{"id":12289,"date":"2022-10-05T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/?p=12289"},"modified":"2022-10-03T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:18:06","slug":"volando-charly-siaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/en\/volando-charly-siaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying \/ Charly Siaba"},"content":{"rendered":"

The meeting between Charly Siaba, his music and me has always been touched by magic. I think it is a product of the sincerity that emanates, that with which he feels and tells, through sounds, his story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

so surprised me with <\/span>Flying, <\/span><\/i>his first acoustic EP; a compilation of four singles, some released on digital platforms during these months, and others, such as the newly released song of the same name. An album that defines him well as a person, draws from his calm, his energy and his desire to take on the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charly is a Cuban musician who has lived in Houston, United States for a few years. Since he left the Island in 2016, he has lived countless experiences, traditions, music, cultures, places and people that have contributed to his constantly evolving sound imagery. Hence the themes of <\/span>Flying<\/span><\/i> summarize all that stylistic and identity scaffolding; the feeling of the nights in which he wrote melodies is noticeable; the sensations of sand and air of vinyl records when they are played on an old turntable: image and sound transfigured, gray, nostalgic, sensitive and subtle.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is, as he himself said, \u201can acoustic EP of naked songs, one of those that I write without haste in any corner, those that I have played so many times on my sofa, that have stolen my early mornings, that take away my sleep and give me back the faith".<\/span><\/p>\n

Songs for the soul, that is how I would define this production; samples of a young and transmuted sound that drinks from the Cuban tradition, bolero, classical music, and incorporates the energy of jazz, pop and the new electronic sounds that make it even more vicious.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tracks on the EP are hypnotic. fleeting. They are led by a transparent red thread, that of the Japanese legends of love, which is tense, but never breaks. This is how these four songs come together, which makes me think that the <\/span>setlist<\/span><\/i> it was carefully cured. The art of this production is also related to the music that is heard: blurred spaces in the streets, an elegant place \u2014hence the grays, the black and white of the cover\u2014, romantic, inspiring and introspective. Also appearing on the cover is the personality of the artist and his room, like a recording studio, the one where he consolidated the creative process of this acoustic album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds an E major seventh in <\/span>Far from here<\/span><\/i>, the first <\/span>track<\/span><\/i> of this short duration of 10:33 min. The subject is the photo of a loving and ephemeral encounter. The illusions of the past turned into melodies, the retracing of corners in which he learned to live \u2014and to love<\/span>\u2014<\/span> intensely, they are the most important. Recreate the story with voice, guitar, piano and miscellaneous. He is escorted from the keyboards by Andy Garc\u00eda, one of the young promises of our current Cuban music. The keys of that piano, along with Charly's voice, become sweet and daring; the <\/span>shakers<\/span><\/i> accompaniment, the clicks and choruses remind me of Sinatra in <\/span>New York, New York; <\/span><\/i>He has the hand of Gelo Hau, a Cuban violinist and producer, Charly's battle friend like Andy, and co-producer with both of them on this song. Mixing and mastering were also in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

We arrived to <\/span>undress, <\/span><\/i>and we have mixed feelings, interpretations forged in the light of a sensual image of a woman who needs, like all human beings, to let go of the things that bind her. I listen to the song and I feel that nudity is art; I discover myself in that being who wants to share feelings and music. A song full of silhouettes and intimacy, like that little video post on Instagram that went up in September 2021 under the light of a light bulb, when I heard it for the first time. The difference is that this new version was recorded with voice and piano by Charly himself, and also mixed and mastered by him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n