Angola: Impactus 4 Releases New Album
After being absent for six years, and also due to the death (2005) of their promoter, Orlando Semedo, the Angolan “Impactus 4″ band reappears with their fourth album entitled “De nós para vocês”, to be presented next Saturday, October 29, at Atlântico Cinema, Luanda.
Recorded at various studios such as “Take Note”, Republic of Namibia, “Beto Max” and “Kriativa”, in Luanda, the album counted on the participation of singer Yuri da Cunha and Jeff Brown, besides Ana Semedo (chorus) and instrumentals Carlitos Tchiemba, Dalú Rogger, Pirika and Godfrey Conde.
Songs such as “Don’t doubt”, “Facto onsumado”, “Perdão”, “Na luta da vida”, “Cherry Nangay”, “Por culpa da rosca”, “Ciúmes sem nexo”, “Pensa em mim”, “Mulher ferida (ingrato)”, “Como te Amo”, “Wanda”, “Namaria” e “Baixinha lindona” are part of the album that was mastered in Portugal at “Cervantes” Studio.
Speaking to ANGOP, Alcino Semedo, band’s musical promoter and drummer, informed that the “De nós para vocês” album was recorded in various music styles, namely Semba, Zouk, Bolero, Kizomba and Afro-Jazz, in order to impress peoples of various ages and nationalities.
Authors of famous tracks like “Maguy”, “Olha Fruta” e “Sem Você”, the band represented Angola, in 1985, in the International Festival of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in Bulgaria, in which Yola Semedo received “Africa’s Golden Voice” award.
In 1987 it won the Provincial Song Festival of Benguela and in the following year it was second in the National Song Festival. Three years later, 1990, they immigrated to Namibia, where they recorded, in 1991, their first album entitled “Olha Fruta”.
Eight years later “Impactus 4″ released the “É Hora” CD, which was voted as the album of the year, while in 2001 they recorded third album entitled “Amar para Vencer”. This Saturday the band will sell the “De nós para vocês” CD for 1,000 Angolan Kwanzas (nearly USD 13).
Founded in 1982, in Lobito city (southern Benguela province), by Orlando Semedo (pianist and maestro of the band), at the moment the band is made up by Yola Semedo (voice and key board), Eduina Semedo (voice and base guitar), Jorge Semedo (voice and guitar) and Alcino Semedo (battery and music production).
Source: Angola Press Agency
