Description
Testimonials
"The bloody heritage of Angola would hardly seem to be fertile soil for pop music, even less for a band that celebrates its cultural diversity. However, within this history of strife, the musical melting pot that is Xhange has flourished. Led by Joao Ferreira the open forum that's Xhange produced a wide range of styles on this album. This CD is full of vibrant, hopeful and beautiful songs." -Electronic Musician, February 1995
Tracks
1) Loucura Programada
2) Crianca Inocente
3) Par Ou Impar
4) Caravanserai
5) Loucura Programada
6) Sonhos De Paz
7) Vamos Vivendo
8) Haszard
9) Faith More Or Less
10) Promessa Duma Valsa
Artist Profile
Xhange is Joao Ferreira. Portuguese. Born in Central-African Republic. Joao began playing piano in Coimbra (Portugal) at the age of five. He stopped his classical education ten years later and started playing in local rock bands, forming a jazz-rock band, Mazary-Shariff. At the same time Joao started playing flute. At the age of twenty Joao moved to Montpellier, France where he opened a macrobiotic restaurant and also performed as piano-bar musician. Seven years later Joao moved to his native country Central-African Republic, where he played with a rock, jazz and Latin band, Climats. At the same time he started a very deep collaboration with the National Ballet, studying and performing pygmees and bantous rhythms and melodies, with which he did a tour in France in the summer of 1993. In November 1993 Joao moved to Angola where he teaches music in both Portuguese and French. In February 1995 he started recording the first album Xhange - "Vamos Vivendo".
Credits
�1995 Edicao: Anjo Pro-Edit
Maninho dos Santos: Guitarist, singer
Neto: Bass and singer
Chico Saptos: Percussions
Label: Anjo Pro-Edit