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: Artist......: Desire Marea
: Album.......: On the Romance of Being :
: Label.......: Mute Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Electronic :
Catnr.......: CDSTUMM477 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2023-08-04
Str.date....: 2023-04-07
Quality.....: 263kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://desiremarea.bandcamp.com '
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1. Ezulwini 5:00
2. Be Free 5:17
3. Makhukhu 5:47
4. Mfula 4:15
5. Arrival 3:34
6. Rah (feat. Zoe Modiga) 8:55
7. Skhathi 4:28
8. Banzi 9:40
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\ / ________ Runtime 46:56
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,: FAKA's Desire Marea follows 2020's ace "Desire" with his :,
: ambitious, big budget Mute debut, recording in South Africa with :
:' a 13-member ensemble that features Sibusiso Mashiloane, Sbu ':
,: Zondi, Portia Sibiya, Andrei Van Wyk, and Sanele Ngubane. :,
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:' After releasing 'Desire', Marea trained as a sangoma, a ':
,: traditional Nguni spiritual healer or shaman who is able to :,
: divine or tell fortunes using ritual methods like dancing, :
:' chanting, channeling or drumming. He uses this framework to ':
,: feed his musical expression and help better connect him with the :,
: music and traditions that resonate throughout the region. "I :
:' just want to be free," he repeats soberly on lead single 'Be ':
,: Free', crooning over rousing strings and powerful drums. He :,
: explains in the accompanying notes that his training as a :
:' sangoma allows him to invoke spirits that help him enter a ':
,: trance state. "In my work as a musician, I heal people using :,
: music," he explains. "It's a different kind of medicine but one :
:' in which I often have to channel different spirits, different ':
,: truths and the essence of light." :,
: :
:' The music is hard to place, a lavish and theatrical fusion of ':
,: gospel energy, progressive rock ambition and jazz spirituality :,
: that's lashed to the ancient traditions of the Nguni and Ndau :
:' peoples. At first it sounds so ornate that it's easy to imagine ':
,: it being a studio creation, but many of the songs were recorded :,
: in a single take. This kinetic energy is the key to unraveling :
:' "On the Romance of Being", and if Marea pulled any specific ':
,: element from his work as a sangoma, it's the ability to manage :,
: such a sprawling musical ensemble and lead with such passion and :
:' verve. His work with FAKA already showed us his star power, but ':
,: this album ascends to even higher places - places few artists :,
: have the audacity and charisma to climb. :
:' ':
,: 'Makhukhu' is relentlessly funky, driven by a throbbing bassline :,
: and Marea's piercing, crystal clear voice. But nothing on this :
:' record ever says in the same place for long - dreamy guitars ':
,: curve into wobbly horns, and stark piano pulls back to spotlight :,
: Marea's possessed emotionality that swirls with the instruments :
:' into a brightly colored foam. It's actually unusual to hear ':
,: someone with a voice so sonorous - Scott Walker maybe? David :,
: Sylvian? Just flip over to 'Arrival', that offsets Marea's :
:' soaring tones with dissonant synth blasts, or the lengthy, ':
,: operatic 'Rah' that drops the singer into the fourth world :,
: before shuttling him into a dark, smoke-filled cabaret. By the :
:' time we reach the final track 'Banzi', we're been primed to ':
,: expect the unexpected, so when Marea coughs and chants over :,
: frenetic, noise-flecked jazz fusion, we're completely ready. :
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