Local band Mistura has just released a new live album called U l-Kotra Għajtet f’Daqqa – Mistura Lajv waqt Kotra 2016. This album, which contains songs recorded during the Kotra – Kunċert Kontra l-Kurrent concert held last March, is a first for Mistura, which to date had released one studio album in 2014 called U d-Dinja Tkompli Ddur.

“In the space of two years we changed from a duo into a fully-fledged rock band and we therefore felt that until our second studio album is finalised we would issue a recording more representative of what we’re playing live at the moment,” said Malcolm Bonnici, who, together with Antonio Olivari, is a founding member of the group. The band now includes Matthew Agius on bass and Mark Andrew Azzopardi on drums.

“Apart from six songs from the first album, which have since changed considerably, we decided to add another two. These are Fil-Kju’ from the super Aħn’Aħna Jew M’Aħniex and another one as a teaser from the new album to give a hint of the direction we’ve taken since we adopted the new style.”

Mistura write and perform songs exclusively in Maltese, with music that has elements of blues, rock and folk. It debuted in 2012 at the L-Għanja tal-Poplu festival, where they won the award for Best New Talent. Since then, they have performed at a variety of venues including Rock the South, Teatru Unplugged, the Farsons Great Beer Festival, the Evenings on Campus, Notte Bianca and Kotra.

The album was recorded by Emerson Vella.

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