Remember when each time you went to the club a new record would grab you with its complexity and beauty? When the harmonies and rhythms were so deep and infectious that one was powerless against the music’s demand to move, to dance?
Well, neither do we.
But Melaza is a group of musicians who can’t seem to let go of the challenge that Mongo and Barretto and Hector stamped onto wax, taunting us with the majesty of their swing, the power and effortlessness of their music.
So we slug it out, fighting our current cultural amnesia at 4 a.m. at Umbrella’s in the BX or quinceaneras in the Heights, refining our craft, trying to balance these ghosts on our shoulders. Last winter, the fourteen of us finally got together, cramming into a studio in south Williamsburg to lay these tracks down live. And if the joy in creating this music seeps out your speakers, then we’ve done our job.
Tracklist
A1 Mal Amigo
A2 Estas A Tiempo
A3 El Fregabook
A4 En El Pasado Quedara
B1 De Nueva York
B2 Abusador
B3 Inesperado Adios
B4 Suegros
B5 El Niche
Well, neither do we.
But Melaza is a group of musicians who can’t seem to let go of the challenge that Mongo and Barretto and Hector stamped onto wax, taunting us with the majesty of their swing, the power and effortlessness of their music.
So we slug it out, fighting our current cultural amnesia at 4 a.m. at Umbrella’s in the BX or quinceaneras in the Heights, refining our craft, trying to balance these ghosts on our shoulders. Last winter, the fourteen of us finally got together, cramming into a studio in south Williamsburg to lay these tracks down live. And if the joy in creating this music seeps out your speakers, then we’ve done our job.
Tracklist
A1 Mal Amigo
A2 Estas A Tiempo
A3 El Fregabook
A4 En El Pasado Quedara
B1 De Nueva York
B2 Abusador
B3 Inesperado Adios
B4 Suegros
B5 El Niche