Karimbo

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yahodeville.com:
Mabulu stanowi melanż starego i nowego. Kolektyw z Mozambiku składa się z wielkich klasyków marrabenty (lokalny gatunek muzyki, o którym później) wraz z reprezentatami nowego brzmienia młodych muzyków z Maputo. Powstałe z tego połączenia dźwięki trudno włożyć do jakiejś szufladki, postawić na półce z płytami poukładanymi według muzycznych kategorii. Z pewnością jednak jest to muzyka piękna
Zbudowane na akustycznej gitarze i saksofonie spokojne melodie przeplatają się ze skocznymi rytmami marrabenty - tanecznej muzyki Mozambiku, która przeżywała swój rozkwit w latach 80-tych. W marrabencie słychać wpływy muzyki tego regionu Afryki, ociera się o specyfikę muzyczną Madagaskaru, sięga do muzyki popularnej Kenii i Zimbabwe, czerpie dźwięki z europejskiego popu.
Po żwawym poczatku, płyta prezentuje spokojniejsze utwory. Moim zdaniem to one określają tą płytę - utwory takie, jak Aids, N´Binheto, Maldeyeni. Lektura obowiązkowa dla muzycznych obieżyświatów.
autor: Janusz

Editors info:
Recorded in Mozambique during the catastrophic floods earlier in 2000, this debut release from Mabulu is a lilting and uplifting testament to hope. From Lisboa Matavel, the Grand Old man of marrabenta who started singing in the 1960s, to 22 year-old Chiquito, representing the new Mozambican rap movement, the band are an inspirational mix of tradition and modernity.
'a joyous celebration of terrific guitar playing and some attention-grabbing rapping' Mojo 'funkier bass and steelier guitar, Mabulu turns out to be less subtle and more adventurous
BBC Music Magazine


www.popmatters.com
[...] Formed in 1999, Mabulu is a collaboration between the older generation of Mozambican musicians, practitioners of the marrabenta genre, and the younger generation of rappers. With the aid of the Swiss NGO Helvetas, Mabulu has toured rural areas around the capital Maputo, mixing entertainment with civic education about problems like AIDS, child prostitution, and drugs.
Marrabenta was invented in urban Mozambique during the colonial period, as musicians tried to adapt foreign musical instruments to their own conditions and materials. Would-be guitarists who couldn't afford the real thing would make imitations out of oil tins, wood and fishing wire. Rebentar means "to break" in Portuguese, and marrabenta refers to the fact that musicians played their "guitars" with such gusto that they frequently broke the strings. During the liberation struggle, the Portuguese considered marrabenta to be a dangerous revolutionary vehicle, and they frequently shut down marrabenta halls. Marrabenta made a comeback in the country in the post-independence period, but the younger urban generation has since developed its own, indigenous form of Western-influenced oppositional music: rap [...]
[...] Karimbo is an energetic introduction both to Mozambique's urban marrabenta styles and to its emerging hip-hop scene. It is inspirational as well, given the conditions out of which it was created. Its honeyed, upbeat sensibilities testify to Mabulu's abilities to reflect upon, intervene in, and ultimately transcend the harsh problems that continue to beset Mozambique. [...]

The Wire (10/00, p.85) - "...Joy radiates from every track..."
JazzTimes (5/01, p.112) - "...Fantastic....with its hypnotic guitar riffs and blend of infectiously sweet grooves and rolling melodic terrain, the album hooks you..."
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