Family Atlantica 2lp

Family Atlantica

Family Atlantica 2lp

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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 ‘Hot For 2013 Show’ on BBC6 music, 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.

  • First Released: 2013
  • Label: Soundway

20 tracks, 1 side

Side 1

  1. Fly Through the Lightning To Speak With the Sun
  2. Incantation To the Ancestors
  3. Arena
  4. Cumbacutiri
  5. Libation At the Gate of No Return
  6. Jaia
  7. Manicero
  8. Pranto Do Banzo
  9. Escape To the Palenque
  10. El Apamate
  11. El Negrero [The Slave Ship]
  12. Gaita Psychedelica
  13. Myths and Proverbs
  14. Clavelito Colorado
  15. Eboka Ritual
  16. Tamunangue Blues
  17. The Griots Blessing
  18. Pescador Saharawi
  19. La Familia
  20. Speak To the Spirit of the Sea
Details
  • Artist Family Atlantica
  • Format LP
  • Released 2013
  • Label Soundway
  • Genre World Beat
  • UPC 5060091552661
  • Website ID 5060091552661
Categories

World
Music