Caramba

Infobox Album
Name = Caramba
Type = studio
Artist = Caramba


Released = 1981
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Pop Music, Comedy
Length = 35:46
Label = Trash Records TRASLP 1
Producer = Michael B. Tretow

Caramba was a Swedish music group. It released one self-titled album in 1981. The album is chiefly notable because it is recorded entirely in non-existent language. However, songs which imitate certain regional styles of music generally imitate the phonemic structure of languages from the appropriate regions. It was produced by Ted Gärdestad and by Michael B. Tretow, who is most famous for engineering ABBA's records. While a number of other noted Swedish musicians and singers are rumoured to have taken part in the Caramba recordings Gärdestad and Tretow are the only ones that actually have been named.

Members of the Group

The artists of Caramba all used pseudonyms. This is how they were credited on the album sleeve:

* Carlos Ih Lura, ahllo
* Zoltan Zull, violotta
* Dr. Fritz Höfner, baribasso
* Tudor Ludor, batterie
* Abdullah Presley, tomba
* Zingo Allah, prutto
* Ihto Amin, paahuve
* Gaston El Ton Yon, pianissimo
* King Nam, a nam
* Clapton Combo, gitaronimo
* King Kong, tango
* Hazze Kinikaze, teknico del son
* Giorgio Martini, producto

Track listing

Blaztah 1 (Side 1)
#"Ali Baba" - 3:51
#"Spottnjik" - 3:51
#"Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" - 3:23
#"Eine Feine" - 3:43
#"Fido" - 3:47

Blaztah A (Side A)
#"Aitho" - 3:28
#"Anna Kapoe" - 4:17
#"Donna Maya" - 3:07
#"Ahllo" - 2:42
#"Carhumba" - 3:37

References

* cite web
title = Ask Ian
work = ABBAMAIL
date = 2003-09-10
url = http://www.abbamail.com/ask_ian/askian_10sep03.htm
accessdate = 2006-08-28
* cite book
last = Parkvall
first = Mikael
authorlink = Mikael Parkvall
title = Limits of Language
publisher = Battlebridge
date = 2006
location = London
id = ISBN 1-903292-04-2

See also

*ABBA
*Michael B. Tretow
*Ted Gärdestad