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Maria del Mar Bonet, known internationally as “one of the great voices from the Mediterranean”, has been dedicated to making music for over 40 years now, and she celebrated her 40th anniversary with this symphonic project, which premiered.....]]>

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Wantun, a Catalan indie-pop band in style with Sidonie, Los Planetas, La Buena Vida... The name of Wantun comes from the prehistory of the band, when the original members were university students often ate at the Chinese restaurant and one of the dis.....]]>

urn:uuid:627 2010-02-04T10:20:17+01:00

At the twentieth anniversary of the disappearance of Gato Pérez -the most prolific and inspired composer of Catalan Rumba- its artistic godchildren have decided to return to the stage and recording studios. Listen to Estrellas de Gràcia at SpotifyNex.....]]>

urn:uuid:619 2010-01-26T11:08:53+01:00

Next January 24th, Xavier Dotras will play within the framework of the International Music industry trade fair, MIDEM. Listen VINCENT of Xavier Dotras .....]]>

urn:uuid:620 2010-01-20T10:28:32+01:00

This year we commemorated the 50th anniversary of the "Cançó" movement, but really we have had are the fifty years since the publication of the article in the journal "Germinabit" by Lluís Serrahima under the name of  "Ens calen cançons d'ara " (We n.....]]>

urn:uuid:610 2009-12-29T14:01:50+01:00

Here we show you the Monographic (spanish) of the compilation Música Laietana - Zeleste at the radio show "Discópolis" by José Miguel López inRadio 3.  Discópolis: Música Laietana - Zeleste Compilation Monographic   Download the Compilation on iTunes.....]]>

urn:uuid:609 2009-12-24T11:01:32+01:00

20 years ago Maria del Mar Bonet and Manel Camp first joined their two instruments, and were born a series of concerts under the title "Ben a prop", presented at the former Barcelona Teatre Lliure. The combination of great voice of Maria del Mar with.....]]>

urn:uuid:607 2009-12-22T08:54:15+01:00

Through Merlin, Picap has joined the platform MUZU.TVThere you will be able to watch, create and share Picap's video playlists. Embed player to Facebook, Myspace,...We attach here the widget that you can get joining our channel: http:/www.muzu.tv/pi.....]]>

urn:uuid:594 2009-12-15T09:05:55+01:00

Twenty years ago Maria del Mar Bonet joined the piano of Manel Camp with no other accompaniment. The wonderful voice of Maria del Mar Bonet, nude in front of the piano of Manel Camp, always so personal and accurate, became an authentic beauty. The vo.....]]>

urn:uuid:589 2009-12-09T08:32:23+01:00

The state government through the proposed "Draft Law on Sustainable Economy" has pushed the tab for intellectual property rights, but again and as he usually does this government, nobody can take seriously none of their proposals, they are weak and p.....]]>

urn:uuid:590 2009-12-07T10:57:32+01:00

Picap is launching a new compilation of Música Laietana - Zeleste with bands like Orquestra Mirasol, Secta Sònica, Barcelona Traction, Música Urbana, Iceberg, Pau Riba, Gato Pérez, Toti Soler among many others. Here we show you the  introduction text.....]]>

urn:uuid:581 2009-11-18T23:58:32+01:00

As we did the past 11th September for our national party day, next week Picap will be at Manresa's Mediterranean Fair with a stand in Pere III street, dedicated to all the Catalan Countries music.You can find us from November 6th to 8th providing a g.....]]>

urn:uuid:565 2009-10-28T08:41:49+01:00

It's been a couple of weeks that Picap has the new album of Vuit, the new promise of pop-rock in Catalan. The members, from Tarragona and Barcelona, are Carlos (voice and guitar) and Ramon (electric guitar). Then comes Oscar (drums) and Enzo (bass, v.....]]>

