PEOPLE PROJECT

PEOPLE PROJECT

is an intercultural, multilingual project with collaborators from around the world who come together to create what world music is really all about; a mash-up of styles, languages, and people.

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People Project.

Since their first encounter in Mexico City in 2004, People Project have become a new kind of of band for a new world. Drawing on a number of genres and influences from around the globe while creating an innovative musical hybrid of funk, hip-hop, jazz, and Afro-Brazilian inspirations --- sung in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese no less, this group has taken the meaning and the spirit of world music to new heights while having shared the stage with bands such as José Gonsalez, The Skatallites, and The Souljazz Orchestra, to name a few. Unlike a band who may specialize in multiple genres, People Project is instantly distinguished by their ability to mash-up melodies, rhythms and languages to create a style that is all their own.

A dynamic duo that leads a team of collaborators from Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil and Europe, Philippe Lafreniere (Canada) and Gabriel Bronfman (Mexico) drop the notion of borders to embrace the magic of artistic collaboration and intercultural exchange. People Project is a product of the heart – led by two artists driven by an all-encompassing love – and hope – for humanity, as reinforced by their highly personal and philosophical lyrics. People Project is by the people, for the people – and in celebration of people everywhere. The sincerity of their efforts to build bridges – creatively and otherwise – is the reason why this music matters.

An independent band teaming up with indepedent label UP & UP MUSIC, People Project is a proud recipient of the Ontario Arts Council’s Popular Music Grant which supported the recording of their latest album ‘Natural’ (2009).