In February’s Transglobal World Music Chart, the title “O Paraísoi” by the Brazilian musician known by the stage name Lucas Santtana took first place.
The Bahian artist Lucas Santtana’s ninth solo album, O Paraíso, urges us, in ten songs, to modify our line of thought: Paradise exists, right here, right now. It might be wounded but it’s still showing signs of life. We’re responsible for its long term survival, and also, partly, for its constant metamorphosis. Though gentle and full of inventive sonic touches, this is a militant record that mixes Brazilian music with jazz and electronica. Guests include Flavia Coelho and cellist Vincent Segal (band member).
Continuing as he always does to treat grave subjects with a joyful elegance
Santtana put O Paraíso together with a light touch, allowing himself to open out in places where emotions are shaped by the flow of life, (as in ‘Sobre La Memoria’, sung in Spanish). Santtana read The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, with its description of hell at +4°C and might well have allowed himself to go to pieces as a result. But instead, he transformed drama into hope, counterbalancing despair with his reading of the Italian philosopher Emmanuelle Coccia, author of Metamorphoses: “Every being is a metamorphosis, from gestation to our nutrition. All life is metamorphic; it traverses identities and worlds without ever succumbing to passivity.” More at: https://www.newmodelradio.sk/en/lucas-santtana-save-the-planet/
Top albums February 2023:
- Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat! [12]
- Gaye Su Akyol · Anadolu Ejderi · Glitterbeat [1]
- Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin · Ali · Dead Oceans [6]
- Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production [2]
- Taraf Syriana · Taraf Syriana · Lula World Records [15]
- Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail Records [9]
- Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian & Ghalia Benali · In the Footsteps of Rumi · Glossa [3]
- Baul Meets Saz · Banjara · Uren Production [4]
- Mahsa Vahdat & Skruk · Braids of Innocence · Kirkelig Kulturverksted [20]
- V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [-]
- Sona Jobarteh · Badinyaa Kumoo · African Guild [28]
- Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek · Dost 2 · Les Disques Bongo Joe [11]
- Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth · Il Fera Beau Demain Matin Jusqu’à Midi · Passé Minuit en Accords [-]
- Angeline Morrison · The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience · Topic [-]
- V.A. · Chłopi: Wesele Boryny · Muzyka Zakorzeniona [-]
- Okra Playground · Itku · Nordic Notes [7]
- Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha [13]
- Meral Polat Trio · Ez Kî Me · Meral Polat / AudioMaze [18]
- Payadora Tango Ensemble · Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango · Six Degrees [-]
- Dimitris Mystakidis · Morso · Fishbowl Music Tank [26]
- Antonis Antoniou · Throisma · Ajabu! [10]
- Tanxugueiras · Diluvio · Calaverita [29]
- Eneida Marta · Family · Azziz Music [34]
- Jake Blount · The New Faith · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [16]
- Liraz · Roya · Glitterbeat [4]
- Angelique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf · Queen of Sheba · Mister Ibé [19]
- V.A. · Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 · Analog Africa [-]
- Al-Qasar · Who Are We? · Glitterbeat [8]
- Mawaca · Nama Pariret · Mawaca / Ethos Music [-]
- Cserepes · The Sold Girl (Turkish remix) · Fonó [-]
- Studio Shap Shap · Le Monde Moderne · Escalier 227 [39]
- Damir Guagov & Asker Sapiev · Adyge Oredyzhkher: Adyg / Circassian Music · Antonovka [24]
- Tárkány Trió · A Cimbalomprímás · Fonó [-]
- Eliades Ochoa · Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition) · World Circuit / BMG [14]
- Majid Bekkas · Joudour · Igloo [27]
- Retimbrar · Levantar do Chão · Revolução d’ Alegria [31]
- Dawda Jobarteh · Do You Know a Place Called Flekkerøy? · Ajabu! [25]
- Kairos Collective · Erato · TouMilou [-]
- VRï · Islais a Genir · Bendigedig [17]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş [32]
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Founder members and administrators Transglobal World Music Chart:
Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)
Current active members:
Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN)
More at: https://www.transglobalwmc.com/
