Brodu
Brodu is a five piece Maltese Band founded by Mark Abela aka iz-Zizza in 2012. Mark has been in the music scene for quite a number of years and besides being a very active musician, he had always been composing music, which is what brought the band together for this project.
The music included in their debut album is all original, and although Mark was the brains behind most of the tracks, all the band members worked hard to develop better the ideas and make them sound to the best of their satisfaction.
Band Members
Drums/Vocals – Mark Abela (aka Zizza)
Bass – Fredrick Abdilla (aka il-Fre)
Keys/Backing Vocals – amuel Attard
Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals – Evan Vassallo
Electric Guitar/Backing Vocals – Andrew Micallef (aka id-Drinu)
Discography
Brodu launched their Debut album titled Habullabullojb on 14th November 2014 at Razzett L-Ahmar (Mosta). The album was recorded and produced by David Vella at Temple Studios. The list of tracks as follows:
1. fejn hu l-ferh?
2. fil-bosk
3. kemm jiena cool!!
4. il-gaffa Hymac
5. siehbi jhobb il-lejl
6. ic-cimiterju
7. ix-Xghajra
8. ma tridx tmur mal-feeling
9. theggigni u toqtolni
10. l-ismack
11. l-Orjent
12. Cinderella
13. feeble
14. Graces Street
Collaborations
Brodu collaborate with a number of different musicians in Malta during the recording phase of their Debut album ‘HABULLABULLOJB’. They are:
David Vella [Temple Studios] – David produced, engineered and recorded all tracks for this album
Justin Galea [KazinSka/PDM] – Justin played flute on the track titled ‘Il-Gaffa Hymac’
Nadine Axisa – Nadine did all vocal parts on the track titled ‘Ix-Xghajra’
Toni Spiteri Tal-Ġebel [Ghannej] – Toni Spiteri sang on the track ‘Ma Tridx Tmur mal-Feeling’
Ruth Abela [Troffa Hamra] – Ruth arranged the music for the ‘Marc Funebru’ track included in the album titled ‘L-Orjent’
Denis Abela [Vintage] – Denis played the drums on the track ‘Fil-Bosk’
Herman Spiteri [For Strings Inn] – Herman sang and played guitar on the tracks ‘Feeble’ and ‘Cinderella’
Kim Farrugia [For Strings Inn] – Played guitar on the tracks ‘Feeble’ and ‘Cinderella’
Manwel Ciappara [ex-Totema] – Played guitar on the tracks ‘Feeble’ and ‘Graces Street’
Kazin Ska – Kazin Ska played the ‘Marc Funebru’ track included in the album titled ‘L-Orjent’