Raíces de América (1981) - Volume II
With a group of musicians living in São Paulo, Brazilians, Chileans and Argentines, we created on January, 1980 the band “Raíces de América”. Our goal was to show, wuthout raising any old flags, the latin american music and poetry, only partially or almost unknown, in Brazil.
We created an exciting show and e had our fist LP Album recorded by Eldorado Records Studio.
We've crossed Brazil from Spouth to North, giving and receiving Love. The wisdom words of Pablo Neruda had always ruled our steps :
Yo solo vengo a cantar, y para que cantes
comigo.
This is our second album, with songs from the 1981 show. Album and show are the chapter two of a fascinating book called América. It's time to find better ways and exits for our hardly beaten continent. Our new musical thematic has a forest enlighted name : Hope...
Complementing Neruda, these verses define the band proposal:
...Traigo la esperanza en mi
canción, manos enlazadas sin revanchas ni
rencor.
Enrique Bergen
- Side I
- Triunfo de la Esperanza (Oswaldo Avena / Facundo Cabral) – 2'30”
- Los Hermanos (Atahualpa Yupanqui) – To hear MP3 (832 KB)
- Borracho me Voy (Enzo Merino / Willy Verdaguer) – 2,30”
- Volver a Los 17 (Violeta Parra) – To hear MP3 (781 KB)
- Fantasia Andina (Julio César Peralta) – 2,50”
- Abracadabra (Tony Osanah) – 2,47”
- Side II
- Cristalina (Willy Verdaguer / Celso Ribeiro) – To hear MP3 (325 KB)
- Zamba para Desandar Caminos (Willy Verdaguer / Enrique Bergen) – 2´20”
- Guajira para la Esperanza de América (Oswaldo Avena / Enrique Bergen) – 2´43”
- El Cantar Tiene Sentido (Tema do Folclóre Venezolano) – 2´55”
- Pássaro Cativo (Celso Ribeiro) – To hear MP3 (289 KB)
- La Ciudad (Enzo Merino / Oscar Segovia / Frederico Góes) – To hear MP3 (972 KB)
- Raíces de América are:
- MARIANA AVENA: Vocals (solos)
- TONY OSANAH: Vocals (solos), quena, transverse flute, electric guitars, ovation guitar, autoharp
- ENZO MERINO: Charango, zampoñas, quena, toyo, guitar, tenor guitar, quatro venezolano, moceño, trutruca, caipira guitar, vocals.
- WILLY VERDAGUER: Counterbass, zampoña, bombo, guitar, piano, vocals
- OSCAR SEGOVIA: Andino drums, guitar, bombo leguero, zabumba, tremeterra ( earth shaker ), surdo, caixa ( box drum ), tumbadoras, bongós, pratos ( plates ), agogô, triângulos ( triangles ), reco-reco, pau-de-chuva( rain stick ), trucu-trucu, cascabeles, maracas, campanitas, maracas, zurdo, cencerro, timbaletas, uñitas, uñas, apitos, guitar.
- JULIO CÉSAR PERALTA: First guitar( Lead ), vocals.
- FREDY GOES: Charango, ganzá, maracas, saw.
- CELSO RIBEIRO: Guitar, charango, zampoña, ovation guitar.
- OSWALDO AVENA, Guest musician, participated as a guitar player in: “Zamba para desandar caminos” and “Guajira para la esperanza de América”.
- CALIXTO CORAZZA e TONINHO, cellos in: “La Ciudad” and “Los Hermanos”.
- With the participations of Don Beto e Brenda
- Technical Profile:
- Phonographic Producer: Estúdio Eldorado Ltda
- Artistic Coordination : Aluízio Falcão
- Production Direction: Enrigue Bergen
- Studio Direction : Sidney Morais
- Recording Technician and Mixing : Flávio Barreira
- Arranges and Regency: Raíces de América ( special colaboration of Oswaldo Avena )
- Cover/Creation: Ariel Severino
- Art Direction : Ariel Severino
- Art Assistant : Flávio Machado