{"product_id":"566010","title":"Family Atlantica - Cosmic Unity [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning, London-based Family Atlantica are back with their far-reaching second album 'Cosmic Unity', released on May 13th via Soundway Records.\\r\u003cbr\u003e It follows on from their 2013 eponymous debut - an album that won the band a range of awards including Songlines Magazine's Best Newcomers 2015.\\r\u003cbr\u003e 'Cosmic Unity', like the band itself, mirrors the mixed-up, intercontinental terrain of their home town. Moving through genres as diverse as psychedelic highlife, steel-pan Ethio-funk, calypso, bai\\xe3o and scorching equatorial jazz underpinned by deep afro-Atlantic dance rhythms, they have created a cohesive, forward-looking sound that echoes classic tropical recordings of the past whilst still sounding fresh and contemporary. Lush string and horn arrangements give way to acidic commentary on the immigration system and slavery as well as incantations of unity. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eProducer and multi-instrumental director, Jack Yglesias (also a core member of the underground pysch-jazz-funk unit The Heliocentrics) leads the explosive ensemble. Alongside Jack, the band features the powerful vocals and poetry of Venezuelan diva Luzmira Zerpa and the percussive West African mastery of Nigerian\/Ghanaian Kwame 'natural power' Crentsil as well as Adrian Owusu (Guitar). \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eJoining them as guests on the album are two musical legends: The Sun Ra Arkestra's bandleader Marshall Allen on alto saxophone, ewi and vocals, and Nigerian Afro-beat colossus Orlando Julius on tenor sax who was at the time of the recording living with Yglesias and Zerpa. The diversity of the Family Atlantica project is reflected in the lyrics, with singing and poetry in Spanish, English, Yoruba and Portuguese. This is a rapid-fire, rhythm-heavy journey, simultaneously moving between the past and future of trans-Atlantic roots music.\u003cp\u003eOkoroba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnjera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCacao\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuerta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Humanidad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Rio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaiao Infinito\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeti Neti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear The Ocean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEfik (Ft Orlando Julius)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Atlantic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCosmic Unity (Ft Marshall Allen)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlanca Y Negra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanto De Pilon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55173189304705,"sku":"566010","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51BGs7cf60L._SL1500_ed7081fb-9ae5-4935-b0db-5b784b164ead.jpg?v=1768134432","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/566010","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}