Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2023-05-26 on the simplest level

on the simplest level

~ Andy Kellman Format Detail: 2LP

" which stands for "White Trash Party") into this emotionally heavy album

Note the cool reference to LA disc jockey "The Real" Don Steele

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Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2023-05-26 on the simplest levelThe 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.