ and ‘Violeta Fue.’ They will come out now in 2025.”
She will also release a song called “White Roses,” produced by Leo Grijóknown for his work as part of the duo Stereodubs. “He’s a guy who has some very incredible productions and I’ve dreamed about this since I arrived in São Paulo.”
Janequeo conquers the world
The name Janequeo It is a tribute to the indigenous people Mapuche-Pehuenche who, as the artist explains, “was a great negotiator to be a warrior in the Wallmapu war and I put that name on the album because I believe that in the music industry I needed to be a ‘rare player,’ as I sing.” In the project she explored genres such as drill and house and dealt with issues dear to her, without leaving aside the joy.
The international tour began in Chile — the rapper’s parents’ country of origin — in an important location for hip hop culture, Patio Socrates, in Valparaíso. “Then I went to other classical stages and had a transcultural space in Concepción.” She reveals that in addition to the shows, she created bridges and established bonds. For next year, Breeze you intend to continue touring Abya Yala, the fertile land.
Source: Rollingstone
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