OMT010 : Tchala's Band / Coexistência

 

Cover art by A.L.

OMT010 : Tchala's Band / Coexistência

Tchala's Band  was formed a few years ago around the compositions and endearing personality of its singer, Tchala Almeida. 

This Cape Verdean singer, composer and great cavaquinho player, transmits in his music all the warmth of the Cape Verde Islands. He played, among others, alongside Césaria Evora. The group of excellent musicians who surround it strives to bring this typical music from the island of Cape Verde to life, festive and mixed, while mixing it with a certain jazz colour.

‘Coexistência’ is the meeting between Cape Verdean music and jazz, the tradition of cavaquinho and rowboat rhythms embellished with a little improvisation. 

It’s also the music of a crossbreeding between everything that makes the identity of Cape Verde and Tchala’s various encounters in Europe.

Tchala’s texts are a variety of little stories telling about Leginha beach, day to day life in Sao Vincente, the search of a job, the encounters of friends at the end of the week or the political problems of the system in Cape verde.

Tchala Almeida

The band

Laginha:

Mosca Rondera:

Musicians:

Marcelino 'Tchala' Almeida  - Singing and Cavaquinho

Benjamin Ramos - Double bass

Désiré Somé - Guitar

David De Vrieze- Trombone

Nicolas Kummert - Sax

Alexandre Cavalière - Electric violin

Marc Derbaix - Percussion

Octave Agbekpenou - Percussion

Recorded by Antoniio Pujante at La Playa Studio - Brussels

Digital releaseon the 23rd of April 2021.

Track listing:

1. Mosca Rondera

2. Testôd

3. Laginha

4. Coladura

5. Fim De Semana

6. Na Nha Sombra

7. Zidorinha

8. Fim Do Mundo

And on Bandcamp: