Angola: Musician Simmons Massini Happy With New Generation Musicians

Angola: Musician Simmons Massini Happy With New Generation Musicians
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

19 November 2008Posted to the web 19 November 2008
Luanda

The Angolan music producer Simmons Massini expressed last Tuesday in Luanda his satisfaction at the emergence, in recent years, of new talented Angolan musicians.
According to him, from this moment on, this new wave of singers should be accompanied and supported, so that we can have artists of the level of famous musicians like Filipe Mukenga, Paulo Flores and Rui Mingas.

According to the producer, the fact that the new singers are committed to using more and more the Angolan rhythms constitutes a basis to achieve a successful career at international level.
Simmons Massini said that records piracy has been a heavy factor for the weak support artists get from business people, which makes it difficult for new musicians to achieve the stardom, even being very talented.

On the other hand, the producer stated that the lack of support from entrepreneurs caused the appearance of many home studios as alternative, which has been an incentive to piracy, having into account the distribution methods of the music recorded in those places, which normally end up going to the black market.

The musician also confirmed the release of his first gospel CD at the end of this month entitled "Poder do Alto" (Power from Above).

For this, Simmons Massini invited the artists Dodó Miranda, Afrikkanitha, Puto Prata, Totó, Edmázia and Cândido brothers, Walter and Nicol Ananás, to sing songs in styles like kizomba, rap and dance.

The singer intends to release for the first time in the history of the Angolan CD market, 40,000 copies throughout the country.
The music work will comprise 11 tracks and all of them have messages related to God and love.

Simmons Massini started his career in the 1980s in infant music festivals promoted by the National Radio of Angola (RNA), when he started to learn to play guitar under the guidance of the Angolan musician Teddy