Zava Matotra

Zava Matotra is a Moscow team with international roots, which gathered in 2013 amid interest in African music. The name Zava Matotra translated from the Malagasis means "serious business." The work of the group began with the Cavers to the African stage of the 70s: the Black Santiago orchestra from Ghana, Mahmud Ahmed from Ethiopia, Mousse Dumbia from Mali and others.

Almost immediately after the creation of the group, a singer from Madagascar joined her, then a singer from the Congo, and even later from Nigeria. In addition to musicians from Russia and Africa, Europeans and Americans also played in the team.

The group members with great attention studied and reconstructed the sound of Congolese, Nigerian, Malagasian, Ethiopian and other music of the Black Continent. Subsequently, the musicians began to compose their own melodies, and in 2019 the group recorded a full -format album of copyright music. The result was an original life -affirming sound, an alloy of styles such as Rumba, Afrogit, Regi, Funk, Indie and Pigus.

Compound:
Sergey Leonenko - Guitar
Ivan Zhevnerev - guitar
RUSEL RATSIRINIVA - BAS
Konstantin Ekonomov - drums
Alexey Belenkin - keyboards
Sergey Kuzmichev - Pipe
Bob Mfundu - vocals
Diklo mulatra - vocals
Timi Soko - vocals
Ekaterina Petrova - vocals
Adam Wolf - Saxophone
Anton Litkevich - Pipe
Luke Konden - percussion
Timofei Shatsky - percussion