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Nada Nuevo Bajo el Sol

by Pau Figueres

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Gracias, Thank you, Merci !
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Mabiche 07:10
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Masars II 05:11
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"Inspiration got me looking to create some thing, to move a people and a nation, maybe a soul or two, lets make one observation. To grasp an idea clear you might need to hear it repeated year after year to receive the vibration, or open a hardened heart to new sensations. Feel it revealed though nothing new under the sun so darkness is where ideas they come from, we fear a revelation looking for answers only to run from them... I know... I only look to increase this love y'all know where it comes from they tried to stop it more than once y'all know where it comes from I only look to increase the love i am where it comes from They can't stop it with out your touch you are where it comes from Halfhearted efforts, wholehearted bad habits became catastrophic when the mavericks can't grasp what disaster is, believing they relieving the pressure when its the opposite." The hot headed, agitators but not creative, thieves amongst beat makers since the first natives, even guitar strings vibrate to a voicebox's heavenly cadence. Peep the statements made when rocks bang in rivers to the rhythms of heartbeats in nearby clearings, gathered together just to raise their spirits i know you hear it… Singing to the Ancestors, this is music… Increase that vibration, Love rate is where it comes from. And the cycle goes on, dusk till dawn. Nothing’s new under the sun…
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When Pau Figueres creates music he aims to recreate the sensations that the music of his favourite artists create in him, in an intuitive process; letting himself go into rhythms and emotions, leaps of faith take him to a new yet familiar musical terrain. Thus the name of the album, Nada Nuevo Bajo el Sol (“Nothing New Under the Sun”): all the music contained in this 14 track album responds to his particular artistic creative process. In Nada Nuevo Bajo el Sol (Satélite-K, 2018) the guitarist and composer mixes the more organic and basic sounds of the Flamenco guitar, the percussions and the electric fretless bass, with electronic sounds generated by modular synths, keyboards, samplers and electric guitars.

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Nada Nuevo Bajo el Sol is more flamenco, more modern, harsher and longer than its predecessor, and stands out specially due to the fusion of styles and sonic landscapes. The Flamenco patterns are blended with funk, trap, pop and ambience, giving birth to fruitful and creatively very rich combinations. In “Nothing New Under The Sun”, which could be considered a rumba, he collaborates with the American rapper BluRum13, and in “Mabiche” the Flamenco Cadence and the phrygian universe go hand in hand with trap beats. In the album opening first track and in “Masars II” the Flamenco guitars are supported by the electronic textures of Eloi Flores‘ modular synth (Winter Modular).
The album also features the brilliant percussionist Arnau Figueres –Pau’s brother– and Ismael Alcina, spectacular Gaditan bass player, with whom Pau regularly performs live; there is also Kquimi Saigi on the keys, excellent musician who perfectly channels the malleability of different concepts and sounds; and last but definitely not least, the historic bassist Carles Benavent (featured in the bulería “Los Lobos”), who was a member of Paco de Lucía‘s band for decades.

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released October 5, 2018

Pau Figueres: flamenco guitar, electric guitar, bass nylon string guitar, cajón, beats, synth bass
Ismael Alcina: electric fretless bass
Arnau Figueres: cajón, palmas, shaker, bougarabou, cymbals, pandero cuadrado, udu, tambourine
Eloi Flores (Winter Modular): modular synth
Kquimi Saigi: keys
Carles Benavent: electric bass on "Los Lobos"
BluRum13: vocals and lyrics on "Nothing New Under the Sun"
Photography: Aymée Hamon
Design: Ramon Martínez

Recorded from February to August 2018 by Aniol Bestit at The Sound of Wood (Barcelona), Nuage (Campins) and the acoustic church room “La Salle” (Veciana), Spain. Electric bass recorded by Ismael Alcina in Poble Sec (Barcelona) and by Carles Benavent in Begues. BluRum’s vocals recorded by Zerio at All Star, Almuñécar, Spain.
Mixed and mastered at The Sound of Wood by Aniol Bestit

Music composed and produced by Pau Figueres
Pau plays with Knobloch Strings

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Blending Flamenco guitar with the music of our century, Pau Figueres is one of today’s most talented and interesting Spanish guitarists. Worthy successor of this beautiful instrument’s best tradition, he pushes its limits to new grounds with his original compositions, his unique and deep understanding of music and an overwhelming technical ability. ... more

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