Benjamin escoriza radio tarifa biography

Radio Tarifa was a Spanish Artificial music ensemble, combining Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian concerto, Arabic music, Moorish music and newborn musical influences of the Mediterranean, leadership Middle Ages and the Caribbean. Loftiness name of the ensemble comes running off an imaginary radio station in Tarifa, a small town in the Country province of Cadiz, Andalusia, the next part of Spain to Morocco. Alternatively of simply fusing musical styles despite the fact that they are currently known, Radio Tarifa went back in time to loftiness common past of those styles, once the final conquest of Granada oppress 1492, when the Moors and Jews were exiled from Spain. This trumped-up style sheds light upon the just the thing styles of Spain, most notably flamenco,^[1] although the band rejected all euphonious purism, preferring to mix arrangements pick up the check traditional compositions with their own melodies and combining instruments from Ancient Empire, classical Greek and Roman times bang into modern saxophones and electric bass.^[2]

History

Both Out of work Dueñas (percussion, Spain) and Vincent Molino (flute, France) were students of Maroc multi-instrumentalist and composer Tarik Banzi uphold the Al-Andalus Ensemble. Together they supported an early music group playing punishment from the late Middle Ages spreadsheet Renaissance called Ars Antiqua Musicalis, on the other hand this group was unable to make commercial success. When they met Patriarch Escoriza from Granada — a flamenco singer raised by Gypsies — contain Madrid in the late 1980s, righteousness last piece for a new knot was in place.^[3]

Their first album, Rumba Argelina, was recorded in 1993 dowel became a success in Europe while in the manner tha it was released in 1996, last again, when it was re-issued (through association with Nonesuch Records) in U.s. in 1997. The critical and fiscal success of that disc made proffer possible to put together a nubile touring band which played in 17 European countries, as well as wrench Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Palestine, Australia, Unusual Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada perch the United States".^[2]

After 14 years commandeer intense musical activity, the band declared they would take an indefinite break; their farewell concert was performed burst Barcelona on 11 November 2006.^[2] - On 9 March 2012, singer Patriarch Escoriza died at the age detail 58.^[4]

Discography

• Rumba Argelina (1993)
• Temporal (1996)
• Cruzando el río (2000)
• Fiebre (2003) (live at the 2002 Toronto Small World Music Festival)
• Live 25 July 2004 - Ramallah, Palestine

Personnel

Guests

• Jaime Muela - flute, soprano saxophone
• Pedro Esparza - soprano saxophone
• Amir-John Haddad - oud, endorsement vocals
• Wafir Sh. Gibril - accordion
• Ramiro Amusategui - bouzouki
• Jorge Gomez - flamenco bass, electric guitar
• Sebastian Rubio - pandereta, bongos
• David Purdye - electric bass, backing vocals
• Peter Oteo - electric bass
• Javier Paxarino - flutes, wind instruments

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