The band participated in Rolling Stone Sessions last Thursday, 20th, in São Paulo, and paid tribute to the guitarist who died in March this year
O Karnak performed at the Blue Note, in São Paulo, last Thursday night, the 21st. As usual, the group’s members took to the stage wearing accessories on their heads — from hats and caps to a cycling helmet.
The setlist featured tracks such as “Universo Umbigo”, “Zoo” and “Juvenar”. The main vocalist André Abujamra interrupted the songs a few times to remember stories from the Karnak and honor Eduardo Cabelloguitarist who passed away in March this year.
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“Today I’m feeling very emotional because it’s the first show we’ve done without one of the guitarists who passed away, the Eduardo Cabello“, he said in the Blue Note dressing room, between one show session and another. “It’s a very emotional day for us. Other than that, I feel like the Karnak It’s a community, it’s a big family.”
I have been a Candomblé fan for over 23 years. I have a somewhat normal relationship with death. I know that death is inevitable. I believe in fairies, in elves, in everything. I definitely believe that the Cabellinho I could be watching this show here today, really, spiritually speaking. But if that doesn’t exist — I think it does — I think the Cabellinho I would think the show was really beautiful and I would definitely want to play with us. – André Abujamra
Bro Bap, another guitarist, still offered his point of view as someone who has already been at the side of the band’s fans Karnakoutside the band: “The Karnak always stays ahead of its time. When no one used samples, these recorded bases, the Karnak used, back in the beginning.”
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We are really ahead of our time — and that’s not convincing, that’s stuff. A community that has been making a difference for 30 years and continuing to exist is a very beautiful thing. – André Abujamra
Bro revealed that “there was an accident”: when leaving Rio de Janeiro for the show in São Paulo, Abujamra gave “the terrible news” that the bases used for the group’s performances were lost. Everything was done “by hand”, so Bro he added: “I’ve been telling him for some time that we have to start replacing the machines.”
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And now, we are anticipating this wave of dismantling artificiality and bringing in our experience, because we have a lot to pass on to young people [risos]. – Bro Bap
Some of the best albums
In 2012, the album of the same name by Karnak, from 1995, was voted one of the 10 best Latin rock albums of all time. Occupying 7th position in the ranking of Rolling Stone USAthe band was in front of Manu Chao, The mutants It is Santana.
Just over a decade later, the Karnak once again caught the attention of the American magazine. Last year, Karnak it ranked 17th on a list of 50 albums. This time, The mutants (1968, in sixth position) and Clube da Esquina (1972, in fourth place) were not left behind.
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I am the son of Antonio Abujamra. My father said it like this: “Success and failure are impostors.” It is obvious that, for us, it is wonderful to be in this place. We received a lot of criticism, because Karnak is not a well-known band to be in such an important place, but we are, and no one can take that away from us. – André Abujamra
Source: Rollingstone
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