La Bellevilloise au mois de Mai...

... on May 4th, for Bidaia's concert - as announced by PPG a few days ago.

I was there early enough, at 6pm, - Caroline & Mixel were fiddling with the instruments and
sound - this gave me time, before we have dinner, to ride around the 'Halle aux Oliviers' and
outside in order to show you this pleasant place.




For 'Soul Cook' concerts, on Wednesdays, the 'Chef' cooks up a menu in agreement with
the musical universe of the performing artists. Tonight it's the Basque Country that has
guided his hand, with happiness.
8:30 pm, Caroline and Mixel are on stage...

... and they were good and the audience appreciated - click HERE for the videos.

Meanwhile, at the bar...

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Bidaia in Paris to promote new album...

BIDAIA to promote their new album
AGUR SHIVA
with two concerts in Paris :

* la bellevilloise
19/21, rue Boyer - Paris XX
May 4 - 8 pm

* Toro Bar tapas
74, rue J.Jacques Rousseau - Paris I
May 7 - 8:30 pm


Bidaia's tour will continue with :
- Pamplona, Spain, at 'Patio de los Gigantes' on May 19 - 9 pm
Bidaia and its entire band (+ bass & percussion).
- Gateshead, UK, Caroline Phillips will speak at the 'Thinking Digital'
conference, on May 25 - 6 pm and Bidaia will perform the next day, May 26.
- Saint-Pierre d’Aurillac/Gironde, France, 'Festival des Sous-Fifres'
on June 26 - 3 pm.


[Photo: Caroline Phillips]

With 'Agur Shiva', BIDAIA [which means 'travel' in Basque language] continues his journey
by visiting other musical cultures. 'Agur Shiva' reflects this idea of travel by tapping into
the roots of the Basque rhythms and melodies of the main compositions, while linking
them to other traditions, notably India and Carnatic music.

[See "La Bellevilloise" by G@tto].

http://www.bidaia.com
contact@bidaia.com

First TEDx Basque Country in Biarritz...

Initiated by Caroline Phillips, TEDster and holder
of the license TEDxBasqueCountry, this exceptional
event will take place at the Biarritz Bellevue-Casino,
on the French Basque coast.

Don't miss it !


TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events, that bring people together to share a
TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks videos and live speakers combine to
spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events
are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event.

[G@tto first introduced Caro to TED Talks (well, sent her the link) but disclaims now any responsibility for
the following events. Recognizing the scope of TED's formula 'Ideas Worth Spreading', Caroline Phillips
decided to attend TED India. You certainly understand that this hadn't stopped there]...


[tedxbasquecountry]

- Theme : Dynamics of Peace
The world has never known a lasting peace time between different countries, people,
or neighbors, nor even between members of one family. Because our world has not
experienced this state that we call peace, we do need to learn tolerance, cooperation
and sharing. In short, it seems we should change our behavior.
- Check out the Program
- and the Speakers...


Follow them on Twitter

Previous Caro's performances at TEDx Oxford and Geneva...

[TEDtalksDirector]


[TEDxTalks]
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LINKS...
Caroline Phillips > Who's that girl ?
and who's Bidaia by the way ?
G@tto aka KatuHoria & the Basque Country
- Ted.com - TedxBasqueCountry.com - TedxParis.com
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Ubiquitous Caroline Phillips...

Who's that girl ?

... she seems to be presenting her Yoga Massala new brand (yoga video
lessons and clothing line) at Paris' Salon ZEN, in Espace Champerret and,
at the same time, in Geneva, Switzerland, at today's TEDx
Transmedia (see programme)... performing hurdy gurdy at 3 pm !

Then... who is she ?

* * *
Caro's TEDx Transmedia Geneva/gallery.

Caro : From the 80s to TED Global-Oxford

Caroline Phillips... Who's That Girl?

Her short [TED]Talk and hurdy-gurdy performance in Oxford captivated
the audience, which asked for an 'encore'...

(After the performance, a musical private party, here on YouTube).
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Step back, now : after a little dig in G@tto's archives...
here is young Caro, entering her "Paris period", in early 80s...

