Aline Frazão (born 17 June 1988) is an Angolan
singer-songwriter.Frazão was born in June 1988 in Luanda, the capital
of Angola. While her parents are Angolan, some of her family comes
from Portugal and Cape Verde. She has been interested in music since
childhood and first began writing songs at the age of 15. Her biggest
influence is Paulo Flores. At the age of 18, she moved to Portugal to
attend the New University of Lisbon, where she received a degree in
communication. After graduation, she worked as a journalist for the
newspaper Rede Angola. She became involved in social movements after
moving to Spain and was introduced to flamenco.Her first time in the
recording studio was a collaboration with the flautist César Herranz
entitled "A Minha Embala". In 2011, after moving to Santiago de
Compostela, she released her debut solo album, "Clave Bantu". It has a
jazz idiom and features some lyrics written by with Angolan writers
José Eduardo Agualusa and Ondjaki. Her second album, "Movimento", was
a partnership between her and the Angolan poet Carlos Ferreira and
includes a poem by Alda Lara set to music. It came out in 2013.Frazão
released her third album of original material, "Insular", in 2015. It
was recorded on the small Scottish island of Jura, chosen for its
isolated location, in the studio of the album's producer Giles
Perring. Also on this album several musicians provided accompaniment,
among others, the Portuguese guitarist Pedro Geraldes and, at the
recommendation of Perring, who also played all the percussion, bass
player Simon Edwards, clarinettist Sarah Homer, and Scottish harpist
Esther Swift of Twelfth Day. It features some lyrics by the Angolan
poet Ana Paula Tavares and the Portuguese rapper Capicua. All the
songs were new, except the traditional "Susana", which was recorded in
Lisbon and is very well known in Angola.
singer-songwriter.Frazão was born in June 1988 in Luanda, the capital
of Angola. While her parents are Angolan, some of her family comes
from Portugal and Cape Verde. She has been interested in music since
childhood and first began writing songs at the age of 15. Her biggest
influence is Paulo Flores. At the age of 18, she moved to Portugal to
attend the New University of Lisbon, where she received a degree in
communication. After graduation, she worked as a journalist for the
newspaper Rede Angola. She became involved in social movements after
moving to Spain and was introduced to flamenco.Her first time in the
recording studio was a collaboration with the flautist César Herranz
entitled "A Minha Embala". In 2011, after moving to Santiago de
Compostela, she released her debut solo album, "Clave Bantu". It has a
jazz idiom and features some lyrics written by with Angolan writers
José Eduardo Agualusa and Ondjaki. Her second album, "Movimento", was
a partnership between her and the Angolan poet Carlos Ferreira and
includes a poem by Alda Lara set to music. It came out in 2013.Frazão
released her third album of original material, "Insular", in 2015. It
was recorded on the small Scottish island of Jura, chosen for its
isolated location, in the studio of the album's producer Giles
Perring. Also on this album several musicians provided accompaniment,
among others, the Portuguese guitarist Pedro Geraldes and, at the
recommendation of Perring, who also played all the percussion, bass
player Simon Edwards, clarinettist Sarah Homer, and Scottish harpist
Esther Swift of Twelfth Day. It features some lyrics by the Angolan
poet Ana Paula Tavares and the Portuguese rapper Capicua. All the
songs were new, except the traditional "Susana", which was recorded in
Lisbon and is very well known in Angola.
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