Chuscales
Encuentros Del Alma
The Story
Born to a family of great gypsy guitarists, Chuscales (his nickname refers to a person who is a 'guitar cruncher', extremely substantial - the best) joins forces on "Encuentros Del Alma" with popular flamenco aritsts and producers to bridge traditional and new flamenco styles. Co-producer and noteworthy guitarist Ottmar Liebert remarks, "Chuscales was born a Flamenco, and he lives and breathes Flamenco - but this time he wanted to make a crossover album, a fusion album, and I am honored that he came to me for help. I think you will enjoy Chusco's compositions and guitar playing as well as the setting we created for him." Chuscales was raised in Granada, Spain and was schooled in the Gitano flamenco traditions by his father and grandfather, as well as by friends and mentors Paco de Lucia, Sabicas and Manolo San Lucas.
The Music
04:24 | Gloria Bendita | Instrumental |
04:12 | Suenos De Una Guitarra | Instrumental |
05:09 | Forever In My Heart | Instrumental |
05:29 | Colamba | Instrumental |
04:51 | Bahia De Chusco | Instrumental |
04:42 | Encuentros Del Alma | Instrumental |
03:54 | Rumba Peligrosa | Instrumental |
03:47 | Luna Park | Instrumental |
03:39 | The Voyager | Instrumental |
04:53 | Capricho Arabe | Instrumental |
06:11 | Between Roses And Jasmine | Instrumental |
The Artists
Chuscales | Flamenco Guitar |
Benny Rietveld | Bass, Arrnagements, Original Recording Engineering |
Jon Gagan | Bass |
David Belove | Bass |
Mark Clark | Kick, Udu, Timbales, Percussion Colors |
Jose Manuel Blanco | Palmas, Cajon, Bongos, Original Recording Production |
Michael Spiro | Hand Percussion |
Christopher Kraniak | Violin |
Don Reiter | Cello |
Ottmar Liebert | Production |
Stefan Liebert | Production, Engineering, Mixing |
Gary Lyons | Production, Engineering, Mixing |
Jon Gagari | Engineering Assistance |
Wiley Ross | Original Recording Engineering |
El Grillu | Arrangements |
Devon Rietveld | Original Recording Engineering |
Trevor Sadler | Mastering |
Connie Gage | Design |
Kyle Zimmerman | Photography |
Originally recorded at Southwest Studios, Tucson, Arizona and Yeah Man Productions, Oakland, California.MO<
Additional tracks recorded at Spiral Subwave, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mixed at Spiral Subwave, December, 1998. Mastered at Narada Productions, Inc. using Apogee's UV22 digital process. |