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Mayembé Malayika
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Malayika-Music, noted as the home label of emerging worldbeat poetress Mayembé Malayika, signed a world-wide distribution agreement with MEGAWAVE, label president John Palmer announced today. Born of German and Congolese parents, Mayembé Malayika started singing at age 17 and spent intensive years getting in touch with her roots and identity through African dance, history, arts, and the whole range of Pan-African music. Most significant was the support and advice of the African Reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly whom she met 2006 in Switzerland at the Afropfingsten Festival. He gave her the opportunity to develop as an artist and to find her style. The result is her debut album “Pan-African Soul” with elements of Afrobeat and Afropop. Recently opening for Amadou & Mariam in Europe, Mayembé Malayika is now known for modern World Music with a message. The album will be marketed by Born Free Records Street Team. For more information, visit www.malayikamusic.de or www.facebook.com\u002FMalayika.Music. \nLansing, Michigan-based MEGAWAVE (“Small label—Big sound”), celebrating its 40th year, specializes in jazz, world, reggae, gospel, and piano blues music. It is distributed in North America by MVD Entertainment Group, in Europe by Membran Media GmbH, in Japan by BounDEE, and digitally worldwide by Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA).\nALBUM REVIEW by D-Radio Kultur: \n“...ten mostly acoustic pop songs with an African flair...” \n“...it sounds quite experienced - experienced in the best sense, as the superstar of the African reggae scene (exec. producer FAKOLY) has established a sound that both African and Western reggae fans are appealed to, as well as a musically mainstream-oriented and extremely radio friendly style. And exactly this mix also defines Pan-African Soul." \n(PDF: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-media\u002Fpress\u002F)\nMAYEMBÉ MALAYIKA – Congolese\u002F German Roots\nThe songwriting & performing artist was born by a German mother & raised in the outskirts of South-Germany, as the only black kid in the wider area. 17 years old she was asked to perform Sade songs with a Jazz band & for the first time she felt like 'fitting in', doing something that suits her – what planted the seed for her passion in music, which was supposed to bear fruit much later in her life... \nGrowing up in a purely white community, getting to know her father at the age of 25, caused denial, then a even stronger desire to dig deep to find her own & her ancestor's roots (e.g.“African Soul”). Still unsettled she spent intensive years getting in touch with her roots & identity through African dance, history, arts & the whole range of Pan-African music. \nShe learnt “Ndombolo” & backing vocals in her forefather's language Lingala (with Hif & Afro Soleil). As of 2001 she was performing with and learning from her musical mentor, Gospel & Jazz icon Benjamin “Pops” Wilson, the unique Jazz & Blues singer Harriet L. Lewis taught her in performance. She also worked with several musicians from West-Africa (Sene-Gambia, Mali, Guinea) and producers from Guadeloupe & Jamaica. \nMost significant was the support & advice of the African Reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly whom she met 2006 in Switzerland at the Afropfingsten Festival; he gave her the opportunity to develop as an artist & to find her style.\nThe result is her debut album “Pan-African Soul” in the likes of Afrobeat, Afropop – modern 'world music' with a message, that can be played in various genres.\nSee website for more information: www.malayikamusic.de\n*BOOKING: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lebaobab.de\u002F \n**CD Versand\u002F Digital: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-shop\u002F, locally available at Ratzer Records, Einklang (Stuttgart) und Rimpo Tonträger (Tübingen). \n***Show updates: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-live-shows\u002F\n...as in a line of her lyrics \u002F wie in einer ihrer Textzeilen: \n"Good things don't come over night, but when they come there's no fight"
Malayika-Music, noted as the home label of emerging worldbeat poetress Mayembé Malayika, signed a world-wide distribution agreement with MEGAWAVE, label president John Palmer announced today. Born of German and Congolese parents, Mayembé Malayika started singing at age 17 and spent intensive years getting in touch with her roots and identity through African dance, history, arts, and the whole range of Pan-African music. Most significant was the support and advice of the African Reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly whom she met 2006 in Switzerland at the Afropfingsten Festival. He gave her the opportunity to develop as an artist and to find her style. The result is her debut album “Pan-African Soul” with elements of Afrobeat and Afropop. Recently opening for Amadou & Mariam in Europe, Mayembé Malayika is now known for modern World Music with a message. The album will be marketed by Born Free Records Street Team. For more information, visit www.malayikamusic.de or www.facebook.com\u002FMalayika.Music. \nLansing, Michigan-based MEGAWAVE (“Small label—Big sound”), celebrating its 40th year, specializes in jazz, world, reggae, gospel, and piano blues music. It is distributed in North America by MVD Entertainment Group, in Europe by Membran Media GmbH, in Japan by BounDEE, and digitally worldwide by Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA).\nALBUM REVIEW by D-Radio Kultur: \n“...ten mostly acoustic pop songs with an African flair...” \n“...it sounds quite experienced - experienced in the best sense, as the superstar of the African reggae scene (exec. producer FAKOLY) has established a sound that both African and Western reggae fans are appealed to, as well as a musically mainstream-oriented and extremely radio friendly style. And exactly this mix also defines Pan-African Soul." \n(PDF: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-media\u002Fpress\u002F)\nMAYEMBÉ MALAYIKA – Congolese\u002F German Roots\nThe songwriting & performing artist was born by a German mother & raised in the outskirts of South-Germany, as the only black kid in the wider area. 17 years old she was asked to perform Sade songs with a Jazz band & for the first time she felt like 'fitting in', doing something that suits her – what planted the seed for her passion in music, which was supposed to bear fruit much later in her life... \nGrowing up in a purely white community, getting to know her father at the age of 25, caused denial, then a even stronger desire to dig deep to find her own & her ancestor's roots (e.g.“African Soul”). Still unsettled she spent intensive years getting in touch with her roots & identity through African dance, history, arts & the whole range of Pan-African music. \nShe learnt “Ndombolo” & backing vocals in her forefather's language Lingala (with Hif & Afro Soleil). As of 2001 she was performing with and learning from her musical mentor, Gospel & Jazz icon Benjamin “Pops” Wilson, the unique Jazz & Blues singer Harriet L. Lewis taught her in performance. She also worked with several musicians from West-Africa (Sene-Gambia, Mali, Guinea) and producers from Guadeloupe & Jamaica. \nMost significant was the support & advice of the African Reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly whom she met 2006 in Switzerland at the Afropfingsten Festival; he gave her the opportunity to develop as an artist & to find her style.\nThe result is her debut album “Pan-African Soul” in the likes of Afrobeat, Afropop – modern 'world music' with a message, that can be played in various genres.\nSee website for more information: www.malayikamusic.de\n*BOOKING: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lebaobab.de\u002F \n**CD Versand\u002F Digital: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-shop\u002F, locally available at Ratzer Records, Einklang (Stuttgart) und Rimpo Tonträger (Tübingen). \n***Show updates: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.malayikamusic.de\u002Fthe-live-shows\u002F\n...as in a line of her lyrics \u002F wie in einer ihrer Textzeilen: \n"Good things don't come over night, but when they come there's no fight"
