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Ojos de Brujo
Barí
$17.99 (special price right now: $15.99)
Read an interview with the band in RootsWorld
Read the feature story about the band published in fRoots
Listen:
tiempo de solea
intro
nalta
buleria del ay!
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"From the moment it starts, there's no doubt that this is an album of now. Energetic, assertive and joyful, it does what you want a record to do: it changes the mood and makes life seem full of possibilities. Reaching back to flamenco and rumba, grabbing handfuls of hip hop, dub and modern-sounding drum licks and bass lines (but not drum-and-bass!), the group makes forward-looking music that could definitely have been made only in Spain and probably only in Barcelona." - Charlie Gillett, BBC
“It's like flamenco passing through the prism of the sounds and preoccupations of the modern city” - fRoots "...on the leading edge of an exciting musical movement in Spain today." - Jacob Edgar, RootsWorld
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If you like this CD, you will REALLY like these artists:
Barahunda
Mercedes Peon
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The record label says:
Barí is the perfect introduction to the musical magic of Ojos de Brujo. The album takes its name from a word in Caló – the Gypsy (Roma) dialect of Spain – that means, roughly, 'finding the groove in life' - the same way you do in music. Xavi Turull, the group's percussionist, explains: "Barí is a word that Ramon, who's Gypsy, picked up from his grandmother. It's kind of like the feeling that everything in life is working right. That everything feels good." That's an apt description of the album, too – eleven original tracks (and two remixes) where everything works right and feels good. Throughout it all, Ojos de Brujo displays an easy mastery of – and respect for – flamenco's roots. Says Xavi, "We live in Barcelona and we live strong – always out in the streets, so we've always lived rumba catalana and flamenco puro really strongly. But when Marina came into the group, we became even more focused on the flamenco. Our roots got stronger and we became more confident when we experimented with other styles. We became more solid – more of a band."
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