Artist: Gondwana
Genre(s):
Reggae
Discography:
Made in Jamaica
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
While reggae mightiness be in general associated with Jamaica and then Africa, the influence of Bob Marley and roots reggae has travelled the earth, even into South America where it inspired the formation of Gondwana, a Chilean band that has tardily made an shock about the ball. Formed in 1987, during the years of the Pinochet dictatorship in their aboriginal din Land, the ring had to observe a relatively low profile until the political mood eased, as the government wasn't overly keen on a jr. generation airing beliefs that didn't mesh with their have, particularly if they mired Rastafarianism, with its peaceable approach to life. In some ways, that slow development was ripe, because it gave them a chance to work out their possess sound, which, according to singer Quique Niera, became "very rockish, simply we also receive the South American traditional rhythms, like the bolero." That commingle showed up to some extent on their debut In concert in 1996, only really came to fruition quaternion years later on their sophomore movement, Mo Coming. In Chile the record album was coroneted Alabanza, and proven to be a discovery, rocketing them to the tip of the national charts. The extracted single "Antonia" too proved to be a chart-topper. The record album didn't unsure aside from political issues, with "Libertad" dealings frankly with the justice and peace that eluded Chileans during the despotism. In the awaken of the album's U.S. release on RAS, Gondwana undertook a reality circuit.
