Radio Tarifa
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Madrid based Radio Tarifa might just be a Spanish/North African answer to Weather Report.
Confused? Well listening to Radio Tarifa make light work of mixing flamenco, ancient Iberian, Moorish, Yiddish, North African and Middle Eastern music, one can’t help but think this is where Joe Zawinul may have ended up as their visceral, funky energy isn’t a million miles from his penchant for African-inspired grooves. It’s mainly down to their ability to splice together the most authentic aspects of their indigenous heritage with a modern fusion twist, creating both hypnotic grooves and intricate rhythmic patterns like no other group today.