Showing posts with label bolero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bolero. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2012

eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - BrOwn AcId mIx vOL. 4 - "lA hiStOriA dE AmOr" (2012)



The art of the Latin American ballads and boleros is almost unrivaled in its strength and emotion. These are just "awful" songs of love and longing. To me the irony comes from the fact that in the land of "Machismo" there are these boys cranking out the most pussy whipped music to exist. I mean, talk about your ultimate break up mix tape you listened to in high school. This newest Brown Acid installation highlights on those vintage psychedelic sounds of said boleros and ballads and also some slow jams as well. Reverberated vocals, twangy guitar licks, warm farfisas, phantom fuzzes, and some strut-worthy basslines.

Now take your left hand and hold your heart and with your right hand clench the air in front of your face. Then proceed to shake that right fist to the lyrics.




TRACKLIST:
1.) Rodolfo - Como Deseo Ser Tu Amor
2.) Ana y Jaime - A Veces Quisiera Ser Ciego
3.) Os Brasas - Beija Mi Agora 
4.) Freddy Fender - Como un Errante
5.) Los Angeles Negros - Como Quisiera Decirte
6.) Los Pasteles Verdes - No Te Das Quenta
7.) Sandro - Dame
8.) Ana y Jaime - Historia de Amor
9.) Rodolfo - Te Quiero y Que
10.) Los Angeles Negros - Murio La Flor
11.) Os Brasas - Meu Eterno Amor
12.) Rodolfo - Buscando Amor
13.) Sandro - Palabras Viejas
14.) Los Angeles Negros - Amor Por Ti
15.) Rodolfo - Incertidumbre
16.) Ana y Jaime - Cafe y Petroleo
17.) Sandro - Trigal
18.) Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone - Lei no, Lei Sta Ballando
19.) Freddy Fender - Desde Que Conosco
20.) Los Apsons - Dime Por Que




Monday, May 30, 2011

Meet Rodolfo - Compiled by eL Stinkeyes



Kids, meet Senor Rodolfo Aicardi. He's a Columbian singer known for his ballads and boleros but also his versatility as well. I got hip to this guy by my old buddy over at Level One Studios.




I was asleep in a van and woke up to this old echoing twangy guitar (dig!) on top of a smooth bolero beat (dig!) and then enters Rodolfo's undeniable voice saturated in some vintage third world reverb. Someone give that man a trophy. 





I mean, come on! The guy sits around pictures of himself and plays guitar.

Down below is a compilation hand-picked by yours truly that tries to stay true to his weird fuzzy, psychedelic, hazy ballad period, which by the way was never really accepted in Columbia. 

Disco Fuentes owns his catalog.




Sunday, December 26, 2010

Juan Torres - Organo Melodico de Juan Torres



Somewhere between a Mexican baseball game and a seaside lounge Juan Torres holds his eternal residency entertaining lovers and loners with his witty arrangements of classic Mexican standards on his eerily romantic melodic organ. Under the musical microscope, este vato is holding a revolution on Latin American music traditions of the time with his stylized versions of rancheras, boleros, and swanky swingin' 6/8 numbers.


Monday, June 14, 2010

Julio Jaramillo - Pasillos para el Mundo (circa 1950's-1960's)






One time during one of my Mexico explorations, I was on the beach in Oaxaca. It was mother's day. I was hanging out in the shade at the cabana I was renting, surrounded by a bunch of little old Mexican women. All of the men were running around cooking, working, serving, etc. The ladies just sat back and relaxed enjoying their day, retelling stories of their youth and the soundtrack for the day was endless cassettes of this man.

Julio Jaramillo is to Ecuador as Frank Sinatra is to New Jersey. King of the pasillos and boleros with a birthday as a national holiday. He leaves behind at least 20 legitimate and illegitimate children. If I was in Latin America in the 50's with a talent like this, I would be getting mad trim as well.



Friday, March 26, 2010

Meet Sandro - Compiled by eL Stinkeyes (2010)






Let's state the obvious. I'm a sucker for anything old and latino. So, in honor of Sandro's passing I compiled my picks from the 4 out of 50 something records he made. "Pintados Por Dios" is worth the download itself. We'll call it "Beat Latino." Here's to The Argentine Elvis. He has officially left the casa.




Meet Sandro