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This is the 3rd and last of 3 CDs by the ensemble l'Ham de Foc (fishhooks of fire), title Cor de Porc (pig heart). It features the multi-instrumentalist Efren Lopez, and vocalist Mara Aranda, with 15 other musicians. You can probably hear samples on amazon and other sites, but they will not give you a full idea of the high quality of performance and production. The instruments are highly varied, and the arrangements constantly shift, which gives the music an unpredictable and surprising nature, and very rich sonic textures and variety: the ear does not get tired. The performances are very tight, the intonations are true to the source cultures, everything in tune and on rhythm with no aimless "noodling around". Although Mara's stage performances are a little intimidating (see YouTube), here she comes across with powerful and sensitive performances. Efren is in a class with musicians like Ross Daly, and Gary Haggerty (Stellamara), people who bring fresh insights to ancient and complex musical styles and remain true to the traditions, no New Age sloppiness. If you like bands like Stellamara, Milladoiro, Radio Tarifa, this should be on your shelf. Both Efren and Mara went on to unusual and original music projects after this, like Al Andaluz Project and Aman Aman, and Solatje: you could follow both their musical; careers. Songs sung in Spanish, lyrics in insert booklet only in English and French for some reason.Read full review
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