Poranguí

Poranguí
Poranguí in 2016
Background information
Genres	World
Instruments	Live looping world percussion guitar voice didgeridoo flutes
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Sol Creation Desert Trax
Website	porangui.com

Poranguí is a world music multi-instrumentalist known for solo improvisational live looping. Born in São José dos Campos, Brazil, he grew up in the cultures of Brazil (his mother), Mexico (his father), and the southwestern United States. He currently resides in Sedona, Arizona.[1][2]

Education and teaching

After high school, Poranguí spent a year studying in China and then teaching English through the use of music in Vietnam.[3] Then, while on a scholarship to Duke University as a Coca-Cola Scholar,[4] he created an interdisciplinary undergraduate major combining music, movement, and medicine,[5] where he also earned the John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Award.[6]

He has taught on the faculty of the Phoenix Conservatory of Music[7] and was recognized as a Teaching Artist for the Arizona Commission on the Arts from 2008 to 2015.[8]

Musical career

After graduating from Duke University, Poranguí directed the ten-piece Afro-Brazilian ensemble Grupo Liberdade, from 2004 to 2017.[9] He has also collaborated with artists such as Liquid Bloom,[10] Shaman's Dream,[11] and Eric Zang.[12] In 2011, Poranguí released an EP under his label, Sol Creation, with Eric Zang, under the name Poranguí & Zang, titled Terra Sagrada.

He has performed and recorded with the BBC in London at the Jazz Cafe[13] with Osunlade, for the PBS Singer-Songwriter Series with his ensemble Grupo Liberdade,[14] and as a featured artist for TEDxSedona[15] and for the SXSW Yoga Soundscape Series.[16] He has performed at Lightning in a Bottle Festival,[17] Beloved Festival,[18] Sonic Bloom Festival,[19] Sedona Yoga Festival,[20] Boom Festival (Portugal), and Ozora Festival (Hungary), among others.

In 2016, Poranguí collaborated with filmmakers Mitch Schultz[21] and Aubrey Marcus on the documentary Ayahuasca,[22] which spawned his second studio album, also titled Ayahuasca.[23] Desert Trax released a remix version of the album in 2017.[24] The musician released his first live album, self-titled Poranguí, on 1 March 2019, along with a guided meditation version featuring Ashley Klein.[25] Desert Trax released two remix versions of the record in 2019, with Resueño issuing another remix version a year later. Shaman's Dream Records published Poranguí's EP Earth Keepers, another collaboration with Eric Zhang, in July 2021. In August of that year, Poranguí was remixed by Mose and released as Poranguí – Mose Remixes. In October 2021, Poranguí and Liquid Bloom released Kuya Sessions: Cura—the first installment in a four-part musical series intended for psychedelic-assisted therapy. In April 2022, Poranguí, Vylana, Aubrey Marcus, Liquid Bloom, and Eric Zang released the album Remembrance, under the collaborative name For the Good of All. This was followed by Remembrance: Soundscapes—a music-only version of the album. Later the same month, Poranguí and Liquid Bloom published Kuya Sessions: Samadhi. Kuya Sessions: Akasha came out in November of that year.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Artists	Type
2011	Terra Sagrada	Poranguí & Zang	EP
2016	Ayahuasca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Poranguí	Studio
2017	Ayahuasca Remixed	Poranguí & various artists	Remix
2019	Poranguí	Poranguí	Live
	Poranguí – Guided Journey	Poranguí, Ashley Klein	Live + meditation
	Suburban Gypsy: The Becoming	Jill Colucci & Poranguí	Studio
	Poranguí Remixes Vol. I	Poranguí & various artists	Remix
	Poranguí Remixes Vol. II	Poranguí & various artists	Remix
2020	Poranguí Resueño Remixes	Poranguí & various artists	Remix
	Peyote Canyon	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Studio
2021	Poranguí – Mose Remixes	Poranguí, Mose	Remix
	Kuya Sessions: Cura	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Studio
2022	Remembrance	Vylana, Aubrey Marcus, For the Good of All	Studio
	Kuya Sessions: Samadhi	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Studio
	Remembrance: Soundscapes	Vylana, For the Good of All	Studio
	Kuya Sessions: Akasha	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Studio
2023	Kura Sessions: Cura Remixes	Poranguí	Remix
	Beauty Way	Poranguí	Studio
	Kuya Sessions: Sol	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Studio
	Kuya Sessions: Samadhi Remixes	Poranguí	Remix
	ANTIGUA (Live at Sugarshack)	Poranguí	Live
2024	Kuya Sessions: Akasha Remixes	Poranguí	Remix
	Live at Envision	Poranguí	Live
	Kuya Sessions: Sol Remixes	Poranguí, Liquid Bloom	Remix

