Published:
June 24, 2015
Sao Paolo based band Bixiga 70 will release on September 11th their third album on uprising german label Glitterbeat Records, who were selected label of the year from Womex 2014.
Bixiga 70's sound is a mixture of afro-beat, Guinean malinké, Brazilian candomblé, samba and cumbia, being a welcome addition to any party. The 10 piece band and their fusion of African and South American rhythms have toured three times in the last few years, including Roskilde, TFF Rudolstadt among others.
Listen to their new single '100% 13' from the upcoming album. Throughout the nine tracks found on “III”, styles merge and original syncretisms come to life. The album shape shifts contemporary afro-funk, Moroccan cumbia, spiritual jazz, adapted afro-brazilian chants, Cuban blaxploitation, sounds from São Paulo’s Black Rio movement, Arabian dub, Malinké drumming, Angolan guitar music and traditional bamboo fife bands. There is no doubt that Bixiga 70 is one of the guiding voices of Brazil’s contemporary instrumental music scene and their new album “III” clearly demonstrates why.