Acácia Maior is a collective of musicians created by Henrique Silva and Luís Firmino, the roots and trunk of this tree that is beginning to flourish on the Cape Verdean musical horizon.

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Creation, fusion and tradition are the motto for this collective's borderless journey which, with each piece, brings together artists from different fields.

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This collective emerged as a celebration of life, which is why the name of their debut album was also chosen after a Cape Verdean tree, referring to their origins. "Cimbron Celeste" is a tribute, a musical portrait of a very peculiar island nature. 

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In the sound and lyrics that make up this disc, various rhythms and expressions of Cape Verdean folklore are explored alongside different international musical aesthetics.

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Under the shadow of the constellation that makes up this collective, this new celestial tree is born, ready to spread out into the universe.

 

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PRESS

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"When they burst onto the scene with Catá bórre at the end of 2020, Luís Firmino and Henrique Silva immediately presented us with a series of ideas that would be crucial in understanding where they were coming from and where they wanted to go: the concern with the communion between different musicians (on this debut single they had Cachupa Psicadélica, Renato Chantre, Hudson Jah Son and Ras M); the crossing of musical languages (from morna to reggae) as a way of travelling between time dimensions; and the (silent) conviction that Cape Verde was (and is) the centre of the universe. With what they've shown us so far, it's hard to disagree."
Alexandre Ribeiro, in Público.

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"Cimbron Celeste is a journey through the different islands of Cape Verde and the different times in which its wide and fertile poetic, rhythmic, sound and musical diversity was built. But it is also a dialogue with the present time, where music is renewed and regenerated in the encounters that precipitate the future. "
João Mineiro, on Cimbron Celeste, in Rimas e Batidas.
 

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