As a girl with multiple talents, she started teaching aerobics, while performing
as a singer in many jazz clubs and private parties, with her pianist friends Stacy
MacAdams or Eddie Goldstein.























Caroline and computers? It all started with an Atari and a 4-track studio recording
in 1987, in a small apartment near the subway station Louvre, where she began
to compose, arrange and make demos of her own songs.

After a 3-year interlude in California (learning digital orchestration
& harmony), she was back to Paris in 1992 and moved to the
Basque Country (ah, l'amour!) where, while learning the Basque
language and doing piano bar for a living, she - and Mixel Ducau,
founded the group 'Bidaia' and... gave birth to Alaïa, in 1994.

In 1996 she, well... 'started up' the Phillips Internet Consulting, an
interactive web agency specialized in consulting, e-marketing and
e-commerce - which is actually her main business, with headquarters
in Biarritz/Izarbel and offices in Bordeaux and Paris.

* Caroline Phillips is also very involved in local business & politics - have a look at her autobiography
to know more.

But it doesn't stop there, Caro learned to play hurdy-gurdy; Bidaia
became a duo; Caro and Mix created a Disco dance group - just
for the fun; then Caro turned to yoga and immediately broadcasted
YogaMassala, a site dedicated to yoga practice at home, launching
at the same time her original line of yoga clothing.


[france3aquitaine/Passages].

Is there anything else?
Yes, guess who's organizing a TEDx happening in Basque Country?
... Caroline Phillips, of course !

***TEDx BasqueCountry Biarritz on November 13/2010 - don't miss it !
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Bidaia offers you the free dawnload
of their album 'Oihan', ('Forest' in the
Basque language)...





[bidaiagroup]
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Back to the Disco Dance.

Caroline Phillips, Californian & Mixel Ducau, Basque, mostly known
as Bidaia, and five other musicians (I don't personally know), all
Disco-music nostalgics, created DiscoBalls... now on MySpace.



Band Members :
- Caroline PHILLIPS, singer - Patrice "Watson" DUMORA, singer - Mixel DUCAU, guitar
- Hervé CAMPAGNA, bass - Claude CELLAN, drums - Xabi LEON, keyboards - Christophe
ITHURRITZE, keyboards and vocoder.

Influences :
Abba, Patti Labelle, Patrick Hernandez, Earth wind and fire, Kool & the gang, Lipps inc, Rose
Royce, Gloria Gaynor, Barry White, Kiss, Village people, Boney M, KC & the Sunshine Band,
Carl Douglas, Sylvester, Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone, Patrick Juvet, the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart,
Sister Sledge, Chic, Imagination, Dalida, Gibson brothers... and so on...
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An American voice from the Basque Country...

A few days before the US elections, the Basque press focused on...

"I've always been pro-Obama,
he's multicultural and sincere"

Very involved in the economic world
in the French Basque region, she's
- CEO of Phillips Internet Consulting,
- VP of the local Boss' union,
- VP of the Basque developement agency
and a professional singer.
However, Caroline Phillips is American
from California and...
a long sleepless night awaits her
on November 4th.


(Goizeder Taberna/Oct 31st)
INTERVIEW (fr).

Listen now to Caroline Phillips & Mixel Ducau > BIDAIA Duo...

(Bidaia on Euskal Télébista Nov. 16th 2007)
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- Caro's Bio
and some G@tto's pics from the Basque Country, here.

KatuHoria in the Basque Country...

The Basque Country is the territory which is historically,
ethnically and culturally Basque.
Spanish and French may call Basque Country (Pays
Basque, País Vasco) only to a portion of the country, not
the whole nation.
Nevertheless, Basques conceive their country as
embracing the area of the traditional seven provinces :
Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa on the French
side, and Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba and Nafarroa on
the Spanish side.

The Basque name of the Basque Country is Euskal Herria.
The Basque name of G@ttoGiallo is K@tuHoria.

(K@tuHoria recommends a conscientious approach
of the Basque culture before you go farer).
...

Dear PPG Readers, I'm sorry...

I am in the Basque Country having fun with Bidaia...




















and some new local friends :





... but don't worry !
I'll be back one of these days with a lot of basque red&green pics.






















Yours faithful,
K@tuHoria
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