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Kabillah

Kabillah formed in 1998 in Salvador, Bahia, with Rafael Diniz on vocals and guitar, Alexandre Guedes on bass, Vinícius Lacerda on drums, and Bruno Marques on...

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Kabillah's Afro-Brazilian rhythms and street-born soul

A Salvador quartet that mixed reggae, soul, and social themes into anthems like 'Chega Mais.'

For a quick sense of Kabillah, put on 'Chega Mais' and 'Verão Passado.' One's the anthem, the other's the vibe.

Kabillah mattered because they brought Afro-Brazilian rhythms to the streets and kept them there. Songs like 'Chega Mais' became anthems that mixed soul and reggae with something real. They worked with Gilberto Gil and Carlinhos Brown, but their sound always felt grounded in those early Salvador days.

They formed in Salvador in 1998, playing on the streets before releasing 'Universo Kabillah' in 2001. The same four members stuck together through live and acoustic albums in the mid-2000s, then put out records like 'À Vontade' by 2007. Tracks like 'Ilusão' and 'Inesquecível' kept their sound going into the late 2000s.

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Kabillah formed in 1998 in Salvador, Bahia, with Rafael Diniz on vocals and guitar, Alexandre Guedes on bass, Vinícius Lacerda on drums, and Bruno Marques on percussion. They started playing on the streets and released their first album, 'Universo Kabillah,' in 2001. That record mixed Afro-Brazilian rhythms with soul and reggae, and it included songs like 'Chega Mais' and 'Deixa Fluir.'

Their music often dealt with social themes, and 'Chega Mais' became something of an anthem. They kept the same four members through most of their early albums, which included live and acoustic recordings like 'Kabillah: Ao Vivo' in 2003 and 'Kabillah: Acústico' in 2005. Other tracks from that period include 'Verão Passado' and 'Te Esquecer.'

They worked with artists like Gilberto Gil and Carlinhos Brown along the way. By the late 2000s, they had put out records such as 'À Vontade' in 2007, and songs like 'Ilusão' and 'Inesquecível' kept their sound in circulation.

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