A Bee Song

A 1 track balearic / downtempo single (5m 45s) — released April 26th 2024 on Disco Gecko Recordings

Based on a traditional Namibian song that praises the honey bee, A Bee Song brings Banco de Gaia together with the Future Pasts project to create an uplifting and vibrant track full of life and humanity. With an infectious groove and a buzzing bassline, the track is guaranteed to get heads nodding and feet moving.

The motivation for this re-composition was to bring an indigenous praise song, recorded by German linguists in the 1950's and archived in Switzerland, to a contemporary audience as a way of supporting Damara cultural heritage in Namibia. As few people survive who remember the old songs and dances, the hope is that through this collaboration, and the wider Future Pasts project, this musical heritage will live on.

A Bee Song is taken from the forthcoming Banco de Gaia album Trauma, due for release in September 2024.

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