Passing Go
Biribá Union
Release Date: July 10th, 2026
Biribá Union presents Passing Go, an album that invokes the energy of breaking through barriers by embodying cultural acceptance and unification through music, with a commitment to collaboratively exploring multiple cultural identities. Biribá Union’s debut album features all co-composed music by cellist/singer Mike Block (Overland Park, Kansas), beatboxer/rapper/guitarist Christylez Bacon (Washington, D.C.), and electric bassist Patricia Ligia (Montevideo, Uruguay). “Passing Go” offers a mix of instrumentals and songs, blending together the structures of classical composition, the energy of Brazilian rhythms, vulnerable song lyrics, the spontaneity of jazz improvisations, and the freestyle theatrics of hip-hop and Go-Go music.
BIRIBÁ UNION
Borrowing its name from a Brazilian wild sugar-apple, Biribá Union features Mike Block (cello, vocals), Christylez Bacon (beatbox, guitar, rhymes) and Patricia Ligia (electric bass, vocals). The trio met through Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop, initially bonding over their shared love of Brazilian music. They quickly began co-writing new music that draws on the freestyle theatrics of hip-hop and Go-go music; the effortless beauty of Brazilian forró and choro; the earthiness of American roots music, and the improvisational spontaneity of jazz.
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The album will be digitally delivered via email July 10th.
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TRACK LIST
Pompano
All the Stars Say
Reversing It All Wrong
Rough Picture
Force Within
Chillin for the WiFi
Ice Cream City
Lamentations
Sweet and Free
The Feelin'
Passing Go
Night Fall
The Long Run
All Tracks Co-Composed and Performed by Biribá Union (Mike Block, Christyleze Bacon, Patricia Ligia)