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BRAZIL: ORKESTRA RUMPILEZZ The Orkestra Rumpilezz is an...

Sun, 15 May 2011 23:57:05 +1200

BRAZIL: ORKESTRA RUMPILEZZ

The Orkestra Rumpilezz is an orchestra of percussion and brass created in 2006 by Letieres Leite. It’s about a group of instrumental folk music in which music is attributed to the ancestral music from Bahia in a harmonic modern garb, percussion with African roots and under the influence of modern jazz. Both compositions and arrangements are conceived from drawings and rhythm of the claves from the percussive universe of Bahia - inspired in large associations such as the percussive Ile Aiye, Olodum, Sambas Recôncavo, among others - with the influence of Candomblé.

The Orchestra consists of five musicians in the percussion (drums, deaf, timbau, agogo, tambourine, caxixi) and 14 brass musicians (four trumpets, four trombones, two alto sax, 2 tenor sax, a baritone sax and 1 tuba).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkestra_Rumpilezz

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http://www.rumpilezz.com/

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Lusophone Music Group @ soundcloud

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:21:42 +1200

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MOZAMBIQUE: MABULU “The Mozambican band Mabulu symbolizes...

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:58:31 +1200

MOZAMBIQUE: MABULU

“The Mozambican band Mabulu symbolizes its nation’s ongoing attempt to heal the wounds of a bloody, 16-year-long civil war by uniting up-and-coming young rappers and singers with master musicians from the golden age of marrabenta, Mozambique’s classic pop sound of the ’60s and ’70s.

Formed in 2000 under the auspices of East German expat producer Roland Hohberg, Mabulu brought together 62-year-old Lisboa Matavel and António Marcos (the “Grand Old Men of Marrabenta”) with such youngbloods as 22-year-old rapper Chiquto and 20-year-old singer Chonyl. The group was rounded out by drummer Jorgito, bassist Eduardo and rhythm guitarist Zoco, all members of the Mozambican pop group Mix Malta. The result was a multigenerational mashup that breathed fresh new life into an elegant, but fading style.

That style is marrabenta, the dance music that grew up in the East African nation’s capital, Maputu (known as Lourenço Marques in the era of Portuguese colonial rule), and it has a lilting, Latinate feel one might expect in a port town that was once connected, via the Portuguese maritime empire, to Brazil, Cape Verde and Angola. Mabulu added elements of South African kwela, Zimbabwean chimurenga and homegrown hip-hop into the mix to come up with a whole new take on the music.

Unfortunately, their initial recording sessions coincided with devastating floods that plagued Mozambique that same year, so their project of unity and reconciliation took on a more urgent tone, and the fledgling group found itself performing for disaster relief efforts, instead of local audiences. But Mabulu returned triumphantly a year later with their second release, Soul Marrabenta (Riverboat), and brought along another living legend, Dilon Djindji, for the ride. The result was a rousing international success that proved that this unique multigenerational project had a few more lessons to teach the people.”(1)

“Maldeyeni starts off with two infectious electric guitars, and then a strong, organic drum beat drops, followed shortly by a steady, leathery voice that sounds paternal, wise even. Welcome to marrabenta, the national genre of Mozambique. It is the country’s dance music of choice, a genre influence by Mozambican folk rhythms fused with early Portuguese folk music. Mabulu adds a fresh, western spin on the genre, adding a hip hop element to it. It is comprised of old school marrabenta artists in their 60’s, such as Lisboa Matavel and Antonio Marcos, and fresh faced Mozambican rappers like Chiquinho and Chonyl, offering a unique generational interpretation of the country’s musical past and future.” (2)

Source:
(1) National Geographic World Music

(2) Caipirinha Lounge

Buy Mabulu’s record at: Amazon or iTunes

CAPE VERDE: FERRO GAITA The band’s name comes the...

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:10:37 +1200

CAPE VERDE: FERRO GAITA

The band’s name comes the combination of two instruments: the iron (metal piece played with a knife) and ” gaita” (a type of accordion), used in traditional Cape Verdean music. These are the basic instruments of the musical genre most touched by the group: funaná, which had its genesis with the arrival of the accordion to Cape Verde.

Source: http://www.ferrogaita.cv/conteudo/biografia.html [pt]

GUINE BISSAU: KIMI DJABATÉ Kimi Djabaté is a guitarist,...

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:48:27 +1200

GUINE BISSAU: KIMI DJABATÉ

Kimi Djabaté is a guitarist, percussionist and balafón (African xylophone) player from Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony in West Africa. Djabaté’s music is enchanting and melodic, with touches of Afro-Latin swing accenting the gentle sounds of the balafón. Fans of Habib Koité, Toumani Diabaté, Cesaria Evora or Sara Tavares will find much to love in Kimi Djabaté’s stunning songs.

