Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
About "Mairê"
Gil Felix from Salvador de Bahía, Mandingo and Brasilero, embodies the Afro-Brazilian experience, with family roots in both West Africa and South America.
Gil Felix met the explosion of West African Afropop in Europe, which inspired him to create his own pan-ethnic sound inspired by Gilberto Gil, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Oloudum, Salif Keita, Bonga. Here the regional Bahían Reconcavo culture meets Caribbean and African musicality: Bossa Nova, Samba Reggae, Rocksteady, Soukous and Afropop in a unique musical universe. The result is an irresistible polyrythmic swing, where storytelling about mankinds´ history and our African roots is combined with poetic paintings of everyday life.
Mairê is an international production with a tri-continental band from Stockholm/Salvador de Bahía, recorded in Stockholm and Salvador de Bahía at the legendary Studio WR, with the master of Bahía sound, Nestor Madrid, at the helm. It is released by Mills Records in Rio de Janeiro with support from the Swedish Arts Council and SELAM Academy.
“The African music's ebb and flow across the Atlantic, reshaping and transforming, is evident in Gil Felix’s music. The new album has both soul and Brazil's characteristic suinge!” - Åsa Veghed, music journalist and author of the book Brazilian Music.
According du Åsa Veghed the top song of the album is Mairê, due to ”it´s lovely danceability, warm vocals and embracement of both Brazil and Africa”.
Mairê hails the persistence of the African people and their ability to renew themselves, always.
Mairê has already been selected for Putumayo Discovery Programme.
Gil Felix met the explosion of West African Afropop in Europe, which inspired him to create his own pan-ethnic sound inspired by Gilberto Gil, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Oloudum, Salif Keita, Bonga. Here the regional Bahían Reconcavo culture meets Caribbean and African musicality: Bossa Nova, Samba Reggae, Rocksteady, Soukous and Afropop in a unique musical universe. The result is an irresistible polyrythmic swing, where storytelling about mankinds´ history and our African roots is combined with poetic paintings of everyday life.
Mairê is an international production with a tri-continental band from Stockholm/Salvador de Bahía, recorded in Stockholm and Salvador de Bahía at the legendary Studio WR, with the master of Bahía sound, Nestor Madrid, at the helm. It is released by Mills Records in Rio de Janeiro with support from the Swedish Arts Council and SELAM Academy.
“The African music's ebb and flow across the Atlantic, reshaping and transforming, is evident in Gil Felix’s music. The new album has both soul and Brazil's characteristic suinge!” - Åsa Veghed, music journalist and author of the book Brazilian Music.
According du Åsa Veghed the top song of the album is Mairê, due to ”it´s lovely danceability, warm vocals and embracement of both Brazil and Africa”.
Mairê hails the persistence of the African people and their ability to renew themselves, always.
Mairê has already been selected for Putumayo Discovery Programme.
