Marissol Mwaba

Marissol Mwaba, the artistic name of Jacqueline Marissol Omega Muleka Mwewa Mwaba (born 17 September 1991), is a Brazilian singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist of Congolese origin. The artist has already released two self-penned albums and was on the 2018 edition of The Voice Brasil. In 2017, her song, "Notícias de Salvador", which she coauthored with her brother François Muleka, became widely known after being sung by Luedji Luna.

In 2019, Mwaba recorded songs on albums for artists such as Chico César, Emicida, and Rincon Sapiência, and participated with Rael on the single "Quero Te Ver Bem Amanhã", released by Fióti. The singer also collaborated on stage and in the studio with artists such as Drik Barbosa, Alegre Corrêa, her brother François, and Kabé Pinheiro. She currently presents the show Lamuka (meaning to awaken/wake up in Swahili), that was done as a national tour. She was the show opener for Emicida at Circo Voador, as well as for Xênia França in Florianópolis.

Biography

Mwaba was born on 17 September 1991 in Brasília to academic parents from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They had previously formed a band together. Artistically, she was influenced by the Congolese music from the 1960s and 1970s that she grew up with, along with Brazilian pop-rock. She received a guitar from her father at age 8. Her brother François, 7 years her senior, studied the instrument to teach Marissol, the youngest in the family, and the two became self-taught musicians. Her musical style ranges considerably, to which she jokes that it is "a new MPB with eccentric pop". Mwaba's music is marked by a fusion of a diverse set of musical influences with the African cultural panorama, mainly with the music of the former Katanga province in the DRC. She has composed in her own musical style since she was 9 years old.

Along with her solo career, she developed partnerships with people in the music scene in her native Santa Catarina, including works with Trio Karibu (where she sings in two songs on their CD), with her brother François (CD Feijão e Sonho also has her voice in the tracks), and Dandara Manoela, with whom she started the duo Mwangaza.

In September 2015, while in France, she took part in special performances with singer Alpha Paulay at shows in Ranchal and Paris. The work was recorded under the executive production of Boaventura Soluções Culturais, mixed captioning and editing by Francis Pedemonte, musical production Muleka and Pedemonte, general direction by Mwewa Lumbwe, photographic and art direction by Alice Assal, photographs by Renan Rosa, and design by Tina Merz. She also participated in 2018 edition of The Voice Brasil.

Recently, Mwaba had gained fame when she participated in the song “Principia” in AmarElo, Emicida's most recent album. The rapper described Mwaba as the “fury of the suns beauty” and said that he would bring her to open his show at the Circo Voador in June 2019. Singer and businessman Fióti, Emicida's brother, is one of the musical godfathers of Mwaba, together with singer and composer Chico César.

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