Quantic, Nidia Sophia Gongora Bonilla - Almas Conectadas

Format: LP, Album

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    UK  
Released:  2021-10-22
Genre:       Reggae, Latin, Funk / Soul, Folk World & Country
Style:         Soul, Funk, Cumbia

Comments:
Factory Sealed Brand New Copy.

Combining Góngora’s artful, acoustic compositions with the arrangements of electronic producer Will Holland, AKA Quantic, might seem a strange proposition. Yet, after hearing Góngora’s music while living in the Colombian city of Cali, Holland approached the singer and produced a dancefloor-focused reworking of her music on the 2017 album Curao. The pair’s latest offering, Almas Conectadas (Connected Souls), takes a softer approach, highlighting Góngora’s full-throated timbre with orchestral embellishments. Throughout, Holland’s gentle production layers polyrhythms, bowed strings and plucked melody, always providing ample space for Góngora’s voice to soar atop the musical foundations without being weighed down by their intricacies. It is a challenging interplay, but one the pair both pull off with effortless aplomb, giving these tales of lost souls at sea, drunken revelry and forlorn romances an ornamental polish without losing their sense of tradition and rooted authenticity. (The Guardian)

Playlist

Notes:

A1. Doncella
A2. El Chiclan
A3. Balada Borracha
A4. Almas Conectadas
A5. Orozul
A6. Adorar la Sangre
B1. Adiós Chacón
B2. Pronto Alivio
B3. Macumba de Marea
B4. El Avión
B5. Vuelve