20% Off Album of the Week - Trova Caminhada
Our Album of the Week is Trova Caminhada by Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist Rafael Fraga from TRPTK. This is a wonderful World Music album featuring 13 songs and almost one hour of music composed by the artist.
Stereo Magazine named Trova Caminhada their Album of the Month for music lovers and audiophiles. Matthias Bode says “His buttery smooth but clear voice was recorded very truthfully. The three dimensionality and lifelikeness of the recording without any digital artifacts raise all sorts of new standards. A masterpiece!”
Rafael Fraga tells us “The word “Trova” carries different meanings - sometimes music, others poetry, from the European Middle Ages to Contemporary Cuban music. For me, it evokes the capacity to express something powerful, authentic, and meaningful: a cry that puts things in motion - the “Caminhada”, which literally means “walking”, or even better “outing”.
This “Trova Caminhada” departs from the sinuous road, filled with memories, pain, and joyful celebration. It puts in perspective my adulthood, in more than 15 years of songwriting, as “Plano Secreto” was written in 1999 and “A Ginga da Morna” in 2016, and the remaining songs written in between. Until now, I made a career as guitarist and arranger. This album is a personal, landmark, in which I fully embrace the role of vocalist.
This album is only made possible due to the dedication and generosity of my fellow Quartet musicians: Aki (an Italian from Sicily), Marko (half- Finn Dutch), and Efraim (German). Our eclectic musical and cultural backgrounds met in a space of absolute harmony, resulting in a profound friendship. These wonderful musicians allowed me the most fertile ground of artistic expression, and their creative input was essential to bring this album to a higher level. My gratitude is enormous, and I smile every time I think of any of them.”
Trova Caminhada is available in Stereo and Multichannel DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, and DXD. It is a DSD Exclusive, Not Available on SACD Release. This week NativeDSD is making the album available in Stereo DSD 512, exclusively at the NativeDSD Music Store. Save 20% on the album through May 22, 2020, with offer code AOTW.
