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Influenced by pagan and Moorish traditions, Beira Baixa is a central region of Portugal steeped in ancient culture with a rugged, hyper-regionalised history of folk music. With both artists having roots in the region, it felt right for them to collaborate and produce this love-letter to their homes. “Bandua is a reinterpretation of traditional Portuguese songs from the Beira Baixa region, bringing them into the modern world,” explains Tempura “we wanted to create something new, while not forgetting where we came from.”

Through Bandua, this ancient tradition of story-telling through percussive, multi-toned music will now find a new generation of listeners, thanks to Tempura and Edgar Valente.

- Text by Dan Cole

Credits:

Production/Composition: Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario)
Vocals/Keys/Adufe: Edgar Valente
Electric Bass: Tempura
Electric Guitar: João Aguiar
Acoustic Piano: Bernardo Cruz
Acoustic Guitar: João Brito
Didgeridoo/Percussion: João Jardim
Portuguese Guitar: Acácio Barbosa
Percussion/Flute: Zé Cruz

Additional Mixing: Pedro Martins
Mastering: Anders Petersen / GS Mastering & Post

Released by:
Frente Bolivarista

Bandua

Penas I & II

Frente Bolivarista is excited to present the single "Macelada" by Tempura the Purple Boy & Edgar Valente on their new duo entitled BANDUA. 

The song is part of their upcoming album set for January 2022.

On ''Macelada,'' Tempura & Edgar Valente rework a Portuguese classic, reimagining the well known traditional song as a psychedelic desert record, adding in elements inspired by the region’s landscape. The track features a deep and commanding bass line played by Tempura and eerie atmospheres created from reversed pianos and guitars flying in and out, all of which support the beautifully haunting voice of Edgar Valente, who adopts a gender interplay and sings the song from a woman's perspective, further engaging the musicians with the genderless character of Bandua, the deity chosen to give the name to the project and album.

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Lyrics:

Venho macelada, venho de colher macela
Lá dos lados do Castelo, daquela mais amarela x2
Venho macelada, venho macelada
oló ai lari ló lé la, ó lo ai la ri ló ló
venho macelada

Venho macelada, venho de colher macela

Lá dos campos do Castelo para dar ao meu amor
Venho macelada
oló ai lari ló lé la, ó lo ai la ri ló ló
Venho macelada
oló ai lari ló lé la, ó lo ai la ri ló ló

Venho de macelada, venho de colher um cravo
Lá dos campos do Castelo pa dar ao namorado
Venho macelada

Venho macelada, venho de colher um cravo

Venho macelada, Venho macelada
Venho macelada, Venho macelada

Venho de macelada, venho de colher loureiro
Lá dos campos do Castelo, daquele mais ramalheiro
Venho macelada, venho macelada, venho macelada

Venho macelada, venho de colher uma flor
Lá dos campos do Castelo para dar ao meu amor
Venho macelada, Venho macelada

ó la rai la ri lo le la, ó la rai la ri lo ló x4
Venho macelada, venho de colher macela
Venho macelada, venho de colher uma flor
Lá dos campos do Castelo, daquele mai ramalheiro

Lá dos campos do Castelo
para dar ao meu amor
ao meu namorado 

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Credits:

Lyrics adapted from ‘’Macelada’’ cantiga popular from Monsanto, Portugal
Production: Tempura the Purple Boy
Additional Mixing: Pedro Martins
Vocals/Keys: Edgar Valente
Electric Bass: Bernardo Adário
Electric Guitar: João Aguiar
Acoustic Piano: Bernardo Cruz
Cover Photo: Sara Mercier
Edit: João Alkmin


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Macelada

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[FRE015] Tempura & Edgar Valente - Macelada

Bandua takes the centuries-old, traditional music from the Beira Baixa region of Portugal, and re-imagines it with an electronic folk reinterpretation. Conceived by Portuguese/Brazilian musician, sound-explorer and eclectic producer Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario) and Portuguese singer and all-round musician Edgar Valente,

Bandua's new single is filled with a gentle beat, soft pads and Edgar Valente's gentle vocal tapestry, ‘Cinco Sentidos’ (Five Senses) is a traditional love song from the village of Benquerenças de Baixo that has been sung for generations in which the singer compares his love to losing all of their bodily senses.

