Enrique Morente teams up with machines
on his next album
Estrella
Morente, Tomatito and Pepe Habichuela collaborate with the Granada-born cantaor
Flamenco-world.com, May 2003
He's back... and he's breaking molds once again. Enrique
Morente is preparing a new record on which he intertwines cante and technology.
The Granada-born cantaor is going to superimpose his voice onto the music played
by already deceased guitarists such as Sabicas, Manolo de Huelva and Ramón
Montoya. Moreover, he sings on a base prepared by electronic musician Carlos Jean.
Standing out among the group of collaborators are Estrella Morente, Pepe Habichuela
and Tomatito, as well as Latin musicians Jerry González and Alain Pérez.
As far as contents, he opts for authors of different generations of Spanish poetry.
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Enrique Morente in
'África-Cuba-Cai'
(Photo: Daniel Muñoz)
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'Despegando', 'Alegro, soleá y fantasía', 'Omega'... and coming
soon, 'El pequeño reloj'. Enrique Morente once again challenges creation
to shape an album on which, according to what the daily newspaper 'El País'
reports, "the Granada-born cantaor has grafted his voice onto old performances
by now deceased guitarists: Sabicas, Manolo de Huelva and Ramón Montoya".
But the Granada-born cantaor's relationship with machines on this record doesn't
end there. Electronic musician Carlos Jean has prepared a base for him on which
he sings a tune dedicated to the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula
da Silva, and... to hope.
Morente also takes a stand on this album with a unique 'no' to war: "An
elegant anti-war theme based on Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata'". And he provides
a background to the repertoire with verses by poets of Spain's Golden Age, such
as Quevedo; of romanticism, such as Bécquer; and by León Felipe,
halfway between the Generation of '98 and that of '27, the latter so often performed
by the cantaor from Granada through Federico García Lorca.
He is not alone in this latest pro-heterodoxy crusade. Among other artists,
his daughter, cantaora Estrella Morente, and guitarists Pepe Habichuela and Tomatito
have participated on the recording. Joining them are Latin jazz musicians such
as saxophonist Jerry González and bass player Alain Pérez.
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