Bandua: Portuguese Trad-Electro Melding Pagan & Moorish Vibes for Today's Dancefloor

Bandua takes the centuries-old, traditional music from the Beira Baixa region of Portugal, and re-imagines it with an electronic folk reinterpretation. Conceived by Portuguese/Brazilian musician, sound-explorer and eclectic producer Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario) and Portuguese singer and all-round musician Edgar Valente, Bandua represents the first time that these sounds and songs have been repurposed as a melancholic, Portuguese-language electronic pop record. Influenced by pagan and Moorish traditions, Beira Baixa is a central region of Portugal steeped in ancient culture with a rugged, hyper-regionalised history of folk music. With both artists having roots in the region, it felt right for them to collaborate and produce this love letter to their homes. “Bandua is a reinterpretation of traditional Portuguese songs from the Beira Baixa region, bringing them into the modern world,” explains Tempura “we wanted to create something new, while not forgetting where we came from.” Through Bandua, this ancient tradition of story-telling through percussive, multi-toned music will now find a new generation of listeners, thanks to Tempura and Edgar Valente. Follow and listen to Bandua here: ⇢ Facebook:   / bandua.music   ⇢ Instagram:   / bandua.music   ⇢ Bandcamp: https://www.bandua.bandcamp.com/album... ⇢ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/Bandua?... Produced in Lisbon, Portugal at the amazing PENHA SCO Arte Cooperativa ⇢ Instagram: @penhasco.artecooperativa ⇢ Facebook:   / penhasco.artecooperativa   ⇢ Website: https://penhasco.online/eng/ About SAMA: Seattle Sacred Music & Art (SAMA) curates, produces, and collaborates on an immersive series of music and art performances that share the healing power of global sacred music. New videos presented every Thursday. We are dedicated to share with you the best and most compelling artists in the world. SAMA was launched in 2019 as a way to foster understanding and dialogue through global music during a time of extreme political and cultural polarization. Co-founders Darek Mazzone and John M. Goodfellow, both long-time Seattle residents, have created SAMA in order to help expand global sacred music’s impact on the human spirit. “We want to open people’s hearts,” says Mazzone, a KEXP DJ and Polish immigrant who moved to the US as a child, “that’s what imbues our sense of humanity.” SAMA aims to help bring as many outstanding international artists to the Pacific Northwest to perform as possible as life resumes in public spaces. Through musical performances, global artists have the power to challenge out preconceived notions of what “the other” thinks and feels. Follow SAMA below: ⇢ Instagram:   / samaseattle   ⇢ Facebook:   / samasacred   ⇢ Twitter:   / seattlesama   ⇢ Website: https://www.seattlesacredmusic.com #bandua #edgarvalente #tempura #womex22 #samaseattle #music #darekmazzone #musicinterview #newmusic2022 #globalmusic Thanks for watching the video: Bandua: Portuguese Trad-Electro melding Pagan & Moorish Vibes for Today's Dancefloor on SAMA: Seattle Sacred Music and Art.