Aluna Project (Angola / Portugal / France)

Aluna Project is the musical duo of sisters Liane and Vera Dos Santos, born in Portugal and now based between Europe and Guatemala. With Angolan heritage and Lusophone roots, they weave ancestral memory with contemporary experience, blending folk traditions, world influences, and organic electronic soundscapes. Liane plays guitar, cavaquinho, and charango, while Vera adds percussion, layered vocals, and recordings of natural elements. Their compositions are offered as acts of devotion, often dedicated to ancestors, spirits, or natural forces.

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“Iré” (Good Fortune) is an invocation of life energy, in collaboration with the french multi-instrumentalist Hajna. The lyrics honor feminine spirits from Yoruba tradition: “I sing this song that stirs the rhythm / This body that moves when I sing / I feel this strength when I pray, Oxum hears the request when I ask.” The refrain calls to Oxum, Yemanjá, and Iansã—goddesses of water, motherhood, and winds: “With the sway of the ocean waves / Comes Mother Oxum and Mother Yemanjá / The two queens of Yoruba / Come into this world to teach us / To smile, to sing, and to dance."

“Cumbia Colombiana” (Colombian Cumbia) is one of Aluna Project’s earliest songs, originally recorded during the band’s first chapter as a trio alongside former member Kino B. Inspired by travels along Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the Party Around the World track celebrates cumbia, a tradition born from the meeting of African, Indigenous, and European cultures, and captures the search for the genre’s roots. “We went searching for that cumbia that calls us / From Boyacá to Popayán, from Medallo to beautiful Cali / I want to hear it, to find the roots of this cumbia / To release the tips of my feet / That melody tastes of coffee, tastes of cacao / Listen to the Colombian cumbia.”

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