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Letter to Milos

by Marco Mezquida

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1.
Nacimiento 05:31
2.
El cielo en tus brazos 02:36
3.
Sonajero 03:22
4.
Corazón feliz 00:38
5.
Charrada de la Vida 06:29
6.
Percebes y zamburiñas 02:05
7.
El Beso 04:55
8.
Onírico 01:11
9.
Letter to Milos 02:55
10.
Pandero Suite 05:20
11.
Pauta completa 00:59
12.
Umbilical 00:41
13.
Lluminosa 03:11
14.
Passarinho 03:26
15.
Milos Smiles 05:25
16.
Infinito 04:29

about

I present to you my new album, Letter to Milos, conceived during the last and a half year, which is my musical statement in 2022. I have created it along with my fellow travel companions in Talismán (2020) and Ravel's Dreams (2017): Aleix Tobias on drums and a thousand percussions, and Martín Meléndez on cello, unraveling resources, colors and nuances as only they know.

Letter to Milos is not only a love letter to my son in his first year of life: it is the heartfelt testimony of what —I feel— best describes myself artistically, today.

I have poured the lyricism that inhabits me, and my many convictions into the music herein: from my declared love of tonality to the liberty of free, creating a crossroad between the joy that I find in the composition of small pieces, and improvisation and the spirit of playing.

In Letter to Milos we explore new paths and sounds: the meditative and hypnotic depth of “Nacimiento” or “Infinito”, the power and groove of “Charrada de la vida” or “Sonajero”, the progressive pop of “El Cielo en tus Brazos ”, the nod to blues and circus in “Percebes y zamburiñas”, the minimal punk in “Pauta completa”, and the edges of free in “Onírico” and “Umbilical”; we pay tribute to various forms of Iberian music (corrido maragato, ajechao, sorteao y bulería) with “Pandero Suite”, created together with Aleix Tobias; we let ourselves go in the subtle and naive melody of “El beso” by Martín Meléndez and “Lluminosa” dedicated to Silvia Pérez Cruz, we invented our particular syncretism, mixing Cuban son and Brazilian samba, in “Passarinho”; “Letter to Milos” and “Milos Smiles” are the marks of my love of romanticism (with a subtle tribute to Brahms) and jazz standards, respectively.

Here goes my musical letter, from me to you; and I wish you enjoy it.

Marco Mezquida Mateos

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released February 2, 2024

1. Nacimiento / 2. El cielo en tus brazos / 3. Sonajero / 4. Corazón feliz / 5. Charrada de la vida / 6. Percebes y zamburiñas / 7. El beso / 8. Onírico / 9. Letter to Milos / 10. Pandero Suite / 11. Pauta completa / 12. Umbilical / 13. Lluminosa / 14. Passarinho / 15. Milos Smiles / 16. Infinito
Total time: 53’

Recorded at Estudis Moraleda in La Garriga, during December 18th-22th, 2021.
Marco and Martin also recorded at Estudis Saudades, and Aleix recorded percussions at Can Parra estudios during January 2022 (Spain)

Aleix Tobias plays drum set, caxixis, shaker, bombo legüero, tambora, triangle, tama, udu, pandero cuadrado, sartén, almirez, pandereta, percussion effects

Marco Mezquida plays a Steinway & sons Grand piano model D, Roland RD700 Keyboard and accordion.

Martín Meléndez plays cello Otto Hos Klier

Recorded and mixed by Denys Sanz at Estudis Saudades
Mastering by Steve Corrao at Sage Studio in Nashville (USA)
Cover, artistic design and photos by Mireia Miralles
Produced by Marco Mezquida
Executive production: Marco Mezquida and Julio Quintas
With the support of Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics

All compositions by Marco Mezquida, except "El beso" by Martín Meléndez, "Pandero Suite" by Aleix Tobias and Marco Mezquida based on the Spanish traditional song “Vengo de moler” and “Corazón feliz” by Aleix Tobias.

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