Finis Africæ

EM Records May 2013 release
Finis Africæ
A LAST DISCOVERY :
The Essential Collection, 1984-2001
"Finis Africæ (or Finis Africae)". Words redolent of mystery and
myth, of Europe looking out to new lands, new worlds, new times.
And so it is with "A Last Discovery", the work of Spaniard Juan
Alberto Arteche Guel and his musical co-adventurers, recorded
between 1984 and 2001. After fifteen years of musical success in
Spain with his band Nuestro Pequeño Mundo, Arteche was ready
to experiment with new ideas, and with the purchase of a four-track
reel-to-reel recorder he did so, exploring imaginary global
music-worlds with a core of like-minded explorers. The group,
dubbed "Finis Africæ" by JAA after reading Umberto Eco's "The
Name of the Rose", where the term refers to forbidden books and
hidden knowledge, released seven recordings over an
eighteen-year period, the best of which are compiled here.
Finis Africae was part of the "new wave" of Spanish music which
gradually emerged after the end of the Francoist regime. Using
modern electric instruments and traditional acoustic instruments
from many cultures blended together via studio alchemy, a magic
which grew even stronger with the acquisition of a sixteen-track
=CD version=
outward-looking musical multiverse, an unclassifiable amalgam
TITLE: A Last Discovery: The Essential Collection,
skillfully and lovingly shaped into an inclusive pan-global whole.
CATALOGUE #: EM1113CD
organic minimal funk will appeal to DJs as well as all who yearn for
RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2013 (Japan domestic)
possibilities.
BAR CODE: 4560283211136
Last Discovery" is available on CD and double vinyl (with two
=Vinyl version=
their native Spain. Come take a retrospective journey of discovery.
FORMAT: 2 x 12” LP
recorder after their second release, Finis Africæ created an
ARTIST: Finis Africae
encompassing elements of folk traditions from all over the world,
1984-2001
Deeply influenced by African music, the group's reverberant,
FORMAT: CD
the loving warmth that comes with the embrace of global
EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE: Mid of May
With liner notes in Spanish, English and Japanese by JAA, "A
bonus tracks). This is the first release by Finis Africae outside of
CATALOGUE #: EM1113DLP
New worlds await.
RELEASE DATE: Same as CD version
EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE: Same as CD
BAR CODE: 4560283217138
TRACK LISTING:
LP version:
Side-A
1. Radio Tarifa (Tarifa Radio)
2. Zoo Zulu (Zulu Zoo)
3. Triciclos en La Chopera (La Chopera Tricycles)
4. Pirulo, cambia cromos (Pirulo Exchange Trading Cards)
5. Segundos, segundos, segundos (Seconds Seconds Seconds)
+ First ever world release by the band outside of Spain
+ Compiled from seven albums from 1984-2001
+ 48khz/24bit digitally remastered
+ Liner notes written by ex-leader of the band, Juan
Alberto Arteche Guel
+ Spanish/English/Japanese text
6. Luna (Moon)
+ Appeal to the listeners of post-punk / new wave,
Side-B
recordings, african & world music
7. Los pobres del mundo tocan el bombo (Poor People of the World Play the
Bass Drum)
8. El abrazo de la selva (The Jungle Hug)
9. Los colores de mis botas (The Colors of My Boots)
10. Juana y Rosalía (Juana and Rosalia)
11. Hybla (Hybla)
Side-C
12. Suite Amazónica (Amazonian Suite)
13. Dança do corpo (Dance of Body)
14. Remontando El Purus (Going Up the Purus River)
15. Hassell, el oso hormiguero (Hassell the Anteater)
Side-D
16. El baile de Sara (Sara’ s Dance)
17. Masai Mara (Mara Masai)
18. Bahía de los Genoveses (The Bay of Genoa)
CD version:
Same track order as above LP version except two LP only bonus tracks
“Juana y Rosalía” (track 4 on side B) and “Remontando El Purus” (track 3
on side C). 16 tracks in total.
techno, deep organic-funk, experimental music, field
CD version:
Cardboard / gatefold paper jacket + liners.
LP version:
Double 12” LP set in a gatefold jacket. Quality pressing
+ liner notes. Incl. two vinyl only tracks.
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