Carina Fernandes is a sparkling Renaissance woman whose creativity is a vehicle of revolution.
With her mix of Soul, Funk and Spoken Word with a Carribean touch - she is known to bring in the summer sun! Her sound feels like the love child of Sade, Macy Gray with a touch of Prince.
In 2024 she founded Carina & The Jetsetters and after playing 2 shows in Rotterdam’s biggest music venue’s (de Doelen) - they spontaneously toured through Scotland, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Intertwining heritage, social themes, humanly vunerablity with Caribbean rhythms and music of black origin - her music is perfect Thursday afternoon drinks or a Sunday with tea.
The band is designed for flexibility, adapting to different stages and settings, whether it's intimate showcases, high-energy festival slots, or immersive theater performances.
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Different formations
DUO
Kwartet
Full band
Nothing But Freedom
Nothing But Freedom is inspired by the Oceanië collection in the Depot of Wereldmuseum Rotterdam. During the research phase, Carina Fernandes and Bastet Black learned most of the items were from West-Papua - currently still fighting for their independence due to a Dutch colonial past.
The aim was to make to make a song for the everyday - a song so accessible you wouldn’t think it is about decolonization. The visual translation is a reference to this mutual past and centers how we - as children of the colonial diaspora - connect within this history. Often the East and the West are separated narratives while, if researched, they seem like two sides of one coin.
The music video is a dedication to all Children of colonial diaspora all over the world and those who still face oppression today due to this history."
poetry
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Poem Long Done did
Written for performing at the Night - Anti Racisme (a fundraiser organized by several club nights for KOZP and NLB)
Dedicated to the Dutch victims of police brutality
The first video is the poem the second video is a vlog where I shared the stories behind the names,
Text: The officers involved in George Floyd's murder were immediately fired. In the Netherlands, on the other hand, not a single agent has been brought to court in the past four years - and that while 41 people have already died since 2016 under the responsibility of the police.