Nandele
Nandele (Mozambique)
Nandele is one of the most innovative beat makers, producers and DJs coming from Mozambique. He is at the forefront of the alternative music scene with his mix of bass heavy boombap instrumentals, dubstep, trap, psychedelic hip-hop beats and the makonde rhythms of Northern Mozambique.
The son of the first black director of the Mozambican National Radio after the country's independence, this is where he gets his musical background listening in his early age to a vast musical catalogue raging from Michael Jackson to Fela Kuti, from Kanda Bongo Man to Santana and Marvin Gaye, which he incorporates it in his beat making.
A prolific producer and writer, Nandele has written music for contemporary dance performances, films and has a number of band projects including: Cantinho das Cores, The Mute Band (who won best new band at the Mozambican Music Awards in 2016) and Azagaia & Os Cortadores da Lenha. He has collaborated with artists such as Felix Laband (RSA), Dion Monti (CHF), Symbiz (DEU) and Boogz Brown (REU).
He has graced stages at some of the biggest festivals in Southern Africa: Afropunk Johannesburg, MTN Bushfire Festival in Swaziland, Azgo Festival in Mozambique. His first E.P. Argolas Deliciosas and his first full length album Likumbi was released through Mozambican independent label Kongoloti Records, he has released Eps/cassettes through label Inserttapes in Sweden (Blu Kidz), Already Dead Tapes and Records in Los Angeles (Plafonddeinst) and Cotch International in London (FF).
Nandele is also member and founder of an audio-visual group Muave he is part of the Miss collective that recently released a multi-disciplinary performance called Degradação (Re)Generativa, he is part of international collective called Proximal Distal who had recently a residency and will release a publication and a vinyl.
Nandele has remixed tracks for Dubokaj meets Lee Scratch Perry project and Mothers of Mars (two halves of the Rapture band) and as producer for Tresor 30 compilation along with techno pioneers (Jeff Mills, Dj Stingray), established and upcoming artitsts around the world and he is part of artist roaster of Tresor Records as well. He has produced a jingle wich was a collaboration with AAAS Collective from Palestine for Radio Alhara, where he is constantly collaborating and his live performances and mixes are broadcasted. He has produced for the Original Soundtrack for the comic book informais created by Anima Studio Criativo.
Nandele believes through his music he can to do the unimaginable... communicating and taking us on his journey to try to communicate with other planets…
What the Press has to say:
“the beatmaker nurturing an emerging scene and forging an authentic Mozambican sound out of trip-hop, techno and tribal initiation rituals.” – RESIDENT ADVISOR
“In his two latest releases, the Mozambican artist continues his tireless quest of shaping the modernity of Mozambique into music.” – OKAYAFRICA
“Nandele’s FF EP, which dropped in late October on Cotch International, is a mesmerising seven-track, 30-minute offering that fuses elements of trip-hop, dub, techno, grime, dubstep, acid house, field recordings and psychedelia into an expansive mind-bending whole.” – NEW FRAME
“Conceived as a tribute to the late J Dilla, Argolas Deliciosas fuses all of Nandele's influences into a series of beats that lightly reference the genres of dubstep, trap, instrumental hip-hop and electronica. Conceptually, the six-track EP is a sonic escape to ethereal atmospheres or, better yet, a journey to a distant planet in a foreign galaxy for deep contemplation and self-reflection.” – OKAYAFRICA
“(Nandele) is the man behind the electronic effects and a sounds that impacts, challenges and calls for the future.” – FURTHER AFRICA
Follow online:
https://www.facebook.com/nandelemaguni
https://www.instagram.com/nandelemaguni/
Look/Listen:
Bandcamp:
https://cotchinternational.bandcamp.com/album/nandele-ff-ep-cotch006
https://alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/plafonddeinst
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/blu-kidz-ep
CONTACTS
Global Management & Bookings:
Jess White
Mobile / Whatsapp: +27 64 128 2045
Booking Agent Mozambique
Hamilton Chambela
P: +258 84 599 9760
Nandele : FF
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Nandele - Fin o Humano (E O Regresso do Boom Bap)
