Vocal Sampling
Cambio de Tiempo
Ciocan Music

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If you don't know who Vocal Sampling is, you are one of the few! This is a group of young, highly talented musicians who make all the sounds of an orchestra with nothing more than their mouths! The Director, René Baños Pascual, is also the Author and Composer of most of the tracks.

The first track, Un son pa' cantar, says, "Ten la certeza de que todo empieza en tu imaginación" (You can be sure that everything begins with your imagination) and what an imagination he has! The arrangements are very intricate and have elements of Jazz, classical music, rap and of course, everything Afro-Cuban. This song combats negativism by bathing us in positivism and rhythms, poetry and sentiment.

I was very surprised by the third track on this CD, Ay! Venezuela - a joropo - and I would like to dedicate it to all of my Venezuelan friends! It reminds me of those evenings at my house, surrounded by 'chamos' and 'chamas' playing thel cuatro, guitar and singing....of course Vocal Sampling is a bit more in tune than we were, especially after a few Venezuelan rum drinks that accompanied our singing!

El cuarto de Tula is a very well known song, a traditional song, but this interpretation of it is on fire!

"El cuarto de Tula que cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no apagó la vela."
(Tula's room caught fire
She fell asleep and forgot to put out the candle.)

In between verses, they improvise choruses and there is an awesome piano solo... what tumba'o!

And if you want "Filin", you have Escaramujo, a beautiful song by Silvio Rodríguez which is really more of a poem put to music. The harmonies slide down your ear and reach through your heart, touching your soul.

This CD is really worth the money! Buy it!

Temas: 

1-  Un son pa' cantar
2-  Qué soledad
3-  Ay! Venezuela
4-  El cuarto de Tula
5-  Escaramujo
6-  Pirim Pin Pin
7-  Mi Guantanamera
8-  Ten Paciencia
9-  Canta la percusión
10- Melodía de la impaciencia
11- Pío mentiroso (Con Pío Leiva)
12- Cambio de tiempo
13- Santiago
14- Así hablaba Zarathustra (Intro.)

 

 

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