It’s no secret that some of the most exciting ideas for electronic dance music today are coming from the Lusophone diaspora. And from within that steaming hotbed of influences including Zouk and Kizomba, Cape Verdean singer/songwriter Nelson Freitas is counted as one of the most foremost artists. His latest album Elevate has seen him scale unprecedented heights – consider for example his breakout concert featuring an array of heavy hitters at Lisbon’s MEO Arena, the largest in the country.
Known affectionately as the founding father of Ancestral Soul, Boddhi’s music has spirituality as the central hallmark and uses the thread of soul music to weave a seamless tapestry of African music styles, set to the pace of house music changing entirely the way the genre is perceived and experienced.