Basta (album)
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Basta is an album that was released by Quilapayún
in 1969. It brings together an eclectic and diverse collections of popular/folk songs and anthems from different parts of the World: from across Latin America, the former USSR, and Italy. This album included "La muralla"/The wall - one of the most popular folk songs in Latin America - based on the text of a poem by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén
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The vocal arrangements are done meticulously for most of the songs and reach their heights in the recording of “Bella Ciao
”, “Por montañas y praderas” and “Patrón.” This album – as X Vietnam - exemplifies one of the most novel and distinctive features of the Nueva Cancion Chilena/ New Chilean Song: its internationalism
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of the original Basta album release in 1969 and in the re-edition of the album in Italy in 1974. This statement, however, may not appear in more current CD re-editions of this recording.
Quilapayún
Quilapayún are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the...
in 1969. It brings together an eclectic and diverse collections of popular/folk songs and anthems from different parts of the World: from across Latin America, the former USSR, and Italy. This album included "La muralla"/The wall - one of the most popular folk songs in Latin America - based on the text of a poem by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén
Nicolás Guillén
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...
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The vocal arrangements are done meticulously for most of the songs and reach their heights in the recording of “Bella Ciao
Bella ciao
"Bella ciao" is an Italian partisan song of World War II.-History:The song Bella Ciao was sung by the left-wing anti-fascist resistance movement in Italy, a movement composed of anarchists, communists, socialists and also by militant anti-fascist partisans...
”, “Por montañas y praderas” and “Patrón.” This album – as X Vietnam - exemplifies one of the most novel and distinctive features of the Nueva Cancion Chilena/ New Chilean Song: its internationalism
Proletarian internationalism
Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is a Marxist social class concept based on the view that capitalism is now a global system, and therefore the working class must act as a global class if it is to defeat it...
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Liner notes
The following is a statement made by Quilapayun that appeared in the liner notesLiner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
of the original Basta album release in 1969 and in the re-edition of the album in Italy in 1974. This statement, however, may not appear in more current CD re-editions of this recording.
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- The importance of the role that art has to play for the revolutionary movements of our people was addressed for the first time in our country by a historical letter - that serves as an introduction to this recording - that was signed by the first leader of the proletariat cause in Chile, Luis Emilio Recabarren.
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- Since its inception our group has defined its work as committed with the interests of the proletariat, and hasn’t concealed, nor will it ever conceal, its political aims. This is born of a need to remain forever loyal to the nascent truth that impels and mobilizes our people towards the hour of its authentic historical realization.
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- All artists that have the opportunity to give their work to the revolutionary cause should do so, and in that manner not only do they fulfill their responsibility with the working class but also with art itself. Given that in an era of exploitation and misery, of subjugation, of cruel and unjust wars, of unrestrained egoism and selfishness, of repression that violate the will of the people, which seek to liberate themselves from imperialism and capitalism; artists that remain on the fence and profit from their privileged position within society – which in a thousand ways aims to bribe and alienate them – betray the very essence of art.
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- An essence, which yearns to liberate, to educate, to elevate mankind.
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- Bourgeois society wants art to be another factor contributing to social alienationSocial alienationThe term social alienation has many discipline-specific uses; Roberts notes how even within the social sciences, it “is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship”...
; we artists should transform it into a revolutionary weapon, until the contradiction that actually exists between art and society is finally surpassed.
- Bourgeois society wants art to be another factor contributing to social alienation
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- This surpassing is called revolution and its motor and fundamental agent is the working classWorking classWorking class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...
. Our group, loyal to the ideals of Luis Emilio Recabarren, sees its work as a continuation of what has already been achieved by many other popular/folk artists. This side of the trenches has been occupied by artists whose names are forever linked to the revolutionary struggle of our people; the first Luis Emilio RecabarrenLuis Emilio RecabarrenLuis Emilio Recabarren Serrano was a Chilean political figure. He was elected several times as deputy, and was the driving force behind the Worker's Movement in that country.- Early life :...
, the latest: Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
and Pablo NerudaPablo NerudaPablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
. The example they have given us is the light that guides us.
- This surpassing is called revolution and its motor and fundamental agent is the working class
Track listing
- ”A la mina no voy” (I won’t go back to the mine) (Colombian folkloreMusic of ColombiaThe music of Colombia is an expression of the Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genres, traditional and moderns according with the features of each geographic region; although it is frequent to find different musical styles in the same region...
) - ”La muralla” (The wall) (Nicolás GuillénNicolás GuillénNicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...
- QuilapayúnQuilapayúnQuilapayún are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the...
) - ”La gaviota” (The gull) (Julio Huasi – Eduardo CarrascoEduardo CarrascoEduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 to 1989....
) - ”Bella ciao” (Italian folk - Italian partisans Hymn)
- ”Coplas de baguala”/Copla songs of Baguala (Argentinian Folk)
- ”Cueca de Balmaceda” (Cueca dance for Balmaceda) (Popular)
- ”Por montañas y praderas (Over mountains and prairies) (Soviet Red Army Hymn)
- ”La carta” (The letter) (Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
) - ”Carabina 30-30" (from the Mexican RevolutionMexican RevolutionThe Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...
) - ”Porqué los pobres no tienen...” (Why don’t the poor have...) (Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
) - ”Patrón” (Landlord)(Aníbal Sampayo - UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an folk) - ”Basta ya” (Das genügt!) (Atahualpa YupanquiAtahualpa YupanquiAtahualpa Yupanqui was an Argentine singer, songwriter, guitarist, and writer. He is considered the most important Argentine folk musician of the 20th century....
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Personnel
- Eduardo CarrascoEduardo CarrascoEduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 to 1989....
- Carlos Quezada
- Willy Oddó
- Patricio CastilloPatricio CastilloPatricio Castillo is a Spanish-Chilean vocal actor, performer, singer and songwriter. He became well known for his roles in the Spanish language performing songs for HBO's Flight of the Conchords, Happy Feet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride.-Career:In 2007, Castillo was signed as...
- Hernán Gómez
- Rodolfo ParadaRodolfo ParadaRodolfo Parada Lillo is a Chilean musician, composer, engineer and anthropologist. Parada joined Quilapayún in 1968, which made the group into a sextet - the formation which recorded the “Cantata Santa María de Iquique. Upon joining the group he became the major solo voice of the ensemble Rodolfo...