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Comfusões takes Angolan Pop music from the golden 60ies
and 70ies to Brasil. The songs by legendary singers like Teta
Lando, Artur Nunes or Bonga are passed on into the hands of
the most exciting Brasilian producers of today.
For a long time now Angola has been cut off from the rest of
the world due to the civil war raging in the country until
2002. Times have changed. Today the economy is booming
and also the magic of the countries music is starting to move
beyond the borders of the African continent. Kuduro being
the latest craze spreading into the international club culture.
Long before that in the 60ies and 70ies some of the most
soulful tunes ever to come out of Africa had been
recorded in Angola. It is the melancholy of Portuguese Fado
infused with African rhythms (not unlike Capeverdean
music) that makes this music so special.
The title of this compilation is a play with words: meaning
either "confusions", or "with fusions". The project is a
confusing meeting and mingling of two cultures with a shared
language (Portuguese) and a somewhat related, yet different
history. It is not about conserving culture. It is about
continuing a story of exchange that started long ago when
the first Africans were forcibly brought to Brasil and over time
helped create a vibrant music that has touched people
throughout the world.
Mastermind behind the project is Maurício Pacheco. He has
been active in the Brazilian music scene since 1994,
producing for artists like Fernanda Abreu and Jussara
Silveira, and founding the Capoeira-HipHop band Stereo
Maracanã. As a producer, he has travelled frequently to
Angola since early 2000. After the end of the civil war the
pacified country has seen a booming economy and a
tremendous cultural growth. Since then Maurício worked with
some great Angolan artists, such as Paulo Flores or Elias
Diá Kimuezo (the king of Angolan "Semba" music) or more
recently kuduro star Dog Murras.
For Comfusões he went digging for the roots of Angolan Pop
at the RNA (Angolan National Radio) archives and listened to
piles of master tapes and CDs, mainly from artists that were
at the height of their carreers in the 60ies and 70ies, like
Teta Lando, Artur Nunes or Carlos Lamartine. After selecting
the tracks, Maurício passed the music on to some of his
friends back home like Mario Caldato jr (producer of the
Beastie Boys, Tone Loc, Jack Johnson, Beck…), Dj Dolores,
Moreno Veloso, Kassin and Berna Ceppas & many others.
The result is the first volume of a project that explores
fusions between two cultures that have more in common than
the language: Angola and Brasil.
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