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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Monday, August 8, 2011

Sid Smith review of Luck!

From Sid Smith's blog

" Across the course of 75 minutes, Fernando Kabusacki presents 28 sketches that take in pungent electronica, soothing meditative airs, Weather Report-like jazz-rock vignettes, guitar work-outs (in all kinds of folk, jazz, and rock settings), disembodied sampled voices, field recordings, reggae-infused mariachi grooves and throbbing percussive salvos to name but a few. The kaleidoscopic variety of what’s offered ensures that boredom is never a problem..." (fragment of Sid Smith's review, UK, July 2011)

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Critica de Luck en Rolling Stone

"En Luck Kabusacki deslumbra con una obra de espesor de road movie y liviandad folletinesca…piezas que van del TexMex a loops que recuerdan vagamente a Flaming Lips, ensoñaciones circenses a lo Nino Rota, colchones y letanias a lo Moby….una narrativa instrumental que va descubriendo universos sonoros que, reunidos, ofrecen una singular perspectiva del pop. Con altas dosos de buen humor…Kabusacki sintetiza estilos y subgeneros. Luck es una banda de sonido que esta buscando una pelicula…"
Mariano del Mazo, revista Rolling Stone Marzo 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Who is Who: meet Maria Eva

My latest solo CD Kabusacki 10 - Luck, features a luxurious team of guests, friends who contribute with their wonderful music, talents, light, heat...

On tracks #8 and #11 of Luck, It's only Light and The Saints in Heaven, one of the vocalists is Maria Eva.


The first project I shared with Maria Eva was Iman, about 20 years ago. Iman's lineup was Maria Eva, Alejandro Franov, Santiago Vazquez and myself. There's even a Myspace and a Facebook page of Iman. We recorded one album together at Melopea Studios, that was never completed.


Maria Eva lived in New York and Madrid, playing bass with many different projects including huge tours with Joaquin Sabina and Fernando Samalea among others. She released several amazing solo CDs, I play guitar in some of them. We shared many projects together and I'm proud to be one of the guitarists in her band!

Friday, July 15, 2011

Set list April 7th 2011

On April 7th 2011 I presented my CD Luck live at Centro Cultural de la Cooperacion with a wonderful group of friends as guests:

Fernando Samalea played drums, Paula Shocron played the piano; Barbara Togander, Maxi Trusso and Maria Eva sang, Matias Mango played keyboards and Miguel Bassi the bass.

This was our set list:



We played Billy Cobham's Stratus! Inspired by Jeff Beck's version...

Here's a good review by Marcelo Morales, which along with the audience's warm applause, made us all proud and happy.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Luck Interview at Tower Records Magazine / Intoxicate

interview & text : 松山晋也

カブサッキ、再訪。2011

2002年にフアナ・モリーナと共に初来日して以来、今回が何度目になるのだろうか。いわゆる〈アルゼンチン音響派〉の旗頭として日本ではすっかりお馴染みになったギタリスト、フェルナンド・カブサッキ。4月半ばから2週間強、東名阪のたくさんの会場で日本人音楽家たちをゲストに招いてライヴ・ツアーが行われた。『The Flower + The Radio』以来4年ぶり(スタジオ盤としては通算7枚目)となるニュー・アルバム『Luck』をひっさげて。「あれだけの大災害直後だし、家族や友人からはもちろん止められた。でも、こういう大変な時期だからこそ、日本の人々が音楽を必要としているのではないか、自分の音楽を届けるべきだと思った」と語る優しい笑顔からは、日本に対する率直な愛情が伝わってくる。

新作は、短い楽曲が全28曲で75分。各々が固有のイメージを放ち、たくさんの短編映画を連続して観ているような気分になる。そういうサントラ的感触だけでなく、ミニマルなフレーズを元に組み立てられてゆく構造とか全体的な浮遊感や夢想性など、相変わらずのカブサッキ節が全開だ。

「確かに、各々に風景がある感じだけど、それはあくまでもサウンドの中から出てくる風景なんだ。自分で一つの音を見つけ、そこから組み立ててゆくサウンドがいつしか風景になり、そこに連れて行ってもらう…そんな気分だった。リスナーも、いろんな場所や時間などを思い浮かべつつ、楽しんで聴けるんじゃないかな」

いつになく、多くのゲストが参加している点も見逃せない。フェルナンド・サマレアやアレハンドロ・フラノフ、サンティアゴ・バスケスといったお馴染みの顔ぶれだけでなく、日本ではまだ知られていない者も少なくない。「大半が現在の僕の音楽的ファミリーといっていい連中であり、ブエノスで最も優秀な音楽家たち」だという。たとえば、キース・リチャーズのブーツをデザインするなど、以前ヨーロッパで靴の有名デザイナーとして活躍し、現在はブエノスでロック・シンガーになっているマキシ・トゥルッソとか、〈アルゼンチンのプレスリー〉の娘にして、最近はジェシー・ハリスのプロデュースでソロ・アルバムも作ったロサリオ・オルテガとか。

「コラボレイターには一切注文は出さなかった。僕が録音したベイシックなトラックを聴かせつつ、即興演奏してもらったんだ」

そうした現場での自由な音楽的会話と交歓こそが、細切れながらも全体で優雅なうねりを作り出しているのだろう。ジャケットも含め、とにかくファンタジックな作品である。

ちなみにカブサッキ、ここ数年はチャーリー・ガルシアの7年ぶりの新作『Kill Gil』(2010)や、師匠ロバート・フリップの新プロジェクト〈オーケストラ・オブ・クラフティ・ギタリスツ〉のライヴに参加する傍ら、ナショナル・フィルム・チェンバー・オーケストラ他自身の複数のプロジェクトでも同時並行的に活動するなど、相変わらず多忙を極めていたという。願わくば、再び日本のミュージシャンともコラボ作を作ってもらいたいもの。

Friday, June 17, 2011

Luck facts

- In each piece of Luck, each sound sounds exactly where it has been recorded, nothing was moved around or copy/pasted. Only Dbs up or Dbs down. If there's flow in the album, this is one of the keys.


