Novalima

Novalima
Origin	Lima, Peru
Genres	Afro-Peruvian Music Electronica Latin American music
Years active	2001 – Present
Labels	Mr Bongo Records, Cumbancha
Associated acts	Susana Baca, Peru Negro
Website	www.novalima.net
Members
Ramón Perez Prieto Grimaldo Del Solar Rafael Morales Carlos Li Carrillo

Novalima is a Peruvian band. Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats and other contemporary genres.

History

Novalima was created in 2001 as a musical collective by four Peruvian musicians based in several cities around the World: Ramón Perez Prieto (Lima), Grimaldo Del Solar (Barcelona), Rafael Morales (London) and Carlos Li Carrillo (Hong Kong). The four of them became friends while in high school in Lima, and shared a fascination for many types of music, such as rock, pop, salsa, reggae, dance and electronic music.

This creative core was enriched by Afro-Peruvian scene musicians, such as Milagros Guerrero, Juan Medrano (Cotito), Mangue Vásquez, Pier Padilla Vásquez, Marcos Mosquera and Constantino Álvarez.

The group came together, strangely enough, when the four founders were living in different parts of the world. From their homes in London, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Lima, they started emailing song ideas to each other. These long-distance experiments resulted in their 2002 debut album, the self-titled Novalima.

In 2006, Novalima was awarded with the IMA (The Independent Music Awards) for Best Album in World Fusion category.^[1]

For their second album, Afro, they invited more Afro-Peruvian musicians to join their recording sessions. It was released in 2006 to tremendous acclaim and put Novalima on the international music map. It also held the #1 spot on the US College Music Journal Latin Alternative and New World radio charts for ten weeks combined.

Novalima's third album, Coba Coba, was released in October 2008 for the Peruvian market. The album was released worldwide in January 2009 by the Cumbancha label. On Coba Coba, Novalima delved further into the African roots of Afro-Peruvian music, bringing in influences from its musical cousins reggae, dub, salsa, hip-hop, afrobeat and Cuban son.

In 2010, the song "Machete" from the album "Afro" appears in the film Machete.

Discography

• 2003 Novalima (Novalima Music)
• 2005 Afro (Mr. Bongo/UK)
• 2008 Coba Coba (Novalima Music) (Cumbancha)
• 2009 Coba Coba Remixed (Novalima Music) (Cumbancha)

External links

1. ^ Independent Music Awards - 6th Annual Winners

• Novalima's Official Website
• Novalima's MySpace
• Cumbancha World Music
• Interview with Novalima