The Angolan musician Eduardo Paim, returned to the record market with a CD entitled "Etu Mu Dietu" ("Between Us" in the Kimbindu language). The album contains 13 songs in the Angolan Semba & Kizomba musical styles.
 Eduardo Paim & Jacob Desvarieux (Kassav) |
A short biography
Eduardo Paim was born in Congo Brazzaville, 47 years
ago, where his parents had been exiled. As student he started singing in 1979 with the group "Os
Puros" together with Levi and Bruno Lara Marcellin. In 1982 Eduardo Paim
founded a new band 'SOS', which became quite popular in Angola during the
mid-eighties After he finished the course average electricity at Makarenko,
Eduardo Paim devoted himself entirely to music.
In 1988 Eduardo Paim took a new step in
the development of his musical career when he decided to leave Angola and to
move to Portugal.
In 1991 he made a successful debut with the album "Luanda minha banda".
♫ audio: 1991 Som Da Banda
His real breakthrough,
however, he reached in 1992 with his
second record "Do kaiaia". The singer received his first golden disk
for sales exceeding 50.000 copies.
♫ audio: 1992 Sao Saudades
He
continued his success with the albums "Kambuengo" (1994) which
contained the popular song "Rosa
baila", "Chindu a tempo" (1995) and "Ka-Ne-La"
(1996).
♫ Clip: Rosa Baila - 1994
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| Eduardo Paim & Paulo Flores |
An accusation of involvement with drugs almost
broke his career in 1997. From doing six shows a month his schedule was reduced
to one per year. He decided to return to Angola in order to realise an old
dream; building up his own record studio. With this new project the "EP Studios" he soon earned a
big name in the Angolan music business as producer. In this new role he supported
the career of many Angolan singers and groups of the new generation such as
Paulo Flores, Dog Murras and Banda Maravilha.
This focus on his producing activities
reduced his own cd-output, so after the release of the cd "Mujimbus"
(1998) his fans had to wait nearly eight years for a sucessor.
In fact the album "Maruva na taca"
(2006) meant a real "come-back" of "General Kambuengo".
With the participation of artists such as Bonga, Papytchulo, Nancy Vieira, Big
Boss and Yuri da Cunha among many others, Paim gathered an impressive list of
guest musicians on this album. After "Maruva na taca" Eduardo Paim took again a long period before he came with his new cd "Etu mu dietu".
His albums are available at: $: AMAZON
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