Gil Felix

NEW ALBUM COMING UP!

Gil Felix sings

Depois que o Ilê Passar.

This song honors Ilê Ayê which was

the first Afro percussion group from Bahía to participate in Carnival.

With an Afro theme that celebrates African Black culture in Brazil,

Ilê Ayê has become a symbol of

beauty, culture, and resistance

in Bahia and Brazil.

UBALAFON Project 2024

SINGLE RELEASE

Trans-Atlantic danceable groove from the burning sun on both sides of the ocean.

Sambuê carries a warm pan-African message and takes us on a musical journey through Salvador de Bahía, with tributes to Afro-Brazilian icons such as Olodum, Ilê Aiyê, Filhos de Ghandy, and Carlinhos Brown. The journey is topped with Swahili swing and rooted in the Samburu people of the Rift Valley, the cradle of humanity.

“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.

Sambuê was recorded in Stockholm and Salvador de Bahía with a tri-continental band at the legendary Studio RW, with the master of Bahía sound, Nestor Madrid, at the helm. It is released by Mills Records in Rio de Janeiro with support from the Swedish Arts Council.

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

"Gil Felix is an artist who stands out for his compositions. His melodies are beautiful with Bahian rhythm

and more interesting than many well-known works from Brazil.

Music by Gil Felix is like listening to Gilberto Gil or Djavan.

It is music that unites hearts."

Amintas Angel Cardoso Santos Silva,

cultural attaché at the Brazilian Embassy in Stockholm, composer and writer from Bahía.

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.