The Tanxugueiras once again left more than one with their mouths open. New milestone in the Spanish music industry. Having a Galician album and a strong presence of traditional music, ‘Diluvio’ managed to become the best-selling physical album in the first week of their new and third album release, even though they were released from Los Angeles. 40 Director list. Opponents criticize that all songs are the same. With the help of the album’s percussionist and music producer, Iago Pico, we took this idea apart.
1. ‘Treble’
This instrumental entry of the album drags us into a storm accompanied by rain and thunder. The three pandeireteiras evoke a heavy rain that destroys stereotypes. “The sound of rain is completely real. Many songs on the album have settings mixed with electronic elements, recorded nature sounds,” says Pico. He admits that I really like Tanxugueiras. play with your own settings, more cinematographic”. This musician said, “In the case of Tanxugueiras, I really like to play with my own settings that are more cinematographic. They’re like soundscapesview, English) mixed with the audio part and found in ‘Figa’.
2. ‘Arika’
While the title superficially refers to the time it was driven, the lyrics speak to the perfect man, as this is the first stop on the album’s journey through deadly sins and reminds us of Curros Enríquez or Dante. Musically, the beginning takes us to a Celtic sound as if we were in Lorient (French Brittany) to listen to the rhythm of tambourines playing muiñeiras. Iago Pico, “like percussion instruments paprika classic tin and various sizes of pandeiros mixed in a processed manner as in electronics”. Interestingly, the third song they did on the album is long before the Benidorm whirlpool since they were a year old.
3. ‘Laziness’
The lyrics show a lack of willpower to dance, do things, move on and gain the strength to overcome laziness. This traditional pass doble is “a most risky mergerit gives a more dramatic color and includes cinematographic elements,” says Pico. “Soundscapes stand out again, and in the chorus areas there is a somewhat symphonic orchestration of the synthesizers with a full brass session,” he adds. As Iago admitted, this is one of his favorite songs on the album.
4. ‘Midas’
happened first contact new stage by Tanxugueiras open to electronics and opened a year ago. Yesterday, this theme against greed garnered more than 2.1 million views on YouTube. The song was produced by Fer Peleteiro (50% of Verto). “He did his first production in which he put a few spoons, timpani and small congas. When the song came to me, I gave it a production run to burst with percussion and electronics accentuated in the chorus, and that was the beginning of the change in Tanxugueiras,” explains Pico. He explains that this change consists of “mixing the duo rhythms more typical of hip hop with the trio rhythms (6×8) more typical of Galician music.” Another detail is that Pico used autotune in the sounds at some points.
5. ‘Panel doro’
Demanding sexual freedom against those who punish lust and homophobia with Sabela’s rumba voice as the protagonist. The tambourine sound is twinned with southern sounds in a Galician rumba with flamenco. “Together we incorporated elements such as flamenco box drums, acoustic Spanish guitar, an electric bass that sets the tone of the song, and an alto saxophone to make a very fresh song together,” explains Pico. The music producer also highlights Sabela’s vocal work on Galician couplets.
6. ‘Sorra’
Halfway through the album, this song begins with an acapella that would later be combined with a tambourine. Created by several traditional cut themespays tribute to the great pioneer Mercedes Peón. Here’s a neat look at where they came from in the root. “This song was recorded with Isaac Palacín, the band’s other percussionist and producer of the previous album ‘Contrapunto’. They wanted to record the super clean song without arrangements or anything electronic,” explains Iago Pico.
7. ‘Reapers’
Aside from synthesizers, pandeiros are chili-box sounds with a great presence in the mix, with the occasional tef riscado accompaniment and a chorus, all of which can be tied to American music, a rock, or a chorus. it’s metal, but it sounds electronic and Galician with a certain darkness,” says Pico. East I sing against jealousy “It’s my favorite song to play live, the song I’ve had the best time with,” he admits.
8. ‘Avernus’
With Rayden they sing and lead the way 2.8 million views on YouTube. At some moments the sounds feel old: VHS effect. This tale of anger “turns into more hip hop with a mix of risky and contemporary. When we sent it to Rayden he was so surprised, he loved it. It was a very dark theme, super direct. She has an amazing voice,” explains Pico. Rayden liked it so much that the Galician producer is working on a song for the urban rapsode’s next album. “It will definitely come out at the end of September. It’s such a cool topic. Being with him without Tanxugueiras is my thing,” he explains. Let’s remember the theme video was discovered in Vigo during this year’s Benidorm Fest celebration.
9. ‘Figa’
This hymn against envy almost accumulates three million views on YouTube and it was ‘criminal’ that eurofans asked them to compete at Benidorm Fest. In this variant of Muiñeira, the percussion after the introduction is striking. How was it achieved? “I made it with the desk I supported the computer keyboard and mouse. Since I had a microphone with me and it sounded so good, I decided to keep it. Very original. This is not a pandeiro,” warns Pico. Throughout the theme, castanets are heard after the silences. This mix of tradition and electronics is complex, Pico admits: “We knew it was risky. We were a little scared to see how people would react to traditional music because we were mixing it with existing music.”
10. ‘Hate for Fame’
The new parade against mortal sins highlights how gluttony and how today’s society attacks those who, in theory, live outside the so-called canon of beauty. It’s truly a song for self-love that fights against all deadly sins. Rumba rhythms that can be mixed with reggaeton but less aggressive while flamenco cajon, spanish guitar and tambourine sound.
11. ‘Earth’
“We had almost no time to prepare,” said Iago Pico. We didn’t plan to attend Benidorm Fest, but we finally agreed. I had an idea for an epic theme with Galician elements. I did an instrumentation and worked on the sounds on the way to Manresa in the van, aturuxos… It came out naturally and it worked”. They liked it so much that the song on Spotify is breaking the record. eleven million views.
12. ‘Acougo’
Again, storm to close the album, but to calm down, stop and rest after this instrumental piece that connects like a loop with the first one. end of disc.