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::| Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz & Ravid Goldschmidt - Llama |::
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::| Artist.....> Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz & Ravid Goldschmidt |::
::| Album......> Llama |::
::| Type.......> Album |::
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::| Label......> MA Recordings Rel.date..> 17.10.2006 |::
::| CatalogNr..> M070A Str.date..> 00.00.2006 |::
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::| URL........> http://www.marecordings.com/ |::
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::| Genre......> Ethnic Source.......> CDDA |::
::| Style......> Ethnic, Ambient Grabber......> EAC |::
::| Encoder......> Lame-3.96.1 --APS |::
::| No.Tracks..> 17 Quality......> VBRkbps / 44,1kHz |::
::| Size.......> 69,1 MB Channel Mode.> Joint-Stereo |::
::| Length.....> 55:31 min |::
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::| NOTES: |::
::| This Ethnic Album contains 17 track, 2 are with English vocals, 4 with |::
::| Spanish vocals and the rest are instrumental. PsyCZ decided to not add |::
::| a language tag in the release. |::
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::| ************** |::
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::| Ravid Goldschmidt: Pentatonic and Aeolian Hangs |::
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::| Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz: voice |::
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::| |::
::| "llama", pronounced "yama" in English and means either "flame" or |::
::| "fire" is, to the best of my knowledge, the only recording to date in |::
::| which the "Hang" is featured prominently, in this case, the only |::
::| instrument, except for the wonderful voice of Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz. The |::
::| "Hang" of course, are the UFO-like instruments under the garden gloves |::
::| pictured on the cover of this album. |::
::| |::
::| Inspired by the steel pan drums of Trinidad and Tobago, but built to |::
::| perfection by two instrument designers, Felix Rohner and Sabina |::
::| Scharer, of PANArt in Bern, Switzerland, the "Hang" was first |::
::| introduced to me by Ravid Goldschmidt whom I heard playing in one of |::
::| the numerous walkways of the ancient Barri Gotic quarter in Barcelona, |::
::| Spain. Not that Ravid is a typical street musician (he is often |::
::| invited for concerts in Spain and Europe), it is just that he finds it |::
::| both interesting and challenging to have direct communication with his |::
::| audience. When I saw him then, his audience was rather large... |::
::| |::
::| Ravid, who was 25 years old at the time of this recording, was born |::
::| and raised on a Kibbutz (agricultural commune) in Israel. He has |::
::| played drum set "all his life", mostly Brazilian influenced, but began |::
::| concentrating on the "Hang" when he first heard it played by a fellow |::
::| musician at a music festival in Israel. Since that time, he has been |::
::| developing his own voice on this unique instrument and "llama" is a |::
::| documentation of that development. |::
::| |::
::| How Ravid arrived in Spain is something interesting in itself. |::
::| Although not a Christian, Ravid went to Spain to experience his own |::
::| version of the "El Camino de Santiago" Pilgrimage which involves |::
::| crossing northern Spain on foot, perhaps entering from France, but |::
::| ultimately arriving in the northwestern city of Santiagio de |::
::| Compostela. After finishing this "experience of a lifetime," Ravid |::
::| went to visit a friend in Barcelona and ended up deciding to stay after |::
::| trying out his instrument in the street. |::
::| |::
::| He discovered an enthusiastic audience and at the time of this writing |::
::| he has been in Barcelona for about one year. |::
::| |::
::| During his stay in Barcelona, Ravid has had numerous opportunities to |::
::| hear local musicians in their own concert settings. At one of these |::
::| concerts he met Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz, the voice on "llama". Together |::
::| Ravid and Sφlvia discovered their own unique musical connection, |::
::| allowing each other to act and react freely. When Ravid first told me |::
::| he wanted to record with voice I was somewhat hesitant because more |::
