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Posted By: keberoxu
15-Feb-16 - 05:19 PM
Thread Name: Review: Travesura: Inti Illimani HISTORICO
Subject: Travesura: Inti Illimani Historico
This will take more than one post because I don't have all the info that respect demands.
This album was recorded about ten years ago -- definitely after 2005 -- in Chile. It is a studio album, not a live one. Outside of the country of origin, it is possible to find this compact disc, although there are complications. I found a copy at amazon dot com, with which I am troubled....there are no liner notes, no credits, AND the thing says it is a product of amazon dot com in the US of A, NOT a product of Discos Macondo in Chile which actually published the album in the first place. So, I'm not happy about the product in that respect.
"Inti Illimani Historico" means: the brothers Coulon are NOT here, as they are in the Inti Illimani which does NOT use the word Historico.
Those present are:
the old-timers, Horacio Duran (charango), Jose Seves ( a little of everything, esp vocals and songwriting), Horacio Salinas (music director, composer, and a little of everything else).
The youngsters are Salinas's son Camilo Salinas, playing piano, accordion, something that sounds like a Casio keyboard, and probably singing;
I've forgotten their names but the drums/percussion and bass are contemporaries of the younger Salinas.
Last, but far from least, Jorge Ball, Venezuelan luthier, guitarist, and flute/quena player.
"Travesura" can be translated more than one way. The English word "mischief" pleases me, but may not be the most accurate. The theme is childhood, or nostalgia for childhood on the part of the parents of children.
Because my hands are getting cold, I have to keep this post short. There will be more. I'll close by remarking that this is not Inti-Illimani at its most reactionary firebrand Resistencia extreme. It is mellow, measured, subtle. The music and the words alike take time to grow on you. The childlike qualities are not only the playfulness of children but the tenderness of fathers and grandfathers -- the three old-time Inti-Illimani members are old enough to have grandchildren, and at least one is indeed a grandfather.
Notable guest appearances by Eva Ayllon and Diego El Cigala.