S.C./Flamenco-world.com, March 2010

'Mixtolobo' Front cover

The repertoire of the album, whose production is participated in by Los Delinqüentes, touches on basic flamenco styles, from bulerías to seguiriyas, with tangos, rumbas and soleares in between. And they’re all treated flamenco rock-style from a viewpoint of their own, rich in influences and above all, full of guitar. It opens precisely with a tribute to the binding artist. ‘Tomi mío’ is a vibrant letter of introduction por bulerías with true Tomasito-style spirit. Next come songs composed by Juan Diego, some from his show ‘Inspiración’ - and therefore, from his second still unreleased album - like ‘Dieguito’ and ‘Malika’; others, off his début album ‘Luminaria’. And he therefore lets his composing partner join him in this work: Antonio Soteldo ‘Musiquita’. But they’re all looked at with a different regard; they maintain their subtlety, but they reveal a harsher, more energetic side. Jorge Gómez also contributes his own pieces, letting them fall somewhat more on the rock side, as occurs in ‘Al compás de la válvula rota’ and ‘El Perdigal’. And all of it is given atmosphere, shape and verve by, together with Ignacio Cintado on electric bass, Juan Peña ‘Chispa’ on percussions and special collaborations like that of Antonio Serrano on harmonica and that of Jorge Pardo on sax in ‘A buscarme viene’. By the way in that song, which is a seguiriya after all, you can hear the cante of Juan Castro, just like Juan Fajardo Moneo ‘Momo’ sings por soleá in ‘Al compás de la válvula rota’.

And there is room in all of those contents for the hectic rhythmic life of Santiago, airs of the Mississippi, hard rock, progressive reminiscences and even ballads, which these mixed musicians understand as having two guitars, flamenco and acoustic, and with a Tibetan background. And check out the cover, a drawing by Santos de Veracruz of that animal half-dog, half-wolf which gives the band its name… but with a patch over its eye, a polka-dot T-shirt, piercing, wound, cigar, and on the back cover, its guitar.