MINO CINELU
Genres: World Fusion, Jazz Related Soundtracks • France

Mino Cinelu is a French musician, born in 1957 in Saint-Cloud in the suburbs of Paris.  He plays multiple instruments; is a composer, programmer and producer; and is most widely known as a percussionist. Cinelu was involved with music from childhood (his father and two brothers were musicians) and started spending time and playing in various concert halls (such as the Chapelle des Lombards) in the suburbs of Paris. He became interested in various styles of music such as jazz, rock, salsa and even in more esoteric varieties like Egyptian chants and Romani music. He would later expand his repertoire to include fado, flamenco, African music, Japanese music, and Slavic music.  The first instrument that Cinelu took to was the bongo drums, which led him to decide to try and live from his music. He often played the bongos in the streets where he first experimented with improvisation. At the read more...