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family atlantica - family atlantica - soundway records - cd

Genre: Latin

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 Negreo
12. Gaita Psycadelica
13. Myths And Proverbs
14. Clavelito Colorado
15. Eboka Ritual
16. Tamunangue Blues
18. Pescador Saharawi
19. La Familia
20. Speak To The Spirit Of The Sea

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 !

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.