This song is everything I need in life ❤️

3. Distraction

Ile Ye (feat Jadson Xabla, Gabriel Santana)

‘Caminhos’ is a tribute to the late samba singer and composer Sebastião Victorino Teixeira Dos Santos, better known as Catoni. The heavy swinging hip hop track bridges gaps between classic Brazilian samba sounds with hard hitting Dilla-esque grooves, raw funk and boom bap, taking us on a trip to the shores of Rio de Janeiro.
lyrics
Em que linha do horizonte meu olhar se embaraçou
Em que caminho de fonte a minha sede secou
Que estrada que prendeu na poeira os meus passos
Que noite acendeu no meu corpo o cansaço
credits
from Laroyê, track released September 1, 2021
Produced by Szabolcs Bognar aka Àbáse

Guitar & vocals by Catoni

Mixed by Benjamin Thierney
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino

Cover design by Jason Vaz
Cover collage by Exocé Kasongo aka Bantufuturist
Cover painting by Raphael Cruz

Oshu Records 2021

Caminhos (for Catoni)

Agangatolú is the first offering off Àbáse’s debut album Laroyê, set to be released in November, 2021. The song was created during a five month journey in Brazil in collaboration with Jadson Xabla and Gabriel Santana from Salvador’s Jêje family, IFÁ Afrobeat drummer Jorge Dubman aka Dr Drumah, jazz vibraphonist Antonio Loureiro and Hungarian jazz flutist Fanni Zahár. The composition is based on a traditional candomblé song dedicated to Oshosi, orisha (diety) of the forests, hunt, animals and wealth. 

Jadson Xabla - vocals, percussion Gabriel Santana - background vocals, percussion Jorge Dubman aka Dr Drumah - drums
Fanni Zahár - flute
Antonio Loureiro - vibraphone Karol Freitas - background vocals
Szabolcs Bognár aka Àbáse - keyboards, percussion

Mixed by Benjamin Tierney
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino

Cover design by Jason Vaz
Cover collage by Exocé Kasongo aka Bantufuturist
Cover painting by Raphael Cruz

Oshu Records 2021

Laroyê

Agangatolú (feat Jadson Xabla, Gabriel Santana, Dr Drumah, Fanni Zahár)

Avenida 7 (feat Lulera)

Àbáse - Ela (feat Jesuton)

Ela is the second single off Àbáse’s debut album Laroyê, set to be released in November, 2021.

Lyrics:

Ela 
Quis ir embora
Ela 
Só quis voar 
Pegou a mala 
Começou viajar, sonhar
Pegou a mala 
Comecou viajar, sonhar
Comecar de novo 
Tudo de novo 

Ela 
Falou comigo 
Que ela não sabia como ficar 

A verdade dois passos á frente
A tristeza meio passo atrás
Ela vai vem vai vai vem vai 
Vai vem vai vem vai vai 
Nunca mais voltar 
Nunca mais voltar 

Ela 
Ela 
Virou ar
Virou mar 
Virou ar
Virou mar 
Virou ar
Ela 
Ela


Jesuton - vocals
Szabolcs Bognár - guitar, keyboards, percussion

Mixed by Benjamin Tierney
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino

Cover design by Jason Vaz
Cover collage by Exocé Kasongo aka Bantufuturist
Cover painting by Raphael Cruz


Oshu Records 2021

Ela (feat Jesuton)

Oya (feat Luciane Dom)

* Subscribe for more premieres: bit.ly/2igyosu
* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/abase-awo-osanyin-feat-dofono-domolu-afrojazz-oshu-records
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wQQSg24jEzA
* Pre-order: https://abasemusic.bandcamp.com/track/agangatol-feat-jadson-xabla-gabriel-santana-dr-drumah-fanni-zah-r

On a quest for global grooves of unity, Àbáse is the imagination of Hungarian producer and multi-instrumentalist Szabolcs Bognar. Creating an exquisite blend of West African, Brazilian, hip-hop, new-soul and jazz music, he is set to release new single ‘Awo Osanyin’ on the 29th September via Oshu Records, and is taken from his debut album ‘Laroyê’, released later this year.

Having already gained support from the likes of BBC Radio 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson, Worldwide FM, Stamp The Wax, Earmilk, Complex, Soulection, Nabihah Iqbal and KEXP, Bognar released his long anticipated debut EP ‘Invocation’ in 2019 via HHV Records and Cosmic Compositions and earlier this year, released the critically acclaimed ‘Body Mind Spirit’ EP, a collaborative electronic exploration with drummer/producer Ziggy Zeitgeist.

The word “àbáse” comes from the West African Yoruba language and stands for “collaboration” – a key element of Àbáse’s music, as he brings together versatile artists from around the world to push genre and style boundaries.

‘Awo Osanyin’ is a swirling afrobeat number dedicated to Ossanyin, the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged orisha (diety) of healing herbs and features Candomble spiritual leader and percussion master Dofono de Omulu and one of Rio de Janeiro’s busiest underground jazz groups, Afrojazz. “I first heard Dofono perform with a young local group Grupo Maracutaia (their members are to be heard in the background choir) at a street festival in Rio. I was immediately drawn to the beauty and strength of his playing and voice. I soon learned that he is hosting percussion workshops that I attended until the very end of my stay in Rio. I learned an incredible amount about drumming and music in general and I was very humbled when he accepted my invitation to collaborate and record this traditional Candomble chant. He sings lead vocals, led the background choir and plays traditional “rum” (deep-tuned drum) in Ketu style (played with sticks in one hand).”

“Eduardo Santana, leader of the six-piece formation Afrojazz is one of the main reasons I could travel to Rio and that I met so many amazing artists. I met him in Budapest back in 2013 where we quickly became very good friends and spent an amazing two weeks together playing music. When I told him about my plans of staying in Brazil he immediately invited me to his home where we lived together with the bass player of Afrojazz, Rodrigo. Both Eduardo and Rodrigo are busy professional session musicians / producers in the young and buzzing scene of Rio. They took me under their wings, showed me around, took me to all the local jams and hangs and introduced me to basically all the amazing Rio based artists who are on the album. I owe them a lot for their warm welcome and generosity and couldn’t imagine this record complete without us doing a track together. I wrote all the instrumental parts (except guitars) that then we recorded with the live band instrument by instrument: I visited each member at their home, tracking one part at a time.”

Bognar’s debut album ‘Laroyê’ was recorded in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador where Àbáse spent five months working with diverse artists, from young talents to veterans of the Brazilian scene. Mainly recorded with a Zoom recorder in tiny apartments rather than the usual big studio set-up, the album serves as an audio diary of a travelling musician, exploring the rich heritage of afro-brasilian culture through samba, MPB and Candomblé. Mixing these with contemporary production techniques, broken beat, hip hop and afrobeat, ‘Laroyê’ is a contemporary homage to the classic Brazilian sound.

Ile Ye (feat Jadson Xabla, Gabriel Santana)

Àbáse

Recent comments

M I M I

Zamira

mini mal

Related tracks