ZA! // ZA! & la TransMegaCobla LP

A record released in February 15 by the Spanish duo ZA!, who have performed over 700 live performances over the past 2023 years, on the Portuguese jungle label Discrepant.

Includes 10 pop and punk fantasies of Mediterranean jazz rock. DL link included.

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Includes DL link.

Tracklist:

1. La sardana de Baal Hammon 07:44
2. El Medisabor de Le'an El Nim 03:07
3. El Sweep The Lehelan 00:35                                                          
4. La Gnaoua de Yishma Qala!                                                          
5. Ela Tho 02:56                                                          
6. El Gosse de Marpha 06:53                                                          
7. El Balearic de Qaa El Ril 00:59                                                          
8. La Kopanitza d'Aruj Yamim 02:53                                                          
9. Fandangos d'Aruj Yamim 06:30                                                          
10. El Djent d'Aruj Yamim 03:00

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Text via Discogs:

"a MegaCobla + Tarta Relena + ZA! = ZA!

These three elements come together with the purpose of portraying their own vision of Mediterranean music, filtered by distortion (so current in cognitive, social and identity terms) and psychedelia (so inevitable in an increasingly accelerated and saturated reality). A retro-futuristic journey from folk to free exploring the shores of the Mediterranean, claiming its power as a living core, never as a deadly border.

The TransMegaCobla fuses traditional Mediterranean culture -from buleria to kopanitsa, from gnaoua to sardana- with contemporary culture to create a fictional but deeply human and festive universe. Resurrecting the Phoenician language, the octet seeks common roots to fuse and remake them with contemporary molds such as rock, punk, free jazz and conducted improvisation. A timeless orchestra ready to invent, with real elements, a science-fiction Mediterranean in a parallel reality."

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Text via Lovers & Lollypops:

" After 15 years and more than 700 shows in all continents, the Spanish experimental duet ZA! present their most populated project:

ZA! & la TransMegaCobla

The new ensemble is composed by:

• La MegaCobla: an experienced traditional Catalan cobla wind quartet, born after an improvisation workshop with ZA! two years ago. Pep Moliner, Jordi Casas, Xavi Molina and Xavi Torrent are four of the most reputable and innovative cobla musicians, experts in hacking tradition and using their folk instruments in any modern musical genre.

• Tarta Relena, young a capella trans-folk duet that have shook up theire scene. With their use of polyphony and voice FX, Helena Ros and Marta Torrella are digging in the deepest Mediterranean folk repertoire and placing it in the XXIst century with aesthetic renewal .

• ZA!: Papadupau & Spazzfrica Ehd are European benchmarks of the underground Do-It-Yourself music community. Their uniquely intense shows, as well as their collective/collaborative work (wokshops, benefit shows, Do-it-Together cooperation) have allowed They to tour the whole world, from Tokyo to Maputo, from Tasmania to Sao Paulo, from New York to Saint Petersburg.

Artist: ZA!

Label : Discrete, Keroxen, Gandula, Indian Runners, Lovers & Lollypops