The music of André gourd has roots, their African roots. It has influences, which was collecting along a living as an artist in Portugal and the various tours that made the worl...
The music of André gourd has roots, their African roots. It has influences, which was collecting along a living as an artist in Portugal and the various tours that made the world.
This album will make a statement of the Mozambican music within the world music. A song that takes us on a journey from its African roots to the present day, where it meets the sounds of European music.
Rhythms and percussion embedded in a very unique sound of his guitar playing, led by a voice and way of singing that ... can not describe in words: must each be listening!
Your texts make the music be breathed. His music makes poetry be drunk. The way of singing and playing are much own this author that resolves after so many years of writing and composition, making now an author's edition.
Of course for this, funding is needed. We decided to appeal to you all. Will you fund this album!
Welcome to this team work and there are well!
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About the author
Maputo natural, André gourd, for many years in Portugal, demand perfection of the Mozambican land-based sound, combined with a unique and complex composition technique.
Its warm and powerful voice as well as their composition skills were used in various musical projects as "Missing" side of Vitorino, Janita Salomé and Filipa Pais to, "Sons of speech" with the PALOP musicians, Brazil and Portugal as Philip Mukenga Juca, Guto Pires, Tito Paris, Sérgio Godinho, Vitorino and Janita Salomé. More recently participated in Tora Tora Big Band album, the "Sons of Lusophone", under the direction of Carlos Martins and, in the Galician Portuguese discographic project "Singing with Xabarin" with the song "Varina Máxica" of his own.
The work now presented can be summarized as the main project of the musical life of André gourd, built gradually over time. It is a project that stems from a number of different personal and professional learning and matching meeting and coexistence of Mozambican musical traditions with the musical's author routes.
André gourd invited many musicians he met on his journey as a musician to participate recording this album which now are thanks the availability and commitment to the project.
Guitars: André Cabaça and Lucio Vieira
Pianos and sintetizadores- Victor Zamora and Renato Junior
Low: André gourd and Leo Spinoza
Percussions: N'du, Mick Thunderstorm, André Gourd
Battery: Ivo Costa
Trumpet: Johannes Krieger
André Cabaço production and Jorge Moura