* You can download for free one of his tracks at Bandcamp, or even better, buy the complete CD :)

Source: http://kimidjabate.bandcamp.com/

do you know where i can download this (http://lusomusic.tumblr.com/post/721970155/angola-batida-the-new-single-of-batida) song?? i looked everywhere for it and couldn't find it

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:57:25 +1200

have you tried iTunes? If they don’t have it, maybe the only way is to listen through Youtube...

Africa: The Scramble for Vinyl

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:55:36 +1200

Africa: The Scramble for Vinyl

ANGOLA: OS LAMBAS “Guided by the leader of the Band,...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:32:26 +1200

ANGOLA: OS LAMBAS

“Guided by the leader of the Band, Nagrelha, the group is also composed by fellow musicians Bruno King and Tio K. Considered as the best “Kuduro” music style of Luanda’s high density suburb of Sambizanga and one of the most population in the country, the group released in 2007 the album “Somos nós Mesmos” that led the sales and signing of autographs with more than 10,000 copies.

Also known as the devils of Sambizanga, the trio emerged in the middle of 2004 with the song “Dança dos Lambas”. Within short, the group reached success and became a phenomenon of kuduro of the 2000 generation, marked by the emergence of such singers as Noite e Dia, Puto Prata, Puto Português, Fofandó, Nacobeta, Pai Diesel, Puto Lilas, Agre G, Bruno M and others.

Their repertoire includes several hits like “Comboio”, “Rebenta”, “Quebrada Lamba”, “Querem Quê”, “Tá Gosa”, “Se Desfiou”, “Show Mamá”, “Sapo”, “Rompimento”, “Na Palma da Mão”, “Mexer o Bumbum”, “Killa”, “Eu Vou Adoçar”, “É Dibo”, “Dança da Vassoura” and “Aguenta Barrulho”.”

Source: AllAfrica.com

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/oslambasoriginal

Touring Troubadours

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:17:19 +1200

Touring Troubadours

EAST TIMOR: EGO LEMOS “Ego Lemos is a remarkable man, with...

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:02:07 +1200

EAST TIMOR: EGO LEMOS

“Ego Lemos is a remarkable man, with a remarkable voice in more ways than one. Regarded as a significant East Timorese community member, Ego has lived through three tumultuous periods of his nation’s history. He has interpreted and modernised some of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching traditional melodies from his nation’s history, and produced a wreath of original songs in the Nation’s lingua-franca, Tetum. He sings about issues such as the centrality of water to life, praises the nation’s peasant farmers in their unceasing toil, and urges his people to remain positive and strive for unity.”

Source: http://www.myspace.com/egolemos

Kuduro: The Sexy Angolan Rhythm With a Message

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:09:39 +1200

Kuduro: The Sexy Angolan Rhythm With a Message : Post published at Global Voices and written by:...

PORTUGAL + CAPE VERDE: SARA TAVARES Sara Tavares was raised in...

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:49:44 +1200

PORTUGAL + CAPE VERDE: SARA TAVARES

Sara Tavares was raised in Portugal, but as second generation of Cape Verdian immigrants, she grew up between two cultures. This song “Balance” is a great example of the interconnections of the Lusophone music culture. If I haven’t read it was from Portugal/Cape Verde, I was sure it was Brazilian. She reminded me a lot Paula Lima, Brazilian singer from the group Funk Como Le Gusta.

About Sara: “She initially was known as a singer and composer of Gospel, Funk and Soul, but she gradually incorporated more African music in her compositions. Her second album Mi Ma B, produced by Parisian Lokua Kanza, reached gold in Portugal and was a mix of African rhythms and melodic pop songs. Her album Balance was released in February 2006. On this record, produced by Sara herself, she wrote and composed all the songs and played many of the instruments. Balance is a beautiful record on which Sara shows to be a very talented contemporary singer/song writer, who has managed to combine in a subtle and honest way contemporary music with her African roots.”

Source: MySpacePage: http://www.myspace.com/saratavares

Official Website: http://www.saratavares.com/

CD and/or tracks available on eMusic

MOZAMBIQUE: STEWART SUKUMA “Born in Mozambique, Stewart...

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:59:00 +1200

MOZAMBIQUE: STEWART SUKUMA

“Born in Mozambique, Stewart Sukuma has won the much sought after “Ngoma Mozambique” prize for he first recordings, and has quickly become on of the most popular musicians in his country.

