Ramadanman at the Cadencia Premier
23.03.10
David Kennedy AKA Ramadanman co-founded the Hessle Audio label that has the likes of Pangaea and Untold on their books. He remixes, DJ's and makes his own music... And for the first time seen here composing. A plethora of musical talent. You can check out Ramadanman here...
www.myspace.com/ramadanman
Cadencia is the new Brazilian documentary and exhibition by Bantam Films. Directed by Daren Bartlet who has lived in Rio for 3 years: "I feel that the generosity, attention and care the Brazilian people have shown me is reflected in the work I produce about their lives and culture"
The exhibition at Nike 1948 is open to the public from the 25th March to the 25th April. You can watch the trailer for Cadencia here...
www.youtube.com
He Said
The cocktails were amazing. I should have worn trainers though.
She Said
It was lucky that my good friends Tallulah and boyfriend Rover (I've changed their names but kept to a general theme) were also invited to the screening as his "I'm five minutes away, I swear" was nothing more than a brazen lie. We took our seats and filled the minutes before the lights went down.
Tallulah - "So what are you doing here?"
Me - "Oh, they asked me to come and speak to the guy who did the musical score. Rama... Ramda... Radmada..."
Rover - "Ramadanman?"
Me - "Yeah. Him"
Tallulah - "Who's he?"
Me - (Blank stare)
Rover - "He's pretty big on the Dubstep scene"
Tallulah - "Is that like N-Dubz?"
(Rover looks at us both with disgust and turns back to face the screen)
We were at the screening of Cadencia, a new documentary by Daren Bartlett. I love a good doc so was keen to check out this attempt to show the fusion of creativity and spirit of the people of the Brazilian suburbs through football and carnival. It was beautifully shot, and was about football and there was something about carnival too and the animation by Jiwon Park was lovely and it was all very pretty and anyway, enough about that...
The after party/exhibition was at 1948 around the corner as it is a Nike sponsored the film. So the three of us popped along. Surprise, surprise who was there, waiting patiently by the bar looking suave in a blazer checking out the scene (girls)? I was too annoyed to speak to him so asked where a good place to conduct the interview with Rama... Raaa... Fuck it his real name is David. They decided that a dressing room was the only quiet place for me and David to have a chat, while I was squidged on a chair by a crate of limes, with him looming over me.
Me - "So you normally do Dubstep stuff and have a record label. How was doing the music for a film?" (Eloquently put, naturally)
David - "It was quite liberating. So different from what I normally do. It is like wallpaper: you really wouldn't notice it if it wasn't there but adds so much when it is"
Me - "Yeah. So how did you get into music?"
David - "I learnt the piano when I was 13 and it's progressed from there"
Me - "So you have your own label, you DJ, you're doing this. How do you find the time?"
David - "Well actually I'm studying English and French at Leeds. Now I've finished this I have 3 months left and my exams to do"
Me - "How old are you?"
David - "21"
Me - "Oh"
For some reason the interview started to flag so I popped off and found my writing partner who failed to lift my ageing spirits so I made my way to Old Street tube, catapulted myself down the escalator in high-heels, barely making the train, finally collapsing in a panting heap on the train, only to look up and find...
"David, hi!"
We get talking.
Me - "So where did you grow up?"
David - "North London"
Me - "Same, where did you go to school?"
David - "Highgate"
Me - "I know a lot of people I know went to Highgate. I must know someone you know who went there. Oh, I bet you've bought weed off Andy Morrison (again, I've changed the name but kept to the general theme)"
David - "Oh no. I don't do that. My dad was the headmaster"
Me - "YOUR DAD was the head of Highgate school?"
David - "Yeah... Shit this is my stop"
Me - "Good luck with your exams David"
I must remember to tell Tallulah that he is definitely not in N-Dubz.
