Genre: Folk/Instrumental Year of release: 1973, 2005 Country: Brazil Disc producer: Time-Lag Records 019 Audio codec: FLAC Rip type: tracks+.cue Audio bitrate: lossless Duration: 42:30 Tracklist: 01. Satwa (7:15) 02. Can I Be Satwa (2:58) 03. Alegro Piradíssimo (2:59) 04. Lia A Rainha Da Noite (3:48) 05. Apacidonata (4:11) 06. Amigo (3:30) 07. Atom (3:48) 08. Blue Do Cachorro Muito Louco (5:12) 09. Valsa Dos Cogumelos (5:10) 10. Alegria Do Povo (3:36) Personnel: - Lula Cortez / guitar, Morocco sitar - Lailson de Holanda Cavalcanti / 12-string guitar, voice Guest musician: - Robertinho Do Recife / guitar (8) Brazilian 70's dreamlike, acid-folk guitar project. It's largely an acoustic guitar orientated "trip". Their eponymous album (a private press LP originally released in 1973) provides emotional, luminous Latin psych vibes with omnipresent "raga" harmonies. The duet is composed by Lula Cortez (on guitar and popular Morocco sitar) and Lailson de Holanda Cavalcanti (12 strings guitar, voice). One composition feature Robertinho Do Recife on electric guitar (see picture on the right). Constantly imaginative with dense buzzing ragas, this one is definitely essential for fans of progressive folk, eastern sonorites and peaceful ambiences. An other highway to Heaven! "Written, recorded and released just as Brazil's military dictatorship reached the climax of its long black arc, the one and only album by Satwa is a divinely subtle protest. Now issued for the first time in America through the venerable Time-Lag Records in Maine and the stewardship of freeform fixture Erika Elder, Satwa, often cited as Brazil's first independent record, is a mellow starburst of acoustic jangle."