Fundo De Marê Palinha (Limited Dance Edition), by Voz di Sanicolau

Fundo De Marê Palinha (Limited Dance Edition)

by Voz di Sanicolau

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tuxa Fantastic album! A must have for PALOP collectors. Best song Abole, a fast pace Coladera song with a sentimental touch. Beautiful song to dance too on a hot summer night with friends. Favorite track: Abole.

oradur Coz I love the funana style

Makes me think of my childhood Favorite track: Fundo De Marê Palinha.

Markus Bader Really looking forward!!! Seems an EP with the best of the original 12 tracks?
Nonetheless: essential pick again by Analog Africa

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Cameroon Garage Funk, Trujillo - Perú 1971-1974, Edo Funk Explosion Vol.1, Take One, La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980, Fundo De Marê Palinha (Limited Dance Edition), Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical (Limited Dance Edition), Mogadisco - Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991), and 36 more. , and , .

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1.	Fundo De Marê Palinha 03:43	buy track
2.	Italiana 02:33	buy track
3.	Marê Lili 02:48	buy track
4.	Nha Antonia Engracia 02:48	buy track
5.	Ribera Prata 04:22	buy track
6.	Abole 03:25	buy track

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In 1976, seven Cabo Verdean musicians going by the name Voz di Sanicolau gathered in a small recording studio in Rotterdam where they laid down an album of fearsome coladeira songs inspired by the music of their home island of São Nicolau.

The album took only a few days to record, which may explain the unexpected urgency that fires each track. Treble-soaked electric guitar lines snake back and forth through percussion-and-cavaquinho driven rhythms rooted in the sound of the islands established by the previous generation of Cabo Verdean émigrés; subtle keyboards wash through the background, and the vocals, traded between Joana do Rosario and Tô-Zé, alternately push the music forward and soar above it. The resulting album is both deeply felt and fiercely executed, and in its grooves one hears the sound of some of the finest Cabo Verdean musicians of their era locked in complete unity of purpose.

It should have been the beginning of something extraordinary; but the pressures of making ends meet forced the musicians back to their day jobs, and Voz di Sanicolau vanished as quickly as they had appeared, leaving their lone album, Fundo de Marê Palinha, as sole proof of their existence. Forty-four years later the album sounds as fresh as it did the day it was recorded. It is unknown if dutch sound engineer Frans Rolland, who oversaw the recordings, knew he was helping to make history: during these sessions, Joana do Rosario, whose majestic vocals were crucial to the sound of Voz di Sanicolau, became the first Cabo Verdean woman ever to appear on a long playing record.

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released July 10, 2020

Graphic Design : Kathrin Remest
Mastering : Nick Robbins (Soundmastering)
Lacquers : Frank Merritt (The Carvery)
Translation and Biography : Jenny Loiseau
Text Editing : Jesse Simon

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