Tibau Tavares

Tibau Tavares - composer, guitarist and singer from the Cape Verde Islands bestows us with 7 new songs. Aftertouring Europe in recent years with Pupkulies & Rebecca he is now appearing as a solo artist however for therecording and instrumentation he has joined forces with the production duo of Pupkulies & Rebecca - Janosch Blaulund Sepp Singwald. The 7 songs were recorded during the Europe tour during gaps of the performance schedule.The resulting mini album presents him in a mature and intimate mood with music which is permeated by thetraditional music of the Cape Verde Islands. The session begins with the melodia which embodies the soul of theislands in the70s. Then the epic Txoro die Maio - the mourning wail of a funeral ceremony transformed to song.Tibau recalls with the following pieces Ramantxada and Morena Guitarra echoes of the music of Manu Chao. Diabo cata more nau tells of the devil who will never die and does without the steel string guitar as well as otherinstrumentation. In Palavra the power of the word is celebrated in the poetry of Portugese. In this recording the textis sung in two keys throughout the whole song which creates an interesting sound esthetic. With the repetitive andfading Tempo di azagua Tibau sings of the coming wet season which unfortunately all too often doesnt occur. Whatbegins with a loop and an acoustic guitar dissolves into a hovering piano figure which reminds one of artists like NilsFrahm. This is no coincidence because the instrumentalist on this album Sepp Singwald is a long time friend and bandmember of Nils. This collection of 7 songs combines many apparent contrasts. For an album too short and for an EPtoo mature. Traditional songs from a long distant past bedded onto an unimposing modern sound tapestry. Classicalsongwriting carried by programmed percussion figures. 3 years of recording that sounds like one session. TibauTavares recorded 7 msicas and once again enriched us with beautiful songs