Raw Material Takes Music Projects to Festa2h Festival in Senegal

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Raw Material Takes Music Projects to Festa2h

Festival in Senegal

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 12, 2012

LONDON

,

June 12, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

On

June 14

Raw Material, a music production charity based in the heart of

Brixton,

London

, is heading out to

Dakar, Senegal

as the only UK representative

at the 2012 Festa2h. The team will be performing and tutoring local musicians

using their own experiences and cultural outlooks.

Founder of Raw Material, Tim Brown will be taking four of those involved in

Brixton (Miles Romans-Hopcraft, Jon Bristol, Tanagna Chambers and Floetic

Lara) on the trip. "There is great satisfaction in people fulfilling their potential,"

says Tim. "It's about supporting people through their development; empowering

them."

There is a lot of enthusiasm at Raw Material and those going cannot wait to

experience the sights, sounds and culture of

Senegal

. "It'll be a big old

collaboration, everyone bringing different things to the table," grins Miles, a

producer and tutor at Raw Material. "Working with different tools, teaching new

tools - I can't wait!" Tanagna 'Tagz', a singer songwriter, agrees. "Transition's

the key for me, seeing how they receive what we do."

One of the opportunities facing the team will be a shift in religious outlook as

Senegal

is, predominantly, an Islamic society and will bring the idea of

transition, a key theme at Raw Material, into focus.

"Will they embrace what we do and how we do it?" questions Tags. "I used to

rap about what everyone did - crime. The same old story." Raw Material has

engendered a more positive outlook for those that come here through

workshops such as Conscious Lyrics and Verbal Elevation. "I was lucky to have

that. Not many people thought outside the box, thinking about negativity and

looking for solutions."

The team will in

Dakar

for 10 days. "I'm looking forward to hearing the sound -

the original way," says Jon 'JB', another of the producers and tutors at Raw

Material. "I'll be getting fully involved, embracing the culture. And the food!" It

represents an opportunity for JB to take his experiences out of Brixton where

he has been helped and helped countless youngsters at Raw Material and into

Senegal

- a completely different culture altogether.

"I don't often get to travel," says Tagz, excited by the prospect of a 'return to

the motherland', as Miles puts it. The Festa2h festival is another step in the

transition of the lives of these young people, thanks to Raw Material.

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