- Some of the musicians, like Barbara Togander and Fernando Samalea, came to the studio on this train...



- Coghlan: the old train station across my studio. At one point I considered using a photo of the station for the album cover:


There is a very beautiful painting by Argentinean artist Aniko Szabo of this station.


- Santiago Vazquez' percussion kit (in my studio session) consisted in a Roland Handsonic, a suitcase full of percussive instruments and a Talking Drum. He also used the floor and carpet as drums on some tracks.


- During a most inspired moment while recording one of the takes by pianist Paula Shocron a loud drill noise from the neighbors' began sounding very loud....we exploded in laughter but she kept playing...superbly!

The piano that Paula used, a Nord Electro:



- Mr Mussa Phelps at the end of the session. Sunset is my favorite time of the day in my studio...


Here's the keyboard that Mussa Phelps used: Indigo

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Kabusacki 10 / Luck released in Argentina and Japan



Kabusacki 10
Luck

(Houses Records Argentina, Calentito Records Japan)

28 brand new tracks of the most colourful Kabusacki music featuring special guests such as Fernando Samalea, Santiago Vazquez, Paula Shocron, Matias Mango, Alejandro Franov, Mussa Phelps, Maxi Trusso, Barbara Togander,
Maria Eva Albistur, Rosario Ortega, Victoria Zotalis, Mariana Pereiro, Maia Monaco, Alejandro Oliva and Gabriel Spiller among others!!!


1 El Capitan
2 The V-Bass
3 Piano
4 Suerte!
5 The monks
6 La niña del día
7 Toledo
8 It's only light
9 Rosario misteriosa
10 Capullito azul
11 The Saints in Heaven
12 The heat
13 People of the world
14 Tumbleweeds I
15 El espíritu de la alegría
16 El pibe
17 El molinero
18 La provincia invisible
19 Tema de amor
20 Angel of light
21 Como el agua clara
22 In my heart, forever
23 El burrito
24 No me digas que me quieres...
25 Tumbleweeds II
26 Lady's gone
27 Halconcito pichon
28 Mi árbol de lilas

Produced by Fernando Kabusacki


Fernando Kabusacki: electric, virtual and synthesized guitars
Fernando Samalea: cymbals, snares, toms and percussion
Santiago Vazquez: percussion, Handsonic and ThumbJam (3)
Javier Martinez: snare drum and cymbals
Gabriel Spiller: drums and percussion
Alejandro Oliva: percussion
Miguel Bassi: bass
Marcos Rocca: bass
Paula Shocron: piano and Rhodes (18, 24)
Matias Mango: keyboards
Alejandro Franov: keyboards and accordeon
Mussa Phelps: turntable, samples and synthesizer
Maxi Trusso: vocals (4,13,20,22,26)
Barbara Togander: vocals (4,7,15,18,21,26)
Victoria Zotalis: vocals (4,11,13,15,24,26,27)
Maria Eva Albistur: vocals (8, 11)
Rosario Ortega: vocals (20)
Mariana Pereiro: vocals (1,6,10,23
Maia Monaco: vocals (1,6,10,23
Uma Kabusacki: voice (17,28)

Recorded by Kabusacki and Marco Bailo (Estudio Concreto)
Mixed by Daniel Ovie
Mastered by Andres Mayo

Design by Juan Jaureguiberry
Photo: Manuel Archain
Produced, arranged and recorded in Coghlan, Buenos Aires, 2010
Improvised by the players
Piano improvised by Santiago Vazquez
Featuring audio excerpts from William S. Hart's Tumbleweeds
Additional engineering by Enzo Ruscio
Assistant mastering engineer at Andres Mayo Mastering: Ezequiel Morfi


Thanks to all family, friends and musicians who made this record possible.

To the loving memories of Ken and Alice Lawton

Houses Records 500

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contact@kabusacki.com.ar


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"Fernando Kabusacki is a strikingly original & powerful guitarist, who's greatest asset is his humanity & clarity of vision." (Vernon Reid, November 2010)
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Prensa : Marta del Pino / martadelpino@fibertel.com.ar / mardepinos@gmail.com / 154 172 6703

Friday, January 21, 2011

available in argentina!

Kabusacki 10 - Luck is already available at the following record stores in Buenos Aires and Rosario

El agujerito (Maipú 971, Local 10)

Miles (Honduras 4912)

Thor Records (Av. Santa Fe 1670 - Local 51 - Galería Bond Street )

Compakta (Pasaje El Lazo 3156 - Loc. 7)

Zival´s (Av. Callao 395 -- Rosario -- Palermo)

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