Batila Batila. Based in Berlin Germany Batila plays the acoustic guitar on all tracks apart from ‘Jazzybelle’ and ‘Ba Nzambe Ya Se’ “I am proud and in love with Congolese music so you can always find a little bit of my childhood sounds in it” Batila told Music In Africa “That’s why I also name my sound Bantu soul It’s music for my people.
In Kindoki Batila invokes his ancestors and asks for this knowledge these supernatural powers “this magic” For Batila the first step to the “emancipatio.
Baila! Baila! Dance Academy
BATILA is a master of understated relevance as a modern storyteller and political commentator the album has minimalist lyrics yet maximum relevanceIt mediates between the cities and musical cultures just as it brings the past into the present to forge a forwardlooking sound The Official Album Release is on the 19th of November.
Unseen tourist attraction Battila (Batila) valley Allai
Batila is a songwriter living in Berlin He is the child of CongoleseAngolan parents and grew up between Berlin and London Batila‘s music (Batila means protector) is “soulphisticated colourful.