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Mako Sica
12+ albums
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Mako Sica is a trio from Chicago, Illinois, United States featuring Przemyslaw Krys Drazek on guitar and trumpet, Michael J. Kendrick on drums and Brent Fuscaldo on vocals, guitar and various percussion. The words Mako Sica come from a Sioux Lakota Native American term meaning "land bad." Taken from signpost at the Painted Desert in Arizona during a trip Fuscaldo took in 2007. Both Drazek and Kendrick were in Chicago-based band Rope who released several records on Family Vinyard before disbanding in 2006. Drazek's unmistakable, atmospheric guitar / trumpet sound and Kendrick's found percussion had taken on a new direction the following year. The addition of Fuscaldo meant keeping the cinematic, lengthy compositions and incorporating groove, deeply rooted in American Blues. The voice is used here as an operatic instrument, often the language being sung is indecipherable. There are rarely, if any words, used as lyrics. "The passion that comes across listening to a flamenco singer is not lost on me, even though I barely understand Spanish. I decided to not force syllables and words out of sounds that I could easily express without connotation during the writing process." While distant and echoed, his voice comes through strong hearkening Eastern as well as South American influence. For percussion, Kendrick brings in mixing bowls, wind chimes, bottle caps among other bits and pieces. He grew up playing drums in a country western band at occasional barn gigs and then we
