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Family Atlantica Family Atlantica

Soundway | Item No: 311128
Vinyl 2LP | 2013 / UK – Original | New
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Recorded over 4 years in London and Venezuela, Cuban rumba, Venezuelan tambor and tonada, Ghanaian highlife, Ethiopian blues and calypso have been soaked and infused with psychedelia and spiritual jazz. Gilles Peterson included the band in his recent ‘Hot For 2013 Show’ on BBC 6music, premiering the track Cumbacutiri.

At the heart of Family Atlantica are three people from three different continents: London born Jack Yglesias, producer, multi-instrumentalist and a veteran of The Heliocentrics, his wife Luzmira Zerpa, traditional Venezuelan musician, poet and singer with a magical voice acclaimed by Manu Chao and half Nigerian-half Ghanaian percussionist Kwame 'Natural Power' Crentsil.

Recorded while living in an abandoned vicarage in East London, the record contains three different generations of Luzmira's family as well as a cast of musicians from the wider Family Atlantic family.

One of the guests on the album, legendary Ethiopian-jazz maestro Mulatu Astatke, adds a classic touch on piano to ‘Escape To The Palenque’, soloing in his unmistakable flowing Ethiopian 6/8 style. Also featured on the record are Senegalese Nuru Kane and Afro-Cuban group Yoruba Andabo. Much of the record was recorded by the Heliocentrics' Malcolm Catto at their East London studio.

In 2008, Luzmira traveled to the Sahara Desert in the south of Algeria to participate in the Fi-sahara Festival. While there she performed with Manu Chao who introduced her to the audience as the most beautiful voice to arrive to the desert.
Item Details
Item No: 311128
Artist: Family Atlantica
Title: Family Atlantica
Label: Soundway
Catalog No: SNDWLP042
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Latin | Brazil
Available since: 2013-06-03
Condition: New
Price: $ 21.04 $ 16.83
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Fly Through The Lightning To Speak With The Sun
A2 Incantation To The Ancestors
A3 Arena
A4 Cumbacutiri
A5 Libation At The Gate Of No Return
B1 Jaia
B2 Manicero
B3 Pranto Do Banzo
B4 Escape To The Palenque
B5 El Apamate
C1 El Negreo
C2 Gaita Psycadelica
C3 Myths and Proverbs
C4 Clavelito Colorado
C5 Eboka Ritual
D1 Tamunangue Blues
D2 The Griot's Blessing
D3 Pescador Saharawi
D4 La Familia
D5 Speak To the Spirit of The Sea
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