Friday, lets pick something surprising and very intresting.
The debut Album from Mexico City's ROSTRO DEL SO, is a musical collage of Blues, Jazz, Funk, Progressive and Psych rock from the golden eras of the 60's and 70's, which offers unexpected moments, developed trough diverse sonorities & intensities as the music goes on, each song is intended to tell a history on it's own, just listen and set your imagination free to find the essence inside
The album was recorded between 2019 - 2020, in Rec On Studios on Mexico city, the recording & mixing engineer was Jorge Trejo, and mastering goes by Juan Puget, the insane artwork comes from the Spanish Illustrator Elena Ibañez, and it's an ideollogical collaboration, where they told the artist a few references and gave her the freedom to express whatever she felt inspired by listening to ROSTRO DEL SOL music.
ROSTRO DEL SOL are:
Mitch Balaant - Guitar
Demian Burgos - Drums
Israel Mejía - Bass
Baruch Hernandez - Keys
Dan Samhain - Sax
Anton - Djembe on backyard's Blues
Jorge Trejo - Bass on Cynical Mind
Today's tune "Cynical Mind" is taken from the self titled album, released September 10, 2020, enjoy!
From the land of sombreros, cactus and tequila, these five pistoleros will make you scream with blasting heavy metal! Created on 2005, with four albums released ("Psycho Samurai", "Street Law", "The Devil’s Bandit" & "Death Rider"), SPLIT HEAVEN is one of the most solid bands in the actual heavy metal scene. They combine thundering speed, '80s metal riffs, battle solos and high-pitched vocals to create a vicious monster ready to bite, infect and spread the word of Heavy Metal.
The band has performed several gigs around the world in tours and festivals such as Wacken Open Air 2009, A.O.S.M.A.T Brazilian Tour 2010, Swordbrothers Festival / European Tour 2012, Vive Latino 2013, BÄÄÄM Festival / European Tour 2014, Full Metal Osthessen Fest, German Swordbrothers Festival / European Tour 2017. Mise Open Air in Germany and a Euro tour 2019.
Their last effort, “Death Rider”, was released in 2016, where they have formed an alliance with their new singer Jason Conde-Houston, from Seattle, the frontman of US Metal band SKELATOR. He is strongly influenced by high pitched legends like HELSTAR’s James Rivera and PRIMAL FEAR’s Ralf Scheepers. As always SPLIT HEAVEN is keeping it true, this time with “Painkiller” style double bass drumming, “Thundersteel” style guitar melodies, and glorious NWoBHM style solos. This album features an uptempo smasher “Speed Of The Hawk”, see it below, the spanish fistpumper “Descarga Letal” as well as the striking opener “Death Rider”. The explosive, crushing, “Death Rider” will take the hearts of many Metal maniacs by storm!
Line up:
Jason Conde - Vocals
Pablo Ollervides - Bass
Armand "Hank" Ramos - Guitar
Carlo "Taii" Hernández - Guitar
Tomás Roitman - Drums
Today's tune "Speed Of The Hawk" is taken from the album "Death Rider", released March 25, 2016, enjoy!
3 years have passed since the release of "Gravity Works". We have been through unique experiences and colossal changes during this time, not only as musicians but as human beings as well; this is our vision of those experiences.
"Of Dimensions & Theories" stands on a thin line between sci-fi and an impending doomed reality.
The year is 2061 and humanity is ready to become a planetary force with a complete scientific and technological mastery boosted by the invaluable data transmitted from cosmonaut Fritz on her way into a black hole, but the final piece of the puzzle lies hidden in deep space.
Rushed by the constant threat of nuclear war, disease and the imminent collapse of the environment (known as the Sixth Glare) humans have set the ultimate expedition; four earthling cosmonauts prepare to be the first ones in deep space exploration.
Their mission: to reach and explore the "point one" location in order to collect the missing data required to avoid this crisis and finally leap into inter-planetary conquest.
The Album is divided into two "Dimensions" and two "Theories", best represented on the vinyl edition. The 12" holds the two sides of this story while the 7" introduces different points of view from the general public about the current situation on the planet.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by KB in Testa Estudio.
León, Gto. México. January 3rd - 5th 2020. The album was released March 27, 2020.
Cover artwork by Asep Yasin Abdulah
Make sure to check out the very special vinyl version which includes a 12”, 7” as well as booklet. The 12” inch will be blue, green, and white mix to represent earth and the 7” black and cream to represent the moon. The booklet includes transcripts from the record as well as images that go with the album.
Today's tune "In Search of M Theory" is taken from "Of Dimensions & Theories", enjoy!
The Day of the Dead, the second day of "Day Of The Dead" or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular, the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and helping support their spiritual journey. In Mexican culture, death is viewed as a natural part of the human cycle. Mexicans view it not as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration because of their loved ones awake and celebrate with them.
The holiday is sometimes called Día de los Muertos in Anglophone countries, a back-translation of its original name, Día de Muertos. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public holiday. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer. Gradually, it was associated with October 31, November 1, and November 2 to coincide with the Western Christian triduum of Allhallowtide: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas, honoring the deceased using calaveras, aztec marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors also leave possessions of the deceased at the graves.
To celebrate "The Day Of The Dead" I decided to find something that follows the traditions and is local somehow, by the local tongue and not just picks a tune that sings about it. After a few searches on the web, most hits were traditional folklores but one stood out from the masses.
CAFÉ TACUBA (stylized CAFÉ TACVBA) is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico. The group gained popularity in the early 1990s. They were founded in 1989, before they had the current lineup of Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Emmanuel del Real Díaz (keyboards, piano, programming, rhythm guitar, melodica, vocals), José Alfredo "Joselo" Rangel Arroyo (lead guitar, vocals), and Enrique "Quique" Rangel Arroyo: (bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals), their friend Roberto Silva played the keyboards for a short period of time. Mexican folk music player Alejandro Flores was for a time considered the 5th tacubo, as he played the violin in almost every CAFÉ TACVBA concert for many years. Since the Cuatro Caminos World Tour, Luis "El Children" Ledezma has played the drums in every concert but is not considered an official member of the band.
Today's tune "La Muerte Chiquita" (The Little Death) taken from the fourth album "Revés/Yo Soy" (Backwards/I Am - note that "Yo Soy" is a palindrome). In fact, it is two albums— "Revés" is an instrumental album, "Yo Soy" a collection of songs the band had been saving up since their second album, Re. It was released in 1999, and won the Latin Grammy that year for Best Rock Album.
