lagoss & banha da cobra: atlántico

Introducing the first volume on the Aquapelagos series, a collection of split LPs where selected artists offer their own take into water surrounded cultures and communities. After the initial release of the anthology compilation Aquapelago in 2022 (CREP 090LP) this first volume opens up the series with a sound journey inspired by the majestic and sometimes furious Atlantic Ocean. The music was recorded throughout special artists residencies held during the Keroxen Festival in 2020 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife where throughout a week each band recorded their own free vision of an aquapelagic Atlantic culture. Philip Hayward, the Australian researcher who coined the term "Aquapelago" also joins the proceedings with extensive sleeve notes. Side one is provided by Lagoss -- a band comprised of Tenerife based veteran producers, Gonçalo F. Cardoso, Mladen Kurajica, and Daniel García while side two is provided by Banha da Cobra, comprising Lisbon-based musicians Mestre André and Carlos Godinho. Both ensembles have addressed aquatic themes in their prior work, Lagoss having represented phantom islands on a series of vivid cameo tracks released as Imaginary Island Music Vol. 1 (CREP 078LP, 2020) and Banha da Cobra having staged a performance within the Mãe D'Água reservoir in Lisbon in 2018, drawing on recordings of place and objects within it to conjure the liquid history of the city. Recorded at Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Santa Cruz de Tenerife by Jorge Lozano R. Part of the Aquapelago Residency Series for Keroxen 2021. Produced and Curated by Gonçalo F. Cardoso. Mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplate & Mastering, Berlin. Artwork by Evan Crankshaw.