In the small inland town of Sao Domingos on Cape Verde's Santiago Island, The Ano Nobo Quartet delivers a fresh take on Koladera, a guitar-driven, subtly rhythmic sound of a lighter spirit. Their sound tells a global story with Cape Verde at it's center, a creole melting pot in the middle of the Atlantic attracting the best from four continents: hypnotic, haunting Koladera guitars inflected with twangs of Salsa Cubano, Spanish Flamenco, Brazilian Samba CanÃ§ao, Jamaican Reggae, Argentine Tango, Mozambican Marrabenta, and finished with a dash of Black American Blues. Â This album was recorded in three locations on Santiago Island: at homes, by the sea, and on the volcanic hills of Cape Verde. Each location used a mobile recording studio equipped with different mics placed near and far to capture both the Spanish and Chinese-made guitars and the natural environment that shapes the saudade, a melancholic longing, of Koladera. Each space has it's own atmosphere heard in the interludes.Â A double LP pressed at 45 RPM for an even silkier listening experience and packaged in a luxurious matte-laminated gatefold with a high quality 12-page booklet along with a hardcover bookcase CD with a 24-page booklet.

Tracklist:

Intro
Sociedad di Mocindadi
Tio Bernar
Badia di Fora
Maria Cze Bu Tem
Canta Ku Alma Magoado
InterlÃºdio
Elefantes
Mie Fogo
Mulatinha Vai
InterlÃºdio do Mar
Pascoal's Baixo
Lolinha
InterlÃºdio
Tio Bernar (Alternativa)

UPC: 843563147986
Label: Ostinato Records
Release Date: 4.1.22
Format: CD

Ano Nobo Quartet - Strings Of Sao Domingos (CD)