Luzmila Carpio
Luzmila Carpio is a France-based, Bolivian folk singer and songwriter known for her distinctive high vocals and use of the Quechua language. Since beginning her career in the late '60s, she has established herself as a fierce advocate for indigenous rights and has continually highlighted Andean culture and traditions. Her vibrant, sometimes ethereal music is characterized by the Quechua's deep relationship with the earth and nature. In the early '90s, Carpio paired with UNICEF to create a high-profile cultural literacy project which was distributed to Bolivian libraries. These recordings were later released internationally in 2015 as the Yuyay Jap'ina Tapes. She has served as Bolivian ambassador to France and received her adopted country's Grand Officer of l'Ordre National du Mérite. In 2023, Carpio collaborated with Argentinian producer Leonardo Martinelli on the genre-bending collection Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol, which combined folk traditions with modern electronic elements.
Luzmila Carpio was born in the small rural village of Qala Qala in 1949. Growing up in the Northern Potosi region, she learned the language and songs of the native Quechua people and began to develop her unique voice at a young age. The term "Quechua" refers to the cultural traditions and varying dialects of a number of different indigenous people in the Andean regions of Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina. During Carpio's formative years, Spanish was Bolivia's only officially recognized language and at age 11, she was forbidden from performing in her native language on a local radio station. For several years in her early teens she sang in Spanish with a local group at the Technical University of Oruro, but the pull of her native tradition was strong and by age 15, she joined a professional group called Los Provincianos who sang in both Spanish and Quechua. Carpio's unusually high, almost flute-like voice was first documented on a 1969 recording by Los Provincianos and soon after, she began to dedicate herself to writing and recording primarily in her native language becoming a sort of artistic and cultural activist for the Quechua people.
On a 1979 trip to Europe where she'd been invited to speak and perform, she encountered a UNICEF water specialist named José Antonio Zuleta who was spearheading some water reclamation projects in her Potosi region of Bolivia. Through Zuleta, Carpio became actively involved with UNICEF, particularly in the interest of Quechua literacy. Between 1991 and 1995, she was commissioned by the Yuyay Jap'ina literacy project to record a series of traditional and original songs which were then made available free in Bolivian libraries and learning centers. Her involvement in promoting indigenous culture and heritage continued with frequent touring and in 2006, she was appointed by Evo Morales, her country's first indigenous president, to become the Bolivian ambassador to France, where she had become a full-time resident. She was then honored by the French government in 2011 as a Grand Officer of l'Ordre National du Mérite.
In 2015, French record label Almost Musique gave Carpio's Yuyay Jap'ina Tapes a more widespread international release. That same year, ZZK, an Argentinian label and music collective, released Luzmila Carpio Meets ZZK, a collaborative album featuring artists from its roster remixing material from the Yuyay Jap'ina Tapes. One of the label's producers, Leonardo Martinelli, later teamed up with Carpio to record an album of new material. Released by ZZK in 2023, Inti Watana: El Retorno del Sol combined the singer's shimmering voice and songs with a heady mix of folk instrumentation, electronic beats, and layered ambient textures.
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Diskografie
13 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Inti Watana - El Retorno del Sol
World Music - Erschienen bei ZZK Records am 21.09.2023
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Luzmila Carpio Remixed (Luzmila Carpio Meets ZZK)
Dance - Erschienen bei ZZK Records am 23.02.2015
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Live (En Concierto)
World Music - Erschienen bei Opus 33 am 01.01.2003
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Le chant de la terre et des étoiles (Une création inspirée par le grand livre des Indiens Quechua)
World Music - Erschienen bei Accords Croisés am 01.01.2003
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Yuyay Jap'ina Tapes
World Music - Erschienen bei Squirrel Thing Recordings am 17.03.2014
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Ruphay y Luzmila Carpio (Bolivia y Su Folklore)
World Music - Erschienen bei Heriba am 01.01.1990
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Sumaj Llajta (Alto Folklore Boliviano)
World Music - Erschienen bei Heriba am 01.01.1981
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Chakana Sagrada
World Music - Erschienen bei ZZK Records am 09.08.2023
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Inti Watana - El Retorno del Sol
World Music - Erschienen bei ZZK Records am 21.06.2023
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Luzmila Carpio
Folk - Erschienen bei Aereo Musical S.A. am 01.01.1970
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Luzmila Carpio
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Lauro Records am 01.01.1988
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Arawi: The Spirit of the Andes
World Music - Erschienen bei Luzmila Carpio am 01.01.1998
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Rocordando
Folk - Erschienen bei Pepo's Music Label am 25.10.1968
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