Samito is a Mozambican-Canadian musician and overall creative who founded Fezihaus, a Montréal-based creative company, in 2020. His growing work is described as "entrenched in an unwavering enthusiasm for sounds and all-embracing conversations of the now".
A music graduate from
McGill University
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, Samito first came to public attention in 2016 with his song 'Tiku La Hina' propelling him into countless live stages at
SXSW
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,
Osheaga
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,
Pop Montreal
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, MAMA Festival & Convention,
Reeperbahn
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Festival d'été de Québec
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, among others. 2016 also saw the release of “Cem Cem (feat. Mabika & Muneshine)” on French fashion + music Label Kitsuné, followed by "I Saw You", a 2017 electro inspired club tune released with Berlin-based label Man Recordings. His music is primarily sung in
Portuguese
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Career
Born in
Maputo
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,
Mozambique
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, Samito moved to Montréal in 2005 first to pursue his studies and then a career in Music. In Montréal, he jammed and recorded music with SPRLUA, Rymz, Arthur Comeau, Philippe Brault,
Radio Radio
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,
Pierre Kwenders
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Poirier, among others.
On May 27, 2016, he released his debut album, the self-titled ''Samito'' with his hit "Tiku la Hina" released with an accompanying music video broadcast on Canadian music channels Much and
MusiquePlus
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It was first established in 1986 as the mus ...
. The album was awarded the 2017 Félix Award for World Music Album Of The Year at Québec's Gala De L’ADISQ. Samito is also one of
Radio Canada
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's 2015-2016 upcoming artist of the year.
Samito's credits and collaborations include Gotan Project's Philippe Cohen-Solal, Daniel Haaksman, Dakat,
Muneshine
Rob Bakker, better known by his stage name Muneshine, is a Canadian recording artist, record producer, DJ and mix engineer and performer. Since 2005, Muneshine has released three major label projects in Japan, and contributed production and vocal ...
and
Pierre Kwenders
Pierre Kwenders is the stage name of José Louis Modabi ''