urn:uuid:561 2009-10-21T15:24:59+02:00

On October 18th Maria del Mar Bonet will present her show "Terra Secreta" at the Teatre de Manacor. Known as the great voice of the Mediterranean, Maria del Mar Bonet sang and collaborated with artists like Zulfu Livanelli, l'Ensemble de Musique Trad.....]]>

urn:uuid:558 2009-10-14T17:03:43+02:00

Inside the project of recovery of the Catalan music heritage Picap has begun the new edition of the Núria Feliu albums recorded by Edigsa and Pdi, a total of 10 CD's.Núria Feliu has made popular in Catalan North-American standards of country, jazz, b.....]]>

urn:uuid:557 2009-10-07T11:49:12+02:00

 Two weeks ago Maria del Mar Bonet started to record what will be her new album “Bellver”, together with the Balearic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Salvador Brotons and production by Toni Cuenca.  This new album will be launched with th.....]]>

urn:uuid:553 2009-09-30T16:44:33+02:00

In 1971 Edigsa published the album "Història de Catalunya amb cançons" (History of Catalonia with songs) with texts by Jaume Picas and music played by Antoni Ros Marbà and singed by Guillermina Motta, Toni Cruz and Josep Maria Maina among others. Th.....]]>

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Picap is not going on holiday, we prefer to think about new music proposals and continue with our policy of reedition of this back-catalog, which makes us feel so proud, of EDIGSA and PDI. As a brand new notice we can say that in a few days we'll lau.....]]>

urn:uuid:536 2009-07-01T17:06:20+02:00

This week Picap has progressed in terms of digital purposes. We have joined the Merlin association.Merlin is a non-profit organization with the sole purpose of making more competitive the independent music industry.It is the first entity that works f.....]]>

urn:uuid:532 2009-06-23T16:46:31+02:00

Picap is about to launch the album "Sota la Dutxa" (Under the Shower) of the new artist in our label, Gerard Sesé.This guy from Bellaterra (Barcelona), journalist by profession and finishing political science, since he was young he was involved in th.....]]>

urn:uuid:517 2009-06-16T12:49:16+02:00

At the end of last month Picap participated in the Digital Music 2.0 workshop. Besides talking about the main issues that concern to music industry, the speaker Juan Paz from Musically wanted to focus on the need of today's music industry companies t.....]]>

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According to the report published by IFPI (International Federation of the Record Industry), entitled "Record Industry Numbers 2009”, sales of music in Spain fell by 30% over the 2009 and the impact of piracy exacerbates the situation for the f.....]]>

urn:uuid:505 2009-06-02T12:47:40+02:00

The Polytechnics University of Valencia celebrate the 50 years of Raimon's song “Al Vent”, with different things:1) An anthological recital of the singer, accompanied by his quartet of musicians: Fernando Serena, Miquel Blasco and Joan Ur.....]]>

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There is no doubt that new technologies offer us a new dimension of consumption and leisure time, either by making friends with social networking, buying movie, theater or concert  tickets, or shopping games and dvds and  in our case music records. S.....]]>

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Ramon Sauló, our singer songwriter from Cerdanyola is going to play the next May 2nd at 10 pm in Ateneu from Cerdanyola a unique concert in the framework of the village parties.Ramon Sauló's concert will be a real reunion for people from Cerdanyola. .....]]>

urn:uuid:462 2009-04-29T19:54:20+02:00

The president of the Local Radio Federation in Catalonia (FRLC in Catalan), Manel Ramon, and the general director of our record label, Joan Carles Doval, signed this last month a collaboration agreement with the aim of promoting synergies of both org.....]]>

