“Lamentations, ft. Mike Block, Christylez Bacon, and Patricia Ligia” by Biribá Union | Now that’s a Pop Discovery
Music Review:
“On Lamentations, Biribá Union weave a sonic landscape that balances the ritualistic with the dreamlike. The melody unfolds gradually, carrying an understated tension that draws the listener in without ever forcing its presence. The vocals function less as a narrative guide and more as an atmospheric instrument, drifting through the arrangement with quiet elegance. Subtle rhythmic shifts and the organic interplay between the musicians lend a sense of constant motion to a composition that seems to hover outside of time. The result is hypnotic, richly textured, and open-ended enough to leave ample room for the imagination to fill in the spaces.”
-Nagamag.com
Press Release – About Song:
The song is a reimagined version of a solo-cello piece, originally written in 1973 by the African-American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Based on the fourth movement, “Calvary Ostinato,” it frees GRAMMY-winning cellist and vocalist Mike Block to improvise over acclaimed bassist Patricia Ligia’s foreboding line. GRAMMY-nominated beatboxer and guitarist Christylez Bacon composed a meaningful and timely rap that brings the piece into the context of our modern world… “Blaming the opposition… can we ever see eye to eye when hatred got us blind…knowing our humanity’s more complex than ones and zeroes…both sides engaged in a zero-sum game.”
Reviewed by Nagamag on June 30, 2026