New Album Gente Estranha In 2014 Melech Mechaya released the - TopicsExpress



          

New Album Gente Estranha In 2014 Melech Mechaya released the album “Strange People” by Ponto Zurca and Portugal and portuguese-spoken countries, and Felmay worldwide. The first single of “Strange People” features the singer Jazzafari, and has lyrics by Pedro da Silva Martins (from Deolinda). The album also features Amélia Muge, who sang and wrote lyrics for Querubim Barbudo. The long tours of Melech Mechaya brought their “simply electrifying” (João Bonifácio, Público) shows to Portugal’s every corner. The quintet have performed in important festivals such as Rock In Rio Lisbon, Super Bock Surf Fest, FMM Sines, CCB Fora de Si, Festa do Avante!, Maré de Agosto or Bons Sons Festival, and also did the opening act for Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra’s concert in Lisbon. The tour for the new album sold out several theaters throughout the country, and included important venues like Casa da Música (Oporto) or Cinema São Jorge (Lisbon). Melech Mechaya’s international career has been growing rapidly. With a strong presence in Spain, where they were headlinners of several festivals and shared stages with artists like Portico Quartet and Kroke, Melech Mechaya have performed in Croatia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Austria and Germany. Their concerts were broadcasted in the Spanish National Radio and in Cape Verdian National Radio, they were elected “Awesome Contemporary Indie Band” next to Beirut and Gogol Bordello by the american KJHK Radio, and had records in prestigious radio shows in Spain (Mundofonías, Discopolis, etc.), Italy (Fahrenheit 3), etc. Alongside their work in recording studios and live performances, Melech Mechaya frequently work in theater and cinema. They have been producing their own music videos, and two of them were distinguished in several film festivals in Portugal, Germany and United States. They wrote the complete soundtrack for Joaquim Horta’s short-film “Shortcut To Ivanov”, and the song “Los Bentos” features Silvio Soldini’s “Il Comandante I La Cicogna”’s trailer, released in October 2012 by Warner Brothers. Several other songs also feature the soundtracks of numerous short-films, and “Bulgar From Odessa” featured the soundtrack of the top-rated soap-opera “Dancin’ Days”. Melech Mechaya have also done the musical direction of various theater shows such as “Ivanov”, with the theater company “A Truta”, and “Time To Be Reborn” with the prestigious “La Fura Dels Baus”. This last show was part of Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture. https://youtube/watch?v=Xpn7dqQy66A
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:08:45 +0000

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