Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
ABOUT
In 1999, their seed was planted in Burkina Faso. It sprang up in Portugal and, since then, has spread its fruits around the world, between musical research expeditions and live shows at the most important world music festivals. Recently, they have been given recognition by the Songlines Music Awards 2011, with a nomination in the Best Group category. With Terrakota, the world map is turned upside down, and borders are swept away by their multilingual music, as if Portuguese, Creole, Wolof, Spanish, English, and Arabic were a single language. Carrying a passport for a ride around the world, their dance steps journey across Mandinga and Afro-Cuban rhythms, soukous, maracatu, Arab music, rap, chimurenga, and, more recently, Indian music influences.
Their work speaks for itself: it joins together different people, languages, and cultures. It struggles for recognition of the universal human nature: strong political beliefs become embodied in the energy of their shows. But their solid musical identity, always inventive and well-seasoned, is constantly being built and improved, with traditional and contemporary elements, on a global scale.
Their work speaks for itself: it joins together different people, languages, and cultures. It struggles for recognition of the universal human nature: strong political beliefs become embodied in the energy of their shows. But their solid musical identity, always inventive and well-seasoned, is constantly being built and improved, with traditional and contemporary elements, on a global scale.
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