Album Release Neco Novellas
Album Release Neco Novellas
28 Maart 2008 21:00 – 22:30
Sugar Factory – Lijnbaansgracht 238 – AMSTERDAM
Neco Novellas’ album New Dawn – Ku Khata has entered the World Music Charts Europe on a thirteenth place, tipped by National Radio 1
Singer/songwriter, Neco Novellas, started his music training as an opera singer.
He’s since gone on to embrace the gamut musical styles, as you will encounter through the grooves & sounds he found on his recent road trip from Mozambique, through Portugal, to Rotterdam. Chopi music, pop, jazz, reggae, samba & afrobeat, can all be found in a Novellas set. As you might guess, it’s a compulsively danceable sound.
Along the way Neco’s brothers and sisters have joined him on stage.
NECO NOVELLAS acoustic guitar, vocals
ISILDO NOVELLA bass guitar
NELLO NOVELLA electric guitar
JACOB XITULA drums
ISABEL NOVELLA backing vocals
guests:
LILIAN VIEIRA, vocals
REMKO DE LANDMETER, flutes
5 stars first in review for Neco Novellas New Dawn – Ku Khata
Jazz Magazine (Netherlands) had the absolute premier of reviewing New Dawn- Ku Khata of Neco Novellas which isn’t even out officially yet. They praised the album and honoured it with 5 stars (out of 5): "Neco Novellas transforms the musical richness of Africa into fresh arrangements where Africa (Mozambique) touches Brazil, Europe and Jamaica. " Jazz Magazine, Netherlands from the press release:
"This album is my answer to globalization, not in a political way but in a musical sense " says Anselmo ‘Neco’ João Johanhane alias Neco Novellas. "It talks about music as a universal language." The singer-songwriter from Mozambique has just finished his album New Dawn – Ku Khata, released on World Connection. The album presents contemporary music with African roots. "It’s a document of where I am right now."
The album reflects Neco’s musical identity. Therefore it goes beyond categorization. "I never tied myself down to one genre of music. Why should I? I enjoy the richness of music everywhere around me and use it all. I also dig deep inside myself.” The fourteen songs of "New Dawn – Ku Khata" lead you from Mozambican pop to jazz, to funk, to afro beat and gospel and along the way there is reggae, rock and classical music. The album may be diverse in styles and languages; at the same time there is a recognizable and distinctive ‘Novellas sound’. This is a soulful, warm and rhythmic music held together by the unity of a family.
More info: www.worldconnection.nl/neconovellas