Sara Serpa – Recognition (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sara Serpa – Recognition (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:03 minutes | 943 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Biophilia Records

Directed by Portuguese vocalist-composer Sara Serpa, in collaboration with film director Bruno Soares.

An interdisciplinary documentary melding film imagery with music, Recognition uses Serpa’s family archival footage shot in the 1960’s in the then colony of Angola, ruled by Salazar’s fascist regime.

Taking as point of departure Portugal’s denial in confronting its colonial past, the material has been intervened and edited so to shatter lingering presumptions. It creates a sensory experience in which music and image are juxtaposed with texts by anti-colonial revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, Angolan writer Luandino Vieira and historian Linda Heywood. The documentary explores the clash between two realities: one verbally described by the colonized and the other captured by the colonizer, exposing an often silenced narrative, still a tabu today, while inviting the viewer/listener to reflect on history in a visceral way.

The musical score features Sara Serpa (voice, composition) Zeena Parkins (harp) and Mark Turner (saxophone) and David Virelles (piano), probes deep into the emotional core of this era through scored material and flowing improvisation.

Tracklist:
01. Sara Serpa – Lei Do Indigenato, 1914 (04:16)
02. Sara Serpa – Occupation (04:54)
03. Sara Serpa – The Multi-Racialism Myth (04:07)
04. Sara Serpa – Free Labour (04:03)
05. Sara Serpa – Beautiful Gardens (04:41)
06. Sara Serpa – Mercy and Caprice (03:40)
07. Sara Serpa – Civilizing Influence (02:30)
08. Sara Serpa – Queen Nzinga (04:31)
09. Sara Serpa – Absolute Confidence (04:16)
10. Sara Serpa – Control and Oppression (05:32)
11. Sara Serpa – Propaganda (04:50)
12. Sara Serpa – Unity and Struggle (05:39)

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