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Artists 2001
Mozambique is a country filled with music – something that sadly doesn’t show in the record stores. That’s why the Swedish record company Caprice, together with SIDA, have recorded several of the country’s artists, both famous and unknown. The result will soon be out on a CD called "Music from Mozambique". The CD is one of the steps taken in the more than ten-year-old project that aims to find, record and give unknown cultures from developing countries a chance to get their music across to the rest of the world. Many of these unique artists have played at the Falun Folkmusik Festival over the years. This year we will make two new acquaintances! Simão "Sima" Adriano Nhacule was taught how to play the timbila (xylophone) when he was very young by his father. There are different kinds of timbilas in different parts of Mozambique, in some minorities it is one of the people’s main instruments. The timbila music is famous mostly through the big Chopi ensembles – you can see and hear similarities between their culture and that of their neighbor Zimbabwe. Simão has played with the most famous groups in the country and now he is in the national Song and Dance Group of Mozambique and he has been touring a lot with this group. He has also toured with Mutumbela Gogo – one of Mozambique’s most famous theatre groups. This has in turn lead to international projects and tours. His trio Silita has won the first price in a national music competition and they have recorded a CD in France. The group sings in Chopi and Shangaana. With "Sima" are Lourindo "Lindo" Jossias Cuna, drum and Tánia Etchasse Adriano Jacóbo, vocals and percussion. The Pazédi group started when two of the members of Almbique started playing together between rehearsal sessions. They – percussionists Celso Paco and Ze Maria Pessana – shared the same musical ideas and they soon had a repertoire for a duo. The music was based on the traditional rhythms and songs, but was also inspired by jazz and other styles. After some time they recruited bassist Dino and singer Raima. The group and its members have since then had great international success, they have played many festivals all over the world, composed music for TV series and they have worked with several international music groups. Celso Paco has been gathering knowledge about the traditional and the popular music in Mozambique for a long time and has become one of the authorities on these matters (he has written the part on Mozambique in the Rough Guide to World Music). Celso has visited Sweden a couple of times before, he worked with the Backa theatre in Gothenburg. He has also been in several unforgettable live shows with the Afro Pop collective Mama Malumma in Gothenburg. He is also, apart from being a professional musician, doing educational work. This goes even more so for Ze Maria, she plays not only percussion but also saxophone and flute and she works in several non-profit youth projects | Wednesday
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Silita och Pazédi
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