Africa-Press – Angola. Angolan musician Filipe Mukenda launches, on 15 July this year, in Luanda, the album “Canções & Destinos”, in a live show taking place at Club S.
In a telephone conversation, the Angolan musician, who is in Portugal making arrangements related to the release of the album and other projects, announced that this could be his last album.
The singer said that he is after the realization of the old “dream” of releasing his latest record project “Tritonalidades” – the work of his life – and once it has come true, he leaves music and the stage, later this year.
“If I manage to materialize the record “big project”, which I initially decided to call Tritonalities, which are 36 songs in a single package, it will be the icing on the cake”, he revealed.
The record project comprises a three-disc compact, with 36 songs to be worked on by three arrangers or producers.
He informed that it has been difficult to find patrons willing to finance the project, due to the fact that the current Patronage Law is not very attractive.
The 73-year-old artist points to age as the only reason for his decision to leave the stage.
“I want to leave through the big door, leaving a good image, still with a confident, elastic and bright voice and managing to move without the help of the staff”, he justifies.
With some nostalgia, Filipe Mukenga vents: “I say goodbye to music, leaving thousands of other songs to be recorded in the trunk”.
But he said that if this project does not come out, it will be limited to the release of his sixth album, which is produced by Guelvamos Produções.
“Canções & Destinos”, which began recording in Luanda, features musicians from Angola, Peru and Brazil in the style of Nova Música de Angola (NMA), of which Filipe Mukenga is said to be a pioneer.
Filipe Mukenga started singing and composing in the 60’s, influenced by Anglo-Saxon music, namely by “The Beatles” and by the French music of the time.
With five albums recorded over the 60 years of his musical career, to be announced next September, Filipe Mukenga leaves a legacy of several successes such as Humbiumbi and Angola no Coração.
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