RELEASE + BIOGRAPHY
At the 90’s it was born at Vitória’s island, Espírito Santo, a new rhythm that mixes the local culture with the world pop music, the ROCKCONGO, created by MAHNIMAL, a band compound by brothers and lifelong friends, all according to the Congo’s tradition, a typical capixaba’s folkloric manifestation.
Since then, the band is on the road presenting their differentiated sound and conquering some eminence and awards wherever they go. The first one was a jingles contest that allowed the MAHNIMAL’S first phonographical register. In July, 96, it was the occasion of winning the best arrangement’s prize at the National Music Festival, in Alegre, ES, among 360 inscriptioned songs, where MAHNIMAL showed, for the first time, the Rockongo to a big audience (about 20 thousand people), only two months later, the band was finalist of “LES DECOUVERTS DE RFI” (International Radio France) that has
considered Mahnimal one of the eight best works of the Latin America and Caribe, among 440 bands of the whole world, besides has been elected the EXPO 98’s Revelation band, in Lisboa – Portugal. Transcending the country limits, Mahnimal did more than 80 presentations in 5 tours by Europe, traveling by Alemanha, Suiça, U.K, Portugal, Espain, France, Itály, Bélgium e Holand showing up on the biggest European summer festivals like the 41° MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL (Suiça), LONDON CALLING (UK), SFINKS e POLE POLE FESTIVAL (Bélgium), EL GREC (Espain), EXPO 98 (Portugal), FESTIGAL (Galicia) Hammersmith Palais (UK) among others, besides shows in night clubs and even on the street.
With the same structure since it has appeared, ten years ago, the group is nowadays one of the most respected bands of Espírito Santo and responsible for the inclusion of the Congo’s rhythm in the pop world. Mahnimal presents the rhythm side by side with the rock, reggae , samba, ticumbi, jongo, electronic music, MPB and pop. A real musical volcano that has one foot at the modernity and another at the popular culture.
Mahnimal at School
The “Mahnimal at School” is basically a musical chat at public schools and universities, where the group perfoms some acoustic presentations, interpolated with a debate between the pupils and the band, about music, popular culture, market, etc. The event is only for the pupils of each school and has the duration of approximately two hours, and, in order to have the pupil take part of it , he/she must bring a kilogram of food, which are all donated to many charity institutions.
For this project, Mahnimal charges nothing.
Videos:
Ao Vivo em Montreux 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AO4MXIlG-sgAo
Agua de Benzer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdW1w5zzzIo
Valeu a Pena http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGprL1HmTi0
Hi! Next Tuesday, 08/09/09 NATEMA, the most enjoyable electro tribal live act at 22:00 at GUANABARA, the largest Brazilian late night venue in London. http://gigs.guanabara.co.uk/live-music-7-nights/guanabara-summer-season-natema-live/ NATEMA brings together different extremes of electronic music and combine them with Brazilian folk rhythms. Exotic instruments like the alfaia, berimbau and the pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine), bass and guitar blend harmoniously with all with laptops, moogs and other synths, the result is an extremely dynamic and versatile live act. Formed by Boni (programing / bass), Luis Valente (guitar, vocals) and Pedro Campolina (Percussion) Come down and enjoy something unexpected! FREE ENTRY the whole night. See you there! www.natema.com
E aí Edu tudo blz? Aqui tá bacana, acabamos de gravar um EP novo (www. myspace. com/babelesko), fizemos um show com mano chao e estamos nos preparando pra outra ida pra Alemanha. Felix já tá conversando com a gente e nos passando as datas pra julho, se tudo correr como está se mostrando este ano vamos tocar muito. Espero que a gente se encontre novamente. Abração!!
Oi Edu, beleza? Que pena, o aviso chego um poco tarde, so agora que vejo que voce estava chegando. A banda puderia pernoitar na minha casa, espero que voceis encontraram um lugar? Vou tentar de arrangar uma coisa, seja na familia artifcial ou em Frankfurt, como e que e o itinerario?
Come join the celebration over the release of our new CD – Boteco!!
‘Boteco’ is an artful mixture of neo-futuristic traditional Brazilian rhythms with the right quantity of the best North American spices. It is funk and rock boiling and baking with samba, maracatu, frevo and baiao.
Put Pele and Mohammed Ali in a fictional mix machine. Now add Frank Zappa, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim and Roger Waters and fused in to one. What a mix eh? Bat Makumba is this fusion, multiplied by 2.
CD Release Parties: 11/06 Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA 11/07 The Old Ironsides – Sacramento, CA 11/13 The Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA 11/21 Stage Door – Mount Shasta, CA 12/04 Harp Inn – Costa Mesa, CA 12/05 Santa Monica Bar & Grille – Santa Monica, CA ...more to come
Oi Edu e galera, tudo maravilha por aqui. Acabamos de gravar um DVD ao vivo que continua dar dor de cabeca da nada. Sabe, quando se trabalha com pessoal digamos semi-profissional, demora! Mas vai dar tudo certo ao final das contas. Fim de Novembro vamos gravar um novo disco pra ser lancado em Janeiro 2009. Vai ser o maximo, num studio completamente analogo. Entao, tem boas coisas aqui alem da chuva e do frio ;-). Por isso, bixos, vem aqui qualquer tempo e vamos fazer um show junto! Espero que esta tudo em ordem ai, vamos enfrente que tem gente atras. Abracos, Alex
Com certeza galera. Quando chegam a nossa Terra? Chegamos da edição nacional do Festival de Música da Bahia realizado em Vitória da Conquista. tinha uma galera de Es lá. Vamos se falando.
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