Carlos Bica - D.C.

Can't tell you much about Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica, but I can tell you that D.C. is GRATE. Starts off with a horse-riding guitar line straight out of a moody Texas western, and keeps the lid on tight for the best part of 10 minutes. Sometimes Bica's bowed double-bass comes surging through from underground, sometimes it's a heavy psych Farfisa. Either way his band are mining some deep groove here. That's Doklands' favourite Matthias Schriefl on trumpet, by the way. A live gem from the 2010 album Carlos Bica + Matéria-Prima.

Carlos Bica - D.C.
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