Sambia Gil has released his 5th album "5" in which he sings with his wife Anne Papiri well known voice for background vocals with Voulzy, Souchon, Geoffroy Oreyma... This guadeloupean musician was born in Paris and grew up in France in a family of guitarists. At 16 in 1986, he started to play and sing and in 1992 he decided to dedicate his life to music. Sambia Gil is playing in festivals, support band to kassav, plays in duet with Nancy Alloway. In 1996 he left for guadeloupe. Since then he is travelling around the islands. Sambia, Family, Eclipse, Fly away, 4 albums in creole, french english and spanish, from buiguine to ragga, he plays all styles. To experience the music of sambia gil, tomorrow at the mathis cafe in St francois, on the 26 at the Kouleur Kréole cafe in Ste Anne and on the 27 at the Midway cafe in Pointe -à- Pitre.
Jarry Flash infos november 2004 |
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Sambia Jil releases 4 th album. This name should be familiar to you as he performs regularly in all fashionable spots all over Guadeloupe. A self writer composer guitarist, singer, he loves to create a musical meelting pot- a cross between jazz bossa nova and old funky style. In a word, a music full of color and joy. The "FLY AWAY" album is distributed by Musicast. In Guadeloupe, at Vidéo top, Henri Debs, also available at concerts and on www.musicast.fr/worl/musicaribeenne... Enjoy it !
An nou ay décember 2003 |
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He lives in between Gwadeloupe and Paris. He is composer interpreter guitarist and singer. He has just released his 4th album "FLY AWAY" which is on sale in more than 200 stores in France (Virgin...). This talented musician is Gilles PETRUS known as Sambia jil. His music very like him, a metiss carrabean style music melting different styles. He enjoys playing and singing raggae, jazz and funk and even brazzilian music. His last album "FLY AWAY" released in 2003 was realized with 18 musicians from Toulouse (where he started to sing 15 years ago) from Paris and Gwadeloupe. He will present you this new album at the Calmos café today at 7:00pm. We will be there to listen this artist whom dream is to be enough well kwon to introduce his music and give concerts all over the world.
le Pélican (St Martin) march 2004 |
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Retrun to the roots Gil PETRUS known as Sambia, major figure of music bars and venues in Toulouse presents am album called "Eclipse" in which he peforms solo as he play in Guadeloupe.This singer guitarits with a Benson touch and a voice like Jonaz will delight us with a coktail of funk creole, reggae swing, and zouk. Let ourselves be immersed in beautifull french and créole songs. The entertainer is also a composer with the majority of songs composed by him. Here is a relaxing CD which will be played time and again.
An nou ay july 1998 |
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this saturday evening Sambia Gil a group from Toulouse (jazz, bossa) support band to Kassav
la Dépéche du Midi and le Journal de Toulouse the 17th march 1990 |
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Sambia is a ray of sunshine that lights up a dark room... Listening to them is like travelling on south américan waves. Let yourself be invaded by brazillian swing on jazz note and let go with african rythms. "Mister Beat Man" known as Gilles Petrus is going to bewhich us once again. Gilles is the creator of the group. Writer, composer, interpreter with an entrancing singing voice. He has got more than one string to his guitar to take us away and make us laugh and swing on this friday evening at the "Bird café" so pay attention musicans and fine amateurs of majors chords note that there is a music club every wednesday eveningalways at "the Bird"with "Swiftly Morgan" and is friends. A workshop is offered to you it's up to you to take avantage of it.
la Dépéche du Midi april 1993 |
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