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Neco Novellas is a family band named after the eldest brother Neco. He was the first of three brothers to emigrate from Mozambique to the Netherlands to broaden his musical horizons. He was accepted at the Rotterdam Conservatory where he studied singing as well as electric guitar. Later his younger brothers Nello and Isildo were also accepted to the conservatory. The band of the three brothers is… supplemented for a few months a year with the singing and dancing of their sisters Cidalia and Isabel. The Novellas family belongs to the Chopi people, an ethnic minority with its own language, culture and music. Neco Novellas doesn't make traditional music, but mixes Mozambique influences with Western styles such as jazz, samba, reggae, soul and funk. Producer Attie Bauw (known from The Nits, Noa and Hans Dulfer) saw something in the Rotterdam band and produced the debut album Mita Famba. The alternation of Neco's warm soulful voice with the clear polyphonic vocals of his sisters sounds beautiful. The songs about respect & love for each other, care for the environment, homesickness and the hope for peace in Africa are interpreted in an emotional, swinging and energetic way. (SvdP)more
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