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NAPALMA

Biography

NAPALMA entails the exploration of our boundaries through adventure, they mingle afro-brazilian sounds and percussions, electronic beats, brasses and eclectic vocals as a groovy explosion conceived with a original formula.

NAPALMA has got a whole new shape during 2019 having the new vocalist Abass Ndiaye from Senegal composing new tunes, recording and performing his first tours.

'Yobalema' is the first Single of the New EP, to be released in june 2020 with two music videos, for Quarentine Sessions in Brazil, and a live performance in a boat at Floating Shack Sessions in Berlin. 

Brazilian percussionist and electronic programmer
Cid Travaglia's drumming style is the dynamite on wich Abass Ndiaye, Senegalese vocalist, guitarist and percussionist bounces with his magical playfulness and highlights West African style and melodies, accompanied by a brass player to build harmonies and solos that make the audience levitate.

The colorful melodies acquire original forms, based on a fidelity to a variety of percussive beats. This creates a trance that surprisingly is not based on a limitless repetition of resources.

For a full and comprehensive experience, you need to attend their shows. In a few seconds, stay assured, you'll find yourself dancing along and never stop!
 

EVENTS PERFORMED

Montreux International Jazz Festival . Switzerland
Festival Salva Tu Selva . Amazon Forest . Colombia

Amsterdam Roots Open Air . Netherlands

Haus der Kulturen der Welt . Berlin . Germany

Boom Festival . Portugal

Universo Parallello Festival . Brazil

Cape Town International Jazz Festival . South Africa

Cairo Opera House . Cairo . Egypt

3000 Grad Festival . Germany

Festival dos Abrazos . Santiago de Compostela . Spain

Bushfire Festival . Swaziland 

Vic Falls Carnival . Zimbabwe

Pacha Sharm El Sheikh . Egypt 

Circo Voador . Rio de Janeiro . Brazil 

Onderstroom Festival . Vlisingen . Netherlands

Awesome Africa Festival . Durban . South Africa

Guanabara . London . UK

Arrifana Sunset Festival . Portugal

Splashy Fen Festival . Drakensberg . South Africa

Tofo Ocean Festival . Tofo . Mozambique

Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Alexandria – Egypt

World Cup Tour 2010 . South Africa

Rezonance Festival . Cape Town . South Africa

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