The Invaders Steelband - Distant Shores

Covertext: The music of Latin American countries alsways has had a strong appeal for Europeans, as it radiates the exotic moods of the tropics. Be it gay, romantic or sad, this music is always sincere and full of temperament, taking us to the sandy beaches of a far-off paradise, populated by lovely, dark-eyed girls whose main occupation in life seems to be song and dance.
This is even more so with the people around the Carribean where too expensive musical instruments are successfully substituted by those on hand: maracas, congas and oil drums.
By tuning various sizes of these oil drums and playing with rubber-coated little sticks a very specific sound is obtained which has become the musical trademark of Trinidad first, later spreading to the whole Carribean area.
The Invaders Steelband has brought its music, its gaiety and temperament to Europe, where there are appearing in concert for more than a year now. Their performances combine their very own sound with another typical art-form of their homeland: the limbodance.
Their first album may feature Latin American evergreens as well as their native music, still in every song the typical steel-sound is clearly emerging.
Let yourself be taken to the distant shores of your dreams by the magical music of ....

(attention: the backcover contains the autographs of the musicians!)

side1
01 Matilda Matilda
02 Guantanamera
03 Island In The Sun
04 Cerisier Rose Et Pommier Blanc
05 Mother And Wife

side2
07 The Banana Boat Song
08 Manha Do Carnaval
09 London Is The Place For Me
10 Mambo (no. 5)
11 La Comparsa
12 Tzena Tzena Tzena Tzena

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