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Tracklist:
00:04 1) Bosque
04:57 2) Bailar Conmigo
9:00 3) El Alma y el Cuerpo
14:01 4) Sintiendo
22:34 5) Pure Love
25:36 6) Rocas
31:16 7) Caribbean Power
35:12 8) Mozo
40:39 9) Pájaros
44:04 10) Lo Que Tengo Que Decir
49:18 11) Pa’ Respirar
Recorded near the coastal city of Barranquilla, ‘Elegancia Tropical’ has been greeted with much critical acclaim in the US, receiving rave reviews from New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Washington Post and more. NPR called the album a “major step forward for Bomba Estéreo” while Washington Post described it as a “more cultivated turn in the group’s sound but never at the expense of the roiling Afro Caribbean grooves that galvanized previous releases.”
Since their performance in Roskilde (Denmark, 2010), where they first received international acclaim for their eye popping live show, Bomba Estéreo has played over 250 shows in more than 100 different cities and performed at some of the most prestigious festivals around the world including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and WOMAD.
“A dynamic mix: electronics, cumbia, soaring guitars and impassioned vocals, performed with raw intensity” - NPR
“Kinetic, party-starting blend of cumbia, champeta, dub and psychedelia” - ABC News
“Rock star presence and pop fireworks” - Rolling Stone
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MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
Soundway Records was conceived in 2002 by label owner Miles Cleret whilst returning from Ghana with a hoard of dusty old 45s and LPs that had mostly not been heard outside the former Gold Coast since their original release. Planned on a whim the trip was not one of the carefully planned research expeditions that Miles would later embark on to any number of far-flung tropical destinations. On the contrary he left England with no idea of what he might find or that it might be the start of a career in the record business.
Although the label has it's roots in West Africa the scope has grown to include many other parts of the tropical belt with the aim of making available recordings that have in most cases never been available outside of their original countries and often not even there for over 30 years. Over the years Soundway's modus operandi has been to approach the music from a different angle from many of the more established "World Music" labels. By focusing on more obscure artists as well as big names and often concentrating on progressive recordings more in sync with Cleret's generation and background in DJ culture and dance-music. Styles have included afro-beat, funk, highlife, ethio-jazz, molam, calypso, cumbia, champeta, biguine, latin-jazz and disco as well as many unclassifiable recordings.
Since 2012 Soundway has begun releasing new material from a carefully selected handful of contemporary recording artists including acclaimed acts Ondatropica, Bomba Estereo and Ibibio Sound Machine
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