In June 2010, Terrakota celebrated its 10th birthday with the avant-première of it‘s documentary ‘On top of the world – A roadmovie about Terrakota‘s adven- tures in the Himalayas and India. At the same time our first single from our upco- ming fourth album was released, ‘World Massala’, The first product of the band’s trip to India. The single is a groundbreaking musical fusion that might never have been done before: Punjabi afro-reggae. Bridging the gap between India and Jamaica, but also
between Rajasthani folk and classical India. While the gypsy musicians of Ra- jasthan Roots take care of the rhythm and give the song some authentic gypsy guts, the carnatic singers Mahesh Vinyakram and Bollywood-star Vasundhara Das take the song to new mystical heights.
The single announced the arrival of the fourth studio album, “WORLD MASSALA” (2010), recorded and produced and released in October 2010 by Ojo Música/Galileo Music Communication. With this new work, we just keep on mashing up the frontiers to bring together music and people from around the world, expanding their musical horizons to Rajasthan, Angola, classical India, urban Cuba, and beyond. Terrakota’s Afro/world mestizo explosion now also has a proper term: world mas- sala! World standing for world music and massala for the fusion, as mas- sala is a mixture of
spices used in a lot in Indian cuisine. The recipe? Bringing new innovative musical fusions without any fear of experiment, just jamming until you find a formula where ancient musical traditions embrace the the new dawn.
As well as it‘s Indian guests, the album includes recordings with the Angolan singer-songwriter Paulo Flores, the Cuban rapper Kumar and keyboard, bass and brass from the Lisbon-based funkband Cool Hipnoi- se. That song with brass is a power- ful afrobeat, born in the wake of the band’s side-project, the KotaCool Afrobeat Orchestra, that has done some powerful gigs around Lisbon since 2009.
It’s no secret that Terrakota is a live band with one of the most powerful and energetic shows on the world music scene today. And now, with our fourth recording, Terrakota has also reached tremendous potential in the studio. The band has found a new
maturity, making a more balanced studio album that does not only show Terrakota’s explosiveness but also some calmer, acoustic songs. An exceptional album that should bring the band to new horizons, taking their music to even wider audiences and spreading their message of changing the world into a more positive, equal and balan- ced planet, where an optimistic and vibrant humanity can exist in harmony, TOGETHER.
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