Folk Bands and Artists
Nogabe
London
Nogabe Randriaharimalala. Song writer, singer and guitar player.
Nogabe Randriaharimalala was born in Madagascar and began playing various instruments when he was a child. He left Madagascar in 1977 for Beijing where he became the drummer of the very first rock band in China called «Peking All Stars». He moved to Hong Kong in 1990 where he set up his first Band and produced 2 albums: Nogabe in 93 and Politics, Power & Glory in 94.
He was spotted by a local production company who sent him to London in 1997 to record his 3rd Album: Third World Gentleman with his then 11-piece band.
His music has evolved and matured over the years and is now more traditional malagasy style like his 4th album Afatra 2006), shows. Today Nogabe lives in London and works, with Sam Djengue. He plays in different festivals and venues in the UK (Womad, Charlton Park, London African Music Festival, Momo´s, Troubador´s) and France and wants to spread his music around the world.
