Anane 'Ananesworld' album

Anané’s artistic beacon shines so bright that it brings light to the musical universe. A multi-talented singer-songwriter whose gifts have been evident since childhood, the beautiful Anané is taking Global Dance Music to a new level. In February 2007 Anané sang with Grammy Award Winner Louie Vega's Elements Of Life Orchestra in front of 140 millions tv viewers at the Superbowl opening ceremony. Watching her perform in front of a packed stadium one could not help noticing the “physique du role” and talent of a future pop star. Her debut album “ANANÉSWORLD”, introduced by the radio friendly single “Shake Dat Booty” produced by Louie Vega and featuring reggae extraordinaire, Mr. Vegas and New York’s finest, Tony Touch, will be her passport to global success. But the road to success had a beginning...

Born in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia on the island Santiago, Anané has been blessed with a deep connection with her own rich history and an immeasurable understanding of music. The unspoiled island chain off the coast of West Africa, prides itself on its African, Portuguese, Mediterranean, and Latin-American customs and traditions. “My aunts and uncles were known as the Xalinos [their family name.] They made most of the musical instruments on the island, such as guitars, violins, and the uncommon Cavaqinho, a small four-string guitar”, explains Anané. On the weekends, her family would host the traditional Serenada, a gathering of people who sang and danced to the music of the island. It was during this time in her childhood that Anané realized the beginnings of her extraordinary vocal prowess.

After immigrating to Rhode Island with her family, Anané was able to expand on her musical interests from the island sounds of her homeland to the truly diverse and soulful sounds of America. In her early teens she began singing in her own musical group 2 Each Her Own. Few years after, approached by a pageant scout, Anané was invited to participate in the “Miss Portugal” contest, where she won the crown representing her home state, RI. That was only the beginning; she later won the title “Miss Cape Verde USA”. Both these triumphant wins, brought Anané back to her countries she once called “home”. As a result, she had the opportunity to perform for over 10,000 people, at “Baia Das Gatas”, Cape Verde’s biggest yearly music festival. Her vast involvement in worldly pageants, dance, music and theatre, catapulted her in a successful modeling career in which she appeared in magazines from the likes of Latina, Mode, and Ulla Popkens along with a major feature for Revlon.

But the music appeal was too strong, and Anané worked hard until she finally met latin house master Louie Vega who introduced her in the prestigious Elements Of Life project. Ananè soon became the natural solo voice of EOL band and nothing would ever be the same, as she explains:
“It has been one of the most incredible experiences in my life. Working with Louie Vega, he has this acoustic vision, which is hard to explain...but as each day passed and as we collaborated, little by little, a song came together, like a painting or a poem. We just let it flow freely. In the end, we created something that came from deep within our souls…a story that explains what we are feeling at this moment in time, love, and life.”

Since 2003 Anané along with Louie Vega and its accompanying EOL band continue to showcase live on the most prestigious stages and festivals on all ends of the world. From Japan’s own magnificent and jazz world renowned Blue Note to Europe’s most accredited Montreux Jazz festival - Switzerland, Pori Jazz – Finland, North Sea Jazz Festival-Holland and Womad Festival- UK owned by Peter Gabriel. Back in the States Anané and the EOL band performed for the grand opening of Cirque Du Soleil’s KA in Las Vegas as well as LA’s famous House of Blues not forgetting the recent performance at Superbowl mentioned earlier. And we are back to the present...

With a series of successful 12” Anané built up a cult fan-base that established her as one of the most meaningful voices in soulful and dance music. Thanks to her ability to play with music genres Anané is always able to donate a special feeling to every track she works on, even when she is dealing with cover versions. Just think about the fresh reworking of the 70's disco classic by Bunny Mack’s “Let Me Love You”, her personal revision of “Stand in Line”, the underground hidden classic by all female garage band ESG, or her intense version of "Walking On Thin Ice" by Yoko Ono. Not just simple cover versions, no shortcuts but a genuine new approach, guided by a recognizable artistic need.

Anané has been very busy in the last few years recording her debut album “ANANÉSWORLD”, with a lot of ground breaking producers and artists such as Masters at Work, Mr. V, Blaze, Dimitri From Paris, Louie “Lou” Gorbea, Bob Sinclar, Dennis Ferrer, Duane Harden and Da Groove Doctors and of course EOL amazing musicians like Luisito Quintero (percussion), Mike Ciro (guitar) Gerard Snell (drums) and Gene Perez (bass).

“ANANÉSWORLD”, will be released by Tommy Boy, the seminal groovy record label that is a guarantee of exceptional musical taste, and will be presented this coming summer.

In these days she is constantly touring across clubs, concerts and festivals always attracting new fans seduced by her uncommon versatility and crossover potential. Just listen once to her recordings to be blinded by her ability to create fresh and timeless music speaking directly to hearts and souls...and bodies of course!

Anane talks about a few tracks
1.ELLE
The lyrics to “Elle”, which means “she”, I wrote in my native language from Cape Verde. When I first heard the track this is what came to mind immediately, to write a spoken word about a woman. I wanted to express the woman that I am, along with every woman in the world. We are mothers, daughters, sisters and friends with many common qualities, strengths and weakness’. One line from the song says, “She is a woman, with a sweet voice, her smile illuminates, a goddess’ of love”.

2. LET ME LOVE YOU
I first heard this song when I was about 7-8 years old when I had first arrived to America. It played at every party I went to as a child with my parents and I can remember dancing to this with my dad. Flash forward some years, I asked Kenny to fill my Ipod with music. As I scrolled and listened to my new music library of about 4,000 songs, there it was. I heard it again and thought how interesting it would be to remake this song. When I mentioned it to Louie as we were putting things together for the album, he said why not give it a shot. He asked me what I thought about having Mr. V on it, and the rest is history.

3. SHAKE THAT BOOTY
This one of the last two songs to be added onto The album. We wanted a fun, crazy, radio friendly track and with the help of my friends “The Groove Doctors”, we definitely had the track, so along with Duane Harden, him and I wrote this fun song.

9. AMAZING LOVE
Writen by Blaze for me, this song is and will always be a reminder of my summer tours with Louie Vega and his ELEMENTS OF LIFE band, along with myself and Josh Milan from Blaze. I can honestly say being on tour for > one month, travelling with 14 people total and performing at some of the most presitious jazz festivals in the world (Montreaux, Capetown, Womad), taught me many things about this industry called "music". We performed with all kinds of bands from different generes and the audience loved each and every one as they did the next. Who said dance music couldn't go very far? We did!!!! Thank you Josh and Kev for > these incredible lyrics!!!

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