Name: Fundo De Mare Palinha
Brand: Voz Di Sanicolau

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

AADE12

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "AADE12"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "180 Gram Vinyl Housed in Gatefold Sleeve."}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-07-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

4260126061378

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "4260126061378"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

1 / 10" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Voz Di Sanicolau

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Analog Africa

In 1976, seven Cabo Verdean musicians going by the name Voz Di Sanicolau gathered in a small recording studio in Rotterdam where they laid down an album of fearsome coladeira songs inspired by the music of their home island of Sao Nicolau. The album took only a few days to record, which may explain the unexpected urgency that fires each track. Treble-soaked electric guitar lines snake back and forth through percussion-and-cavaquinho driven rhythms rooted in the sound of the islands established by the previous generation of Cabo Verdean emigres; subtle keyboards wash through the background, and the vocals, traded between Joana Do Rosario and To-Ze, alternately push the music forward and soar above it. The resulting album is both deeply felt and fiercely executed, and in its grooves one hears the sound of some of the finest Cabo Verdean musicians of their era locked in complete unity of purpose. It should have been the beginning of something extraordinary; but the pressures of making ends meet forced the musicians back to their day jobs, and Voz Di Sanicolau vanished as quickly as they had appeared, leaving their lone album, Fundo de Mare Palinha, as sole proof of their existence. Forty-four years later the album sounds as fresh as it did the day it was recorded. It is unknown if dutch sound engineer Frans Rolland, who oversaw the recordings, knew he was helping to make history: during these sessions, Joana Do Rosario, whose majestic vocals were crucial to the sound of Voz Di Sanicolau, became the first Cabo Verdean woman ever to appear on a long playing record.

Fundo De Mare Palinha

Music GB