Rafa Marchante

------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Soy un guitarrista y cantautor de Valencia con raices en la musica popular venga de donde venga. Desde el blues y el rock de Norte America, pasando por la bossa brasileira y el flamenco (el facilito claro), hasta las melodias de sabor arabe y los ritmos africanos. Aprendiz de mucho maestro de nada, lo importante para mi es dar salida a la ilusion y la inspiracion que surge cuando algo me llega dentro. Aqui teneis seis canciones mias, los arreglos de bajo (Up and down) y tuba (Arlequin) son mios. Los nombres de los musicos que participaron en las grabaciones los teneis abajo en la version inglesa, asi que me ahorro volverlos a escribir aqui. Gracias por leer!------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------Rafa is a Spanish songwriter and guitarist from Valencia, his roots are deeply ingrained in world-wide popular music. From North American blues and rock to Brazilian bossa nova, through Caribbean reggae, Spanish flamenco, Arabic-flavored melodies and African rhythms, Rafael's mellow singing style and rich guitar playing travel around for inspiration to deliver songs in which existentialism, love and social compromise merge into an atmosphere that reflects a personality, the inner world of an artist. In this page you can find seven original compositions and arrangements for tuba and bass, plus a cover. "Arlequin" and "Can You Swim?" were recorded in Studio 54 in Valencia with Dani Cardona in the summer 2004; Osvaldo Jorge plays percussion and Pau plays tuba, I do the overtone singing and play the singing bowl; Up and Down was recorded in the early spring 2005 with Roberto Mejias in the Ealing Studios of the Thames Valley University in London, Demi Sabat plays drums and I arranged the bass part that was played by Xuso. Paraiso, Lalada and Water were recorded in May, July and August 2007 respectively at the SAE studios with Vidar Freyr Gudmundson; Alua Nascimento plays Vibrophone and Maral plays cello: they most beautifully improvised their parts enriching the sound for my pleasure and I hope yours too. Astrakhan Cafe (thought it was Anouar Brahem's but apparently it is an Azerbaijani folk tune) and Paraiso were recorded at my place by Taro last easter Sunday: Shirley Smart plays cello, Dado Pascualini plays percussion and I do my thing...