Malamor goes to Mexico!
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Hello, my name is Sanaa, I am the founder of <strong>MALAMOR</strong> and the author of the songs. I am from Trieste (Italy) and now live in Ljubljana (Slovenia). Many years ago I moved to the desert of northern Mexico with my husband, we lived there for 13 mostly happy years and had two beautiful children - but then he died in an accident. I came back to Europe and for some time struggled through the sadness and the demands of bringing up two kids on my own - and then something wonderful started happening. Every time I had a bubble bath, songs came to me - fully formed with melody, lyrics, rhythm. I was not a musician and couldn't play any instrument, so I just sang them into a recorder. Soon, the songs started accumulating and I gathered four great Slovenian musicians to perform them with me - we are called <strong>MALAMOR</strong>. The band members are: <strong>Sanaa Taha, Blaz Celarec, Luka Ropret, Jaka Hawlina, and Peter Baros.</strong></p>
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The songs are in different languages (I speak five), the musical genre is syncretic - cabaret, swing, soul, psychedelia, Mexican folk, blues, tango, garage punk, etc… - they mostly speak of love, loss, and desire, and the underlying theme is a longing for Mexico and what it represents. </p>
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To me, words are just as important as the music and, in fact, when a song first visits me the lyrics are one with the melody and the rhythm. Below are little postcards that I make with phrases from my songs which we sometimes distribute during our concerts:</p>
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From the song "Ophelia" (in English) -</p>
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From the song "Loin d'ici" (in French) -</p>
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From the song "Flores" (in Spanish) -</p>
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<strong>MALAMOR </strong>was formed two years ago and now we are at a point where we perform quite a lot in Slovenia and are about to record our first album. Last month <strong>we received an offer from Mexico for a two-week concert tour in July 2016</strong>, with everything but the plane tickets covered. Also, an affirmed video artist offered to film an on-the-road documentary of the tour. </p>
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We would love to go and take this opportunity but <strong>cannot afford the plane tickets for all five of us which would amount to about 4200 euros </strong>- each plane ticket costs around 850 euros. <em><strong>We are asking for your funding of 3500 euros in the hope of surpassing that sum so we can buy the plane tickets for our tour in Mexico!</strong></em></p>
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If this crowd-funding is successful, there will be <em>a very special reward for the person who donates the largest amount </em>-<strong> A 7-DAY STAY FOR TWO IN THE FABULOUS "VENUS SUITE" AT THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL "EL ANGEL Y EL CORAZON" IN REAL DE CATORCE, MEXICO!!! </strong></p>
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And <strong>the two runners-up </strong>will receive<strong> THEIR VERY OWN SONG <em>written by me especially for him/her</em>, </strong>which MALAMOR<strong><em> </em></strong><em>will perform in a private concert for them.</em></p>
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I personally feel that Mexico is <strong>MALAMOR</strong>'s spiritual home and is calling us - I would like to give back to that wonderful country and its people some of what it has given me - so <strong>please participate in our adventure and help us go on our musical tour! </strong></p>
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