{"title":"Cassette","description":"This the full Tropical Diaspora® Records collection on tape cassette.","products":[{"product_id":"copy-of-berlin-by-renato-gama","title":"Berlin by Renato Gama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-verified=\"redactor\" rel=\"font-size: 16px;\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTape Cassette, Album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-verified=\"redactor\" rel=\"font-size: 16px;\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are not only trilled as a recording company to be able to realize this record but we are very proud to introduce this record to you with a poetic introduction written by our brother Almir Rosa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI have long lost the habit of seeing old photographs. The moment is a classic of the 80s and 90s. Family gatherings where the photo books appeared amid the smell of coffee in the middle of the afternoon after a delicious and warmhearted lunch.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This ritual has marked many people, even today it happens in many families. 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Liberdade by Franck Bidin • 2:47\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide B • Kreuzberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDomingo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Renato Gama \/ Marcelo Del Rio) • 5:13\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMau jeito\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Renato Gama \/ Danilo Monteiro) • 3:54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmigo João\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Renato Gama \/ Luciano Carvalho \/ Alexandre gonçalves) • 4:09\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExecutive production by Dj GArRinchA\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Production: Renato Gama, Ronaldo Gama, Leo Carvalho\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Recording \u0026amp; vinyl mastering: Lars Christophersen at ark studios Berlin\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs originally mixed by Ronaldo Gama\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs originally mastered by Alécio Costa\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Arranged by: The Collective\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Special thanks to: Paulo Cedraz, Frank Bidin, Dr.Sócrates and Catarina\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Production manager and legal clearances by Dr.sócrates\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Photos, art direction and cover art by Dj GArRinchA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*tracks available on all digital platforms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrum \/ Voice: Leo Carvalho\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Contrabass \/ Voice: Ronaldo Gama\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Guitar \/ Voice: Renato Gama\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Flute \/ Saxophone: Paulo Cedraz\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Voice: Franck Bidin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ba8yA6ADDL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDisclaimer: The images shown are for illustration and mock-up purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tropical Diaspora Records®","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39784059338946,"sku":"TDR014","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/8063\/6098\/files\/Cover_TDR014_K7_3000x_v1.png?v=1760758879"},{"product_id":"copy-of-tropical-diaspora-1-by-various","title":"TROPICAL DIASPORA #1 by Various Tape Cassette Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eTropical Diaspora® Records compilation volume 1 is available for pre-orders and will be released in a limited edition for vinyl and cassette. This record is featuring 9 independent bands from all over the world with a total of 10 tracks. The record is transparent and contain a inner sleeve with the song lyrics plus a poster. This record is a powerful network of remembrances. It gives voice to the daughters and sons of the slave trade. It is testimony of how African slaves kept their cultures and history alive giving birth to one of the most amazing cultural experiments of humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\" rel=\"font-size: 20px;\" data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eCover Release Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003eThe Tree of Forgetfulness and the Door of No Return\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAll had forts there. The Portuguese, the French, the British, the Danes and the Dutch. The slave port of Ouidah in today’s Benin, 40 kilometers west of the city of Cotonou, was witness of one of the most serious crimes against humanity. Slave auctions took place there. Over three centuries the site saw the departure of millions of slaves to the Americas. Today, on the beach, the Door of No Return keeps the memories alive. Slave trade was more than simple human traffic. The symbolic rituals involved reveal the brutality of European slavers. They sought to dispossess Africans of their humanity. Slaves were forced to go around the Tree of Forgetfulness, nine times for men, seven times for woman, in order to forget their lives and cultures. Then, they were kept in the Zomai, barracks without light, before their final departure. Many died there. Detentions centers on the fringe of Europe seem a farce compared to them, but equally effective. In the borders of the US history repeats itself. Natives in Latin-America know all about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTropical Diaspora #1 remembers. The compilation revisits