Created by musician and multi-instrumentalist Jorge Queijo, Nelembe came up with some drum rhythms recorded at random and stored on a hard drive. From them, and in the middle of the pandemic, Jorge Queijo built a musical concept that goes beyond borders and styles, embracing afrobeat and highlife, without forgetting soul, funk and jazz in constant confrontation. In addition to the rhythmic and sound issue, with several latitudes within it, afrobeat translates into a revolutionary and combative behavioral DNA of the fight for freedom and social justice. Daniel Belo’s vocals and saxophonist João Cabrita’s arrangements defined what the band came to call dirty afrobeat – a musical celebration where the only rule is the absence of rules, and the desire to be free that only music gives us. .

This is the socio-cultural and aesthetic environment that serves as inspiration / motto for the repertoire that has been created by the collective of artists / musicians, led by drummer Jorge Queijo.

Jorge Queijo also names the musical genre present in Nelembe de Afro Punk, a concept that emerged after recording the theme Plaisir, (which did not appear on the first album but will be released with a remix of Azar de Azar), is a more intense musical attitude, hard and direct inserted in the context of African music with heavy bass lines and intense and deep voice.