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Fado rewired and recast. Raül Refree – one of Europe’s most innovative producers (Rosalía, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo) – meets Lina, a Portuguese singer renowned for her haunting interpretations of Amalia’s classic repertoire. Analog synths and hushed sonics.
Making history by breaking the rules.

Shedding the skin. A fresh beginning. That’s what singer Lina and producer/multi-instrumentalist Raül Refree have given Portuguese fado on Lina_Raül Refree. They’ve sloughed off the old trappings and exacting traditions of the country’s national music and given it into a perfect fit for the 21st century. Gone are the chiming guitars that were the music’s instrumental trademark and in their place comes piano and analogue synths. Together, they’ve reinvented the music that holds a nation’s soul, and done it while keeping the rich beauty of the melodies and the aching poetry of the words that are such a vital part of the tradition.

“I wanted to do something different with fado,” Lina explains. She already had a deep background in the music; her family has sung it for two generations and she took it up when she was 15, studied opera and turned to the stage, where she portrayed fado’s great queen, Amália Rodrigues, before being invited to become a regular at Lisbon’s iconic Clube de Fado. She’d amassed an enviable pedigree. But it was time for more. And she knew exactly who to call.

“I invited Raül to produce my album.”

Raül Refree has been widely-praised for his solo work, like the album La Otra Mitad, as well as his ground-breaking productions; he’d collaborated with the flamenco incendiary Rosalía on her Los Angeles album, the disc that first made her name.

“Lina thought that fado needed something similar to what I did with flamenco,” he recalls. “She invited me to .......
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Bartek Chaciński w Polifonii:
"Duet Lina_Raül Refree wykonuje – to fakt – bardzo współczesną wersję fado, idącą pod prąd standardów brzmieniowych w tej dziedzinie. Nie próbuje więc nabrać kolegi, przeciwnie – oferuję najnowocześniejsze, co w fabryce mieli. I nie do końca ortodoksyjne, biorąc pod uwagę, że wprawdzie wokalistka Lina – znana z interpretacji klasyków Amalii, a nawet z wcielania się w nią samą na scenie – w tej konwencji czuje się jak ryba w wodzie, to już jej partner, producent Raül Refree – trochę jednak mniej tu pasuje. Związany z elektroniczną sceną Barcelony, miał na koncie, owszem, odświeżanie gatunku – ale bardziej flamenco, na znakomitej debiutanckiej płycie Rosalíi Los Ángeles. Talent producencki Raüla Fernandeza Miró docenił również Lee Ranaldo. Katalończyk współpracował też z Richardem Youngsem. Tu spogląda na tradycyjny repertuar portugalskiego gatunku. ..."