Surma

Surma

Débora Umbelino, 25, better known by her artistic name Surma, attended the Jazz course at the Hot Club, specializing in double bass and voice, and then ventured into audiovisual post-production at Restart. She created the Surma universe that explores sound environments and boundaries between musical genres. His debut album "Antwerpen" received the best reviews from media such as Expresso, Público or Blitz, being in the press, almost unanimously, considered one of the best national albums of 2017. It was also nominated by IMPALA (European Association of Independent Publishers ) as one of the 20 best European albums of 2017. The single “Hemma” was also nominated for best song at the SPA Authors 2017 awards. In 2018 and 2019 she performed live over 250 times in fifteen countries. From the North American South By Southwest or NYC Indie Week to the London 100 Club, from the Dutch Eurosonic to the French MaMA, from the Icelandic Iceland Airwaves to the Spanish ARN, from the Brazilian SIM São Paulo to the German Das Fest, from the Macanese This Is My City to the Chinese Strawberry Festival, Surma has not stopped. In Portugal, she performed in festivals such as NOS Alive, Super Bock Super Rock, NOS Primavera Sound or Paredes de Coura. In 2019, she also collaborated with Tomara and Tiago Bettencourt for a creation of Festival Impulso, with Quim Albergaria and DJ Glue for the mixtape "Merry Whatever" and ended the year releasing an EP. In 2020 she collaborated with the Russian rapper, made her debut as a sound designer in theater with the play "Sub a Terra" and was just nominated for the Sophia Awards for the soundtrack she created and performed for the film "SNU"
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Surma’s universe explores sound environments and boundaries between musical genres. Her debut album “Antwerpen” was considered one of the best national albums of 2017. The single “Hemma” was also nominated for best song at the 2017 SPA Authors awards. In the following years she performed more than 250 times in fifteen countries, a little all over the world. Now, Surma goes up to the bandstand and prepares the sound for the evening in the village of Minde. As the light disappears, the sound rises and we say goodbye to this edition of the festival.

Interview — Surma materiais-diversos-download
Voice and instruments Surma Light Diogo Mendes Sound technician Nuno Jerónimo