Bugiganga Tropical Vol.3 by Forró De Cabeça

Bugiganga Tropical Vol.3 • 7″ Vinyl 45 rpm

Double Cover + Insert

Catalog Number TDR02 – The third volume of our foundational collection.

The Origin: A Botany of Resistance

This four-record 7″ collection is the seed from which Tropical Diaspora Records grew; it is conceived as “A Botany of Resistance.” Each volume pairs a vital groove with a plant of the African diaspora; this is a living symbol of memory, labor, survival, and rhythm. Volume 3 returns to our own backyard; it was born on the dancefloor of the regular Tropical Diaspora Party in Berlin.

This volume comes as a double cover (two separate sleeves) with an inner insert featuring photographs and stories.

Side A
Side B
by Forró De Cabeça • Berlin, Germany via Pernambuco, Brazil

We were waiting for this project since the very beginning of our journey as a recording company; it originated at our regular Tropical Diaspora Party in Berlin. That party was our laboratory; it was a space where artistic freedom and joy came together for many local bands; those bands played in the most relevant venues of the German capital.

One party worth mentioning was Tropical Diaspora Party Vol.39 at the venue BiNuu; the experiment was to have two bands on the same stage playing Cumbia and Forró for the first time ever. We called that joint venture FORRÚMBIA; the goal was to promote these two great rhythms from South America. That night was the kick start for this record.

Forró de Cabeça is a band that gives people of different ages and backgrounds the possibility to dive into the cultural roots of the state of Pernambuco in North-East Brazil; their sound includes rhythms such as forró, coco, afoxé, and ciranda. They do not imitate; they honor. This is not revival; this is original new roots music from Brazil, made in Berlin, born from the diaspora.

About Bugiganga Tropical – A Botany of Resistance

Cover Design by Matthias Beck – www.estudiorosebud.com

Each cover in this four-volume collection features a plant linked to the African diaspora in the Americas; this is a visual reminder of why Africans were brought across the ocean. It is not decoration; it is memory. Volume 3 honors the sugarcane plant; sugarcane was cultivated by enslaved Africans in Nordeste Brasil, the same region where forró, coco, and ciranda were forged.

Inside you will find an insert with photographs and stories from the Tropical Diaspora Party and the Forrúmbia night at BiNuu.

We grew this record on the dancefloor; now we send it out into the world.

Disclaimer: It is strictly prohibited to use Tropical Diaspora Records® releases as coffee-table music.