La Dôtu Lado, by Coladera

La Dôtu Lado

by Coladera

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1.	La Dôtu Lado 04:29 video	buy track
2.	A Luz De Yayá 04:03	buy track
3.	Primer Letra 03:26	buy track
4.	Mandinga 03:43	buy track
5.	Mantafro 03:29	buy track
6.	Algum Lugar En Nós 03:55	buy track
7.	Funaná Do Moreré 03:45	buy track
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COLADERA "La Dôtu Lado"
with the participation of Miroca Paris and the Brazilian percussionist Marcos Suzano
release date: 29. March 2019

La Dôtu Lado swings as much as it seduces. It maps new musical routes linking the Cape Verdean island sounds of batuque and funaná, with deep candomblé inspired rhythms and the heart tugging sway of fado. And in doing so, it has opened up a fascinating narrative on the slave trade, spirituality and love.

Coladera are two musicians from Brazil & Portugal, who have invited various musicians from other Portuguese-speaking countries like Cape Verde and Angola to participate on this album.

Their first official international release have crafted an exquisite and exploratory sound, adding new layers upon their individual and rich traditions. Singer-guitarist Vitor Santana from Belo Horizonte, Portuguese singer-guitarist Joao Pires are named after one of Cape Verde's musical traditions, Coladeira – a form that borrows melodies from fado and rhythms from Brazil and Angola.

Sung mainly in the Portuguese language but with a couple of songs in Cape Verdean creole, La Dôtu Lado features guest percussionist Marcos Suzano, a Brazilian pandeiro master, and seamlessly pulses between the traditions of each country and also percusssionist Miroca Paris, who has been playing for many years for the Queen of Morna, Cesária Évora, with poignant lyrics about the spirits of the Orishas, deities worshipped by slaves who were shipped across the Atlantic to Brazil from West Africa often via Cape Verde. Indeed, Cape Verde was an empty island until the Portuguese empire found it in 1456 and it wasn't long after when Cape Verde was central to the Portuguese's triangular trade system strategy.

Coladera have released a previous long player back in 2013 but with little fanfare. Despite the modest release, they played at New York's Summerfest and Joe's Pub amongst other festival dates around Europe. Whilst both albums have flirted with Cuban rumba with striking Andalusian guitar flourishes, the project has always been Lusophone and inspired by close friendships and travel. For Vitor, a guitarist with grounding in classic bossa nova, the music of Coladera at times felt like a nostalgic trip exploring the dulcet and minimal groove of the guitar and voice.

All musicians have, at different points, lived or been at the coalface of their respective musical cultures within the Lusophone Atlantic triangle. Joao grew up listening to and learning fado, studied flamenco in Andalusia and has lived in Cape Verde, and Vitor lived with Joao for two years in Brazil and has lived and performed throughout Europe.

As Vitor explains, "In Brazil there is a lot of DNA from Cape Verde and West-Africa. You can find this DNA in many rhythms. One of them is coladeira. It's a little bit samba, a little bit Bahia. Cape Verde is in the middle". Vitor is particularly vital to the positive vibe that pervades the record. He practises the Afro Brazilian tradition and meditation of candomblé, originally brought over to Brazil by slaves from West Africa. The track 'Luz de Yayá' perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the Coladera collaboration, named after the candomblé god of the sea, Iemanjá.

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released March 29, 2019

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COLADERA is a merge of friendship and talent formed by Vitor Santana from Brazil and Joao Pires from Portugal. Both artists were eager to create a sound which they felt was missing in the Lusophone world: a true refelection between Portugal, Brazil and West Africa, especially Cape Verde and Angola. ... more

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