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 After an intensive and continuous preparation, LEYENDA publish a new album, with a new record label and with an speciall illusion to begin a new stage. With "Horizontes", generic title of the new album of the hard rock band of the most recent genera.....]]>

urn:uuid:449 2009-04-14T15:00:07+02:00

 Xavier Dotras has recorded with his usual trio, Toni Pujol on bass and Cèsar Martínez on drums his latest album "Vincent", which has the support of the singer Carme Canela, in some tracks. It is an album totally dedicated to the ife and works of Vin.....]]>

urn:uuid:440 2009-04-07T10:02:52+02:00

On 4th February, the audience of Radio and Television of Andorra, and the jury of media professionals have decided that the Danish singer resident in the Andorra, Susanne Georgi, is going to represent the country with the pop song "Get a Life La Tev.....]]>

urn:uuid:429 2009-03-25T21:24:12+01:00

GÀTACA began with the twenty-first century, they do not know exactly if the 2000 or 2001, emulating the argument of the ongoing century. Themselves say to be influenced by demand groups such as Korn, Slipknot, Skunk df, or Hamlet, and claim they came.....]]>

urn:uuid:425 2009-03-17T12:41:56+01:00

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, IFPI, showed results telling that legal sales of digital music have been ,700 million for 2008, €2,800 million, representing an increase of 25% respect the previous year, 2007. Japan l.....]]>

urn:uuid:422 2009-03-11T09:54:00+01:00

The Catalan music party, which every year under the name of the first Catalan radio station, Ràdio 4, is celebrated with "El disc català de l'any”, has two artists from  Picap in the final voting process of this prize; Albert Fibla and Nua.   T.....]]>

urn:uuid:408 2009-02-25T15:45:05+01:00

A hundred people joined in the showcase of NUA in their new release of QUÍMICA “Chemistry” (Picap, 2008) at the Forum of FNAC in “El Triangle” of Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona.Marc Grasas -voice and guitar, Cati Juan -guitar-, .....]]>

urn:uuid:405 2009-02-19T12:37:32+01:00

Picap is pleased to announce that 3 of the artists and bands of our Record Label will win or are nominated for various music awards.   The first is Albert Fibla, who writes as well in his web "Albert Fibla will receive Enderrock Award by popular vote.....]]>

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 Within the show of Enderrock Awards 2009, this year and for our 25 birthday EDR Group has decided to award a prize to our history in the music industry's contributing to the promotion, dissemination and strengthening of the music scene of Catalonia .....]]>

urn:uuid:399 2009-02-04T15:19:05+01:00

Túrnez & Sesé is a band that begins in 2001 when they won the contest SONA 9 in the category of singer-songwriters. Since that moment they signed for our record company and edit "Quedarà a paraula” with poems of Desideri Lombarte, "L'arbre de l.....]]>

urn:uuid:394 2009-01-28T10:32:25+01:00

Hi everybody,Everyone who love classical music now can buy all the CD's that compound the Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana (Historical Anthology of Catalan Music) on iTunes, the most important digital music shop.You can see the label room by.....]]>

urn:uuid:383 2009-01-23T10:36:47+01:00

We could baptize Midem 2009 as The Midem of  the decline, on the one hand there are many fewer participants than in other editions, the festival's guide-book has almost half of pages than other years, but we can also note the decline in the concerts .....]]>

urn:uuid:378 2009-01-22T11:06:28+01:00

The music industry is in a constant evolution and adaptation process to the market demands. That is why people form Picap are constantly leading new challenges to achieve. We have just begun 2009 and we want to work hard to continue our musical proje.....]]>

urn:uuid:374 2009-01-13T12:23:59+01:00

For the sixth consecutive time Andorra will participate in Eurovision festival and this time with the accumulated experience of the last years of this festival. Last Saturday at the headquarters of RTVA met the jury chaired by the General Director of.....]]>

urn:uuid:362 2008-12-17T10:28:56+01:00

 After working few months recording the tracks at Manresa, the Barcelona's band, Túrnez & Sesé has a new album to the market: "ROMANÇOS I ESTAMPES DEL 21" (Picap, 2008) its fourth album. This album achieved by the 15 romances that make up the renewal.....]]>

