Something special this week courtesy of my pal Si Cheeba. This is a hot off the press new release of an old classic that is sure to sell out pretty quickly. Over to Si then for the details…..
“We are flying headlong into the second year of Echo Chamber Recordings with this brilliant version of the jazz-dance club anthem : Airto’s “Samba de Flora” – revisited by the Romero Bros – which is in process to be pressed as a “rush release “ 45 to get this out into the world as soon as possible …
Following a tip-off from a South American customer of previous ECR 45 releases – I hooked up with the band who are based in Rosario, Santa Fe in the North of Argentina.
What I hadn’t realised was that the vocals on the original version are actually sung in Spanish (I’d always presumed it was Portuguese due to Airto’s Brazilian background).
This was a big reason for it becoming a popular tune in certain clubs in Argentina over the last few decades – hence the band performing this many times before even recording it.
The music originally arrived at ECR HQ in early August – in the form of two one-sided 10” dubplates with the full version clocking in at 6.45 mins. These are now in the exclusive possession of the two jazz DJ legends : Colin Curtis and of course, the man who championed the original version in Dingwalls over thirty years ago – Gilles Peterson
With the bands’s permission I have duly split the original version into parts one and two in order to put out on a 45 – this includes an “overlap” so DJs can easily recreate the “full version” with two copies !
Test presses have just arrived already- the vinyl stock will officially release on Friday 13 September and so hope to open pre-orders : direct and on BandCamp – before the end of August. Likewise being stocked at usual retailers around the world such as Juno, Jazzman , 45-rpm.co.uk and Mr Bongo in U.K. / Bumrush in USA / Dr Diggns in Australia and hopefully in Japan too.”
NB: To keep exclusivity of the full length version, only “part one” will initially be made available in the digital format.
As ever, huge thanks for the continued support x
** Lookout for the next instalments in the ECR story with the new “Reggae Series” on ECR008 and the second “Echo Edits” release coming next.**
All the best!
Simon Fane -aka- Si Cheeba
ECHO CHAMBER RECORDINGS
You can listen to Part 1 below: