Sometimes its easy to see why certain albums fail to reach a wider audience and sink without a trace not long after release, but why Fernando Falcao's Brazil-only debut album 'Memoria das Aguas' wasn't acknowledged as the masterpiece is is straight away as the timewill forverr remain a mystery. Maybe it's because it came out thirteen years after Falcao had to flee his motherland after activity protesting Grazil's military regime in 1968, not exactly making him the Brazilain household name he should have been. Chances are the fact it was released more than two years after it was initially recorded in his new ome France in 1979 didn't help sales either. So kudos to teh good people al Selva Discos for making this rare-as-hens-teeth and criminally underrated album available once again, since it needs to be out there for all to hear. 'Memoria das Aguas' is a unique and compelling concoctionof botn traditional and modern Brazilian styes, postmodern classical, ambient, jazz, tape experiments and abstract sounds derived from Falcao's homemade instruments such as the balaue,a horizontal version of the berimbau string instrument that produces the watery, flowing sound teh album was named after. the balaue is introduced in teh stunning opening track, a miniature symphony that slowly spirals into dizzying depths. Falcao invokes both Afro-Brazilian and Latin-American spirits in a Jon Hassell-like Fourth World setting with 'Amanhecer Tabajara', before moving into Edu Lobo territory with 'Revoada' and capturing the sounds of a bustling bazar with 'Mercado'. The stunning 'Curimao' is teh absolute centerpiece of this brilliant album - a fast-paced six minute samba attack with ripping horns, full-on percussion and dervish-like handclapping that will floor and unsuspecting listener. 'Solito' rounds off this wonderfully balanced album, revealing Falcao's painstaking attention to detail before finally pouring the remnantsouhnc t'a r

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Genre

Latin

Format

LP · 1 disc

Release

31-03-2023

Label

Selva Discos

Item-nr

978366

EAN

4250101406843

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Not in stock