“Gwandena” is one of the headiest moments from TIMPANA's upcoming new album, a sure shot of exhilaration, as Talina (the album's protagonist, a young girl in search of herself) gets swept up by a torrent of Afro-Andean-Amazonian rhythms. With instruments including the charango, the toyo (Andean flute), djembé and Afro-Bolivian percussion, and with lyrics that pass between Spanish and Quechua, it’s a song that reveals a lot about Bolivian culture. Far from the “Andean panpipe” image that is often conveyed, Bolivia is a multicultural society where African and Amazonian cultures are equally present, and where the natural world is never taken for granted.

For far too long Bolivian music has sat in the corner, watching the world go by. TIMPANA is one of a number of Bolivian artists intent on showing that the country has a lot to offer, injecting folktronica and tropical bass with her own inimitable stamp, and laying out a narrative and worldview which sees her add to a conversation begun by artists like Luzmila Carpio. “Gwandena” is just the beginning.

“Gwandena” will be released by Sounds and Colours on 6th August

TIMPANA "Gwandena"

PP Livecinema 2022:08:14 GENEVA Solo FirstMix

Intérpretes:
Dionicio Trujillo Martinez (arpista)
Mario Quispe Saldívar (arpista)
Santos Aguilar Martinez (ejecutante de tijeras)

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Archivo sonoro de los registros fonográficos recopilados y editados por la Dirección de Patrimonio Inmaterial del Ministerio de Cultura, Perú.
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Audio archive of phonograph records collected and edited by the Department of Intangible Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Peru.

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