Levanter Breeze and Surianne perform at Camp Bay
MUSIC REVIEW by Claire Spencer
I’ve been looking forward to this all week, and it’s a pleasant trip on the scooter down to Camp Bay with the sun slowly sinking behind the hills of Algeciras, turning Jbel Musa in Morocco differing shades of red as if by an unseen hand from a celestial paintbox, as the lights of Tanger Med wink at us as if in acknowledgment from across a short sea strait.
There are those who haven’t booked tables are having their own opening nights by the rocks on the shore with their barbecues jostling for culinary superiority. Others, myself included, sit by the shore and just soak in the view as Levanter Breeze start up with some really chilled tunes. I’m listening to a tune that’s pretty much in sympathy with the beautiful sunset entitled ‘Mackerel Sky.’ These guys are seriously good and well respected local musicians who incorporate a fusion of Arab and traditional Andalucian rhythms into their music which gives a very satisfying sound. I will always remember the distinctive guitar sounds of Peter Martinez on ‘Winston Boyz,’ a track on Sista Dee’s debut album, ‘Wise Up,’ which is one of the reasons I first bought Levanter Breeze’s first CD, which was out at a similar time as Sista Dee’s, and both are classics in the Gibraltar musical canon.