::| than anything else, the voice is a very particular and personal "thing" |::
::| and when it is not in tune, it is very hard to work and the situation |::
::| can become uncomfortable. However, after hearing 2 seconds of Sφlvia, |::
::| I was hooked! |::
::| |::
::| Sφlvia PΘrez Cruz, besides being an amazing singer, also plays jazz |::
::| saxophone. She began her studies in music in Palafrugell, (Catalunya) |::
::| focusing on solfege, piano, sax, choir and orchestra) At the age of |::
::| 17, she discovered jazz (first with the saxophone and later with |::
::| voice). When she was 18 she moved to Barcelona to further her studies |::
::| in harmony, jazz and cajon (the wooden box which is sat on and used as |::
::| a percussion instrument in Flamenco performance), studying the latter |::
::| with Juan Flores. |::
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::| She has studied saxophone with Llibert Fortuny and participated in the |::
::| Festival of Jazz and Flamenco in Seville, attending the master classes |::
::| of Marc Turner, Jeff Ballard, Read Arderson, Jorge Pardo, Lee Konitz, |::
::| Paul Bley, Javier Colina and Antonio Mesas. Presently Sφlvia is |::
::| continuing both her studies and professional activities in and out of |::
::| Barcelona, at times taking her as far away as Belgium, France, Hungary, |::
::| Italia, The Netherlands and Norway. The group she is most involved in |::
::| presently is called is the all female flamenco quartet "Las Migas" |::
::| (www.lasmigas.com). While Sφlvia has participated in a number of |::
::| recordings in Spain, this MA release basically represents her recorded |::
::| debut outside of her native country. |::
::| |::
::| The music on "llama" is somewhat varied. More than half the tracks |::
::| were done in single takes, both Sφlvia and Ravid knowing immediately |::
::| what they wanted to express. Nevertheless, track one ended up being |::
::| take two of "Gitana". It is possible however, to hear take one (the |::
::| first song of the sessions) on the "MAonSA" sampler (available from the |::
::| MA website). Track two is part of a lullaby, "Vestida de nit" that |::
::| Sφlvia`s mother used to sing to her. Sφlvia also reveals her unique |::
::| approach to Fado on "Lagrima" originally sung by Amalia Rodriguez |::
::| (track 6), while both performers express their respect for the music of |::
::| Africa, on track 9. Sφlvia shows some of her vocal jazz chops on "I'm |::
::| All Smiles". Ravid's solos, which I programmed more like interludes |::
::| between and after songs, are somewhat more introspective and |::
::| impressionistic, although Sφlvia is just as poetic, but in a different |::
::| way, on her "Los Silencios de Los Desiertos". The set ends with |::
::| Ravid's "Lullaby for Yali" on which Sφlvia sang very quietly, but very |::
::| close to the microphones. |::
::| |::
::| Finally, the venue for this recording was a little church in the Barri |::
::| Gotic quarter of Barcelona. MA's own custom made, DC powered, line |::
::| level microphones with Bruel and Kjaer capsules were used. You can see |::
::| them on the cover of the "MAonSA" SACD sampler. The high output of |::
::| these mikes was then fed thru 3 meters of Crystal Cable "ULTRA" XLR |::
::| cable, directly into the DCS 904 Analog to Digital converter which was |::
::| placed close to the microphones. The digital signal from the AD |::
::| converter was then sent via a 12 meter AES-EBU digital cable (also by |::
::| Crystal Cable) to the Fostex FR2 Field Memory Recorder which records on |::
::| Compact Flash Memory. The sampling rate used was 88.2 kHz with a 24 |::
::| bit rate. |::
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: : : TRACKLIST : : :
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No : Title : : time : :
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01. Gitana 05:30 : :
02. Vestida de Nit 02:41 : :
03. Hipo 02:47 : :
04. Flood 02:29 : :
05. Nina 04:10 : :
06. Lagrima 01:48 : :
07. Drop 02:58 : :
08. Flemi 02:01 : :
09. Afrika 04:25 : :
10. I'm All Smiles 04:19 : :
11. Claro La Luna 03:04 : :
12. Spiral 02:48 : :
13. Floating Up 03:05 : :
14. Gallop 02:59 : :
15. Clara 05:13 : :
16. Los Silencios de los Desiertos 02:06 : :
17. Lullaby For Yali 03:08 : :
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Total: 55:31 min:
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