this chapter of human cruelty, the horrible history of slave trade. But it isn’t just another piece of memory, a site for sorrow. The record transforms the Tree of Forgetfulness into a powerful network of remembrances. It gives voice to the daughters and sons of the slave trade. It is testimony of how African slaves kept their cultures and history alive giving birth to one of the most amazing cultural experiments of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003eThe record is not only inspired but is dedicated to all the ancestors of the modern great Afro Diaspora that kept their cultures alive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropical Diaspora® Compilation Vol.1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are featuring this artists and bands, click on it to read more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/horoya\/\"\u003eHöröyá – Brazil (São Paulo)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/la-rueda\/\"\u003eLa Rueda – Colombia (Madrid)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/bantunagojeje\/\"\u003eBantunagojêje – Brazil (Berlin)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/ska-maria-pastora\/\"\u003eSka Maria Pastora – Brazil (Olinda)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/el-santo-golpe\/\"\u003eEl Santo Golpe – USA (California)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/bando\/\"\u003eBando – Puerto Rico (San Juan)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/los-made-in-barcelona\/\"\u003eMade In Barcelona – Barceloneta (Barcelona)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/abeokuta\/\"\u003eAbeokuta – Brazil (Recife)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/tdr-folium\/riosenti\"\u003eRiosentí – Germany (Mexico \/ Argentina)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial release of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ewill was 05.10.2019 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein Paris at the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndy Label Market\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide Forgetfulness\u003cbr\u003e 1 • Höröyá • Griot Xamã • 7:58\u003cbr\u003e 2 • La Rueda • El Rurrú • 4:39\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Bantunagojêje • Sereno • 3:44\u003cbr\u003e 4 • Ska Maria Pastora • Fanfarra Dominicana • 3:14\u003cbr\u003e 5 • EL santo Golpe • El Ladrón • 3:37\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide No Return\u003cbr\u003e 1 • Bando • Cangrejo • 5:34\u003cbr\u003e 2 • Los Made In Barcelona • We are Street • 4:13\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Abeokuta • Mr.Job • 5:55\u003cbr\u003e 4 • Höröyá • Mandin’groove • 5:00\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Riosentí • Canción para Cariño • 3:44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5EeDJ7yvQg\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tropical Diaspora Records®","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39785608052930,"sku":"TDR011","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/8063\/6098\/files\/Cover_TDR011_K7_2000x_v1.png?v=1762140916"},{"product_id":"fita-embolada-do-engenho-vol-1","title":"Fita Embolada Do Engenho Vol.1 [Bundle]","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFITA EMBOLADA DO ENGENHO VOL.1 on tape cassette \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,0.79);\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eRAPadura is a Brazilian poet, singer, rapper, music producer and activist who builds his work on a contemporary mix of rap and the tradition of the popular culture of the Northeast Region of Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAt 35, with 22 years of independent career, he is known in the hip hop scene for his differential of joining rap to the northeastern imagination. During his career, he recorded with O Rappa, Mato Seco \u0026amp; Ponto de Equilíbrio, Rashid, BaianaSystem, among others. He started to go up on stage as the vocal backing of the legendary G.O.G, from Brasília. There was a mixtape created by the fans, with songs that were on the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHis single “Norte Nordeste me Veste”, with 5 million views on youtube, popularized the artist across the country. The song is part of the artist’s first independent work “\u003cstrong\u003eFITA EMBOLADA DO ENGENHO\u003c\/strong\u003e”, released in 2010 with Rapadura’s own production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eTo reinforce the originality of Brazilian music has always been one of his most important motivations, therefore his origin plays a predominant role in his work. 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Since 2012 Frevo has been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Frevo of Pernambuco has then got the acknowledgment it deserved, and it came from important international institutions. Thus, it can be celebrated as the incredible legacy that it is. But sorry to disappoint you. Frevo has been recognized for a long time by the people who have contributed to its creation and practice. The UNESCO seal only means the monetization by the elites of Paris, London, Berlin, New York… of a cultural practice that belongs to no one but to the people who nurture it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginating in the carnival parades by military bands, the name Frevo means to boil as the frenzied dance makes you boil. But the dance takes from Capoeira the movement as weapon and disguise, because the ones who were boiling in the streets of Pernambuco’s carnival were the unruly masses that come and go without any recognizable direction. There is virtually no popular dance in the world that is not an expression of struggle, a way of carrying out the struggle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSka Maria Pastora picks up on the tradition of the Frevo parades and mix it with a walking bass line accented with off beat rhythms, that is, Ska. Frevo and Ska. Ska Maria Pastora shows like no other what means to revisit Ska using Frevo’s harmonies to boil Jamaican Ska with carnival.