Waldemar Bastos - Pretaluz AEC Music with only a little relief

with only a little relief from it's stridency

If previous albums like Solar Bridge and What Happened were lysergic sprawls

The end result is the debut solo full length "Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again"

"Metal Moo Cow" and "Bands On The Block" alongside Scratch Acid and a host of Texas bands

Waldemar Bastos - Pretaluz AEC Music with only a little reliefThe worldwide debut of the Angolan artist, produced by Arto Lindsay, and "one of the great, overlooked records of 1998," as the New York Times wrote. "With his dramatic pauses and dynamic vibrato rising above subtle rhythms picked out on nylon string guitars, everything Mr. Bastos sings emerges as a lament of enormous sadness." Now on vinyl for the very first time, Pretaluz [Blacklight] is a contender for the best sounding record on Luaka Bop. A1.