{"product_id":"caracoles","title":"Caracoles","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this, their third album, they combine talents with Cuban lyricist, singer and composer \u003cstrong\u003eKiko Ruiz\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has toured and recorded with Pancho Amat's illustrious Estrellas del Buena Vista Social Club as well as having a longstanding history as a singer, composer and arranger with Orquesta Maria Alejandra y Cubanía.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaracoles\u003c\/em\u003e ushers (Grammy-award nominated) \u003cstrong\u003eOrquesta Akokán\u003c\/strong\u003e's unique brand of mambo into the 21st century, imbuing it with the group's signature sense of akokán–a Cuban Yoruba word meaning \"from the heart\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBack at the helm are producer and multi-instrumentalist, \u003cstrong\u003eJacob Plasse\u003c\/strong\u003e and virtuosic pianist, composer and arranger \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Eckroth\u003c\/strong\u003e - a collaboration that continues to lead \u003cstrong\u003eOrquesta\u003c\/strong\u003e's exploration of the sublime mambo in all its depth and breadth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd although \u003cem\u003eCaracoles\u003c\/em\u003e is of this moment, its raíces stretch deep into the past, presenting a glorious return to the iconic grooves of an era indelibly marked by Benny Moré, Perez Prado and Machito in New York bands and Cuba's orquestas gigantes of the mid-twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile some songs are everyday Cuban life storytelling, \u003cstrong\u003eRuiz\u003c\/strong\u003e, a tata —priest— informs his lyrics with a Palo Mayombe spirituality propelling the mambo back to its original meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite being popularised worldwide as a festive, light-spirited, danceable genre, mambo is not to be taken lightly in the Palo Mayombe religion. Mambo is both a song and a prayer, beseeching good spirits to guide one's journey away from darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the album's songs —including the title tune— are in this Congo dialect, designed to be impenetrable by the uninitiated. \u003cem\u003eCaracoles\u003c\/em\u003e' fierce, effervescent grooves, \u003cstrong\u003eRuiz\u003c\/strong\u003e affirms, can \"...vibrate your soul, which is precisely what the world needs right now\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tunes offer an irresistible invitation to heed the title song's invitation, \"\u003cem\u003eCucha mambo que yo emboa montero...este mambo es pa' ti.\u003c\/em\u003e\" Listen to this story, I bring it to you as a travelling song...This mambo is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daptone","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50445309706571,"sku":"2200671","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50445310165323,"sku":"2200672","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50445309247819,"sku":"2200670","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DAP077CD_356b4121_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727036128","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/caracoles","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}