Transparent Water, by Omar Sosa

Transparent Water

by Omar Sosa

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1.	Dary 05:08	info	buy track
2.	In The Forest 05:13	info	buy track
3.	Black Dream 05:23	info	buy track
4.	Mining-Nah 04:54	info	buy track
5.	Tama Tama 04:10	info	buy track
6.	Another Prayer 05:13	info	buy track
7.	Fatiliku 05:37	info	buy track
8.	Oni Yalorde 03:53	info	buy track
9.	Peace Keeping 04:48	info	buy track
10.	Moro Yeye 04:36	info	buy track
11.	Recaredo 1993 04:19	info	buy track
12.	Zululand 03:01	info	buy track
13.	Thiossane 04:09	info	buy track

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Transparent Water—suggestive of translucence and flowing light—is a deeply spiritual recording that reveals its inspiration in the close and compassionate listening of artists engaged in a genial and captivating musical conversation, liberated from time itself, reaching across five continents to probe the collective spirit of the human condition.

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released February 24, 2017

Omar Sosa Grand piano, Fender Rhodes, sampler, microKorg, vocal
Seckou Keita Kora, talking drum, djembe, sharker, sabar, vocal
Gustavo Ovalles Bata drums (10), culo’e puya, maracas (1),
guataca (4), calabaza (9), clave (12)
Wu Tong Sheng (3, 6, 11), bawu (8, 10)
Mieko Miyazaki Koto (6, 11, 13)
E’Joung-Ju Geojungo (9)
Mosin Khan Kawa Nagadi (5)
Dominique Huchet Bird EFX (9)
All compositions written by Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita,
except Another Prayer, Oni Yalorde, and Moro Yeye written by Omar Sosa
Produced by Steve Argüelles and Omar Sosa
© 2016 Sosafunke Music Publishing, and © 2016 Seckou Keita
Basic tracks recorded at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück, Germany
Mixed by Steve Argüelles at Plushspace in Paris
Additional recording with Wu Tong in Beijing
Additional recording with Gustavo Ovalles, E’Joung-Ju,
and Mosin Khan Kawa at Studio Adjololo in Nantes, France
Additional recording with Mieko Miyazaki at Plushspace in Paris
Mastered by Philippe Teissier du Cros and Steve Argüelles in Paris
Graphic design by Tomas Presas, www.dedosmagicos.com
Photography by Thomas Kruesselmann, www.kruesselmann.com
Executive Producer, Scott Price

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Omar Sosa Oakland, California

Composer, pianist, and bandleader Omar Sosa’s musical trajectory traces the Diaspora from Africa to Cuba and Brazil; from Central America to Ecuador’s African-descent communities; from San Francisco and New York to his current home base in Barcelona. True to his Afro-Cuban origins, Sosa fashions a spirited vision of uncompromising artistic generosity that embraces humanity at large. ... more