Core production team & Musicians: Grimaldo del Solar Rafael Morales Ramon Perez Prieto Carlos Li Carrillo
Live Band:
Milagros Guerrero - vocals
Juan Medrano -Cotito- - cajon / vocals
Mangue Vasquez - congas / cajon / cajita
Marcos Mosquera - cajon / bongos / cajita
Constantino Alvarez - timbales / cajon
Grimaldo del Solar - beats
Rafael Morales - guitar
Ramon Perez Prieto - keys
Carlos Li Carrillo - bass
Influences
Afro-Peruvian, Criolla, Reggae, Dub, Jazz, Afrobeat, Afro Latin, Champeta Colombiana, Son, Cumbia, Samba, Bossa, Batucada, Underground House, Broken Beats, Brazilian Drum&Bass, Salsa Brava, Balkan Beats......and all the GOOD music of any style from around the world.... Zambo Cavero, Lucila Campos, Oscar Aviles, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Lucha Reyes, Susana Baca, Eva Ayllon, Batata, Toto la Momposina, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Fania Records, Ray Barreto, Cachao, Cachaito Lopez, Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzales, Eliades Ochoa and the rest of Buena Vista Social Club, Ruben Blades, Oscar d Leon, Airto Moreira, Jorge Ben, Toquino, Elsa Soarez, Gilbero Gil, Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Vinicius de Moraes, Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, James Brown, George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic, 70's Stevie Wonder, King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Lee Scratch Perry, The Scientist, Mad Professor, Bob Marley, Sly & Robbie, Black Uhuru, Channel One, Studio One, Trojan, The Revolutionaries, Jah Shaka, Mikey Dread, Aba Shanti-I, Dub Syndicate, Jah Warrior, Horace Andy, Michael Prophet, Dennis Brown, Yabby You, U-Roy, I-Roy, Culture, Big Youth, Twinkle Brothers, Barry Brown, Dennis Brown, Toots & The Maytals, Dennis Al Capone, Barrington Levy, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Sabor Y Control, Diablos Azules, Sidestepper, Sergent Garcia, Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Nortec Collective, I.M.S., Control Machete, Edu K, DJ Marky, XRS & Patife,
Femi Kuti, Amadou & Mariam, M.A.W., Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Lazy Dog, Gotan Project, Fat Freddys Drop, Kruder & Dorfsmaster, Air, Quantic, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, St Germain, Francois K, Snowboy, Jazzanova, UFO, Gerardo Frisina, Giles Peterson, Bugz in the Attic, The Cure, Depeche Mode The Clash, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Warhol, the Doors, etc, etc
NOVALIMA is a production collective formed by four Peruvian musicians/DJs based in Lima and London: Ramon Perez Prieto, Grimaldo Del Solar, Rafael Morales, and Carlos Li Carrillo. Its music is heavily driven by Afro-Peruvian and Latin percussions, blended with dub, broken and house beats.
In 2003 the collective independently released its debut album, "novalima", recorded and produced throughout various countries with guest artists from across the world: Lima, Rio de Janeiro, London, Valencia, Barcelona, Rome and Hong Kong; covering a wide spectrum of Latin styles (son, guajira, cumbia, samba, bossa) blended with downtempo beats and live Afro-Peruvian percussions. The debut album had a strong reception in Peru and achieved Gold status in its home country.
In 2004 the collective released their first international 12" single through Outcaste Records UK (EMI) with the track "Ritmos Negros", a vanguard dub Marinera (trad. Peruvian style) featuring poems by the great Nicomedes Santa Cruz. The track is also included in the compilation "Essential Latin Flavas Dos"/Outcaste.
Subsequently, NOVALIMA regrouped in London with UK producer Toni Economides (Nitin Sawhney, Da Lata, 4Hero, Bugz in the Attic) to mix their second album AFRO, a selection of versions and adaptations of traditional Afro-Peruvian songs (some of which are more than 200 years old), blended with electronic beats, dub, and NOVALIMA's own compositions.
AFRO, recorded mostly in Lima, features original performances from Afro-Peruvian legends such as Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Lucila Campos, and Zambo Cavero; in addition to renowned contemporary Afro-Peruvian musicians such as Juan Medrano Cotito, Mangué Vaquez, Milagros Guerrero and Oscar Avilés Jr.
In 2005, NOVALIMA signed with UK label Mr. Bongo, which released AFRO in the UK and Europe to rave reviews by critics, press and the public, which packed each of the band's sold-out shows during their first European tour in April 2006 to promote the album.
In June 2006, AFRO was released in France by Because Music (Manu Chao, Amadou & Mariam) and in August 2006 in the USA/Canada by the USA label Quango. AFRo reached Platinum in Peru, and got to 1 word music album the USA/Canada CMJ radio charts with 10 tracks charting in CMJ's top 100 by the end of 2006.
Currently, the NOVALIMA producers are dividing their time between DJ gigs across Europe and South America, live shows with the full NOVALIMA band (comprising the core four producers on beats, guitar, keys and bass, in addition to 3/4 percussionists in cajon, cajita, congas, bongos, timbales and vocals - all of which participated in the recording of AFRO), and the studio, where they are remixing for other artists as well as finishing the last details of their brand new album, to be released mid 2008. A new US/European tour should be announced shortly after the album release. Keep posted for dates!
Now playing: SOUPYGATO SHOW #225 -- , featuring music by NOVALIMA!
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SoupyGato Show #225
Jackson Conti -- Anna De Amsterdam Interlude
Temple Of Soul! -- Diamond Girl Novalima -- Regresa/Con La Capilla The Dandy Warhols -- Valerie Yum George Winston -- Peace
Dinah Washington -- Cry Me A River Joshua Redman -- I'm An Old Cowhand Dialog -- Saturn Returns Call In that is a for a Scam (real call) Society Red -- Chain The Reason
Amy Maja -- 12 Past 5 Unknown Caller Jack Schell -- The Gay Wedding Song Michael Stephens -- Looking For A Boy
very cool stuff guys - thanx for connecting. I went to peru twice, but I haven..t seen you performing live - what a pitty. Hope you..ll come to germany soon.
Hola compañeros, qtal va todo?? cuando sale el nuevo disco?? hay ganas de oir cosa nueva, y aver si podemos hacer algo por españa. mucha suerte! un abrazo desde andalucia
Muchachos, qué buenos ritmos, felicidades! Les cuento que estoy terminando mi estudio de grabación y mastering en Lima, el cual estoy trasladando desde Barcelona para quedarme en Perú. Los invito los próximos días a visitar mi estudio.
La 1era vez q los vi fue en la Noche ...estuve ahi para celebrar mi cumple hace mas de 1 año.. es.....verlos fue mi regalo.....simplemente fue el mejor. El dia de hoy va a ser un super concierto. EXITOS!!
Hola! Saludos desde Puerto Rico! Estoy sumamente ansiosa por el nuevo cd. Me encanta su música ya que también comparte mucho en común con la nuestra. Abrazos desde el Caribe, Angelí
Hola: Me gusta mucho su propuesta. Hece unos días, ensayaba para una peli en el Tupac(1 piso) y escuhcé tun tema creo q no tenía, ¿Van a sacar otro disco? Suerte: Mi amigo metalñero me prestó un casste antiguazo de un grupo Curriculm Vitae creo q se llamaba y me dijo q eran Uds de chibolitos....cierto? Era bien raro! Suete. Magaly Solier
