Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz LP Limited Splatter Colour Vinyl [w/ download card] added to an already scorching

added to an already scorching set are previously-unheard takes of Peepin and Hidin (sung by blues legend Joe Kelley)

Kristin muses

Side two opens with “Dial Your Number”

psychedelia and dream pop

Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz LP Limited Splatter Colour Vinyl [w/ download card] added to an already scorchingThe 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.