{"id":15340,"date":"2022-04-15T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/?p=15340"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:23:48","slug":"ayom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/en\/ayom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayom"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Black Atlantic Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/AYOM_by_Fabiana-Nunes_2024-scaled-e1732201087397.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16253\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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Their music is a mixture of Brazilian, tropical, Afrolatin and Afrolusitanian sounds, played with irresistible swing. A tropical sun that penetrates grey clouds, interspersed with the cosmopolitan sounds of Lisbon and Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band name Ayom refers to the &#8220;Lord of Music&#8221; that in Afro-Brazilian mythology (Candombl\u00e8) lives in the drum and taught humans how to make music and sing. Ayom combine century old traditions with the black and rhythmic language of Lusophone cultures and take their audience on a hot-stepping, spiritual voyage across the African diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They celebrate their nomadic, profound, provocative and danceable musicality, peacefully mixing tradition and modernity, masculine and feminine, poetry and energy, joie de vivre and political statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the overwhelming success of their debut album and an acclaimed WOMEX performance in 2021, Ayom have played their way into the hearts of audiences, press and promoters across Europe in over 300 live shows. SA.LI.VA, their eagerly awaited second album was released in collaboration with Brazilian producer and Grammy winner <em>Guillerme Kastrup<\/em> in September 2024, and immediately made it into the top 3 of the World Music Charts Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-line-up\">Line Up<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jabu Morales &#8211; vocals, percussion<br>Alberto Becucci &#8211; accordion<br>Timoteo Grignani &#8211; percussion<br>Walter Martins &#8211; percussion<br>Ricardo Quinteira &#8211; guitar<br>Francesco Valente &#8211; bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discography\">Discography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 SA.LI.VA<br>2020 Ayom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-awards\">Awards<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"h-erfolge2021-top-15-world-music-albums-spin-the-globe2021-nomination-best-10-groups-2021-songlines2021-gewinner-bestenliste-weltmusik-deutscher-schalllplatten2020-top-of-the-world-10-albums-songlines2021-transglobal-world-music-chart-29-january\">2021 Songlines Music Award Best Band<br>2021 Songlines Nomination Best 10 groups 2021 <br>2021 Best Album World Music Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik<br>2021 Transglobal world music chart #29 January<br>2020 Top of the world 10 Albums Songlines<br>2020 Top 15 world music albums Spin the Globe<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-press\">Press<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The band Ayom sound as if they had been cultivating their Brazil-Cape Verde-Mediterranean mix for years. 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