Store Categories FRANKIE REYES Boleros Valses Y Mas / LP NEW VINYL / Stones Throw 2016

Frankie Reyes is the alias of Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker who also records as GB (Gifted & Blessed). Boleros Valses y Mas, his Stones Throw debut, is an album comprised of popular Latin standards, reworked by Reyes with an Oberheim synthesizer.

The inspiration for Boleros Valses y Mas formed when Los Angeles radio collective Dublab invited Gabriel to participate in an event themed specifically around Latin American modernism.

“I thought about how I might capture the essence of this theme using my instrument of choice, the synthesizer. What came to mind was to cover some of the classic Latin American compositions that I grew up hearing around me and have grown to love as I've gotten older, most of them in the bolero style but a few in the waltz, son, and even mariachi style.”

By using audio-to-MIDI and sheet music-to-MIDI processing Gabriel has re-contextualized these popular tracks easily overheard while visiting any of Los Angeles' predominantly Latino neighborhoods with a single Oberheim synth. By removing the lyrics, the emphasis remains on the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic aspects of these classics, many still sung by Latin American artists today. RIYL screwed latin ice cream truck music

A1 Alma Corazón Y Vida
A2 Noche De Ronda
A3 Flor De Azalea
A4 Alma Adentro
A5 La Flor De La Canela
A6 La Bikina
B1 ¿Qué Sabes Tú?
B2 Lamento Borincano
B3 La Puerta
B4 Aquel Señor
B5 Espinita
B6 La Comparsa

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