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Recorded
at Tiorba Records, Campo, Ponferrada (El Bierzo).
Sound recording technician:
Jesús Ronda.
Mastered at Wahim Makinaciones studio, Vigo (Galicia).
Mastering technician:
Pancho Suárez.
Graphic Design:
Juanjo Villadangos and Aira da Pedra.
The band:
Roberto Doural: Drum set and percussion.
José Manuel Pérez: Bagpipe, whistle and percussion.
Marcos Mendo: Guitar.
Carlos de la Torre: Flute and voice.
Borja Fernández: Violin, mandolin and voice.
Guess musician:
José Manuel Sabugo: Accordion and voice in Jota de la Montaña.
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Be
Zeta
Several
Records (year 2007)
Third
and last album for the moment. The name of the album (Be Zed) apparently without
meaning, its again a reference to their region El Bierzo as Be Zeta
is the phonetic representation of BZ that it would be written on the
car plates if this region had their own ones.
This
region is geographically situated between Galicia, Asturias, Leon and Zamora.
Its culturally privileged situation brought to the region lots of influences
which helped with the years to create its own cultural identity without
isolating from these closer regions. This is the feeling that the band pretends
to reflect on this album. Taking as a geographic reference their region, the
band picked traditional songs from these regions limiting with El Bierzo and
play them trough their own particular musical filter. Into this album there are
traditional songs like la Muñeira de Baillo (La Cabrera,
between el Bierzo and Zamora), the Jota de la Montaña
(Laciana, north part, between Asturias and el Bierzo), Ancares-Leitariegos
(Ancares, northwest part of el Bierzo and pass of Leitariegos, between Asturias
and León), Ramo Verde (Sanabria, part of Zamora),
Corrido del Bierzo Alto y las Boleras de Noceda. (from north
Bierzo).
The
band keeps creating and playing their own songs which reflects the influence of
what they are surrounded by, the region as their Inspiration: Si Vas,
Al Sol en sol, Run dum, É día chao
y Arre Michel. All these songs are combined with a carefully picked
selection of images which creates an audiovisual opinion about the worries and
likes of the band, always made in a way that its open to interpretation,
each person should take their own reading of it.
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