Martin ‘Lopez’ Vlasic – acoustic & electric guitar, lead vocal, hand percussion Eddy Portella – percussion set, vocal Roland Kanik – keyboards Maro-- Podhajsky – trumpet Martin Noga – 1. trombone Martin Haas – 2. trombone, vocal, hand percussion Marek ‘Tulo’ Meciar – bassguitar Anton Zajacek – drumset
Influences
afrocuban and brasilian roots, contemporary grooves
The Mango Molas band established in 1998 by four percussion players influenced by the rythms of western Africa. In following years the sound of the band changed - knowing new musical forms and styles, adding harmony to the rythmical roots. Now it's an eight-man band playing musical fusion of afrocuban and brasilian music tradition with influence of jazz, slavic melodic feeling, as well as funk or hip hop.
Discography:
Pena (2004, Gregor Agency - G. A. Records) - debut album awarded by slovak grammy "Aurel prize" as a newcommer of the year and recieving nomination as a best band of the year
Ultima Rumba (2007, Gregor Agency - G. A. Records) - album appeared in Top 20 of World Music Charts Europe and has been awarded by slovak grammy "Aurel prize" as a best world music album of the year.
Colaborations: Lipa spieva Lasicu by Peter Lipa (2005, East West Promotion) - five times Aurel winning album - Mango Molas participated by recording and producing of track "U doktora" (with foolish animated videoclip ;) Original by AMO (2005, Universal Music)- producing a track "Mala nocna salsa" for a hiphop crew
Compilations: Latin Garden 2 - The world of Latin Grooves (2006, Lola's World Records) - featured with Mango Molas' track "Plavaren" on compilation including bands like Orishas, Cubismo, Senor Coconut, Ojos de Brujo Latin Garden 3 (2008, Lola's World Records) - featured with Mango Molas' track "Quinto Elemento"
Hi. Thank you for the friendship. You guys sound great!!! I hope that you get a chance to visit my page, listen to my tracks and say hello. Peace, James www.jamespaul.me.uk
