Gil Felix

BUKINA B is OUT!

Inspired by Burkina Faso’s recent events, it honors hardworking people who rise early and get to work.

Bukina B is a truly international production with renominated European producer Andreas Unge and Swedish top musicians Tomas de Paula Eby, Gustav Lundgren Niclas Gabrielsson and Daniel Fridell, creating an organic analog, vintage sound, blending the 70s with the highest level of sound engineering..

NEW SINGLE!
BUKINA B!

Bukina B is the first singel from the EP América Abubaka II which will be out 6 of June. Here Gil Felix Gil Felix tells the story about Aboubakari II, the prince of Mail who sailed West from Africa and never came back. Recent research suggest that he founded settlements in América long before the arrival of the Europeans.

MUSIC

Gil Felix has developed a vast and eclectic repertoire with original compositions and great hits. Influenced by artists like Gilberto Gil, Bob Marley, Luis Gonzaga and Salif Keita. He has released several albums, singles and collaborations.

ARTIST SPOTIFY PROFILE

“The African music's ebb and flow across the Atlantic,

reshaping and transforming, is evident in Gil Felix’s music.

The new album has both soul and Brazil's characteristic suinge!” -

Åsa Veghed, music journalist and author of the book Brazilian Music.

ROOTS AND JOURNEY

Gil Felix from Salvador de Bahía, mandingo and brasilero, embodies the Afro-Brazilian experience, with family roots in both West Africa and South America. Gil Felix has created a unique pan-ethnic sound inspired by Gilberto Gil, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Oloudum, Salif Keita. In Gil Felix´ music the regional Bahían Reconcavo culture meets Caribbean and African musicality: Bossa Nova, Samba Reggae, Rocksteady, Soukous and Afropop in a unique musical universe. The result is an irresistible poly-rythmic swing, where storytelling about mankinds´ history and our African roots, is combined with poetic paintings of everyday life.