Ifa y Xango are a number of musicians based in Belgium and Brazil. The group was founded in 2010 with all of the seven musicians in the band playing acoustic instruments and self- composed music at the time. Since releasing their debut album Abraham, which was elected as "Best debut album" by the New York City Jazz Record in 2013, they have expanded the band with three new members. The group is proud to present their upcoming second album “twice left handed \\ shavings”, inspired by the band's love for experimental electronic dance music, trance music and musique concrète on el NEGOCITO Records. The recording will be released as a limited edition vinyl on the upcoming concerts. Ifa y Xango is a part of the Troika collective.
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Ifa y Xango bestaat uit enkele muzikanten, verblijvende in België en Brazilie. De groep werd opgericht in 2010 toen de zeven leden van het ensemble hun eigen geschreven muziek wilden vertolken. Sinds hun debuutplaat “Abraham”, tevens geselecteerd als "Best debut album" door de New York City Jazz Record in 2013, is de groep uitgebreid met drie nieuwe muzikanten. Ifa y Xango stelt hun tweede plaat “twice left handed \\ shavings” voor, ontstaan uit hun voorliefde voor experimentele elektronische muziek, trance muziek en musique concrèteon op het label el NEGOCITO Records. Het album wordt uitgebracht als limited edition vinyl op de concerten in het voorjaar van 2015. Ifa y Xango maakt deel uit van het Troika collectief.
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João Lobo, Sep Francois, Ruben Pensaert: Percussion and Drums
Seppe Gebruers: Electronic keyboards and live processing
Niels van Heertum, Filipe Nader, Viktor Perdieus: Woodwind and brass instruments
Bert Cools, Ruben Machtelinckx, Laurens Smet: Electric guitars, bass guitars and keyboards
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My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
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This record has such a magical flow to it, it seems to capture so directly the ups and downs of life, the joy of music and dance, and it's just so damn catchy and fun to listen to as well. Giles
Stark music from the string trio of Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid and Silvia Bolognesi; beautiful, swirling songs with flashes of dissonance. Bandcamp New & Notable May 1, 2017