In March 2004, in the middle of the invasion of a bicentennial Haiti by an airborne military force that would soon be handed over to the control of the same Brazil, my first daughter was born and I wrote a poem about the connection between the two realities and the inner/outer oppressions that poison attempts at change.
The song contains allusions to the soundtrack from the film “Black Orpheus” and Gilberto Gil/Caetano Veloso’s epic song “Haiti”. The track features spectacular Bossa/Flamenco solo by guitarist John Hussain.
lyrics
MARTE EM MARÇO
Ontem de madrugada
Me picava a mente
sobrevoou a casa
uma mariposa gigante
Chamariz pra mosquito disfarçado
Sambando sobre o pele escuro
da terra vermelha e ondeante
Enquanto gritam como cães
No cio, nesse calor
Só ar quente triunfa
E sem triunfo, esta
diárreia de dia em dia
de nuvens estéris
A mesma melodia triste
sob a pele somaliana
do ceú do caribe
Chorus:
'Cause we're
Beating time, beating time
To death
É manha de Carnaval, so we're
Beating time, beating time
To death
Olé, olé, olé, olé...!
Trilho dessa FIFA, Mãe Avaricia
Quem abre a boca cheia,
e olha pra sua barriga
A mão da criança, recém-nacida,
se estira
Escruta os animais eléctricos
Anunciando quem ganhou, driblou, quem marcou
Go..! GO! GO!!GO!!!GOOOOOOOOLLLLL!!!
Mais não tem eletricidade
Não tem correio eletrônico
Nem eleccão nem seleccão pra você, cara
Porque aquí a vitória se come
Com punho e prepúcio
Lixo e xixi
credits
from Manila Sunrise - Part 1: Digable Planets,
track released November 20, 2013
5) Marte em Março
Drums: Makesi Jawara Joseph
Lead Vocals, Pandeiro ; Twylight Seven
Conga: Tinika Davis
Acoustic Guitars: John Hussain
Box Bass: Chris Castagne
Backing Vocals: Rochelle Dalrymple; Kendel Haynes
All Songs Written, Composed and Arranged by: Twylight Seven
All Songs Produced, Engineered and Mixed by: Lamar “Beebo” Pollard
Recording, Production and Mixing: Lion’s Den Studios, Mt. Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago
Mastering: Phillip Klum Mastering, New York City, USA
Publishing: 50 Stories Publishing
Photography by: V. Rosalie
Design by: Twylight Seven
These sweet, sad indie pop tunes accompany Ian Coss's podcast of the same name, in which he interviews his family about their divorces. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 17, 2021