Collaborations / remixes / singles

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2017	"Sacred"	J Brave (feat. Kayt Pearl & Poranguí)	"Sacred" (single)
	"Sacred Blessing (Re.Generations mix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	Re.Generations
	"Fire Gathering (Re.Generations mix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	Re.Generations
	"Resonant Migration (Re.Generations mix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	Re.Generations
	"Fire Gathering (ReGen: AtYyA Remix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	ReGen: AtYyA Remixes
	"Resonant Migration feat. Deya Dova (ReGen: AtYyA Remix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	ReGen: AtYyA Remixes
	"Sacred Blessing (Kaminanda Remix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	ReGen: Lucid Remixes
	"Fire Gathering (Suduaya Remix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	ReGen: Lucid Remixes
	"Resonant Migration feat. Deya Dova (TRIBONE Remix)"	Liquid Bloom feat. Poranguí	ReGen: Lucid Remixes
2018	"Resonant Migrant feat. Deya Dova (Drumspyder Remix)"	Liquid Bloom (Poranguí track used)	ReGen: Drumspyder Remixes
	"Fire Gathering feat. Poranguí (Mose Remix)"	Liquid Bloom & Poranguí Remix	ReGen: Mose Remixes
	"Sacred Blessing feat. Poranguí (Mose Remix)"	Liquid Bloom & Poranguí Remix	ReGen: Mose Remixes
	"Ayahuasca"	Liquid Bloom & Poranguí Remix	From Sand to Stone
	"Arcoiris (Mose Remix)"	Poranguí	From Sand to Stone
	"AtYya – Illumiate"	Liquid Bloom Remix ft. Poranguí	From Sand to Stone
2019	"Ayé Yewo"	Liquid Bloom, Poranguí, Spice Traders	Ayé Yewo
	"The Invocation"	Poranguí	Suburban Gypsy
	"Corazón Abierto"	Poranguí	Suburban Gypsy
	"Closing Prayer"	Poranguí	Suburban Gypsy
	"The Miracle of Life"	Jill Colucci, Poranguí	Suburban Gypsy
2020	"Peyote Canyon"	Liquid Bloom, Poranguí, Spice Traders	Peyote Canyon
	"Corazón de Gaia"	Liquid Bloom, Poranguí, Spice Traders	Corazón de Gaia
	"Ocean of Remembrance (Sacred Blessings)"	Liquid Bloom, Poranguí	Regen: Ambient Meditations
	"Regreso al Agua"	Liquid Bloom, Poranguí	Regreso al Agua
2021	"Nefes (Drumspyder Remix)"	Shaman's Dream, Poranguí, Eric Zang	Non-album single
	"Iluminar (J.Pool Remix feat. Eric Zang)"	Poranguí	Non-album single
	"Iluminar (Dre Guazzelli Remix)"	Poranguí	Non-album single
	"Stardust (ATYYA Remix)"	Poranguí	Non-album single
	"Olorum"	Shaman's Dream, Poranguí, Eric Zang	Earth Keepers
	"Nefes"	Shaman's Dream, Poranguí, Eric Zang	Earth Keepers
	"Cedar Moon (Feat. Geometrae)"	Shaman's Dream, Poranguí, Eric Zang	Earth Keepers
	"Abakwa (Future Roots Mix)"	Shaman's Dream, Liquid Bloom, Poranguí	Rise Up Remixed

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