Credits:
Production/Composition: Tempura the Purple Boy (Bernardo D'Addario)
Vocals/Keys/Percussion: Edgar Valente
Mixing: Pedro Martins

Cinco Sentidos

[FRE017] Bandua - Cinco Sentidos

Bandua takes the centuries-old, traditional music from the Beira Baixa region of Portugal, and re-imagines it with an electronic folk reinterpretation. Conceived by Portuguese/Brazilian musician, sound-explorer and eclectic producer Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario) and Portuguese singer and all-round musician Edgar Valente, Bandua represents the first time that these sounds and songs have been repurposed as a melancholic, Portuguese-language electronic pop record.

Influenced by pagan and Moorish traditions, Beira Baixa is a central region of Portugal steeped in ancient culture with a rugged, hyper-regionalised history of folk music. With both artists having roots in the region, it felt right for them to collaborate and produce this love-letter to their homes. “Bandua is a reinterpretation of traditional Portuguese songs from the Beira Baixa region, bringing them into the modern world,” explains Tempura “we wanted to create something new, while not forgetting where we came from.”

Through Bandua, this ancient tradition of story-telling through percussive, multi-toned music will now find a new generation of listeners, thanks to Tempura and Edgar Valente.

Credits:

Production/Composition: Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario)
Vocals/Keys/Adufe: Edgar Valente
Electric Bass: Tempura
Electric Guitar: João Aguiar
Acoustic Piano: Bernardo Cruz
Acoustic Guitar: João Brito
Didgeridoo/Percussion: João Jardim
Portuguese Guitar: Acácio Barbosa
Percussion/Flute: Zé Cruz

Additional Mixing: Pedro Martins
Mastering: Anders Petersen / GS Mastering & Post

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Casa Reia || Costa da Caparica, Portugal 23.6.2023

Tenho uma pena no peito...

After the release of their self titled and acclaimed first album, Bandua return with their latest single ''Pena no Peito I,'' in a string of new releases in 2024. 

Pena no Peito is a traditional folk song from the Beira Baixa region of Portugal originally called ''Canção da Tristeza.'' The song was discovered (or rather) taught to Bandua by the resident and celebrated singer folk Idalina Gameiro during an artistic residency in the village of Penha Garcia, where the song finds its birthplace.

Production/Composition: Tempura (Bernardo D'Addario)
Vocals/Keys/Adufe: Edgar Valente
Electric Bass: Tempura

Mixing: Tempura / Estudios Frigideira, Rio de Janeiro
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Felipe Larrosa
Mastering: Sascha Cawa / Holzmarkt Studios, Berlin

Cover Design by Seastudio with image captured by Mariana Alves

Pena no Peito I

Pena no Peito II

High up in the mountains we gathered and danced...

Goat Community || São Pedro do Sul, Portugal 7.7.2024

Senhora d'Azenha is an interpretation of an ancient song and prayer from the lands of Beira Baixa, passed down to Bandua by the cantadeira Idalina Gameiro from Penha Garcia.

Senhora d’Azenha belongs to a centuries-old Portuguese tradition of Carpideiras—professional mourning women who wept and sang for the dead. Once an activity deemed unsuitable for men, we now embrace this ritual in a world perpetually dying and renewing itself, honouring a practice that remains profoundly relevant.

Senhora d'Azenha

In Focus this time is BANDUA, who take centuries-old traditional Portuguese music and reimagines it through a downbeat, electronic folk lens. The project features Edgar Valente on keyboard, percussion, and vocals, and @purpletempura on electronics, electric bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, and production. Their self-titled debut album, released in 2022 on the now-defunct @frentebolivarista label, received high critical acclaim. Since then, they’ve become one of the most exciting live electronic fusion acts to emerge from Portugal.  This live set, recorded in the summer of 2024, includes tracks from their debut as well as songs from their upcoming second album.

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BANDUA | In Focus | 06/09/2025

Bandua takes the centuries-old, traditional music from Portugal, and re-imagines it with a downbeat, electronic folk interpretation. Comprising of Edgar Valente on keyboard, percussion and vocals, and @purpletempura on electronics, electric bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals and production duties, their self titled debut album came out in 2022 on the now defunct @frentebolivarista label to high critical acclaim. Since then they have made a name for themselves as one of the most exciting live electronic fusion projects coming out of Portugal
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Get in touch -> bandua.musica@gmail.com

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