Gala Drop - Amizade

Format : LP

Label : GDRecords

Catalog # : GDR 05

Genre : Electronic

Amizade by Gala Drop - featuring the core duo of Afonso Simões and Nélson Gomes - now a trio, with Rui Dâmaso transitioning from II after the departure of Jerry the Cat and Guilherme Canhão.

"Gala Drop sound even more focused as a working band, with Amizade – friendship in Portuguese – making perfect sense in a celebration of their, by now, patented soundworld of cosmic inspiration: krautrock's endless and hypnotic potential, dub's sense of transient space, the throb of house, balearic dreams, polyrhythms and a communal sense of belonging.

This sprawling sphere of influence opens itself to new shapes and inspirations, but there's a deeper sense of accuracy and direction, with the band channeling those legacies into something we can only grasp as the Gala Drop sound. An organic outcome of working steadily as a trio, made possible by a residency promoted by gnration in Braga, Amizade dwells on the psychedelic nature of the group through seven tracks made up of dreamy synth washes, loads of percussion, echoes, chilled guitars under a radiant aura.