Tcheka - Nu Monda

Manuel Lopes Andrade, aka Tcheka, was born on Santiago, the most important African island of the Cape Verde archipelago. At a very early age, he began to perform with his father, Nho Raul Andrade, a highly popular violinist. At 15 Tcheka began to develop a more personal style, based on batuque, one of Santiago Island's more popular beats, which was originally played by women. His aim was to widen the appeal of batuque, turning it into a beat that everyone would love. Today, Tcheka is well known for his work in modernizing batuque, providing a new reading of bataque while conserving it's traditional Structures. On his new album, NU MONDA, he returns to Batuque. He also explores other styles such as tabanka, talulu and morna.

1) Agony
2) I Want to Kiss You
3) Is This Friendship
4) I'm Old
5) Kre Ka Nha
6) Rude
7) Rozadi Rezadu
8) Pico's Road
9) Talulu
10) Satan
11) Let's Plow
12) Mixture