Quanta Gota by ANANDA
Digital Album • Released November 20, 2026 (Black Consciousness Day) • TDR098
by Morato Records • (A division of Tropical Diaspora Records®)
Emerging from Francisco Morato — a dormitory city and one of the most violent peripheries in the São Paulo metropolitan region — ANANDA carries the weight of her territory in every verse. She is not merely an artist. She is a mother, a permaculturist, a professor of physics and mathematics, an engineer, a popular educator, a lifelong articulator of social justice, and a co-founder of the anti-genocide collective Alfanje.
"Quanta Gota" is her debut release — a forensic indictment of necropolitics, structural fascism and racism, and the blood-stained foundations of the Brazilian State. The title asks the question that echoes through the song: "With how many drops of blood is the State built?"
Originally released on 7-inch vinyl, the album is now available on digital platforms — released on November 20, 2026, Black Consciousness Day, a date of profound significance for the Afro-diaspora in one of the most racist countries in the world.
This digital album presents three tracks:
1. Quanta Gota (Original)
The full, unflinching track.
Lyrics by ANANDA. Music by ANANDA & Zé Nigro.
2. Quanta Gota (Instrumental)
The raw, bones-only version.
The percussive landscape of Afro-Brazilian resistance laid bare.
3. Quanta Gota (Dub Manual Remix) — Bonus Track
A deep, rolling, dub-inflected reinterpretation by Dub Manual (Olinda Sanzyo Rafael), another artist on the Tropical Diaspora Records roster. The riddim that ANANDA first sang over in a car on the way to Francisco Morato, now fully realized as a standalone dub version. Echoes, space, and bass weight.
Credits
Lyrics•ANANDA
Music Composition•ANANDA & Zé Nigro
Production•Zé Nigro
Recording Studio•Navegantes, São Paulo
Executive Production•Tropical Diaspora Records®
Mastering•Buguinha Dub
Voice•ANANDA
Bass, Keyboard, Guitar•Zé Nigro
Trombone & Berimbau•Ed Trombone
Percussion and Drums•Samuca
Dub Remix (Bonus Track)•Olinda Sanzyo Rafael (Dub Manual)
Art Design•Dj GArRincha
Texts•Dr. Sócrates
Catalog Number•TDR098
Format•Digital Album
Label•Morato Records / Tropical Diaspora Records
PACKAGING & VISUAL IDENTITY
The Visual Concept
The artwork for this release merges the face of ANANDA with the topographic elevation contour lines of Francisco Morato — her home territory etched onto her very image. The contour lines flow across her skin like rivers, becoming the geography of her origin. This image serves as the foundation for the digital cover, the A1 poster, the 7" sleeve, and the entire visual identity of the release.
Design by Dj GArRincha
WHERE TO LISTEN
Bandcamp (high-quality downloads, DRM-free): [link]
Mainstream digital platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal):
[links to be added]
A NOTE ON MAINSTREAM PLATFORMS
All major streaming platforms — through economic or political ties to genocidal and apartheid states — support genocide, oppression, and environmental destruction in one way or another. They are a predatory system where few win and most lose. Artists receive fractions of a cent per stream while corporations keep the rest.
We are on these platforms for accessibility — because the message must reach the periphery. But we strongly encourage you to listen on Bandcamp or our website, where your support goes directly to the artists.
We use the platforms. We do not celebrate them.
VINYL FIRST. DIGITAL NECESSARY. NO ILLUSIONS.
Copyright & Legal
© + ℗ 2025 Morato Records / Tropical Diaspora Records. All rights reserved.
Morato Records is a division of Tropical Diaspora Records — anti-colonial, necropolitics-aware, periphery-rooted.
Catalog Number: TDR098
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