Accordion pressure, island rhythm, postcolonial electricity.
Cape Verdean speed, longing, migration, dance, and rural memory turned into rhythm.
dust / iron / accordion heat
rural Santiago · Praia urban · Lisbon migrant clubs · cassette networks
elite · 1980s
Selected Works
elite · 1990s
Legend of Funaná
elite · 1987
Funaná Sem Fronteiras
scarce · 2014
Ora doci Ora margos
scarce · 1980
Bulimundo
scarce · 1976
Os Tubarões
scarce · 1996
Nôs Morna
mythic · 2007
Djan Djan
mythic · 1985
Ch'ma li ta bom
mythic · 1988
Accordion pressure, island rhythm, postcolonial electricity.
Cape Verdean speed, longing, migration, dance, and rural memory turned into rhythm.
dust / iron / accordion heat
rural Santiago · Praia urban · Lisbon migrant clubs · cassette networks
elite · 1980s
Selected Works
elite · 1990s
Legend of Funaná
elite · 1987
Funaná Sem Fronteiras
scarce · 2014
Ora doci Ora margos
scarce · 1980
Bulimundo
scarce · 1976
Os Tubarões
scarce · 1996
Nôs Morna
mythic · 2007
Djan Djan
mythic · 1985
Ch'ma li ta bom
mythic · 1988
Funaná Live
elite · 1978
Carpinteiros
elite · 1983
Funaná Ritual
elite · 1992
Sodade
scarce · 1975
Rural Pulse
scarce · 1971
Djunga
scarce · 1984
Accordion Night
scarce · 1998
Dança Ma Kriola
mythic · 1979
Ferrinho Sparks
mythic · 1982
Island Motor
mythic · 2011
Vocabulario
Start here before going deeper.
canon
Records that mutate the room into another world.
strange-door
Funaná Live
elite · 1978
Carpinteiros
elite · 1983
Funaná Ritual
elite · 1992
Sodade
scarce · 1975
Rural Pulse
scarce · 1971
Djunga
scarce · 1984
Accordion Night
scarce · 1998
Dança Ma Kriola
mythic · 1979
Ferrinho Sparks
mythic · 1982
Island Motor
mythic · 2011
Vocabulario
Start here before going deeper.
canon
Records that mutate the room into another world.
strange-door