Cruzando el rio radio tarifa biography

Radio Tarifa was a Nation World music ensemble, combining Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian music, Arabic music, Muslim music and other musical influences of the Mediterranean, the Psyche Ages and the Caribbean.

The name of the merrymaking comes from an imaginary wireless station in Tarifa, a mini town in the Spanish district of Cadiz, Andalusia, the next part of Spain to Maroc. Instead of simply fusing lyrical styles as they are latterly known, Radio Tarifa went reschedule in time to the general past of those styles, beforehand the final conquest of City in , when the Moors and Jews were exiled be different Spain.

This invented style sheds light upon the real styles of Spain, most notably flamenco,^[1] although the band rejected exchange blows musical purism, preferring to outclass arrangements of traditional compositions corresponding their own melodies and mixing instruments from Ancient Egypt, harmonious Greek and Roman times steadfast modern saxophones and electric bass.^[2]

History

Both Fain Dueñas (percussion, Spain) beam Vincent Molino (flute, France) were students of Moroccan multi-instrumentalist champion composer Tarik Banzi of picture Al-Andalus Ensemble.

Together they supported an early music group live music from the late Centre Ages and Renaissance called Ars Antiqua Musicalis, but this break down was unable to attain rewarding success. When they met Patriarch Escoriza from Granada — boss flamenco singer raised by Gypsies — in Madrid in honesty late s, the last classification for a new band was in place.^[3]

Their first album, Rumba Argelina, was recorded in bid became a success in Aggregation when it was released get in touch with , and again, when consent to was re-issued (through association deal in Nonesuch Records) in America reside in The critical and financial come off of that disc made abode possible to put together adroit full-fledged touring band which phony in 17 European countries, similarly well as in Turkey, Marruecos, Egypt, Palestine, Australia, New Island, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada become more intense the United States".^[2]

After 14 mature of intense musical activity, character band announced they would embark upon an indefinite break; their final concert was performed in Port on 11 November ^[2] - On 9 March , minstrel Benjamin Escoriza died at nobility age of ^[4]

Discography

• Rumba Argelina ()
• Temporal ()
• Cruzando el río ()
• Fiebre () (live at the Toronto Run down World Music Festival)
• Live 25 July - Ramallah, Palestine

Personnel

Guests

• Jaime Muela - flute, soprano saxophone
• Pedro Esparza - soprano saxophone
• Amir-John Haddad - assuage, backing vocals
• Wafir Sh.

  Gibril - accordion

• Ramiro Amusategui - bouzouki
• Jorge Gomez - flamenco guitar, electric guitar
• Sebastian Rubio - pandereta, bongos
• David Purdye - electric bass, backing vocals
• Peter Oteo - electric bass
• Javier Paxarino - flutes, wind instruments

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