Aline Frazão is back on albums, with the edition of “Uma Música Angolana” on March 4th.
“Luísa” is the new theme of this work to be known, a single already available on all digital platforms and with a video clip on Aline Frazão‘s channel.
«For Luísas, Marias and Cecílias, for Fernandas, Susanas and Luejis, Gingas, Lúcias and Lucindas of this world, those who no longer hide, those who never give up, those who will not stop using their voice, “this voice you use to invent.”
“Luísa” is a song about freedom. The freedom to be, to create, to think, to speak, to sing and to scream for the possibility of existing without limits and fully, without compromise.
A theme that takes us to the universe of Aline, who in her sweet and serene voice carries songs that can (and will) change the world. Powerful messages from someone who dreams of a better future for those around her, embraced by sounds that recover their cultural roots.
“Luísa” is a sample of what we can expect from “Uma Música Angolana”. The disc materializes the return to the collective sound of the band. This is a work full of vitality, sowing a little party within itself.
This is the second theme to be revealed after “Luz Foi”, a song that Aline dedicates to the duty of reflection and action on the current state of her country and also of the world, in a broader sense.
“Uma Música Angolana” navigates between various rhythms of African origin, such as Massemba and Kilapanga from Angola, Batuku from Cape Verde, Soukous from Congo, Afoxé and Maracatu from Brazil – deconstructed, reinvented, claiming here not to be only the origin common to all of them but also imagining a new sound of lost borders, which is consolidated on a kind of imaginary homeland made of shared rhythmic memories, current struggles and necessary and urgent celebrations.
The album features the participation of Angolan artist Nástio Mosquito, Brazilian singer Vítor Santana and German cellist Suzanne Paul. Brisa Marques writes lyrics for a melody composed by João Pires, and fado singer Ricardo Ribeiro composed an unpublished song for a poem by Pedro Homem de Melo. It also recovers a song by Paulo Flores, with a new arrangement.
The production was in charge of Aline Frazão, who accompanied the process at every moment, creating an album that reveals her genius and uniqueness.
