Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Track List: Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Album Details: Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Release Date:
- 02/19/2006
- Label:
- Ato Records / Red
- UPC:
- 880882155728
Pro Reviews: Rodrigo y Gabriela
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews While Rodrigo y Gabriela's selftitled third album is an utter and complete joy to listen to actually, it's more of a riotous celebration it's more than difficult to describe exactly what they do. This Mexican guitar duo met while in a heavy metal outfit together and soon found the local scene wanting. Both had roots in flamenco and other folk and pop music and dropped the electric guitars and bandmates to travel light. They headed off to Europe, and ended up busking in Ireland, where their renown spread as instrumentalists who had to be seen to be believed. They rerecorded an album, toured the U.K. with everyone from David Gray to the Buena Vista Social Club and then cut a live album in Dublin and Manchester. So that was the story so far, until they hooked up with producer John Leckie who was able to help them record a studio album that captured the sheer orgiastic excitement of their live gigs, hence this selftitled puppy that debuted in the Irish charts at number one. Uhhuh. It's true that Ireland's not a big place, but when, when, have you ever heard of an instrumental recording by a Mexican duo hitting the number one spot in such a place? What's more, the disc has a buzz on Yank shores as well and with good reason. These nine cuts have nothing to do with nuevo flamenco or any of that new agey stuff: this is smoke and fire music, it burns across genres and traditions like a demented passion spirit that takes no prisoners. It slashes like a stiletto, fine and precise, and leaves no scars. The dynamic range of this music is simply startling. It is both ancient and futuristic, carnally frenetic and romantically seductive, artfully and even spiritually played yet drenched in the vulgarity of street life. It is the work of two young masters who are still striving to learn and incorporate more without sacrificing beauty, pathos, and tradition. On "Ixtapa" they utilize rock roll dynamics to perform a song about the place they decided to flee from Mexico City to before leaving for Europe. Roby Lakatos, the incredible violinist, joins the duo here (he's a fan and offered his services). Take in "Diablo Rojo," or "Satori," where metal chops, flamenco, and tango music become entwined in a musical ménage à trois. There are no gimmicks in this music, it's exactly what you hear in the immediate present that somehow comes out of the Latin historical past and is infected by rock roll music and goes back into history. In encountering this record, all doubt and cynicism are removed; what is happening here is that the canon for the acoustic and classical guitars is being rewritten to both embrace and be expanded upon by the new century. Hell, this is the way passion is being discussed musically at least in the new millennium. [Initial copies of the CD also come with an enclosed DVD so you can see the magic as well as hear it.] - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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Rodrigo and Gabriela met as teenagers in Mexico City, both at the time dedicated heavy metal fans. They combined their talents for a time in the metal group Tierra Acida, playing around D.F. in the roughest clubs the city had to offer, and working da...Full Rodrigo y Gabriela Biography
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