urn:uuid:352 2008-12-03T11:26:26+01:00

"El món es mou" is the title of the latest album from the songwriter from Badalona Albert Fibla. The album was released last February and talks about loneliness, isolation and individualism of twenty-first century's people with songs like "Entre la m.....]]>

urn:uuid:349 2008-11-28T12:01:01+01:00

Would you like to stay on tune with Picap? Do you want to communicate directly to us? Some months ago we published an article on the website explaining the changes in Picap to adapt to these times. Under this premise, the marketing department along w.....]]>

urn:uuid:345 2008-11-18T14:50:05+01:00

We bring you two good news from Picap. Nan Roig, a Rap Metal and Punk Rock band from Barcelona has joined Picap with its second work "Via Fora" (Picap, 2008), in the same way as Leyenda, a Metal band from Madrid. Nan Roig appears for the first time i.....]]>

urn:uuid:340 2008-11-11T11:52:42+01:00

Ended the Music Trade Fair Womex it's time to take stock. As every year, a big part of music sector has met in Seville, although this fair focuses on tours and festivals of world music. Held at the Palacio de congresos of Seville, the fair had differ.....]]>

urn:uuid:339 2008-11-05T09:56:03+01:00

 The music bands S'Albaida, Túrnez & Sesé and Al Tall will be present at the Fira Maditerrània (Mediterranean Fair) of Manresa. From October 30th till November 2nd Manresa celebrates the eleventh edition of the Mediterranean Fair devoted to the root .....]]>

urn:uuid:336 2008-10-28T13:12:53+01:00

Womex, the main market for the world music all over the world, will start again in Seville for the fourth consecutive year at the end of October (October 29th – November 2nd). In this trade fair, as always in these dates, we can find conference.....]]>

urn:uuid:335 2008-10-23T15:43:17+02:00

The prize is awarded to the best work of poetry published during 2007.The well known catalán poet Joan Margarit won last week the National Prize of Poetry awarded by the Culture Ministerium for the collection of poems “Casa de Misericòrdia&rdqu.....]]>

urn:uuid:334 2008-10-21T12:20:38+02:00

In Siligo (Sardinia), town where Maria Carta was born, there is a Foundation-Museum with her name that remember her life (1934-1994). At the beginning of this year, the foundation's manager gave me a good new: they grant to me the Maria Carta's Prize.....]]>

urn:uuid:313 2008-10-20T23:32:36+02:00

 After spending two and a half years recording, Joan Barranca & Blai Masó return to the music scene with their new album “2 moments”.   This meticulous production, released by Picap is a high quality piece of work featuring 16 new songs t.....]]>

urn:uuid:327 2008-10-08T10:43:10+02:00

The music in our country has been always a differential fact; keeping in mind that has been done by people who thinks and expresses artistically in a very special form.The Catalan encyclopedia defines the "Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana" i.....]]>

urn:uuid:324 2008-10-02T09:03:59+02:00

For 20th consecutive year the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is coming. This market was born with vocation of internationalizing the Catalan music and certainly every time his market approaches more to its goal, because it's already considered one of .....]]>

urn:uuid:320 2008-09-17T13:25:48+02:00

 Albert Fibla will act next thursday september 18th in Fnac of Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona) at 7 p.m. He will act together with Jordi Belza (guitar and voice) and Valentí Adell (keyboards) and the performance will be for free; playing the songs of th.....]]>

urn:uuid:319 2008-09-16T16:22:35+02:00

Next September 11th, Catalonia celebrates his National Day with multitude of celebrations in different parts of the country.Inside the "Festa per la Llibertat" that will take place in the Lluís Companys street of Barcelona during the whole day, the C.....]]>

urn:uuid:317 2008-09-10T14:14:12+02:00

Since some years ago, the music sector is in a change of cycle. From the appearance of new musical genres and new ways of enjoying the music (mp3, online,…) to the change in the way to promote the music, where traditional media used to create .....]]>

