Cuadernos De La Habana (LP, Winter & Winter)

The musical travel diary of a journey to Havana by Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter present their personal, musical highlights from a journey into the heart of Havana. Especially the voice of Hermes Fernandez Salgado from the Trio Tesis, the unusual, touching, glittering musical interaction of the singer Roxana Bringuez with the guitarrist Manuel Suarez Silva, and the heartbreaking Duo Cachibache wakes up the deep longings to bring alive these songs with a sapphire or diamond needles on a 180g LP-Vinyl. Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter have created a seemingly simple and fascinating poetic treasure box of sounds which they found in the backyards, narrow streets and bars of Havana. The graphic designer Gunter Mattei captured with his colorful illustrations the memorable scenes and key moments from this musical journey in booklets normally used by Cuban people to get butter, bread and other essential things in life. This album in a gatefold cover stands out well from the usual styled Cuban releases. With Cuadernos de La Habana the listener can enjoy with closed eyes a journey into a secret world of Havana and discover moving and touching sounds. Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter collected soundscapes and music because they believe in the narrative force of sounds. Cuadernos de La Habana is a collection of their favourite songs and contains the highlights of their journey to Havana featuring songs by Duo Enigma and the group Trio Enserie. This audio film is a really fascinating and entertaining trip to Havana with Caribbean and South-American sounds played by the Duo Cachibache, traditional son and cuban songs by Trio Tesis and music performed in a Casa de la Trova [far away from the normal tourist spots] by Roxana Bringuez [whose voice is neither trained nor spoilt by the usual singers’ voices] and Manuel Suarez Silva [who sings some of his own compositions, written in the style called here