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TÉGUI

Silke Teresa Guilamba commonly addressed as Tégui is young ‘93 RnB and soul singer and composer from Mozambique. Tégui is a junction of her name and surname: Teresa & Guilamba.

Her taste for music goes way back to her childhood under the first musical influences in her own home. She tells REPRESENT that she recalls listening to Christina Aguilera, Mary and Mary, Destiny’s Child, Marcy Gray but all reverted back to RnB, a bit of Brazilian and Portuguese music. She expresses gratitude for this exposure to her father and fellow family members.

Thereafter, she would sing around the house out of pure leisure and nothing else. Her musical repertoire submerged at the age of 12, back in Grade 6. She enjoyed transcribing lyrics of songs in order to learn them. One day Tégui sang one of those, which had been Alicia Keys – Fallin’ to her best friend at the time. “You have a voice,” the best friend complimented her. That comment left her surprised because she was unperceptive, she just enjoyed singing. School breaks, classmates, playfully singing, same conclusion – a noticeable talent. All those pleasurable experiences lead her to believe in herself and investigate more about music.

Tégui became Tégui in 2008 when she sang in a music contest at the school she attended. In 2010, she recorded her first song in collaboration with her cousin entitled Sincerity then a solo, Say Yeah after having sung in her prom that same year.

In blink of an eye in 2011 Tégui joined a trio composed by Doubleme (singer), Wp (rapper) and King (producer) who formed label ‘Love and Music’ dedicated in love songs in the genre of RnB. In 2012 she left to proceed her solo only after having released, Devolva-me and Obcessivo whilst in the label.

Walking her path alone she worked on some music but did not release for a while until 2013 in which she broke her silence with Foi no verão, followed by Só Tu and Vai e Vem in 2014. Along the way she joined another label but not for long. She proceeded to refuse a few other offers in 2015 because she thought to herself that continuing as an independent singer was best.

Where the oblivious to her history actually met Tégui was in the release of Namasté. It is an infusion of RnB, NeoSoul and Jazz – the vertex she has chosen to follow. This project had the input of producers such as Key Beats, James Monarc and J.McEdwins, who is also the executive director. Namasté as explained by her is Tégui’s affectionate greeting to the public with this craft at which she felt the freest artistically.