PAMELA RODRIGUEZ

PAMELA RODRIGUEZEN LA ORILLAIEMPSA 2007 - 2008Luego de sorprender a propios y extraños con Perú Blue trabajo que le valió la nominación a los premios Grammy Latino 2006 en la categoría Mejor artista nuevo y un Disco de Platino por ventas, Pamela Rodríguez presenta su segundo trabajo discográfico “En la Orilla”.La novel cantautora llega de la mano del reconocido productor musical Greg Landau, - quien ha colaborado con Santana, Susana Baca, Maldita Vecindad, Buena Vista Social Club, David Byrne y Cristina Aguilera entre otros - quien nos ofrece un aporte al nuevo sonido de la música peruana contemporánea.En la Orilla, Pamela trasmite a través de su composición una armoniosa combinación en 11 temas escritos por ella que descubre la diversidad y efervescencia cultural de la Lima actual y una versión con ritmos peruanos del famoso Standard de jazz Don..t Explain de Billie Holliday. De esta manera, Pamela expresa la visión de los jóvenes peruanos que intentan encontrar sus raíces en un mundo globalizado y de homogenización cultural.En la Orilla es una armoniosa fusión entre agradables melodías y ritmos sensuales que ponen sobre la mesa a muchos estilos de la música Peruana sin simplificar ni encuadrar las complejas síncopas rítmicas de la zamacueca, el landó, la cumbia o el festejo.La voz aterciopelada de Pamela nos habla con intensidad, fluidez y a la vez nos recuerda la pasión de una nueva Lima en donde la música criolla, la fusión, la cumbia, el rock, el hip hop y el reggae combinan en un interesante paisaje sonoro Pamela se ha agrupado con músicos experimentados para explorar los ritmos del Perú, en especial los de la música criolla, como Fallo Muñoz (ex integrante de Susana Baca), Cotito Medrano (actual cajonero de Susana Baca y Nova Lima), Daniel Mújica, Josh Jones (baterista de Meshell ndgeocello, Tupac, The Coup y Don Cherry), Mike Aaberg (teclados y músico de Lauren Hill) y Joscha Otees, contrabajista alemán con sabor criollo. PAMELA RODRIGUEZ IEMPSA 2007-2008 En la Orilla is the story of a young Peruvian rediscovering the diverse and vibrant cultural heritage that rising to the surface in today’s Peru. En la orilla brings an urban edge to the traditional rhythms and expressing the vision of the youth who are reaching back to their roots to find their identity in this confusing moment of globalization and cultural homogenization that blasts through the airwaves and television. Pamela teams with a group of solid musicians exploring the traditional rhythms of Peru especially the musica criolla of Lima that brings together the fusion of Spanish, Indigenous and African roots.This recording pays to the past, present and future of Peru, a trail that captures of the essence of the cultural mixture and bohemian resilience that enables the survival of dances, rhythms and existential poetry over generations of attempts to harness and control it. Pamela’s poetry evokes the existential wanderings of Vallejo with the essence of girl power, the women’s vision of changing world, a garden of contradictions, sensual pleasures and textures that are invisible to men.World music is a genre that has brought the sounds diverse cultural to the ears of an international public but at the same time has created new stereotype and cultural archetypes that have reduced complex musical forms to a few rhythms and sounds. En la orilla brings forward many of Peru’s musical styles into a modern genre with out simplifying and squaring the syncopation rhythmic complexity of the Zamacueca, Panalivio, Festejo, marinera and the classic sound of the tropical peruvian cumbia and musica chicha.Pamela’s voice evokes the smoky passion of the nightlife of the Nueva Lima where reggaeton, cumbia , indie rock and traditional musica criolla combine in a swirling soudscape. This recording brings togethor a fiery group of musicians interacting in the style of the 1950’s Blue Note sessions, a musical dialogue pushing the edge (la an Medrano Cotitio, legendary cajonero who traces his musical lineage back to the elders of Chincha. Fallo Munoz, Peruvian guitar virtuoso who defined the Afri Peruvian guitar style in the international arena in his recordings with Susana Baca. Daniel Mojica, son of the Monongo who perfected his craft in Cuba;s top music rumberos. Joscha Oetz, el aleman con espirtu criollo brings his virtuosity and deep soul to the mix.Pamela Rodriguez is a new singer-songwriter of the Nu Peruvian music scene She has managed to create a style of her own by mixing melodic Afro-Peruvian roots, modern technology and popular music.Her first album, Peru Blue, was released in October 2005 and for more than 30 weeks was in the top ten sales charts in Peru. The album has already reached platinum status in PerúMost of the songs in Pamela's repertoire are originals. This is quite an achievement since most singers in the Afro-Peruvian genre tend to sing the same songs from the Afro-Peruvian songbook.Pamela Rodriguez was recently nominated as BEST NEW ARTIST for the LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS.Now she is working on her second album, "en la orilla", that will be released in November 2007.
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