Description
2023 reissue, 12″ LP, Altercat.
One of two Nana Vasconcelos works to be rereleased on Altercat lately, Africadeus is a landmark album of Brazilian music that reveals the genius of the titular artist – regarded by many as one of the most innovative percussionists of all time. Above all, the album flaunts Nana’s mastery of the berimbau, a Pan-African instrument that he essentially claimed as his own over the course of his career, and which he thus transformed into a bursting vessel for expression. A solo classic berimbau performance, ‘Africadeus’, appears on the A, while the B-siders ‘Aboios’ and ‘Selecao De Folclore’ are much more energetic pieces that celebrate the rich folkloric and pastoral culture of Nana’s homeland. – Juno
