Yemamaya (DJ Flavya Remix) – LUIZGA & IZem, DJ Flavya (2024) (single)

hello ma people

olha que do nada brotou aqui um beautiful new remix of yemamaya 

hecho pela cabulosa DJ FLAVYA 

out on Elis Records

Project name: Yemamaya (David Walters remix)

Project tracks:
Luizga, iZem – Yemamaya (David Walters remix) – From: Elis Records

Salve familinha do som, espero todo mundo bem!

Passando aqui pra dropar um presentinho de fim de ano especial pra vcs: um remix super foda de YEMAMAYA que saiu hoje
feito pelo grande David Walters, um artista afro-francês muito massa.

Devo dizer tá o puro #golden
portanto, usem à vontade
nas playlists, nas ondas do rádio, nas pistinha do festejo natalino 
agradeço!

Saúde e prosperidade pra nois tudo nesse auspicioso 2023
Axé
do ~always yours
LUIZGA

Luizga, iZem – Yemamaya (2022) (EP)

At the crossroads between Brazil and Europe, between electronic rhythms and acoustic song, “Yemamaya” was crafted by Luizga, rising star of Brazilian music (Graveola, TiãoDuá, Rosa Neon) and nomadic DJ and producer iZem (Mayra Andrade, Elza Soares, Guts).

At a time when Brazil is going through a period of great social and political tension, this EP suggests taking a step back. “Yemamaya” is a positive and joyful manifesto, which explicitly pays tribute to the country’s Afro-Brazilian and indigenous heritage. It also contemplates a future inspired by the philosophical heritage of these communities and open to the rest of the world.

This project, which gave birth to the release of the EP “Yemamaya”, brings together two nomadic artists whose heart swings between Brazil and Europe, electronic rhythms and acoustic songs. Luizga brings his talent as a melodist, composer and instrumentalist, and iZem this urban and hybrid sound that is enhanced by electronic arrangements.

They first met in Lisbon, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, the great protagonist of the first single Yemamaya, released in the summer of 2022 and accompanied by a videoclip. Yemamaya is a made up word which was whispered to Luizga in his sleep. It’s a reference to Yemanjá, the divinity of the sea in Afro-Brazilian culture, but also to the figure of the mother (“iya” means mother in Yoruba).
Luizga grew up under the influence of Afro- brazilian cultures. His music and his spirituality are imbued with it. Yemamaya is a healing cry and one of liberation. A spiritual awakening through joy and movement, an ode to the sacred spirit of this goddess. The sea infuses vital energy, it consoles, restores courage and connects the continents.

Txaísmo, second single released in September 2022, is a musical journey through the depths of the Amazon rainforest. Luizga stayed with the indigenous Hunikuin community and brought back this
reggae imbued with ancient spirituality which we can catch a glimpse of in the videoclip dedicated to this community. Under its positive and joyful tone, this song, which features the rapper Oreia and the
leader Txana Tuin Hunikin, highlights these minorities’ ability to exist and resist despite the terrible injustices which they are victims of in Brazil.

It’s also a shared passion for Caetano Veloso and the taste for Brazilian songs of the 70s that brought the two protagonists of this adventure together. It gives the EP a sense of fusion and of hybridization inherited from the greats of the Tropicalia movement. Creating a hybrid, timeless and universal sound is incidentally the leitmotif of iZem’s work; a sound he weaves through his many collaborations with Latin American composers and singers like Josyara, Giovani Cidreira and Jimena Angel.

Luizga, iZem – Pé da Laranjeira – From Elis Records (single) (2022)

“espero que desfrutem & espalhem por aí
na pistinha, nas playlists, nas ondas do rádio!”

(Luíz Gabriel Lopes).

Luizga, iZem – “Txaísmo” (Feat. Txana Tuin Hunikuin & Oreia) – From Elis Records (single) (2022)

“Uma canção que escrevi durante minhas jornadas à Floresta Amazônica, no trabalho que tenho desenvolvido com uma comunidade indígena do Acre, o povo hunikuin. Conta um pouco do maravilhamento e da alegria por essa partilha, essa parceria. É um reggae astral celebration vibes gostoso pra meter na pistinha / na playlist / nos fones

Essa gravação, conta com dois convidados muito especiais
o Oreia, meu iconoclasta-rapper-gangsta-da-roça-preferido
e o Txana Tuin Hunikuin, artista e liderança do povo hunikuin, cantor e compositor do KAYATIBU, banda de haux-rock-indígena com quem estou produzindo um álbum”.

(Luíz Gabriel Lopes).