It is the first time that we do a crowdfunding and we thank you very much for entering our verkami to support our musical project. We are very excited.
What is Circumterra?
The Circumterra album is a sample of how traditional music can inspire and excite a contemporary audience. It consists of a fusion of music that combines traditional rhythms and melodies from all over the world. Through their songs, Amalgama Folk pays homage to the cultures and places that Magallanes and Elcano visited on their trip around the world, creating an exciting and authentic sound experience. The disc includes an illustrated booklet where narrates the entire adventure of Magallanes and Elcano, and the union with the music we have chosen and their own history. It also has the prologue by the ship's captain Jose Ramón Vallespín, director of the Naval Museum of Madrid.
How have we projected the album?
Through this historical journey as a guiding thread, a journey is proposed through our traditional music (Andalusí, Canarian music, romances, tunes, back and forth music), joining the music of the world (South America, Asia and Africa).
What recognitions has this publication had since its streaming version came out?
Since its publication, Amalgama's album has been broadcast on TV and press programs (ABC, Diario Palentino, Diario Folk, El Norte de Castilla...). It has been presented on national radio stations such as Radio 3 and Classic Radio **and has received recognition from Diario Folk as **one of the 35 best folk records in Spain in 2022. In addition, its international impact has been reflected in its presence on radio stations around the world and Global Village in the US and Canada has considered it one of the 20 best world music albums of the year.
We are currently nominated for the min awards! We know it has nothing to do with the project but *if you cast us a vote in the root music category we can give the project more visibility. (You just have to register here https://premiosmin.com/).
We are a humble group and it is very difficult for us to fulfill this dream.
Why this year?
Until June 30, 2023, the 500th anniversary of the history that we believe is the most exciting of the Spanish shipping company is celebrated. https://vcentenario.es/ This album is considered an official activity of the Commission for the V Centenary of Circumnavigation and has the endorsement of the Government of Spain and the European Union ( not economic, but at the level of diffusion on its website).
How did you record so much instrumentation?
The more than 70 musical instruments of the world recorded on the disc, are played acoustically by ourselves and recorded in our studio. Subsequently, Constantino López de Primavera en el Atlas has edited, mixed and mastered the album.
Why is the First World Tour important?
The importance of this trip is compared by several historians to the arrival of man on the Moon in the 20th century, due to the very rudimentary means they had to cross all the oceans with small wooden boats and what it entailed later.
It has been shown with COVID-19 that globalization is real, it exists, we are connected to each other. Something so XXI century has germ in this Adventure that happened five centuries ago in Spain, and that as we see has had an essential importance worldwide. Thanks to this trip we confirmed that the Earth was round and that we all live in the same world. Thanks to this we can create cultural ties with the whole world.
About us
Amalgama Folk we are two families that got together in 2003 to give a new perspective of our traditional music encompassing all our history and the union with the music of the world.
We are going to get melancholic.
Julio Pozo, the pater soul of the group, is a virtuoso of the bandurria who started at just 6 years old giving classes with several renowned teachers, he was the founder of several groups and is also a teacher and nurse. When he met her wife Mary Velasco, he began to teach her accompaniment with various instruments so they could play together and after her Marimar and Ángel Pozo were born, who began to play and sing when they were 2-3 years old. Then due to life circumstances, Ángel Prádanos crossed our path, who had been playing for years in the Rondalla de Soto de Cerrato and that is when Amalgama was formed in 2003. Years later, Juan Prádanos was born and began playing from a very young age. small, and began to sneak onto the stage at the age of 7.
Over the years, Amalgama has been enriched by the personal growth of each component: Marimar is an Interior Designer and Graphic Designer, which provides that much-needed aesthetic part in a contemporary group; Ángel has studies in Musicology and is a teacher of Primary Education and will soon be teaching Infant Education; Juan has piano and guitar studies; and Mary studied Primary Education seven years ago, seeing the importance of didactics. Amalgama has been working in our tradition for more than 20 years, in the investigation and dissemination of our traditional music and our musical influence worldwide.
In summary, Amalgama is a way of family life that will last forever, because the family cannot be understood without the group, nor the group without the family.
Is it a didactic disc?
Yes. The disc includes a navigation route with the 15 most important milestones of the trip (based on an extensive bibliography) together with an explanation of the traditional theme or own composition to which it is linked. A project that has to unite history, literature, anthropology and music. We have taken care that the disk is reliable. For this, the texts are reviewed by the captain and director of the Naval Institute of the Navy D.Jose Ramón Vallespín, in charge of the presentations on the V Centenary of the First Around the World of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Why is this disc necessary?
Most people believe that Willy Fog was the one who went around the world for the first time.
Despite the fact that the media and institutions are publicizing this part of the story that gives them relevance worldwide. We want to emphasize that it is a story that almost no one knows. We did a survey on a social network and more than 70% believe that the First Around the World was Willy Fog.
Lastly and most importantly, this record is an ode to globalization and world peace, which has been affected so much in recent months... Do you dare to be part of this journey?
About rewards
The rewards in this case are a bit different. Amalgama we belong to an association of musical instrument craftsmen and we have reproduced simple musical instruments (simple but that does not mean that they are easy to play many times).
In summary there will be:
**-Discs second edition of Circumterra
-Tickets for the Teatro Cervantes April 29
-Traditional handmade pastoral instruments (if all of one category is sold, an attempt will be made to replace it).
-A collaborators page on our website for one year (from June 1, 2023-24).
-Much love (L)**
What we will allocate your contributions to
*With the money raised we will only pay for the printing of the Circumterra disc version XX años. *(In this price we do not include the rest of the expenses that have been incurred, such as recording, design, etc.).
If we manage to meet the goal soon, we could include the expenses of the theater + sound technician, the recording of an original song for this 20th anniversary, or even consider making a new video clip.
We are a humble group and in principle we go little by little!
Planned schedule
March 20 to April 25 CROWFUNDING
April 25 OBJECTIVE ACHIEVED
April 28-29 COLLECT YOUR TICKETS AND REWARDS:
They will be given at Alis Gift Store (Calle Librería 11, Valladolid) during business hours. Friday from 10-14:30 and from 17-20:30 and Saturday (day of the concert) from 10-14h.
If you cannot pick up the tickets, you have to let us know if possible before April 28 (call or whatsapp 679938427) to leave them at the box office in your name.
April 29 After the concert, the discs and rewards that have been purchased only with the tickets are distributed.
May 15 The records and rewards (those that are not purchased with tickets) will be distributed between two venues (Estación Sonora in Palencia and Alis Gift Store in Valladolid) so that you can pick it up. They will also be sent from those days
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Muchísimas gracias 😊
Abel
Bonito trabajo de un gran grupo musical!