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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited 7" vinyl press housed in custom screen-printed NYCT company sleeves, plus player card & 8-panel insert booklet featuring the artwork of Crystal Marie Lopez.
Includes unlimited streaming of La Cosecha
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Part of the next wave in the thriving Afro-Latin alternative scene of greater Los Angeles & The Inland Empire, El Santo Golpe's debut release on Names You Can Trust leaves its mark with a very personal fusion of Central American & Caribbean folkloric traditions. This influence of different styles & cultures across the divergent regions is on full display, from the time honored rhythms and percussion of Garifuna music, to those lovingly recognizable lead elements such as the acordeón in cumbia (as heard in La Cosecha) or the jarana in son jorocho (as heard in El Camotal). It is through this uniquely American, and more specifically, Californian experience, that this group of peers has been able to come together to form a new set of multi-cultural roots and attitudes. The result of this two-sided debut is a fusion of raw percussion, unbridled energy & live performance. Two heavy sides to be celebrated within the dance.
Written by Ulises Rodriguez.
Published by Just Chuckle Music, ASCAP.
Booklet Artwork by Crystal Marie Lopez (BellaVidaMia)
Recorded at Seahorse Sound Studios, Los Angeles.
Mixed by Eric Banta in Brooklyn, NY.
Mastered for vinyl by Frank at The Carvery, London.
Why do you love this album? Well, it is the quality of ALL the Analog Africa releases , the astonishing presentation- artwork, AWESOME booklets, the mastering, the music first of all and the feeling you connect with it and the artists involved. Due to not earning enough I changed from vinyl to CDs, but I am glad for the high quality downloads of the vinyl only releases that you are able to burn to disc. Together with a chosen few others AA is a greater than great label. Period. Markus Bader
The gods are Cabo Verdian astronauts and they are ready to wash the dance floor with your tears of joy!
Everything about this record is UNBELIEVABLE - these tunes groove HARD, the melodies will stay long in the ear (if you understand Portuguese, the lyrics are super great), and these musicians RIP on their instruments like there's no tomorrow.
Get this gem of a release, it fucking rules. Cosmographer