Akatz - Rudo Bilbao LP
SKU: BR028
Description:
There is a band in Bilbao that for over 15 years has assumed with
pride and hard work one of the leading roles in the Basque Jamaican
scene: AKATZ. Rejecting impersonations, AKATZ has been forged in a
thousand battles, concerts and recordings creating its own
individual musical personality. A planet packed of good vibes and
music for the dance floor with plenty of satellites of black music
rotating around it: ska, soul, rocksteady, jazz R&B, roots… But
what AKATZ was missing in its career was “the definitive recording
creation”. An album they could point at in the firmament and
clearly identify as its own. What a famous 60’s band called a
“Masterpiece”. And that piece is without a doubt RUDO BILBAO (Rude
Bilbao).
This album exhibits AKATZ in its sheerest expression showing in 10
tracks their first-rate taste and at the same time stating with
sense of humour but also with delight their “Pride of Bilbao”. All
the intensity of their live sound has been faithfully captured at
“A-Lone Muzik Studio” and produced with the collaboration of
Roberto Sánchez aka LONE ARK. Instrumentation is done with passion
á la Jamaican “big-band” and lyrics created by singer, composer and
frontman “Unai Quecedo aka Bita” on tracks like “Rudo Bilbao”,
“Luces” (Lights), “Na de na” (Nothing at all) and guitar player
Josu Santamaría in “Así eres tu” (The way you are) and
“Predispuesto a ska” (Tendency to ska) make the whole album sound
distinctively urban. Scenery of the nightlife in town, of the
clubs, of the streets. Stories of impossible love affairs, of too
much drinking or of night encounters at the back of a bar. Songs
that will surely recall your own experiences in your own town.
Specially if you are from Bilbao since this disk shows Main Street
of Jamaican Bilbao, of “Rudo Bilbao”..
Format & package: LP
Record label: Brixton Records
Year of release: 2018 (reissued from
2010)
Tracks:
A1 Matxitxako Ska Dantza
A2 Rudo Bilbao
A3 Luces
A4 Asi Eres Tu
A5 Hately A.K.A. Lovely
B1 Esa Txika
B2 Nos Vemos En La 7ª
B3 Na de Na
B4 Vividor A.K.A. Bizizale
B5 Predispuesto a SKA
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| Weight | 0,4 Kg |
