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La Cuerda Floja

by Toto Alvarez

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La Mar 07:47
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2.
Ask Monk 05:17
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3.
Se arma solo 06:09
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4.
Latido 03:54
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5.
El modernista 04:26
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6.
Trata de conversar 06:46
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7.
Todo suena 02:44
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8.
Latidos 03:15
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La Cuerda Floja (The Tightrope) is the first solo guitar album by Chilean musician Luis “Toto” Alvarez.

Notes:
This work is the result of several years of research, exploration and practice around the guitar and its possibilities. Vertigo is the closest sensation to the development of this project, since in some way it summarizes the experience of dedicating yourself to improvisation, especially in Latin America. The uncertainty in which many artists live in this part of the world is undoubtedly a constant battle to deal with.

In this way, and after a long time facing my own ideas about music, I feel that this album closes one door and opens a new one. The development of one's own voice is a lifelong task, so I have learned to simply enjoy each stage of this adventure. Then at times, I feel that one must go further, to another place, without a plan, letting intuition act.

This is how these pieces were built: talking, walking, playing and listening. The result is this; a series of improvisations from an indeterminate plan but pointing to a clear place. By experimenting on the pieces and their acoustic effects, the compositions became complete in the studio. The subtleties of this album represent many of the influences that I have had in music. From various places and stories, they are invisible but perhaps audible, informally, absent and present...the story of many who have walked that tightrope.

Luis “Toto” Alvarez - 2023

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released November 3, 2023

Proyecto financiado por el Fondo para el Fomento de la música Nacional
Convocatoria 2022, del Ministerio de las Culturas, Las Artes y el Patrimonio.


Project financed by the Fund for the Promotion of National Music
Call 2022, from the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.

credits

Produced by Elliott Sharp

Recorded during July 2023 at Studio zOaR - NYC.
Recording, Mixing and Mastering: Elliott Sharp

Luis “Toto” Alvarez: guitars, composition and arrangements.

Acknowledgements:
"Track 4-8, are dedicated to our creation with Julia Walker"
"Track 7, dedicated to my friend Bob Bellerue"

Distributed by zOaR Records & Acéfalo Records (CL).

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acefalo records Valparaíso, Chile

Sello personal de producción, creado por el músico chileno Luis Toto Alvarez , desde el año 2001. En un principio para publicar sus propios proyectos y luego ha comenzado a colaborar con otros artistas. Desarrollando Producciones, Tours, Residencias, Proyectos, Distribución y el Festival Acéfalo. ... more

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