Caramba was a Swedish

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 music group. It released one self-titled album in 1981. The album is chiefly notable because it is recorded entirely in nonsense language

Language

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. Songs which imitate certain regional styles of music generally imitate the phonemic

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 structure of languages from the appropriate regions. It was produced by Michael B. Tretow

Michael B. Tretow

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, who is most famous for engineering ABBA

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's records, and featured vocals by another Polar Music

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 artist, Ted Gärdestad

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. While a number of other noted Swedish musicians and singers are rumoured to have taken part in the Caramba recordings Tretow and Gärdestad are the only ones that actually have been named.

The track "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" has been re-issued as part of Michael B. Tretow's 1999 album Greatest Hits and the Ted Gärdestad 4 CD box set Solregn in 2001 and a number of other compilations of 80's hits and Swedish novelty recordings, but the Caramba album in its entirety remains unreleased on CD.

Members of the Group

The artists of Caramba all used pseudonyms. This is how they were credited on the album sleeve:

• Carlos Ih Lura, ahllo
• Zoltan Zull, violotta
• Dr. Fritz Höfner, baribasso
• Tudor Ludor, batterie
• Abdullah Presley, tomba
• Zingo Allah, prutto
• Ihto Amin, paahuve
• Gaston El Ton Yon, pianissimo
• King Nam, a nam
• Clapton Combo, gitaronimo
• King Kong, tango
• Hazze Kamikaze, teknico del son
• Giorgio Martini, producto

Production

• Recordeli pour Studio Garage De Garbage
• Picturella par Bengto Hoo
• Coloretta par cartong: Torsk Prod

Track listing

Blaztah 1 (Side 1)

1. "Ali Baba" - 3:51
2. "Spottnjik" - 3:51
3. "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" - 3:23
4. "Eine Feine" - 3:43
5. "Fido" - 3:47

Blaztah A (Side A)

1. "Aitho" - 3:28
2. "Anna Kapoe" - 4:17
3. "Donna Maya" - 3:07
4. "Ahllo" - 2:42
5. "Carhumba" - 3:37