
This might be as close as a Quannum artist will get to Cedar Rapids... While touring Brazil, Chief Xcel of the formidable Blackalicious fell in love with the locally released Achados e Perdidos and quickly signed Luciano Nakata Albuquerque who performs under the moniker Curumin (KOO-roo-mean). Achados e Perididos with its pan-continental mix of salsa and funk was re-released on Quannum in September 2005 to critical praise- quite an achievement for an artist who sings primarily in Portuguese! In October, 2008 Curumin released the much-anticipated follow up [...]