The band has travelled to Spain to record with special guests, finalise some tracks, master the new album, and produce a new song together with Alfonso Abad and Jorge Calderon from Eldana Studios. We can't wait to share our new songs!

The album project was born in 2020, when the Melbourne Taranta Orchestra was created. This was an extended ensemble that set out to bring a new Australian sound to the repertoire of Santa Taranta. Musicians from different ethnic and musical backgrounds came together, and the results were incredibly powerful!

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extended band could only perform and record behind closed doors for the Melbourne Taranta Festival. From that experience, Santa Taranta decided to bring all the musicians back together to record a full album, capturing the energy of those original arrangements.

Over these six years, more songs were written and more collaborations formed. The album features incredible guests including Allara, Riccardo Tesi, Mirko Guerrini, Ilaria Crociani, Diego Jascalevich, Byron Triandafyllidis, Yonder Rodriguez, Basil Byrnes, Chris Frater, Pablo Blitzer and Georgie Chorley.

We're incredibly grateful to Creative Australia and Music Australia for making this possible!