Music:
Member Since: 9/19/2005
Band Website: antropofagos.com
Band Members:
Rafael Lemos
30 year old brazilian from Rio de Janeiro.
Songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and dj, is the mind behind the foundation
of the band.
Holds a degree in social comunication and advertising.
Founder of Antropófagos de Andrade, a band that, in Brazil, was based in
the same principles as the current Antropófagos.
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Janko Radovanovic
26 year old from Serbia.
Guitarist, songwriter, sound technician and web designer.
Started playing the violin when he was 9 but later switched to the
guitar.
Former relevant work with Dreamers Insomnia, playing in
Serbia and Norway. He is also a music and guitar teacher.
Are W. Thoma
Born 1967 in Oslo, Norway - half Norwegian, half German. Picked up his father's
guitar and studied the piano as a child, influenced by the rock music of
those times, and later became interested in playing the bass. Has
through the years participated as songwriter and musician in several
projects and bands in various musical styles and settings.
João LuÃs Lobo
Born in Lisboa, Portugal, on the 1st of July 1964, started playing drumset in ‘82 and began studying music and drums in ‘88 at the Hot Clube Jazz School and at the Academia de Amadores de Música, also in Lisboa. In ‘92 attended the Drummers Collective School of Music in N.Y. and achieved the "Certificate of Completion".
Professional musician since '89, recorded and performed with some of Portugal’s top artists and with folk, pop, funk, soul, fusion, blues, rock, world, jazz and percussion groups, appearing on 30 CD’s, 4 DVD’s, several film soundtracks and numerous tv and radio programs in various countries.
Played in worldwide famous venues and festivals like the MIDEM in Miami Beach, the EFWMF in Berlin, the Zappanale in Bad Doberan, in The Performing Arts Center in New Jersey, the Breda Jazz Festival and also around France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Brazil, China, England, Norway, U.S.A. and Canada.
Was guest percussionist in the 1st International Salsa Dance Festival in Portugal. Other collaborations with dance also include the Ballet Gulbenkian, Margrethe Glambek, Itzik Galili, Keren Levi and Paulo Ribeiro.
Co-founded the portuguese youth percussion orchestra Tocá Rufar.
Composed the soundtrack for a number of informative and educational DVD's directed by Maarten Roos for the European Space Agency and the European Planetology Network.
Member of the board of the musicians union in Portugal in 2004.
Since moving to Oslo, Norway, in the end of 2004, has been a proud member of Antropófagos and also working with brazilian singer/songwriter Claudio Latini, Maghreb Funk, pop rock band Pausefiskene, balkan folk rock band Rakija and occasionaly with the Nordstrand Janitsjarkorps and belly-dancer Margrethe Glambek as well as touring with portuguese band Charlie & The Bluescats.
Has been a drumset teacher for fifteen years and is currently teaching privately and at schools and Musikkorps in the Oslo area.
Repairs, alters and refinishes acoustic drumsets.
Influences: Everything our years ever picked up and our subconscious processed
Sounds Like: Everything you ever heard and nothing you ever thought off
Record Label: RVQL Productions
Type of Label: None
