Operation Marea Negra

Mano Negra - Patchanka
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 260 MB | Full Artwork: 56 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Virgin # 0777 7869202 | Country/Year: Europe 1991, 1988
Genre: Rock, World | Style: Alternative Rock, Ska, Punk

The debut from Mano Negra is more than a band wanting to be the Clash. It's the sound of a band becoming the Clash (it compresses all the musical sprawl of Sandinista! into a single disc), then going on to find their own sound, most especially with tracks like "Indios de Barcelona" and "Mala Vida," both of which would become staples of their repertoire. (…) But perhaps its most remarkable achievement is that in 1988, when acid house was rendering guitars obsolete all over Europe, Mano Negra could make such a vital record that made rock important again.

Amparo Velasco, "La Negra" is a spanish gypsy singer from Alicante, raised in Elche that could pass for a woman of American, Dominican or African descent… Both for her black skin, her husky voice, as well as for the music she sings in the album. Jazz, latin-jazz, tango, Brazilian music and of course flamenco coming from her gypsy roots.