V/A - Mangle Rojo Afro Colombian Sounds From The Pacific And Caribbean Coasts LP Rock

V/A - Mangle Rojo Afro Colombian Sounds From The Pacific And Caribbean Coasts LP RockA brand new compilation of Afro Colombian music from Colombias Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Its a beautiful collection this, featuring legendary figures such as Ins Granja, Francisco Torres, Nelda Pia and Emilson Pacheco, as well as younger names. Side A is devoted to music from the Pacific coast and heavily features marimba, whereas Side B has the Caribbean coast as its focus, and sees a change to gaita flutes as a principal instrument. On both

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while Tissue's deadpan delivery on "Janitor" glides into the best art-warble this side of Lene Lovich

The musicians gathered at Kohanovs’kyi’s house

while oriental scales slide amongst wavey-electronic instrumentation

whose electronic sounds have previously appeared on Orange Milk Records and Virgin Babylon Records

“Cherry On Willow” is the work of David West and Teardrops

”—Liz Harris

Coincidence or concept

but also a tuning into the surroundings and to each other

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