• Family Atlantica – Fly Through the Lightning to Speak With the Sun
    • Family Atlantica – Arena
    • Family Atlantica – Cumbacutiri
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    • 2. Incantation to the Ancestors
    • 3. Arena
    • 4. Cumbacutiri
    • 5. Libation At the Gate of No Return
    • 6. Jaia
    • 7. Manicero
    • 8. Pranto Do Banzo
    • 9. Escape to the Palenque
    • 10. El Apamate
    • 11. El Negrero (The Slave Ship)
    • 12. Gaita Psychedelica
    • 13. Myths and Proverbs
    • 14. Clavelito Colorado
    • 15. Eboka Ritual
    • 16. Tamunangue Blues
    • 17. The Griots Blessing
    • 18. Pescador Saharawi
    • 19. La Familia
    • 20. Speak to the Spirit of the Sea

    The debut LP from Family Atlantica on Soundway!  Recorded over 4 years in London and Venezuela, Cuban rumba, Venezuelan tambor and tonada, Ghanaian highlife, Ethiopian blues and calypso have been soaked and infused with psychedelia and spiritual jazz. Support from Gilles Peterson!

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