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamaica and Brazil fused in a unique blend. The Brazilian Northeast and the Caribbean, two places that witnessed the first revolutions in modern history: the revolutions of the Maroons. Often described as groups of runaway slaves they were authentic people’s revolutions as in the case of the great Zumbi dos Palmares, the quilombola leader who helped create an imaginary of resistance and struggle that continues today. One of the high points of the black revolutions in the territories now known as the Americas was the revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue led by Toussaint Louverture that gave rise to the independent state of Haiti, a revolution that shook the foundations of the French metropolis Paris. Never forget these stories when listening to the brass section of Ska Maria Pastora: the marching of the Maroons.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the conflicts to control the Atlantic slave trade and the profitable sugar plantations used as extermination camps of the black population, the Dutch West India Company arose, which enlightens the history of Pernambuco until the Portuguese elites of Brazil reconquered the enclave. The Dutch burned Olinda, the capital of New Lusitania. But before that, there was the plundering of Recife and Olinda by English privateers and traders. UNESCO declared the colonial heritage of Olinda a World Heritage Site in 1982. A site of shame. Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch all were involved in claiming the land that once belonged to the Tupi-Guarani. But sugar was too sweet a commodity for the colonialists’ pockets to let the profits from the trade go away. The modern history of Northeast Brazil begins here, with extermination camps, mass genocide and imperial powers fighting each other for control of the sugar production that first invaded European aristocratic society and later served as the main source of energy for the impoverished working classes that populated the factories of the industrial revolution that would further impoverish the Global South.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrimitive accumulation began in places like Pernambuco and styles like Frevo mean the creative resistance of the populations in their fight for sovereignty. As it is with Ska, which grew as a combination of Caribbean Mento and Calypso with Afro-American Jazz and New Orleans rhythms. Later, Ska developed into Reggae, another Intangible Culture Heritage named by the neocolonialists of UNESCO. But Reggae and Ska do not need recognition by any elitist international body, since they have become true international rhythms of global south peoples. It could have happened with Frevo too, but the British Empire has always been keener on exporting its colonial goods like it exploited West-Indian workforce to fuel its industrial complex in Great Britain. What they did not see coming was the alliance between emigrants from the colonies and British working-class kids that gave birth to the skinhead subculture against racial prejudice.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe destinies of the peoples of the Global South intersect in rhythms such as Ska and Frevo, which become anthems of true internationalism. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEdited by Dr.Sócrates\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size: 50px; --awb-text-color: var(--awb-custom_color_1); --awb-margin-top: 1px; --awb-margin-right: 1px; --awb-margin-bottom: 1px; --awb-margin-left: 1px; --awb-text-font-family: 'Moabhoers'; --awb-text-font-style: normal; --awb-text-font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"--awb-font-size: 50px; --awb-text-color: var(--awb-custom_color_1); --awb-margin-top: 1px; --awb-margin-right: 1px; --awb-margin-bottom: 1px; --awb-margin-left: 1px; --awb-text-font-family: 'Moabhoers'; --awb-text-font-style: normal; --awb-text-font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMusic by Deco Trombone\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArranged by Ska Maria Pastora\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size: 30px; --awb-text-color: var(--awb-custom_color_1); --awb-margin-top: 1px; --awb-margin-right: 1px; --awb-margin-bottom: 1px; --awb-margin-left: 1px; --awb-text-font-family: 'Moabhoers'; --awb-text-font-style: normal; --awb-text-font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"--awb-font-size: 30px; --awb-text-color: var(--awb-custom_color_1); --awb-margin-top: 1px; --awb-margin-right: 1px; --awb-margin-bottom: 1px; --awb-margin-left: 1px; --awb-text-font-family: 'Moabhoers'; --awb-text-font-style: normal; --awb-text-font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRemastered and Reedited for Vinyl and Cassette\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Tropical Diaspora® Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDisclaimer: The images shown are for illustration and mock-up purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tropical Diaspora Records®","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44979659637004,"sku":"TDR035","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/8063\/6098\/files\/Cover_TDR035_K7_2000x_v1.png?v=1762140782"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/8063\/6098\/collections\/feat_Collection_1200x658x_TapeCassete_v1.png?v=1758898685","url":"https:\/\/www.tdrgo.co\/it\/collections\/cassette.oembed","provider":"Tropical Diaspora Records®","version":"1.0","type":"link"}