{"id":89585,"date":"2021-10-13T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T08:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/arabusta-records-tchiss-lopes\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T10:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T08:06:12","slug":"arabusta-records-tchiss-lopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/arabusta-records-tchiss-lopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabusta Records reissues Tchiss Lopes\u2019 Cape Verdean funan\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Milan-based label digs up <em>J\u00e1 B\u00f4 Corre D\u2019Mim<\/em>, initially released in 1984.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With music running through his fingers and a football at his feet, Narciso \u201cTchiss\u201d Lopes was born on the S\u00e3o Vicente island of Cape Verde on July 27, 1959. At the age of 21, the political situation pushed him to move to Portugal and then to Rome, where he obtained an 11-month contract on a Greek cargo ship. As his father before him, Tchiss became a man of the sea and, as such, his first world tour began: from Civitavecchia to Lagos, Nigeria to Senegal, all the way to his dream land, Brazil. Having soaked up the rays of Brazilian music, Tchiss returned to Rome, where his musical career finally exploded, leading to nationwide tours of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2541061191\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arabustarecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/j-b-corre-d-mim\">J\u00e1 B\u00f4 Corre D\u2019Mim by Tchiss Lopes<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his first LP, <em>Stranger J\u00e1 Catem Traboi<\/em>, Tchiss decided to experiment with reggae and funan\u00e1, inspired by the local rhythms of the island of Santiago. He gathered some of the best Cape Verdean musicians of the time in 1984, together with Z\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio on guitar, Bebethe on bass and Al\u00edrio on drums, and recorded his second LP, <em>J\u00e1 B\u00f4 Corre D\u2019Mim<\/em>. It is an album that sings of a young man far from home, his unrequited love and saudade, the struggles of street life in a foreign land and a world full of inequality. Recorded in just 3 days at the Pomodoro Studio in Sutri, the album expresses the deep and layered sound of Tchiss\u2019 music, where upbeat tempo, powerful vocals and electrifying guitar solos tangle in a dynamic mix of traditional melodies and cosmic reggae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arabustarecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/j-b-corre-d-mim\" target=\"_blank\">J\u00e1 B\u00f4 Corre D&#8217;Mim<\/a><\/em> by Tchiss Lopes, out on November 1 via Arabusta Records.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Tchiss-Lopes-Cover-1010x1005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89495\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Tchiss-Lopes-Back-1-1010x1005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89496\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milan-based label digs up J\u00e1 B\u00f4 Corre D\u2019Mim, initially released in 1984.&nbsp; With music running through his fingers and a football at his feet, Narciso \u201cTchiss\u201d Lopes was born on the S\u00e3o Vicente island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[40892,40893],"location":[7918],"yst_prominent_words":[17127,8435],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89585"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=89585"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=89585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}