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Format: CD
Mar 2000
Record Label: Luaka Bop
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 724384903626 |
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Track Listing
1. Dano en el Bano
2. Nena
3. Sin Lagrimas
4. Majana
5. Ay Donde Andara
6. El Hedor
7. No Volvere
8. Rap del Rebusque
9. La Pluma
10. Lo que Sucede
11. Descarga
12. Currubuco
13. (Untitled) - (Hidden Track)
Album Notes
Bloque: Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo (vocals, guitar); Ivan Benavides (vocals); Mayte Montero (gaitas, maraca, background vocals); Carlos Ivan Medina (piano, background vocals); Luis Angel Pastor (bass); Pablo Bernal (drums); Gilbert Martinez (congas, cymbals, shekere, guiro, percussion); Alex Martinez (bongos, bell, tambora).
Additional personnel: Francisco Davila (saxophone); Roberto Moreno (trumpet); Gustavo Garcia (trombone); Rafael Ramos (tambora, congas); Mauricio Montenegro (drums); Johana Marin, Jimena Angel (background vocals).
Engineers include: Camillo Montilla, Rafael Enriquez, Greg Ladanyi.
Primarily recorded at Sonolux Recording Studios, Santafe de Bogota, Columbia.
If you enjoyed the band on Colombian pop star Carlos Vives' records like LA TIERRA DEL OLVIDO, you'll surely revel in their first major solo outing. A shining star in the rock en Espanol movement, Bloque has been described as "psycho-tropical-funk," tying together the sounds of Santana, Afro-Colombia and Andean folklore. Here, the cumbia rhythm knows a strange new glory.
Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" rocks hard reconfigured as "Nena," making for a fine contrast with the band's otherwise zany, whimsical lyrics. Singer Ivan Benavides is both hulking and obviously polished, ablaze like a dancehall MC on "Dano En El Bano" and plaintive on "Sin Lagrimas." Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo also stands out in sculpting Bloque's sound--it's as if he shakes up a distortion pedal, Stevie Ray Vaughn's axe, some amphetamines and two bananas and pours slowly with his guitar. Ample percussion and occasional horn sections and panpipes round out this wild, excellent production.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...With a set that dips into raucous funk...dubby reggae...and stadium-sized rock guitars...the band weave a fresh strand into the Latinisation of modern music.
Q Magazine (10/01/1999)
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