urn:uuid:310 2008-08-28T09:36:46+02:00

In the middle of the festivals season, as every year, the capital of the “Alt Empordà” will offer 5 long days of one of the most important musical contest of the latter years. On the 27th the fifth edition of "Festival Acúsitca de Figuere.....]]>

urn:uuid:308 2008-08-21T12:42:49+02:00

Xavier Ribalta has played different poems of Joaquim Horta, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, Joan Coromines, Marius Torres, Salvador Espriu, Joan Maragall, Joan Margarit and so on, and has make a decisive task in the restoration of anonymous and popular songs .....]]>

urn:uuid:302 2008-08-14T11:51:21+02:00

Last Sunday, the 10th of August, Maria del Mar Bonet  recieved in Siligo (Sardinia) the “Maria Carta Prize” granted by the foundation that takes the name of this Sardinian singer. In the same morning, there was a square inaugurated dedica.....]]>

urn:uuid:301 2008-08-12T12:31:26+02:00

Prompt to the appointment of the first Wednesday of August, with a crescent moon and a stressed Southwesterly Wind, at 10:30 pm, the current components of PORT-BO group came to the stage of the square and beach of Port-Bo of Calella de Palafrugell to.....]]>

urn:uuid:300 2008-08-07T19:31:22+02:00

You can look up for the concerts During august Albert Fibla will bring the songs of his new album in Riudebitlles and “Festival Acústica” in Figueres. Last Monday, the August 4th there was the fourth “Meeting of songwriters in Riude.....]]>

urn:uuid:299 2008-08-07T13:10:08+02:00

They will play the new album songs “Música Internacional” (Picap 2008).More than 50 years of history and bringing the music and the Catalan culture all over the world is the best way to introduce one of the most representative and emblema.....]]>

urn:uuid:286 2008-08-04T10:16:00+02:00

El Cant del Barça, the original and oficial version, sang by La Coral Sant Jordi is #1 in one of the most important internet portals for mobile phones, Jamba! You will find it in favourites, inside the music section.El Cant del Barça has been edited .....]]>

urn:uuid:284 2008-07-30T13:51:56+02:00

Picap is conscious of the importance that the new technologies have nowadays, for this reason we have created a new department, the new technologies department.All the work is going to be related with the music and it's digital environment. Doing thi.....]]>

urn:uuid:277 2008-07-29T11:58:40+02:00

DRAGONSLAYER, one of the best hard rock groups in Spain, has recently been touring the main cities, supported by the Madrid band LEYENDA.Last Saturday it was the turn of Poble Nou in Barcelona. Fans crowded into the La Nau concert hall to hear some o.....]]>

urn:uuid:239 2008-07-29T09:21:55+02:00

The night of 22 May was unforgettable. We had the night of our lives at the concert in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universitat Complutense de Madrid. 1968 was a year of ferment in Madrid and one of the high points was the concert given by Raimon o.....]]>

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Last September we had the enormous pleasure of launching one of the best albums, "Terra Secreta", by our most universal singer. Since then, Maria del Mar Bonet has been immersed in a whirlwind of live and studio concerts and interviews, performing th.....]]>

urn:uuid:198 2008-07-29T09:21:40+02:00

On our new website we've added a very attractive section for emerging groups wishing to make their music known, the Demo Contest. Now you have the opportunity of presenting your demo. Now your music will be heard, and what's more important, evaluate.....]]>

urn:uuid:197 2008-07-29T09:21:55+02:00

With PORT-BO there was a before and an after in the musical genre of havaneres. The band from Calella's first album with Picap was "Arrel de tres". Port Bo has put out ten albums with Picap to date, apart from appearing on such albums as "Les nits d.....]]>

urn:uuid:194 2008-07-29T09:21:40+02:00

We've totally refurbished our website. We've added some attractive features, such as the Picap Radio and the section on albums à la carte, and we've revamped our corporate image. On Picap Radio, which speaks for itself, you'll be able to listen to al.....]]>

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