Listen to Magda Pucci´s interview at Açik Radyo in Istanbul, Turkey realized on 2010 November.
www.acikradyo.com.tr - Istanbul, Turkey
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Mawaca is surprising, subversive and very charming.
Peter Culshaw– Observer Magazine - London


Mawaca reinvents the traditions creating bridges between cultures.
Leonardo Lichote - O Globo newspaper


Listening to Mawaca is a musical journey across every border and through time itself.A journey where rich and beautiful voices form a gorgeous aural tapestry with accomplished and wonderful instrumentalists. Mawaca is an ensemble not to be missed if one has the opportunity through their decade long collection of records.
Mark Bacon– Pan American Rhythms – Lousiana – USA


Sensitive research. This is the best word to describe São Paulo's vocal octet in their first CD.
Luís Antonio Giron– Gazeta Mercantil newspaper


To establish connections between different styles and rhythms are Mawaca's trade mark .
Eduardo Logullo- Vogue Magazine


Mawaca joins sonorities and styles with sensitivity and imagination.
Revista Bravo!


“MAWACA makes the REAL WORLD MUSIC anywhere in the world.”
Chico César


MAWACA makes a transculturalistic show.
 Elvis Cesar Bonassa - Folha de São Paulo

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TOP TEN WORLD MUSIC CHARTS – 2009

A magical construction based upon the voices of the seven female voices and six musicians of Mawaca. Using the music of indigenous Amazon people as the springboard, they create a unique sounding mixture of ancient and modern, which does not fear to step into contemporary areas just as into more 'traditional' territory. Driven by the voices, and in this sense not unlike their contemporaries Värttinä, the tunes are melodic and stuffed to the brim with the unexpected.

www.wmce.de


SONGLINES MAGAZINE
Review by Jill Turner
November 2009 **** ( Four stars)

Percussion, minimal instrumental accompaniment, vocal chants, improvisations and  ambient sounds are layered to create a musical tapestry which is primordial, ritualistic, bold and dramatic in nature.   Polyphonic choirs congregate with global shamen to unleash the magical power of words and the hypnotic qualities of drums. The ceremonies begin, spirits evoked, the creator appeased and finally the world  is brought  back from an apocalyptic brink.    

Ounding similar to a Philip Glass opera, the overall feel is one of a performance soundtrack to a contemporary dance piece perhaps, no surprise, given  Mawaca’s sell out theatrical stage shows.  For “ Rupestres Sonoros”,  their sixth studio album, they stay closer to their Sao Paulo home and gather songs and stories of the Kaxinawa, Surui, Gavião and the Wari people of Amazonia.  

Voices are used to create rhythm, singing in ancient languages with the addition of  vocal improvisations, inspired by the rock carvings from Brazil’s archeological heritage.    The “testimonies in stone that  make us reflect on our  human condition”, cites  Magda Pucci, the group’s musical director and arranger, who successfully  demonstrates that metaphysical questions remain the same irrespective of our time or place on the earth.  ‘Tamota  Moriore / Kokiriko no Bushi’ explores commonality between  both  Japanese and Brazilian customs.  ‘Waiko Koman’ is the sound of  chaos, the explosion that created the earth, knowledge held by the Suruí for thousands of years. 

Meticulous research and a desire to pay homage to the indigenous people, sees Marlui Miranda lending her support with a vocal  solo on  ‘Matsã Kawa'.  In addition to the music, there’s plenty to explore with the accompanying  forty page illustrated booklet detailing musicians, the lyrics and background to each song plus references to the numerous field recordings and academic texts.  Currently written in Portuguese this may change with a full international release.


Estadão, Livia Deodato - Brazil