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Condado, Brazil | Feb 2016

by Maracatu de Baque Solto Estrela De Ouro

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We have been planning lots of exciting new collaborations for 2023, and we have been leading a fundraising initiative to help realize them. We're super grateful for the $7,288 we've raised out of our Jan 31st $30,000 goal. Today, we are offering another way for you to support our work: from now until January 31, we have increased the minimum price for each item in our bandcamp discography to $25. Under our fair-trade model, this temporary price increase offers a unique opportunity to not only support our work but also increase compensation to our partner artists. We split the net proceeds of each traditional release 50/50 with the traditional artist, and remix releases are split 3-ways between our organization, the remix artist, and the traditional artist. Thank you for your continued support!

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Hatim Belyamani on behalf of the Remix ⟷ Culture collective

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This album was recorded as part of a larger project seeking to create new links between traditional music and digital remix art. Go to...

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...where you can check out remixes of this music, and - if you want to make your own remix of this music - download samples and stems for free with a Creative Commons license.

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Maracatu de Baque Solto Estrela De Ouro was established in 1983 by Nicinha Teles in Condado, a rural town in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Nicinha has played a central role in her community ever since in promoting deep-rooted local traditions.

Evolving out of Afro-indigenous practices, Maracatu was initially violently censored under Portuguese rule. Plantation owners ultimately allowed slaves to practice Maracatu during Carnival season, during which slaves elected "kings" and "queens," and paraded while dressed in the costumes of the European elite (which the slaves were, in fact, mocking).

Maracatu now comes in many flavors. Maracatu de Baque Solto Estrela De Ouro practices a particular Maracatu style which is commonly referred to as Maracatu Rural (i.e. rural Maracatu) or Maracatu de Baque Solto (i.e. Maracatu of loose rhythm). The first of such Maracatu Rural ceremonies is believed to have taken place in 1918. It is specific to the countryside of the state of Pernambuco and revolves around a celebration of the annual sugarcane harvest.

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released August 2, 2018

Recorded live on February 24th, 2016 by Tyler Wood in Condado, Brazil.
Mixed and mastered by Tyler Wood at Sauce Farm Studio,Catskill, NY
Produced by Hatim Belyamani

With deep gratitude to Diego Bis, Lula Marcondes, Frank Sósthenes, Nicinha Teles, and the community of Condado for helping make this happen.

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