This album is a collaborative project born from the creativity, cooperation, and boldness of three completely different artists who decided to combine their talents to shape this remarkable work.<\/p>\n
Ignacio Scola is a Spanish record producer who, in the early 1990s, released albums with a number of artists, including well-known names such as Juan Luis Guerra, Willy DeVille, and Manu Dibango.<\/p>\n
Rita Marley was a Jamaican singer who had been a member of the Soulettes\u2014something like a Jamaican version of The Supremes\u2014in the mid-1960s. While still very young, she married Bob Marley and lived through a turbulent relationship, overshadowed by her famous husband. After Bob\u2019s death, she decided to resume her artistic career and released several noteworthy reggae albums, which were later rediscovered by Scola and issued in Spain through his record label. He subsequently became her producer and organized several concerts for her, bringing her a certain level of recognition and helping her songs reach major radio playlists. <\/p>\n
When Scola presented Marley with a song he had composed, \u201cMiracle Baby,\u201d dedicated to his newborn son, she agreed to record it immediately. The original recording was completed with arrangements by Spanish cult artist Gregorio Paniagua, and the result was so striking that they decided to record more songs following a similar approach. Scola would show Paniagua the song sketches, and they would later meet in Paniagua\u2019s studio to embellish them with instrumental arrangements, as well as contribute their own ideas\u2014creating a kind of artistic ping-pong completed by Rita Marley\u2019s voice, who traveled from Jamaica to Madrid to take part in the recording sessions. <\/p>\n
The result is an album of sophisticated and experimental pop, in line with other works by Gregorio Paniagua, in which Marley showcases her extraordinary vocal talent, rooted in soul and Jamaican music, built around Scola\u2019s concept. Companies such as Luaka Bop and Disney showed strong interest in the album, which was ultimately released in 1995 on Scola\u2019s own label, Tabata. <\/p>\n
We present here, for the first time on vinyl, \u201cSpectacles for Tribuffalos\u201d\u2014never before reissued\u2014along with the remixes by Spanish ambient producer Suso S\u00e1iz, influenced by trip-hop, dub, and more, previously unavailable on vinyl. Includes an insert with liner notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cSpectacles for Tribuffalos\u201d (1995) is a sophisticated and experimental pop album, in the vein of other works by cult artist Gregorio Paniagua, in which Rita Marley displays her remarkable vocal talent rooted in soul and Jamaican music, built around the concept and songs created by Ignacio Scola. Companies such as Luaka Bop and Disney showed strong interest in the album, which also received positive reviews in publications like Melody Maker and Billboard Magazine. <\/strong><\/p>\n This first reissue also marks its debut on vinyl and includes the remixes by ambient producer Suso S\u00e1iz, influenced by trip-hop, dub, and more. Includes an insert with liner notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n