mfrench
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I'm starting this thread as a general information thread for an amazing band, Huayucaltia. They were admitted to the Live Music Archive, just yesterday. I've been aware of their music since the middle of the 80's, when I saw them on a local junior college public television broadcast. On that program, they were posed around an old west style corral, in cultural apparel, playing this music. The scene was an indoor stage, with the corral as a prop set. They played the music as if live. I was captivated by what I was hearing back then. Many years later, I saw a concert advertised with thier performance, and I asked a gentleman, Ciro Hurtado, the artistic director, and lead guitarist, if I might record. Permission was granted; recording happened.
Then, late last week, some dozen years later, I asked Ciro if he'd permit these files to be hosted at LMA, and he accepted, and granted permission.
I'm also going to post the various shows that I've recorded to this same general information thread.
The music,... is native to all of the Americas, from South America, Central America, Mexico, and North America. It is entirely reminiscent of Andean mountain music, as a generalized genre. But it is so much more than that. It is strongly influenced by Afro-Latin rhythms, ancient mayan and inca lore, acoustic flamenco guitar, long jams with individual solos. It is a very lively, colorful music; beautiful, mystic, involving.
There are some amazing acoustic instruments that add a layer of color like no other. Yes, there is a synthesizer keyboard that carries some fundamentals, but, all of the oddities in noises are natural acocustic instrments that are described being mezzo-Mayan, or, ancient in their lineage. These instruments lay down an incredible soundscape.
I cannot recommend these guys highly enough. Their music is incredible, their musicianship is top shelf; in fact, Ciro Hurtado was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2015 for his recording of Ayahuasca Dreams (if that title doesn't suggest enough...).
Here is a sampling of their music, and their amazing song Chasqui - the Messenger, a 13minute mind trip:
The San Juan Capistrano Mission Library Courtyard - SJC, Ca
Multi-Cultural Arts Concert Series
Then, late last week, some dozen years later, I asked Ciro if he'd permit these files to be hosted at LMA, and he accepted, and granted permission.
I'm also going to post the various shows that I've recorded to this same general information thread.
The music,... is native to all of the Americas, from South America, Central America, Mexico, and North America. It is entirely reminiscent of Andean mountain music, as a generalized genre. But it is so much more than that. It is strongly influenced by Afro-Latin rhythms, ancient mayan and inca lore, acoustic flamenco guitar, long jams with individual solos. It is a very lively, colorful music; beautiful, mystic, involving.
There are some amazing acoustic instruments that add a layer of color like no other. Yes, there is a synthesizer keyboard that carries some fundamentals, but, all of the oddities in noises are natural acocustic instrments that are described being mezzo-Mayan, or, ancient in their lineage. These instruments lay down an incredible soundscape.
I cannot recommend these guys highly enough. Their music is incredible, their musicianship is top shelf; in fact, Ciro Hurtado was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2015 for his recording of Ayahuasca Dreams (if that title doesn't suggest enough...).
Here is a sampling of their music, and their amazing song Chasqui - the Messenger, a 13minute mind trip:
The San Juan Capistrano Mission Library Courtyard - SJC, Ca
Multi-Cultural Arts Concert Series
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sounds like some of the wonderful Windham Hill Records releases in the 1970's and 1980's
