Episode 1: The tapes

To tie up the loose ends in his exploration of Caife, Daniel takes an inner journey to try and repair the relationship with his family, grandfather and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The history of Caife has been largely maintained thanks to record collectors. Characters around Latin America who, moved by a passion for musical archeology, collected and preserved music from the Caife label. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel begins to discover how the unique characters, sounds, images and stories contained in Caife’s catalog are not only musical jewels but relevant to the history of Ecuador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Francesca and Gabriela, daughters of Carlos Rota, recount their father’s cruelty and describe their troubled relationship with a man full of contradictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel goes on the hunt for Biluka, an enigmatic musician from Brazil and master of an instrument called the orange leaf who created some of Caife’s most unique and incredible music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps Caife’s most important artists, Daniel uncovers the story of Benitez y Valencia, a duo who embodied not only the sound of the label, but all of Ecuador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carlos Rota, an obsessive, compulsive man with many secrets, was the founder of one of the most important audio libraries in Latin America. To discover more, Daniel immerses himself in the unique sound created by the artists of Caife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buried under tons of paper and garbage, Daniel Lofredo Rota discovers a mysterious suitcase full of audio tapes containing the secrets of Caife, a record label founded by his grandfather. Little was known about the label but what Daniel discovered would prove to be life altering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After finding hundreds of old reel-to-reel audio tapes buried in the office of his deceased grandfather, Daniel Lofredo Rota realized he had discovered artifacts of musical history, and of his native Ecuador. Rota's grandfather Carlos Rota was a hoarder who founded the iconic record label Caife in the 1960s, and the collection Rota discovered was the label's entire master archive. Caife: The Lost Sound follows Daniel Lofredo Rota as he uncovers the label's mysteries that were buried under decades of dust and forgotten memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices