June 7 street date. Cruzloma's debut EP, "Mitos & Ritos", is a dialogue with the past, present and future of traditional Ecuadorian music. "Mitos & Ritos" consolidates in its six songs a spirit of promoting traditional rhythms in contemporary styles, a process of reinvention and self-discovery in homage to the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian jungle and the riches of ceremonial music, based around the bambuco style from Esmeraldas on the northern coast, and the bomba del chota and the san juanito from Imbabura province. On this EP there are also sacred prayers of the Shuar nation, including ceremonies like the taking of ayahuasca and of the tzan tza, all in a mix featuring electronica, global bass and dembow. It is a journey into mysticism, the jungle and the dancefloor, reflecting a search for musical identity that is at once contemporary and futurist.
June 28 street date. world. Following the release of their 2020 second album, "Don't Shy Away", Loma's three members were cast around the globe and the band - not for the first time - entered a deep sleep. In the pandemic years, even being in the same room was impossible, and attempts to start a new record faltered. The following winter, Emily Cross suggested they regroup in the UK, in the tiny stone house where she works as an end-of-life doula. With minimal recording gear and few instruments, Loma turned two whitewashed rooms into a makeshift studio, using a padded con as a vocal booth. It was a turning point. They scrapped much of what they'd made, letting a new place set a new course. The one-lane roads, hedgerows, and dark skies of Dorset gave the new songs an inefable but unmistakable Englishness. What emerged was "How Will I Live Without A Body?": a gorgeous, unique, and oddly comforting album about partnership, loss, regeneration, and fighting the feeling that we're all in this alone. Many of its songs have a feeling of restless motion; faceless characters drift through meetings and partings, tangling together and slipping away.
June 28 street date. world. Following the release of their 2020 second album, "Don't Shy Away", Loma's three members were cast around the globe and the band - not for the first time - entered a deep sleep. In the pandemic years, even being in the same room was impossible, and attempts to start a new record faltered. The following winter, Emily Cross suggested they regroup in the UK, in the tiny stone house where she works as an end-of-life doula. With minimal recording gear and few instruments, Loma turned two whitewashed rooms into a makeshift studio, using a padded con as a vocal booth. It was a turning point. They scrapped much of what they'd made, letting a new place set a new course. The one-lane roads, hedgerows, and dark skies of Dorset gave the new songs an inefable but unmistakable Englishness. What emerged was "How Will I Live Without A Body?": a gorgeous, unique, and oddly comforting album about partnership, loss, regeneration, and fighting the feeling that we're all in this alone. Many of its songs have a feeling of restless motion; faceless characters drift through meetings and partings, tangling together and slipping away.
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