Sukuma combines African and Brazilian Rhythms and sings in English, Portuguese and several African languages. His music is deeply rooted in the traditional culture of Mozambique, where he developed an invigorating and expressive style of his own reaching highlight in the African pop-music scene.” (*)

(*) Text from his official website.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/stewartsukuma
Website: http://www.sukuma.com/
Buy CDs at CDBaby

MOZAMBIQUE + PORTUGAL: CACIQUE 97 In the video “Sr....

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:27:00 +1200

MOZAMBIQUE + PORTUGAL: CACIQUE 97

In the video “Sr. Diplomata” (Mr. Diplomat) we have MC’s: Ikonoklasta, Sagas, Sir Scratch and Bob Da Rage Sense. At the MySpace page it says that they have recently launched their album and it is the “first Afro Beat album in Portugal”. The name of the album is “Eu Quero Tudo”, which means “I want it All” and it is available at iTunes.

About the group (from the official release):

“Lisbon has always been a stage for the meeting of several cultures, mostly due to the past of the city as the capital of a colonial empire in Africa and Latin America.

Nowadays it is a huge pot of creativity which attracts artists from all over the World and it is a privileged space where musicians find each other, share ideas and mix rhythms. It is from this mixture that, in 2005, afro beat collective Cacique 97 is born. With musicians with Mozambican and Portuguese origins, this collective incorporates members from groups such as Cool Hipnoise, Philharmonic Weed and The Most Wanted, well known projects in the areas of funk, reggae and the afro sound.

The passion for the music of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen has united these musicians for the pursuance of a common goal: to create a collective that mirrored the Lisbon mixture, by crossing the characteristic urban Nigerian rhythm which is afro beat, with the musical tradition of the African Portuguese speaking countries and of Brazil, whom has always been very present in the Portuguese capital.”

Source: MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/cacique97

Mick Trovoada + Tutin D’Giralda = TutinMick’s

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:54:30 +1200

Cape Verde + Angola + São Tomé and Príncipe + Portugal = TutinMick’s As TutinMick’s,...

Brazil: Stefhany, Authentic Pop Star Rises from the Web

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:10:15 +1200

Brazil: Stefhany, Authentic Pop Star Rises from the Web: Stefhany is known as “Beyonce from Piauí”....

Brazil: Michael Jackson Immortalized at a Slum in Rio de Janeiro

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:05:08 +1200

Brazil: Michael Jackson Immortalized at a Slum in Rio de Janeiro: Michael Jackson was honored this...

ANGOLA: CABO SNOOP According to the I love Kuduro Page at...

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:20:00 +1200

ANGOLA: CABO SNOOP

According to the I love Kuduro Page at Facebook, this is a very popular Kuduro music and video in Angola right now. Cabo Snoop is the nickname of Ivo Manuel Lemos, a 20 years old young artist from Luanda, Angola. “Windeck” is supposedly an invented word that means “sex”, but in the lyrics it’s more about men and women that take advantage from each other resulting into sex. A friend of mine from Angola told me that it is very common for them to invent words (and she also helped me to interpret the lyrics). That’s Cabo Snoop first video and song. He plans to record an album, but doesn’t know when it’s gonna be out yet. He is a great dancer too, I hope we will hear more from his work soon!

Source: Blog Só-9-dades [in Portuguese]

MACAU: LUSOFONIA FESTIVAL The video is a little bit old,...

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:22:39 +1200

MACAU: LUSOFONIA FESTIVAL

The video is a little bit old, it’s from 2008, but it’s a good proof - if you need one - of the Portuguese presence in Macau. The video description says:
“Highlights of the popular Lusofonia Festival include performances from portuguese-speaking countries and regions including Goa, Mozambique, Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Prince.”

ANGOLA: BATIDA The new single of Batida celebrates the...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:16:00 +1200

ANGOLA: BATIDA

The new single of Batida celebrates the simplicity and positivity: “Dance, Joy, Music.” The sound is a Kuduro beat with elements of Semba, which crosses the electronics with the Psychedelic Afro. ”Alegria” was created in 2009 to be included on the album “Dance Mwangolé”. It was called the “Post Kuduro” by Dj Rupture in New York.

The video was produced with archival footage of the Carnival of Luanda and some contemporary images collected in concerts at the Conhecimento Pavilion. This video was produced by Fazuma: Peter Coquenão, Editing; Catherine Lemon and Camara Manuel Lino, Post Production; and the protagonists are: Katherine Lemon (Vj) and Daniel Sanhá (Dancer)

According to Fazuma, there are a lot of “sounds” that inspires the group Batida, as Kwassa K, Kwaito, the dusty Kuduro of Sambila, the Semba, Afro Beat, the House from Mzanzi and all Afro Urban and Traditional music.

Source: Antena 3 and Fazuma Facebook Page