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Stop the Planet Out Now!

Banda Bacana’s new album out now available to buy in the North Wales area at the following places:

Mudshark Records Bangor www.mudsharkrecords.com
Palas Print Caernarfon www.palasprint.com
Cob Records Porthmadog www.cobrecords.com
Menter Fachwen Shop Llanberis

Or email bandabacana2@gmail.com if you want one posting out!

Available to download and stream from Bandcamp:

<a href="http://bandabacana1.bandcamp.com/album/stop-the-planet">Stop the Planet by Banda Bacana</a>

The cover art work is thanks to Richard Morgan, the beautiful painting Tirlun Hudolus is available to buy as a print from his website:

https://www.celfrichardmorganart.com/gallery?lightbox=dataItem-j57x99pm3

Dot. in Bethesda

After the disappointment of the red tape delays getting Abu Baga over from Paris, we’re delighted that Dot. has stepped in. Now living in Bangor and studying Music and Creative Writing at the uni, Aditi Saigal or Dot. is an Indian indie musician with a loyal YouTube following. See this video of her debut tour in India with the audience singing along… we’re really excited for the concert in Neuadd Ogwen Bethesda on 16 June!

A bit more about Dot. …

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Abou Baga – East African Singer-Songwriter Plays North Wales

Unfortunately we’ve had to postpone the Abu Baga gig, we hope he can come over soon. However the show must go on! Banda Bacana will play, with special guest Dot – same time same place! Neuadd Ogwen on 16th June.

Abou Baga began his musical journey on the Comoro Islands off the coast of East Africa, where he sang and played traditional Swahili music. Since 2005 he has been living in Paris where he is a favourite on the African music scene, which is the best outside Africa, bringing together people from all over that continent. Continue reading →

New Album Update

The team have been beavering away behind the scenes with the recording and mixing of Banda Bacana’s new albums. Final mixes are scheduled for early 2018, and it’s sounding great already. Look forward to some new instruments being played and some great new songs. Watch this space for updates!

A New Year, A New You

Screen shot 2016-01-08 at 09.36.52 Well done to everyone who made it to the boxing night regular at the Vic (…no… not that one) despite the horrendous weather and flooding. For those that missed the Jukes gig – and that includes one of the musicians stranded in Colwyn Bay – you may want cheer yourself up by coming to another wet and windy corner of Wales to see some of the Jukes musicians playing in the equally funky Banda Bacana. Continue reading →

Weekend in the Studio: Sunday

We spent a productive weekend in Bryn Derwen Studio in the hands of the talented and lovely John Lawrence. We’ve got 15 rough tracks to play with. Next steps to be decided tonight in practice, but will include additional vocal harmonies, horns, percussion and hopefully some accordian.