I am delighted to have kept as a safe place and take this "special occasion" to bring to light something that is for me so special that it would keep one, something that is so good, so sublime, so solemn .. a blog can kill it.
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In 2007, some already established in small venues circuit, they supported a DEAD COMBO Howe Gelb , who musically were joined that day, again in Lisbon, and appeared to be closed to square the circle . Howe is pleased with the sound of the band border, linking such a strong tradition and rooted as the sounds of fado spaghetti western; and surplus is known the passion of former Calexico by flamenco-in fact, it takes time letting "spread" American- , with which the fado Share hearth and, above all, they are able to stir something up inside (when it touches and the listener) and find your own beat : root .. Fado claim here and you aconsejaos brindéis a chance in this style, a Pandora's box that contains some of the /-os soloists and, of course, most brilliant guitarists of all time.
So , back to the root of the post, without further ado, here's a DEAD COMBO and why the label western / fado with which are sometimes set is small and weak, how these two types have become two voices and two souls of the Portuguese guitar, a synthesis of Portuguese .. an absolute wonder. Here are Tó and Pedro .. the framers of the Fado contemporanización , which within experimental ended up being authentically Portuguese .
This "Electric cadent" the more mature, elegant and, above all, more synthetic in my opinion, belongs to his third studio album " Lusitânia Playboys (the fourth of his discography, which includes a live, recorded at Hot Clube of Lisbon, which I'm keeping track on vinyl) and I shudder with the same intensity each of the 40 times I've since heard in recent days. headphones Therapy office , with which the other day, for a moment of truth would get up and send all prá or Caralho , all this for me as absurd, bland gray -of-office life. I thought for a second that grabbed my stuff and eventually, he turned around, and went to the airport and I planted in Lisbon on the next flight with seats, surprise. I went to look for Joana to work or crossing year Ponto Final in Almada and from there called Zepe Cátia & Y.. in the vernacular, not that I do miss eggs but .. I got the clarity of responsibility or, rather, the need to pay the rent and did not go to realize ... No doubt this "fantasy lusa" fifth empire * included, was the peak / peak height of one of my cycles of nostalgia with which I have since then fighting.
And to hear the chords of the DEAD COMBO , especially those of this for me ode to Lisbon "Electric cadent" -recognized immediately that the album cover is Casa do Alentejo , another of my favorite places - has all the charm and freshness site boarding the E-28 ( or electric or / tram), and display the full path from the Basilica da Estrela , through Santos, Chiado, Alfama and to Graça . Although, curiously, has a "clean" absence of all these living arrangements, customs and manners of those who "Quando nao é a little soul" , previous record, was full ( "QSAEP ", por si lo vuelvo a nombrar) y en este tema haya, únicamente, guitarra, pero los Dead Combo han aprendido mucho y saben cómo darle todos sus matices. Yo consigo ver todo lo que para mí es Lisboa -no sólo la ciudad, que llevo en el recuerdo para siempre- y lo que significa ser portugués en estos 3,4 minutos, todos esos resquicios imborrables de ese deseo de hacer realidad un sueño del pasado, ese complejo sentimiento histórico-ficcinado que es Portugal: Lisbon, "the landscape" (the rest of Portugal), the great Pessoa, black scarf that women, on hips, back Tras-os-Montes . Everything is there, vibrant, can be heard. Sibilant s's, deep discourse, the prophecies and cafés years golinhos ... And that attitude body scene, having: face down, hugging the guitar, playing with rapt attention, an almost inside that, indeed, as the great fado singers. Although he did not have despite their fear and tradition, and sometimes Tó bump, to electrify, as if he did the buzz , revive this subject so full of stories that is already part of the past for lusos .. DEAD COMBO is a band that all should be proud Luso. Raises also the sublime category training duo . One as prolific and other highly specialized.
Seeing DEAD COMBO live-I was lucky enough to do it twice, in Santiago Alquimista and Bicaense , two of the clubs / local city's most authentic, then with "Quando é a little soul," a disc in my "desert island discography " forever & ever - produces a clear addiction, which is not yet known cure or antidote, nor to have anything else with the same designation of origin: the Saudade , defined as " the melancholy remembrance of a joy away .. . " if the definitions are worth ... if it is not worth this and we stop words (studio version here)
On stage, DEAD COMBO always characterized as cat dick , with an enormous hat, beneath which lurks Tó; and ganstern , a sort of murderer for hire, or Peter. Sobriety of -em-scene mise very consistent with what and how we play is a marvel to see how these two types are given the replica sober, more in this dark road by Daniel Neves, this video-ao-vivo wonderful, how they get in this eternal crescendo and descending devastating and sublime. It seems impossible that there is no solo, no one sings, it is full of voice. This time of "Lusitânia Playboys on some issues, for the first time, there is the exception to the duo, plus a time to celebrate special friends in the scenario, because the alchemical formula that have given the failure or is near depletion, the friends also happens to be the Orquestra das Caveira ( Orchestra Skulls )-with excellent musicians, there is excess in LX, especially in jazz tradition, accompanying them on this disc, I do not know if ajazzar magnify some issues, and is certain: it sounds great, but they do not need .. DEAD COMBO n but Daedalus and Icarus are , down to earth and humility, which makes me even more taste in my mouth because there is a Portuguese ego sometimes exorbitant and racing. I take joy in knowing that when I was recently in the Sao Jorge Cinema, one most emblematic sites Culture in Lisbon, beautiful Art Nouveau , they crave of thanks, excited to see the full house. Should impress but I say ..: how could it not be filled?!
Ending this post with a photo rare, very rare to see: DEAD COMBO or Tó eo Pedro stripped of his characters alter-ego on stage, two normal guys who hide in two great musicians who I, without tinted glasses one-shoot-killer one and without the excessive hat to another, I doubt I could recognize. Although I admire deeply. also say that both have parallel projects: Tó as a designer and illustrator, under the nick " Mackintóxico" , Peter has recently participated in the BSO of "Jose and Pilar" , Portuguese history that was self-exiled Nobel Prize for Literature: Saramago.
and comment-on if post had taken effect and held more fan (e) s, which is great news for me, my way out until you can go to Lisbon he deserves time to go (and I ..!!!): I deserve the chance to see them, with this album 5 * Arcos de Valdevez . Portugal, 1 hour from Oporto, on Saturday March 12 in petit comité Sons of Time Festival , a modiquísimo price, reason enough, believe me, to undertake a road trip to know one of the most beautiful areas of the Peninsula and be enchanted, hopelessly, for this great duet and her unforgettable direct.
Signed: Mary Lapore Tugues
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