Rich Mix, London
Hailing from Puglia and smoothly updating the region’s folk traditions, the seven-piece band expertly blended trance-inducing dance with exhilarating rhythms
They began with an eerie display of musical theatre. Six musicians dressed in black surrounded a tall, barefoot dancer, also in black, who had her back to the audience. A brooding wash of synth effects suddenly gave way to an attacking, precise and edgy onslaught of harmony singing that sounded like the soundtrack to some ancient ceremony. Then they were away, switching from the spooky (and so far unreleased) Luce Noa to Taranta, with Silvia Perrone’s frantic but elegant dance now spurred on by the furious beat of tamburello frame drums, backed by bouzouki, violin, accordion and zampogna bagpipes. It’s rare to see Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino in a small venue, but they played as if they were at a major festival.
CGS have becoming a global success by updating the pizzica musical tradition from their home region of Puglia in the heel of Italy. The cover of their latest album, Canzoniere, shows a Coca-Cola bottle filled with locally made tomato purée – and that sums up their approach. This is a band rooted in tradition who still include folk songs, but much of the material here was co-written by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mauro Durante, who has combined traditional rhythms and instruments with new sounds, influences and subtlety.
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