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Okute by Okute (Record, 2021)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelDapt, Daptone

UPC0755907300332

eBay Product ID (ePID)10048606615

Product Key Features

FormatRecord

Release Year2021

GenreInternational

ArtistOkute

Release TitleOkute

Dimensions

Item Height0.22 in

Item Weight0.50 lb

Item Length12.27 in

Item Width4.52 in

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Number of Discs1

NotesVinyl LP pressing. Spend enough time in Havana and you will bear witness to Rumba, Son, the cadences of Orisha, Palo, and Abakua traditions - Cuban music whose meanings, melodies and rhythms are informed by ancient African undercurrents whispering through the culture's collective unconscious. Okuté, an ensemble of Havana's finest rumberos, brings these constellations of sound to the surface, weaving them into something intuitively it's own. Their self-titled album is as raw and unfiltered as Havana, where lines blur between the sacred and profane, between centuries and even millennia of melodies, rhythms and incantations. These elements straddle the old and new, incorporating unbreakable rhythms with lyrics and melodies strong enough to endure not only the middle passage but backbreaking centuries of slavery followed by struggles for independence. Okute is a true musical triumph - original and authentic, and like the essence of rumba, rich with spiritual medicine and musical delight for anyone who.