Mário Rui Silva – Stories From Another Time 1982-1988 (2xLP)

Explore the roots of Angolan popular music in the meticulous guitar studies of Mário Rui Silva's 1980s albums. For fans of Naná Vasconcelos, John Hassell's Fourth World ambient, Eduardo Mateo's psychedelic folk, and Cameroonian electronic music visionary Francis Bebey. The music of Angolan guitarist, researcher, and intellectual Mário Rui Silva possesses a captivating, melancholic quality woven into the dynamics of his skillful guitar playing, whether in hypnotic groove tracks or hypnotic acoustic ballads.

The music gathered here is drawn from three albums Mário released in Luanda during the 1980s, reflecting his diverse influences, ranging from traditional Angolan and West African rhythms to European jazz and classical instrumentation. A selection of Mário's three albums from the 1980s, Sung'Ali (1982), Tunapenda Afrika (1985), and Koizas dum Outru Tempu (1988), has been compiled here as a 2xLP release by Sam Jacob and Kay Suzuki of Time Capsule. Together, they offer a snapshot of one man's journey to the heart of his country's music, charged with the search for a culture uprooted by colonialism.

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