• Family Atlantica – Fly Through the Lightning to Speak With the Sun
    • Family Atlantica – Arena
    • Family Atlantica – Cumbacutiri
    • 1. Fly Through the Lightning to Speak With the Sun
    • 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

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