José Luis Fernández Ledesma - Dicen Que Somos Dioses Y Nos Soñamos Hombres (1993)

Исполнитель: José Luis Fernández Ledesma
Альбом: Dicen Que Somos Dioses Y Nos Soñamos Hombres
Год выхода: 1993
Страна: Mexico
Колличество дорожек: 11
Общее время звучания: 59:48 min
Жанр: Chamber / RIO / Avant-Prog
Формат: Lossless / FLAC (log + cue)
Размер файла: 294 mb
Залит на: Narod.ru

Мексиканский мультиинструменталист, играющий на гитарах и клавишных, на всяких разных этнических духовых, струнных и перкуссионных инструментах. Что-то типа Майка Олдфилда в RIO-обёртке. Большинство вещей он создаёт совместно с клавишницей и вокалисткой Маргаритой Ботелло [Margarita Botello]. В основном, его музыка строится на комбинации лёгких акустических и электрических струнных, создающих разнообразные атмосферные полотна.
Время от времени пишет музыку для театра, современного балета, документальных фильмов, а также сотрудничает с другими авангардными музыкантами (например, Alquimia).
Кроме музыки собственного сочинения, работает звукорежиссёром и продюсером.

This is a brilliant album. Here Ledesma really used his talent to arrange his compositions with very colourful instrumentation. This is between varied classical music & chamber music, with a progressive, and perhaps even also a contemporary touch on the first three tracks. For the rest we hear some neo-Genesis influences, which are pretty convincing because of the variety in rhythm and themes (like on “Angel Del Sol”) and art-rock like or chamber-music like arrangements, with more than once captivating keyboards. “Silfos” for instance starts with a classical guitar passage, but is followed by varied circus-sounds like symphonic keyboard passages. Two of the tracks on the album are like interconnecting musical passages as instrumental parts, whereas “Levitante” sounds a bit fusion like, with background trumpet. Some nice background vocal arrangements also come back thematically at a couple of, in this way, musically even better connected, tracks. Very beautifully the music on the album evolves more than once to a perfect combination of chamber music, with skilful rhythm variation, and with female vocals, and some variation of additional acoustic instruments For this kind of approach, like on “Palimsesto” therefore a group like Amarok (-style period 1997-2003-) came to mind... On the last tracks, “Danza Inerte” and “La Media Luna” the style really is as complete as it can be, with different styles equally melted together. There we hear beautiful chamber music arrangements, and an emotional power, and always, these very varied rhythms. On “Danza Inerte” are some progressive keyboards and electric guitars going really over the top!

Tracks:
1. 90 Noches. 5:24
2. 90 Dias. 3:27
3. Silfos. 6:17
4. Alebrije. 4:58
5. Angel de Sal. 4:52
6. Anunciacion. 3:24
7. Transmigracion. 6:04
8. Levitante. 3:35
9. Palimpsesto. 8:18
10. Danza Inerte. 6:20
11. La Media Luna. 7:09

Musicians:
Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma: keyboards, strings, kalimba, ocarinas
Margarita Botello: vocals, Fender piano, percussion
Raul Flores: percussion

Guest Musicians:
Marcela Alvear: oboe on 2 & 9
German Bringas: trumpet on 8 & 10, sax on 1
Roberto Carretero: acoustic & electric guitars on 7
Alberto Nerr: drums on 10
Vera Koulkova: violin on 5
Carlos Pena: acoustic guitar on 3
Cezar Ramirez: bagpipe
Vitali Roumanov: cello on 9,10,11
Hugo Santos: Stick & fretless bass on 4 & 5
Alejandro Vasquez: flute on 7 & 9