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Moctezuma

Album: Oka Vanga

Released: Mar 14, 2009

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General Info

Genre: Acoustic / Death Metal / Folk
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Profile Views: 14143
Last Login: 4/22/2013
Member Since 12/30/2008
Website www.okavanga.com
Record Label Unsigned
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Bio
"Undoubtedly one of the most impressive displays of virtuoso guitar skill you'll find on the folk circuit right now... no inch of fret-board is left untouched. I ask you, people, what's not to love? How can you not find this sort of thing exciting? " Tom Williams, GOBSHOUT.com .. ..Oka Vanga are a high octane guitar duo that combine the influences of instrumental Folk music, percussive Flamenco rhythms, acoustic freestyle, Afro-beat and powerful metal bass to create music that is both rhythmically powerful and melodically rich. These are their songs.... riffs and the grooves and melodic threads borne from foot-stoppin across many continents, gigging in various bands, jammin with friends, jammin on trains, on hot beaches, on cold nights, making music, singing, dancing... It's not acoustic hip-jiggery... just two guitar players making good music, recorded at home and played on stages big and small. Will? He plays a mean rhythm guitar with high voltage tremelo and loves all kinds of metal (especially 80's Hair metal!). Angie? She's all about finger-picking rasqueado strumming golpe popping guitar squeals... and she plays a little Barrios to :) "Both accomplished performers in their own rights, Angie and Will came together to form their unique partnership in 2008. Originally from Cape Town SA, Angela mastered acoustic freestyle, classical guitar and flamenco playing whilst making her mark on the SA music scene before moving to London to pursue her music career and form the guitar duo 'Oka Vanga' with Will. Will is an all round guitarist, talented multi-instrumentalist, and established guitar teacher in Hertfordshire."
Members
Angela Meyer - guitar, Will Cox - guitar, Big Bertha The Stompbox - percussion The odd rattle snake - percussion contact okavanga2009wa@googlemail.com
Influences
John Renbourne, Ry Cooder, Bert Jansch, Toumani Diabate', Al De Meola, Ali Farka Toure', Salif Keita, Paco de Lucia, Barrios (Bangos Bangos) Mangore, John Squire, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tony Iommi, Martin Carthy, Dave Mustaine, Django Reinhardt (ahhh yeah!), Manu Chao, Daron Malakian, Neil Young, Tool, Sepultura, Charley Patton, Bukka White, Slash (oh yes), Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Mctell (and pretty much everyone from that era with the word "Blind" in their name and quite a few that didn't!)
Sounds Like
A wet fish slap to the face!!

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