Maga Bo (born Bo Anderson in

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) is an American Brazilian DJ, producer,

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and

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. Though he currently resides in

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, he is constantly traveling around the World to research local rhythms. He's been to over 40 countries with this purpose. His music is a fusion of many styles such as

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, maculelê,

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, dub and

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Career

Maga Bo moved to

in 1999. His first contact with Brazilian music was back in his hometown Seattle, through Brazilian musician and professor Jovino Santos Neto and Jeff Busch, who invited him for a

. At that time, Bo had no knowledge on Brazilian music, but Neto taught him a couple of things, starting his relationship with the genres from that country. He then started to make musical trips around the World - one of them saw him going from

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in a 20-country tour, hence the strong African influences in his works. The first movement which caught his attention was the

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. Such trips to Africa resulted in his first full-length solo album, ''Archipelagoes'', recorded entirely in that content and released in 2008. His earliest releases were collaborative albums with Filastine: the first came in 2001 and consisted of Indian,

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and Sri Lankan music works recorded between 1997 and 1999. In 2005 came ''Lost & Stolen Goods'' (2005), a live mix by the same duo, but then known as Sonar Calibrado. His first solo work was the EP ''Tudo Bem'', released in 2003 via

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. In 2007, he released another EP and a mix album, both called ''Confusion of Tongues'', via his current Soot Records. In 2012, he released his second full-length album, ''Quilombo do Futuro'', featuring many guest performances. In 2014, his song "No Balanço da Canoa" was featured at the soundtrack of the next-generation version of ''

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'', more precisely at radio

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. In 2022, he released his third studio album, ''Amor (É Revolução)'' (which translates as "Love (Is Revolution)").

Discography

Solo

EPs and mix albums

* ''Tudo Bem'' (EP, 2003) * ''Confusion of Tonges'' (EP, 2007) * ''Confusion of Tonges'' (mix album, 2007)

Studio albums

* ''Archipelagoes'' (2008) * ''Quilombo do Futuro'' (2012) * ''Amor (É Revolução)'' (2022)

Collaborations

;with AudioFile Collective * ''Do Not Spit Here or There: A Noise Primer on the Indian Subcontinent'' (2001) ;with Sonar Calibrado * ''Lost & Stolen Goods'' (2005)

References

External links

*
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bo, Maga Living people Musicians from Seattle American expatriates in Brazil American DJs American hip-hop record producers Música Popular Brasileira musicians Year of birth missing (living people)