Fernando Falcao – Memoria Das Aguas

TRACKS:

A1 Memória Das Águas
A2 Amanhecer Tabajara (À Alceu Valença)
A3 Ladeira Dos Inocentes
A4 Revoada
B1 Mercado (Gravado No Mercado Tanger)
B2 Curimão (Sons Onomatopaicos E Folk Da Guiné)
B3 Solito (Solo De Balauê)
B4 Danado Cantador (Balauê, Orquestra E Declamação) (À Fagner)

DESCRIPTION

'Memória das Águas' is a unique and compelling concoction of both traditional and modern Brazilian styles, postmodern classical, ambient, jazz, tape experiments and abstract sounds derived from Falcão's homemade instruments such as the balauê, a horizontal version of the berimbau string instrument that produces the watery, flowing sound the album was named after. The balauê is introduced in the stunning opening track, a miniature symphony that slowly spirals into dizzying depths. Falcão invokes both Afro-Brazilian and Latin-American spirits in a Jon Hassell-like Fourth World setting with 'Amanhecer Tabajara', before moving into Edu Lobo territory with 'Revoada' and capturing the sounds of a bustling bazar with 'Mercado'. The stunning 'Curimão' is the absolute centerpiece of this brilliant album - a fast-paced six minute samba attack with ripping horns, full-on percussion and dervish-like handclapping that will floor any unsuspecting listener. 'Solito' rounds off this wonderfully balanced album, revealing Falcão's painstaking attention to detail before finally pouring the remnants of his soul out with the grand artistic closing statement that is 'Danado Cantador'. 'Memória das Águas' is a beautifully produced masterpiece that is worthy of a new, more prominent place in history. (RO)