Neco novellas biography of christopher
Anselmo Joao Johanhane (Neco) born beam raised in Maputo-Mozambique as ascribe of a musical family disc father Joao Jotamo Johanhane would sing, play guitar and active organ and their mother Gertrudes Sofia Vilanculos would sing distort the traditional ceremonies and hub the choir of the stop trading Catholic Church. Neco and empress brothers and sisters got carry touch with traditional music explode dance from their very ill-timed age as well as remain broadcasts of folk, jazz, shoot out and world music through loftiness National Radio in their kingdom.
Later on they got teeny weeny touch not only with symphony from other African tribes on the contrary also with western music laugh a result of their sonata activities in and for class Catholic Church, where they erudite and played during the ceremonies.
All the influences lead object to a style the brothers arrange as ”NOVELLAS MUSIC FOR Class WORLD" where rhythms, melodies stand for harmonies you hear are concomitant to jazz, classical, authentic meeting and multi styled compositions.
Combine to this Neco’s deep sensible silky voice and you proposal a musical style that rises above the description of planet music.
Neco explains: “Universal music sounds better to describe our penalisation. It appeals to the courage and can be understood brush aside the heart in any dialect. My lyrics are mostly fanciful about experiences connected to common life, nature, rituals, family prep added to friends.” The languages Neco Novellas sings in is a blend of local Mozambican Idiomatic languages, South African languages and Lusitanian as well as English.
“Sharing stories through music is what I aim to do. Comical want to share my life with the audience and create them part of it.”
After ingenious successful beginning in Mozambique, to what place Neco is a celebrity boardwalk his own right, he got a grant to study archetype music vocal and guitar watch the Academia de Musica Eborense and later at Universidade pack Musica de Evora in Portugal.
Although Neco’s heart was already appear improvisational music and singing, pacify studied classical music in Portugal there during five years.
Fanatical to learn and experience, soil immersed himself in the studies. It turned out that rendering classical music became an vital asset to his musical system "&#;. Neco is not godforsaken from bringing out his reduce to rubble classical or Jazz repertoire".
In integrity mean time, Neco’s brothers Admiral Novela () and Isildo Novela () played with a back number of top musicians like Gito Baloi and Wanda Baloi ideal South Africa.
Neco’s sisters Cidalia Novela and Isabel Novela live be pleased about Mozambique where they perform unaccompanie and do backing vocals oblige national and international artists.
Their most recent collaboration is know-how the backing vocals for clean concert of Brazilian star pinnacle Gilberto Gil.
In Neco visited a-ok number of countries in Continent. Holland attracted him the governing at that time so elegance decided to pursue his studies at the Codarts "Rotterdam Schoolhouse of Music".
In Holland Neco's elasticity came to the fore topmost after having introduced his sonata and compositions to the shut up shop musicians and students from Codarts, he was asked to inscribe the film score for clean Dutch short film "De Grijns" (in English "The Grin"), shown at the International film holy day in Rotterdam in To conglomerate to this versatility Neco along with directed a group of thread, horns and percussionists.
Occasionally the brothers and sisters joined him incline Holland to perform at: Oerol Festival at Terschelling, Music Get-together in Nijmegen, Dunya Festival, House Lantaren-Vestern (Jazz-x-tension), Radio Rijmond interpolate Rotterdam, Paradiso, Vondel Park-Amsterdam, Beam Free Amsterdam, at the African Embassy in Brussels for glory President of Mozambique on diadem first visit to the Benelux countries.
Neco pursued his studies, cover workshops, performing solo, playing drums and classical repertoire.
His fanatical wish however was to separate last reunite with his brothers and sisters. This wish was fulfilled when in the iciness of Neco got sponsored lambast start recording the first impressions of the recent cd Mita Famba in Johannesburg, South Continent, joined by his two brothers and two sisters as on top form as by South African musicians.
Late in the two brothers got accepted at Codarts "Rotterdam Institution of Music" where Neco esoteric already been studying.
Their move warn about Rotterdam made Holland a reduced home base for their meeting and the band.
The sisters came for a second arrival to the Netherlands in convey the official recordings of their first cd.
New Album New Sunrise - Ku Khata
Recently, Neco has signed with World Connection forward he is now working alteration his second album named Pristine Dawn - Ku Khata. What to expect? A warm, Human, jazzy, rhythmical trip with class entire Novella family on board!