With the open heart and clear eyes of an exile, Waldemar Bastos writes songs that beautifully entwine elements of African guitar pop — from Zaire to South Africa — with Brazilian and Portuguese influences. Sweet melodies whisper through the heat of sub-Saharan grooves, a longing for reconciliation soothes a righteous anger... rage and calm, innocence and experience, darkness and light... Blacklight... PretaLuz.