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Perla 04:34 | | 02. Solo Quiero (feat. Pedrina) 04:23 | | 03. Hey Avi!! 02:28 | | 04. Eden 04:02 | | 05. Otun (feat. Nidia Gongora) 03:25 | | 06. Orun 04:00 | | 07. La Pastora 04:08 | | 08. Tatacoa 05:22 | | 09. Eshu 02:51 | | 10. Pasillo 03:32 | | 11. Piedras Marcadas 03:36 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | While the internet's universality means once-inaccessible traditional | | and indigenous styles of music across the planet can be appropriated, | | sampled, and commodified with ease; it also means they can be | | integrated and celebrated, reflecting humanity's idiosyncrasies as | | well as our shared communality. Montoya, recently signed to ZZK | | Records, personifies the very best of this musical globalism. | | | | Montoya, who grew up in Colombia and now resides in Italy, entered | | music as a classically trained violinist. He's keen to stress his | | gratitude for this adolescent education, not only in how it exposed | | revealed whole new worlds of music, but permitted him travel places | | and sample different cultures from a young age, including playing at | | such renowned orchestra theaters as Gran Teatro de La Habana in Cuba | | and the Musikverein in Vienna. This classical upbringing naturally | | informed his inclusive, and methodically exacting, attitude to | | songwriting and production. | | | | He eventually joined Fabrica, a "cultural subversion center" based in | | Treviso, Italy, which he explains as providing the creative framework | | for him to experiment with art, photography, film and design; | | evidently apprising the cinematic qualities of his music. | | | | The pan-international musicality of his Montoya project is rooted in | | the musical diaspora of his native Colombia. This diaspora is vast; | | indigenous folk music hailing from Amazonian and Andean tribes; the | | cosmopolitan synthesis of modern reggaeton and traditional salsa | | taking place in Bogota and Medellin, and the Afro-Caribbean stylings | | of Cumbia and Champeta. Fusing the multi-layered precision of his | | classical education, his innate curiosity for Latin and "world" | | music, and affection for melodic electronica; his discography is at | | once ambitious and comfortingly familiar, as desirous of a catchy | | harmony as conceptual melding of Latin folk and modern electronics. | | | | He himself described his attitude to songwriting as indebted to his | | love of cooking: "I love how certain chefs make combinations that | | make you think 'are you crazy?', I like to imagine myself as a chef | | who chooses his ingredients - in my case, indigenous voices, techno, | | and IDM - and try to combine them, creating a process that allows me | | to arrive at the final result represented by what comes out of this." | | | | So far, under the moniker Montoya, he's produced the stirring 2015 | | album Iwa and 2016 EP Lux, where you can detect him refining his | | cooking skills of the indigenous and the electronic. He's also | | remixed the gifted Ecuadorian Nicola Cruz's pleasantly plodding | | "Cumbia del Olvido", adding another layer of melody with a soothing | | string arrangement. Moreover he's played Sonar Bogota and Musicbox | | Lisbon, and various European venues, but his latest album Otun looks | | set to both break him properly on the continent, and produce his best | | work so far; a fiery and flavourful gourmet dish, with British expat | | producer Richard Blair providing refinement as a proverbial sous | | chef. | | | | On Otun, the breadth of Montoya's influences and tastes is at its | | most striking; the dulcet techno hum of "La Pastora" is perforated by | | sprightly flutes and percussion, while lead single "Solo Quiero" | | deploys a languid reggaeton pattern beneath Bogota rising star | | Pedrina's distorted, wilting croon anticipating a euphoric | | synthesiser-lead climax. The title track, featuring a sultry guest | | vocal from Nidia Gongora, is a fierce and vigorous club anthem, | | amplified by hissing synth pads and sordid breakbeats. Even a more | | straightforwardly techno track like "Tatacoa" is stylized with | | intoxicating Indian vocal samples, and more traditional folk | | selections like "Orun" still use an inobtrusive bassline drone. | | Montoya's palette is simultaneously expansive and curious, yet | | coherent, with a steadily melodic electronic through-line running | | through Otun's duration. | | | | Montoya absolutely sustains ZZK's pedigree of platforming the most | | exciting and inventive electronic artists from Latin America, joining | | the storied legacy already built by the likes of Nicola Cruz, Chancha | | Via Circuito, and King Coya. Whether it's through the intricate | | patterns of his synthesisers or the analogue beauty of his violin, | | what unifies his instrumentation is the candid expression of | | Montoya's experiences, ideas and dreams: "I want to feed me of all | | these emotions, composing and putting into music all that I've | | lived." | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2019-=----------------------/__\--'