Yinguica - Marrabenta - Music from Mozambique
Opis
1. Vou Morrer Assim' (I'll Die This Way!)
2. Mine A Uni Tendere (You Don't Care About Me)
3. Dabula Na Mutamulani
4. Khoma (Touch, Touch)
5. Ni Nhi Me Le (Let Me Walk With You)
6. Tekani A Va Tsongwana (Take The Children Out)
7. Eliza We (Eliza)
8. Xingwavilani
9. Yinguica (Escuta) (Listen!)
10. Moda Xicavalo
11. Teresano
Marrabenta is the music of Mozambique, originally the sound of the underclass, but now very much of the nation as a whole. Low-key and joyful, it's a little like the palm wine music of West Africa, laid-back and welcoming, acoustic and friendly. Even at its most extroverted, with a full band, as on "Eliza We" and "Mode Xicavalo," it doesn't manage more than a lope; this definitely isn't music for galloping, but for the warm afternoons and evenings. Yinguica kicks off with Bernard Honwana, one of marrabenta's giants -- his father also played the style -- on a gentle, lulling piece, "Vou Morrer Assim'," and only very slowly moves up through the gears. The relaxed ambience, right down to conversation, laughter, and the clink of beer bottles, makes it a homegrown pleasure that's worth any number of listenings, both to take it in and to create an instant soft party atmosphere as background.
Chris Nickson
wydawca: ARC Music 2009
nr kat. EUCD 2250
format: CD, jewel case