DOS SANTOS City of Mirrors CD

Świetna premiera w barwach kultowej oficyny International Anthem (m.in. Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker). Dos Santos to chicagowski zespół łączący jazzowy groove i tradycje R&B z melodiami inspirowanymi meksykańskimi grupami huapango huasteco.

W skład wchodzą: lider: śpiewak/liryk/gitarzysta/klawiszowiec Alex Chavez, perkusista Daniel Villarreal, perkusista  Peter "Maestro" Vale, basista Jaime Garza oraz gitarzysta/wokalista Nathan Karagianis. Chavez produkował też albumy dla Smithsonian Folkways i prowadził rozległe prace etnograficzne nad muzyką teksańskiego pogranicza USA i Meksyku, skąd pochodzi. Album odzwierciedla dźwięki z całej Ameryki w połączeniu z poetyckimi narracjami Alexa. 13 utworów konsoliduje unikalną tożsamość zespołu, jego twórcze i kulturowe korzenie oraz pragnienie uhonorowania tradycji muzyki latynoskiej przy pomocy współczesnych środków ekspresji, kompozycji i produkcji.

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Bringing together the unlike pairing of an R&B groove with huapango huasteco-inspired melodies, Dos Santos proves they have the chops to make something seldom heard before.” - Remezcla

City of Mirrors is a bold new collection of music from Chicago-based alt-Latinx band Dos Santos, which is comprised of bandleader/singer/lyricst/guitarist/keyboardist Alex Chavez, drummer Daniel Villarreal, percussionist Peter “Maestro” Vale, bassist Jaime Garza, and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Nathan Karagianis. Cinematic in its journey, the album was produced by multimedia artist and long-time friend of the band Elliot Bergman (NOMO, Wild Belle), and reflects sounds from across the Americas combined with Chavez’s compelling poetic narratives. Its 13 tracks consolidate the band’s unique identities, creative and cultural roots, and their penchant for honoring traditional Latinx music with contemporary compositional expressions and production techniques. It achieves the band’s mission to push against their own musical boundaries while also exploring themes of social justice, immigration, and contemporary human struggle. Chavez, a scholar who has produced albums for Smithsonian Folkways and conducted extensive ethnographic work on the music of the Texan US/Mexican borderlands (where he is from), articulates beautifully: “City of Mirrors is an assemblage… glimpses of tradition… reflections on our collective present… luminous echoes between love and solitude hope and absurdity, euphoria and mourning. This album grapples with and transgresses these binaries because we have/and continue to cross borders. Yet, for us, the border is no metaphor — too much real staring back at us. We embody the border. We (our families) have crossed it. We (our stories) are coated with its residues. And so… we cross the border of self through our art – out of necessity.”

In addition to our Classic Black vinyl & CD, a limited-edition Azucena Dreams color vinyl version of City of Mirrors will be available to indie retailers only, for the first pressing only

01 A Shot in the Dark
02 Alma Cósmica
03 A Tu Lado
04 City if Mirrors
05 Glorieta
06 White. Lies.
07 Palo Santo
08 Crown Me
09 Ghost. Me.
10 Soledad
11 Cages and Palaces
12 Juguar de Rosas
13 Lejos de Ti