El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó - Abelardo Carbonó (1982)
Another genre I didn’t know existed until very recently. It’s called “Chempeta” and combines African and Carribean styles with a heavy dose of psych rock. Carbonó was a formative figure in the sound.
This is a comp of mostly 80s sides put together in a nice little package by reissue label Vampisoul. Big thanks to for bringing it to light for us non-vinyl-collector types.
Carbonó rips some fantastic guitar solos on top of his already busy band, giving the whole thing a bit of a throwback rock n roll vibe.
One track title, A Otro Perro Con Ese Hueso, is a Spanish phrase I didn’t know, meaning “go tell somebody else.” Always love it when I get a little new Spanish out of a song.
I found the middle of the collection–Carolina, La Cerradura, and Se Acaba la Paz particularly–to be pretty awesome.
The whole thing is ridiculously joyous and happy. I’ve had a lot of fun having it on this morning.
