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    Bitori Legend Of Funana (The Forbidden Music Of Cape Verde Islands)

    Analog Africa
    • Bitori – Nha Bibinha
    • Bitori – Rabelado
    • Bitori – Cruz Di Pico
    • Bitori – Cabalo
    • Bitori – Munana
    • Bitori – Natalia
    • Bitori – Julinha
    • Bitori – Didi Di Réz
    • 1. Nha Bibinha
    • 2. Rabelado
    • 3. Cruz Di Pico
    • 4. Cabalo
    • 5. Munana
    • 6. Natalia
    • 7. Julinha
    • 8. Didi Di Réz

    The follow up to the highly acclaimed "Space Echo" compilation is another offering from the magical Cape Verde islands. 

    In 1997, a quiet, unassuming man of 59 years old named Victor Tavares - better known as Bitori walks into a studio for the very first time to record a masterpiece which many Cabo Verdean consider to be the best Funaná album ever made.

    Another sterling effort from the Analogue Africa camp!

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