Naná Vasconcelos was a devil’s violinist, although he never played a violin and wasn’t a devil. He was a so-called virtuoso on the berimbau — an apparatus that looks like a multifunctional tool somewhere between a bong and a bow. In any case, »Africadeus« introduced »this instrument« to the world. Which somehow makes sense. Naná then picked it up for Bono and Talking Heads, ECM wanted some solo records and Altercat used the magic wand again.
Naná Vasconcelos – Africadeus
