My name is toby robinson an old school BAP member. Ill be touring by bicycle as part of the pleasant revolution through europe this summer. We will be playing festivals through out europe and are looking for contacts, festivals, ex. where we can stay and play. If you know of any one who would like to book a show, or just want to help out some free loving freestylers then contact me, and check out our web site
http://www.gingerninjas.com/tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZbAIiTZ9bk
Press Kit: http://www.reverbnation.com/pleasantrevolution
Bicycle Music Festival Tour Europe 2010
The Pleasant Revolution Team Plans Deep Green European Tour
The band that biked to Mexico now plans a whole summer of bicycle-based music festivals in European cities. In addition to the Ginger Ninjas, the Pleasant Revolution will travel with several additional acts, all biking from city to city. Local groups will be partnered with to do most of the organizing for the individual festivals, including "hiring" the remainder of the bands. The Revolution will provide roughly 40% of the acts for the bill in each city, the human powered sound system, a web site template, promo materials and other organizing know-how accumulated on their five recent bike music tours.
History
In 2007, the Ginger Ninjas became the first band in the history of rock and roll to tour by bicycle unsupported by automobile or local infrastructure. On a 5000 mile odyssey to the pyramids of southern Mexico, they promoted transportation cycling while also exploring the frontiers of pedal-generated electricity, using their own bikes to power a hyper-efficient sound system. Originally conceived as a one-time adventure/statement/experiment, the band got addicted, and is now in the midst of a world tour while planning an extended stay—and new take on the adventure—in Europe.
Bicycle Music Festivals
A new kind of happening for an evolving culture, the bicycle music festival (bmf) merges With 30 volunteers, 15 bands, 7 festival stops, no prices, no permits, Critical Mass-style bicycle party caravans between the festival stops, a 1200 Watt pedal-powered P/A system, and zero use of cars and trucks, San Francisco’s Bicycle Music Festival may be the greenest music festival ever conceived. It differs from a conventional festival in that it has several venues throughout the city and as the day progresses the bands and crews and fans bike from one venue to the next, creating a rolling cruiser ride/critical mass/music festival hybrid. And of course the sound is all human powered.
Proposed Route
We are looking at a biking route (and potentially some rail) that roughly will/may include these cities, from approximately June 1 to Oct 31 2009:
Paris, London, Belgium, The Hague, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Malmo, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Zurich, Geneva, Marseille, Barcelona, Madrid, Porto, Paris
Looking for Traveling Crew and City Volunteers
If you live in one of these cities and would like to help put on a local bicycle music festival this summer (or would like to suggest/coordinate another city) please contact us. Include in your correspondence: where you live, skills and relevant experience (such as festival production, connections to the local music or bike scene, activism/organizing, web, design, local bike route knowledge, etc), and a rough estimate of time you´d consider committing.
We will also be looking to recruit some Europeans to our traveling crew, possibly including:
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a band or solo musical act
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a bicycle mechanic
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sound engineer
Interested bike headz should send a resume, cover letter, and audio samples (for musical acts) to [email protected]. These positions may be paid, depending on tour funding.
Other ways to help
Please send suggestions of festivals, venues, funding sources, lodging hosts, meals hosts, bike routes to: [email protected]
Bands and Artists
The traveling caravan of invited musicians is round and diverse, deep with world class talent both known and unknown:
Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas mind shaking love groove folk funk roots explosive international pedal powered mountain music for a pleasant revolution, now on their 5th bike tour.
The Genie Creator of "scratch guitar", a blend of live-sampling, multi-layered complex looping, beatboxing, slide, turntablism, and unconventional syncopation and arrangement of jazz, dubstep, latin, reggae, hip hop, blues, middle-eastern, Indian and electronica.
CelloJoe an anomaly in the world of cellists. By combining cello with beatboxing, he has created a unique genre: classical hip hop
Amanda Mora Original songwriting blending shades of 20-40's jazz and swing, folk, acoustic pop, Americana, and American roots music
StitchCraft a fanciful folk songwriter and elegant musical accompaniment characterized by soulful lyrics and melodious voice, played over flamenco, old time, and african inspired finger picking styles on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
listen: http://www.reverbnation.com/pleasantrevolution
Grassroots Promotion
As a truly street level event, the organizers will rely on broad networks of like-minded bicycle advocates and grassroots musicians to promote the events. This has worked spectacularly in San Francisco. General media interest in the Pleasant Revolution has been high so far, and more is expected with its landfall in Europe.
* The Pleasant Revolution is a project of International Bicycle Fund, a 501c3 non-profit, and all donations are tax-deductible (EIN: 91-1286223). Donate securely (specify "Pleasant Revolution" as the designee).
Impact on Cycling
Transportation cycling and the idea of the “bicycle lifestyleâ€
