Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2LP White Vinyl beating out contenders like Appetite

beating out contenders like Appetite for Destruction

White Zombie is all the more appealing for its self-conscious

DOINA - BADKHEN'S SONG 2

without much success

Raindance / Wisdom Side B B1

Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2LP White Vinyl beating out contenders like AppetiteThe 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.