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Son De Madera
Las Orquestas Del Día
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Latin Music

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Presentaci?
2. El P?jaro Cu
3. Los Juiles
4. La Lucha
5. La Marea
6. La Fantas?a De Santiago
7. ?Porqu? Ando Todav?a Callejero?
8. Los Chiles Verdes
9. El Butaquito
10. El Cascabel
11. En Pocas Palabras
12. La Bamba
13. La Llorocita
14. Jarana De Godo
15. Aguanieves Con Zapateado

CD Details

All Artists: Son De Madera
Title: Las Orquestas Del Día
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Moondo Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 3/14/2006
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Latin Music
Styles: World Dance, Mexico
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 807851201422, 807851201460

Synopsis

Album Description

At the forefront of the movement to revive the rousing son jarocho music of Veracruz, Mexico, Son De Madera embraces a dynamic convergence of authentic Mexican rhythms and contemporary folk melodies. Their 2006 Moondo Records release, Las Orquestas Del Día ("the orchestras of the day"), liberates a history rich with tradition and welcomes a new generation of cross-border cultures with a fresh, earthy sound. Recorded in Mexico City and produced by members of the Latin-rock group Quetzal, East L.A.?s Afro-jarocho fusion band, this work is authentic and full of surprises. Standards such as "La Bamba" and "El Cascabel" are barely recognizable with unfamiliar verses and revelatory reworkings, but the balance of original material on the album is reminiscent of the classic traditions that make Son De Madera an important part of the growing Latin music community.

CD Reviews

Excellent!

J. Marquez | Los Angeles, CA | 10/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Son de Madera is the widely-recognized premier Jarocho group leading the recent resurgance of this music. They offer an intriguing proposal... they are leading researches in this music genre... and rescue the music, arrangements, styles that formed the roots before Mexican Film popularized it... and affected it. In addition, they recognize the deep African & Afro-Caribbean influences in the music...and chose to embrace them with great zeal... and they see themselves as part of a greater Afro-Mestizo musical reality... and as "Cosmopolitan Nationalists" are also influenced by other music they love such as Jazz & Venezuelan Joropo.

I see them live at Berkeley's Centro Cultural La Pena & even though the group was split (they left half the members in Mexico & were joined by two U.S. based apprentices)... the brilliance was still evident.

On that occassion, it seemed 1/2 of the attendes were less advanced Son Jarocho students from U.C. Berkeley... and according to their terminology... Alfredo Herrero "was all over" the Requinto Guitar... squeezing Chords & Notes out of every corner of the instrument... while smacking it to enchance the percussion section.

Ramon Gutierrez Hernandez playing of the Guitarra de Son... with the complex fanning was simply enchanting.

Their singing was right on & the lyrics were brilliantly allusive.

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