Photo: Rica Amabis

Artist Name: Rica Amabis
Genre: MPB (Música Popular Brasileira), Samba
Country: Brazil

Artist Bio: 

Growing up in Brazil, Rica Amabis was exposed to a variety of music. He was influenced mainly by reggae, jazz and punk rock.

In the early '90s, Amabis packed up his belongings and moved to New York, where he studied sound engineering. As a producer/composer, he has worked with many artists, such as SP Funk, Otto, Los Sea Dux, Andrea Marquee, Macao Zumbi, and Walter Franco.

In 2000, Rica Amabis released his own album, "Sambadelic," a combination of electronics-meet-samba compositions.

— Courtesy Calabash Music


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Sambadelic

Label: Sterns Music

 

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