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Cosmic Unity

by Family Atlantica

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Bob Hill Illicit Grooves
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Bob Hill Illicit Grooves Wow, bought this on a recommendation and so pleased I did. This is perfect for The Illicit Grooves Radio Show and for Illicit Grooves DJ gigs. A briliant album of music and message.
Favorite track: Enjera.
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Rayna aka DJ Yarn Goes straight to your hips Favorite track: Cacao.
Todd Leiter-Weintraub
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Todd Leiter-Weintraub My favorite album of 2016 jumbles together all sorts of Afro Caribbean sounds and throws them into a blender to create something so exhilarating! Puts a huge smile on my face every time that I put it on! Favorite track: Enjera.
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Andrew Jervis Tropical outernational horn and percussion-heavy funk. Just plain nasty. Favorite track: Canto De Pilon.
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Okoroba 04:38
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Enjera 03:12
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Cacao 03:36
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Visa 00:41
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Puerta 02:05
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La Humanidad 03:31
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El Rio 00:44
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Neti Neti 03:01
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Award-winning, London-based Family Atlantica are back with their far-reaching second album ‘Cosmic Unity’, released on May 13th via Soundway Records.

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.

‘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, baião 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.

Producer and multi-instrumental director, Jack Yglesias (also a core member of the underground pysch-jazz-funk unit The Heliocentrics) leads the explosive 7 piece ensemble that features the powerful vocals and poetry of Venezuelan diva Luzmira Zerpa and the percussive West African mastery of Nigerian/Ghanaian Kwame ‘natural power’ Crentsil.

Joining 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 music.

The band will be touring ‘Cosmic Unity’ at multiple dates throughout the summer

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released May 13, 2016

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Family Atlantica London, UK

Family Atlantica is three people from three different continents: London born Jack Yglesias, band leader, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder. His wife Luzmira Zerpa, traditional Venezuelan musician, poet and singer with a magical voice. And Kwame 'Natural Power' Crentsil, percussionist, backing vocal, arranger. ... more

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