''Brigadistak Sound System'' is a studio album from

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artist

Fermin Muguruza Fermin Muguruza (born 20 April 1963) is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, record label manager, and co-founder of the ska punk band Kortatu, active from 1983 to 1988, and of the crossover group Negu Gorriak, active from 1990 ...

. It was released in 1999 and produced by Esan Ozenki Records. The title track refers to the

International Brigades The International Brigades ( es, Brigadas Internacionales) were military units set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed ...

. Some themes featured in the other songs include globalisation,

American imperialism American imperialism refers to the expansion of American political, economic, cultural, and media influence beyond the boundaries of the United States. Depending on the commentator, it may include imperialism through outright military conquest ...

and

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

. Most of the lyrics are sung in euskera. Almost every track is a collaboration with another artist or band. Tracks 3, 5 and 13 were recorded in

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(

Cherokee Studios Cherokee Studios is a recording studio facility in Hollywood founded in 1972 by members of 1960s pop band The Robbs. Cherokee has been the location of many notable recordings by such artists as Steely Dan, David Bowie, Journey, The Cars, Fore ...

), tracks 6 and 12 in Azkarate, track 1 in

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, track 2 in

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, track 4 in

Biarritz Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Sp ...

, track 7 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

, track 8 in

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, track 9 in Montreuil, track 10 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, track 11 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata ...

and track 14 in

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Track listing

#''Urrun'' - with Radici nel Cemento #''Hitza Har Dezagun'' - with Desorden Público #''Newroz'' #''Puzka'' #''Harria'' - with

Tijuana No Tijuana No! is a Mexican ska, rock and punk band from Tijuana, Baja California, México. The band is considered a punk rock, ska band in Mexico and influenced by The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols and Black Flag. In the beginning their na ...

#''Lagun Nazakezu'' - with Hechos Contra el Decoro #''Eguraldi Lainotsua Hiriburuan'' - with International Spartak #''Maputxe'' - with

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began h ...

#''Brigadistak'' - with Alex from Inadaptats, Fernando from El Corazón del Sapo #''Oasiko Erregina'' - with

Amparanoia Amparanoia is the pseudonym of Spanish singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez combining her first name with the word ' paranoia'. It was also the name of the band she fronted from 1996 to 2006. Debut album, ''El Poder de Machín'', has been described ...

and

Los Van Van Los Van Van is one of the leading musical groups of post-revolutionary Cuba. It was founded in 1969 by bassist Juan Formell, who directed the band until his death in 2014. Formell and former band members Changuito and Pupy are some of the most i ...

#''54-46'' (

Toots & the Maytals The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. ...

cover) - with

Todos Tus Muertos Todos Tus Muertos (''All Your Dead'', in English) is a rasta-punk band from Argentina formed in Buenos Aires, in 1985. The longtime line-up comprised by a young vocalist Fidel Nadal, Horacio "Gamexane" Villafañe on guitar, Felix Gutiérrez on ...

#''Ari Du Hotza'' #''Nazio Ibiltaria Naiz'' - with

Aztlan Underground Aztlan Underground is a band from Los Angeles, California that combines Hip-Hop, Punk Rock, Jazz, and electronic music with Chicano and Native American themes, and indigenous instrumentation. They are often cited as progenitors of Chicano rap. ...

and Rodleen Getsic #''Urrun Dub'' dubbed by

Mad Professor Mad Professor (born Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese-born British dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music ...

References

External links

''Brigadistak Sound System''
at Muguruza's web page.
''Brigadistak Sound System''
at Piranha Musik's catalogue 1999 albums Fermin Muguruza albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub