Lucas chango spasiuk biography
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Horacio &#;Chango&#; Spasiuk plays chamame, a music style born in an area composed by Northeast of Argentina and south of Brazil.
Chango Spasiuk was born on September 23, in Apóstoles, Misiones. His Ukrainian grandparents immigrated to the Misiones province of Northeast Argentina in the late 19th century, bringing with them the accordion music and dances of Eastern europe, particularly the schottis, polka, and waltz.
Chango Spasiuk spent his childhood in a highly stimulating environment. His childhood was centered around the carpenter&#;s shop managed by Lucas, his violinist father, and Marcos, an uncle who sang. The singing duos playing in red earth patios, the unrelenting subtropical climate, a terrain of jungle and wide rivers, of laborers working with hoes and machetes on the yerba mate plantations &#; this is the world that underlies the powerful texture and mysticism of his music.
“I’ve learned to play accordion away from conservatories,” he says. “The day my father • Most people in Argentina are familiar with chamamé, but few listen to it with any regularity. This is partly due to competition from pop music, Latin American dance rhythms, tango and other kinds of folclore argentino. It’s also down to geography. While the Andes, Pampas and Patagonia have established cultural and musical mythologies, the Misiones province in the subtropical north-east is something of an unknown quantity. Most Argentinians visit the region, formerly governed by the Jesuits, once to see the glorious Iguazú Falls, and then probably never go again. Despite this, on December 16 , chamamé was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. While such honours are the outcome of extensive lobbying, the listing is a recognition that the music, while earthy and ‘popular’ – rather than classical or academic – possesses complexity both in its backstory and its expression. ‘Chamamé high • It is the study of over a years of music which was brought to Argentina by Ukrainian immigrants, seen as from the cultural context of the Misiones province. This record is made of melodies which are alive and present in my place of origin. It is part of the unwritten story of our regional music, and of what is today’s Folk scene. My personal vision of the man and the woman from the farm, humble and owners of a profound spirituality, happiness and kindness. Chango Spasiuk: A Beginner's Guide
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About Album
Lucas, my dad, and Marcos, my uncle were and still are the bridge which connects with my music, my polkas. Chango Spasiuk,
Besides the making of the record, there is also an ongoing study project, as from , which includes field recording, video footage, and oral testimonies. MIS POLCAS… The material included in this recording work was recorded live by AMILCAR GILABERT, Made by the end of June, on location, in Las Tunas, Apostoles, Oberá and in Línea Panambí during the Religious festivities