Friday, January 7, 2011

Caipirinha Lounge Presents: Lusofonia Acústica, Vol. 2

Demorou, mas finalmente aí está. Depois de uma batalha intensa contra a internet angolana, que vai abaixo quase que cada 20 minutos, fazendo-me ter que recomeçar o upload deste ficheiro de 172MB e vê-lo avançar em velocidade de minhoca, finalmente troquei do meu fiel Filedropper para o Sendspace, que permite continuar o upload de ficheiros mesmo depois da internet 'pifar'. O que finalmente permitiu o upload do ficheiro. E não só isso, acho que hoje foi mesmo o meu dia de sorte, porque encontrei uma Net One muito bem disposta. Mas a vida é assim, coisas que noutros mundos levam meia hora aqui levam semanas. O que interessa é que pelo menos agora já é possível fazer um upload deste tamanho com internet wireless e de banda larga, porque ainda me lembro do tempo em que isto era impossível...

Mas continuando! Compor esta mixtape deu-me imenso prazer, porque nela incluo muitas das minhas músicas preferidas dos tempos mais recentes. Ouviram músicas acústicas de Gabriel Tchiema, Sandra Cordeiro, Frei Fado d'el Rei, Projecto Tsikaya, Maria Gadú, Ruy Mingas, OqueStrada, Grasspoppers, e de vozes mais conhecidas neste espaço, como a Uxía, a Aline Frazão e o Manecas Costa. É mais uma (robusta) compilação de artistas dos mais variados cantos do mundo lusófono, e contém 25 lindas canções no total. Umas antigas e quase que esquecidas, outras rurais e cruas, e outras moderníssimas. Umas em Galego, outra em Tchokwê, umas em crioulo e claro, as restantes em português. Espero que gostem. Segue a ordem das músicas. E enquanto baixa o ficheiro, fiquem com Quando Amanhecer da Vanessa da Mata e o Gilberto Gil, faixa número 11.

It took awhile, but it's finally here. I fought the Angolan internet and won. The internet here is such that it cuts off at least 5 times per hour. Every time it does, I have to restart this 172MB upload and watch it crawl along at snail's pace. I finally ditched Filedropper in favor of Sendspace, where my mixtape upload resumes from the same spot even if the internet decides to take a walk. It's the only way I was able to finally complete this upload. And I also think today was my lucky day, because my internet provider, NetOne, was happier than usual and rarely went down. But such is life, tasks that elsewhere take me half an hour take me weeks here in the motherland. What's important is that at least now making such an upload, wirelessly, is possible, because I remember the times when we were happy to just have electricity...


But nonetheless! Composing this mixtape was a truly pleasurable experience. I included in it many of my favorite songs over the past few months, so you will be hearing music from Gabriel Tchiema, Sandra Cordeiro, Frei Fado d'El Rei, Projecto Tsikaya, Maria Gadú, Ruy Mingas, OqueStrada, Grasspoppers, and several others including Uxía, Aline Frazão, and Manecas Costa. If you don't recognize any of the names above, then you are in for a real treat. This is another (robust) compilation featuring musicians from all corners of the Lusophone world, and it contains 25 songs in total. Some older, others newer, some rural and raw, others sleek and contemporary. Some in Galician, one in Tchokwê, some in Portuguese creole, and the rest, of course, in Portugal. I really do hope you enjoy them. Below is the order of the playlist, and while it's downloading, listen to Quando Amanhecer by Vanessa da Mata featuring Gilberto Gil, the eleventh track on the mixtape.

Quando Amanhecer

1. Shimbalaiê, by Maria Gadú (Brazil)
2. Yssaka, by Gabriel Tchiema (Angola)
3. Lero-Lero, by Luísa Maita (Brazil)
4. Berenguela, by Uxía (Galicia)
5. Rosinha, by Maria de Barros (Cape Verde)
6. Líderes da Difusão Romântica Rural, Projecto Tsikaya (Angola)
7. Um Luxo Só, by Rosa Passos (Brazil)
8. Nha Mame, by Narf & Manecas Costa (Galicia/Guinea Bissau)
9. Se Esta Rua Fosse, by OqueStrada (Portugal)
10. Viagem do Verso, by Frei Fado d’El Rei (Portugal)
11. Quando Amanhecer, by Vanessa da Mata feat. Gilberto Gil (Brazil)
12. Kod, by Kimi Djabaté (Guinea Bissau)
13. Mama Divua Diame, by Avozinho (Angola)
14. Monangambé, by Ruy Mingas (Angola)
15. Guia, by António Zambujo (Portugal)
16. Pé na Lama, by Paulo Flores (Angola)
17. Folha de Feijão Makonde, by The Grasspoppers (Portugal/Mozambique)
18. Dam Bu Mon, by Tcheka (Cape Verde)
19. Cantei, by Konde (Angola)
20. Oxi Não, by Simentera feat. Touré Kunda (Cape Verde/Senegal)
21. Lus, by Nancy Vieira (Cape Verde)
22. Hoje, by Sandra Cordeiro (Angola)
23. Palavra, by Mayra Andrade (Cape Verde)
24. Maria Silêncio, by A minha embala (Aline Frazão e César Herranz) (Angola/Spain)
25. Menina Flor, by Stan Getz & Luis Bonfa, from Thievery Corporation CD ‘Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi’ (Brazil/USA)

Download Mixtape here


4 comments:

Sbongile Mbiko said...

Thanks for this mate! For purely selfish reasons, may your rupture from filedropper be permanent: my building's firewall is receptive to Sendspace.
As for your internet problems, balmy Cape Town awaits a few hours flight time away.

Guuzbourg said...

Great stuff! Did you hear Maya Andrades's gainsbourg cover?

Claudio Silva said...

Sbongile, Sendspace is treating me very well indeed, it's leaving Filedropper in the dust. As for Cape Town, don't tempt me....

Hope you enjoy the playlist!

Claudio Silva said...

And Guuz, I actually haven't heard her Gainsbourg cover because by the time I went to your site the link was down, but I'll definitely try to get my hands on this new live album of hers, Studio 105.

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