Manuel Lopes Andrade, aka Tcheka, has been a key figure at the cutting edge of Cape-Verdean music for ten years now, releasing three acclaimed albums on Lusafrica. Having won acclaim at home, in Europe and on the African mainland, Tcheka spent a number of years working on the twelve tracks that feature on his fourth album, Dor de Mar, releasing in autumn 2011. On this coming-of-age record, he reconciles some surprisingly unconventional writing with vocals sharper and steadier than ever before. Produced by Jos? Da Silva.