Epi 76 Alexandre Garnizé, Part 2

The Brazilian Beat

Alexandre Garnizé

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Bio:

Garnize’ was born in Camaragibe, a metropolitan region of Recife Pernambuco, but he now lives in Rio de Janeiro. Versatility, talent and attitude are the trademarks of this multifaceted percussionist who has traveled the world to represent his community and Afro-Brazilian and Northeastern culture. Garnize’s passion for music started in the terreiros of Candomble when he was a young boy. He is an ethnomusicologist, scholar of Africa-based rhythms, composer/arranger, and author of film soundtracks. He was the drummer for the rap group Faces Do Suburbio, with whom he was nominated for a Latin Grammy award in 2001. He was also part of FURTO, Frente Urbana de Trabalhos Organizados), a project also conceived by musician Marcelo Yuka. He has played and recorded with great names of national and international music, in Brazil and abroad.

Always a political activist, he was a national youth counselor, conducted interviews and gave lectures in several countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, as well as Brazil in projects such as Afro Reggae cultural group. Even today, he plays on international stages with the African Wysa Bakongo and teaches percussion workshops at Maracatu Brasil school, in Rio de Janeiro. With his percussion and voice, he is a member and composer of the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra, an afrobeat band in Brazil, and he is the founder and director of Tambores de Olokun maracatu group in Rio. At the moment, he is preparing a recording project for his first solo album, inspired by Afro-religious songs.

Links:

Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra on YouTube
https://youtu.be/-Lqfvvajng8
https://youtu.be/rLOjviqw93k
https://youtu.be/OOGlBpBi-cg

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/garni71/

https://www.facebook.com/garnize

https://www.instagram.com/tamboresdeolokun/

https://www.facebook.com/TamboresDeOlokun/

https://www.instagram.com/abayomy_orquestra/

Media:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUco5kdM7Wk- O rap do principe pequeno...

https://vimeo.com/87184929 Mago Bo, No Balanço da Canoa

https://vimeo.com/236298481 Tambores de Olokun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7o8yTRuuvg Garni, Petit and Pitoco w/Mar Aberto in Toronto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOz74vaQ5kc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJiRrOoT0w

Sossego’s parade, Tambores de Olokun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQTxtNLTFJ8&t=2019s