Very long time Kingston/Hudson Valley residents all mourn the lack of our beloved venue, BSP. Fortunately the individual behind all these nice exhibits, Mike Amari, remains to be at it, bringing attention-grabbing and artistic music to the realm beneath the title Chosen Household Presents. He’s been principally reserving on the stunning sculpture park Opus 40 however final week we have been fortunate to have him carry Merdian Brothers into Tubby’s for 2 offered exhibits.
Meridian Brothers is the brainchild of Eblis Javier Alvarez Vargas, the Bogota, Columbia based mostly musician and producer. Eblis takes the normal rhythms of the Carribean and Andes and fuses them with fashionable psychedelia and digital dance music into an unforgettable neo-tropical groove that Gilles Peterson known as “twisted Cumbia that terrorizes the dance flooring”. That is correct; I’ve by no means seen the tiny dwell room at Tubby’s pulsating like this.
On the recordings Eblis performs every little thing, however in a dwell setting he’s joined by an unimaginable band that fills this music with character and life. Your entire band gave the impression to be having as a lot enjoyable because the viewers. The bass participant, Cesar Quevedo Barrero, had an ear-to-ear grin from the start of the set straight by means of the encore. This band is smoking scorching and shouldn’t be missed
Meridian Brothers are taking a brief break earlier than persevering with the tour in Austin and factors West. If they’ll be anyplace close to you, go. This was a spotlight of the yr for me and judging by the gang’s response I’d guess that feeling was common. I recorded each exhibits however I’m posting the primary evening for the reason that crowd’s enthusiasm and pleasure can nearly be felt within the recording. Particular shout out to the Meridian Brothers entrance of home engineer Alejandro Araujo Larrahondo for a superb combine.
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Meridian Brothers
2023-07-17
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY
Supply: MBHO440 > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked
- Intro
- Donde Estas Maria
- Metamorfosis
- La Gitano Me Ha Dejando (Salsa Electronica)
- El Gran Pajaro de los Andes
- Bomba Atomica
- Cumbia De La Fuente
- La Policia
- Cumbia Del Pichaman
- Los Golpeadores De La Cumbia
- Hipnosis
- Guaracha UFO
- Puya Del Empresario
- La mujer sin corazón
Meridian Brothers:
Eblis Javier Alvarez Vargas: guitar, keyboard, cello, vocals
Alejandro Forero: keyboards
Cesar Quevedo Barrero: bass
María Angélica Valencia Sanchez: saxophone, percussion
Mauricio Ramírez Echeverri: drums
Alejandro Araujo Larrahondo: Entrance of home engineer
Help this glorious band:
https://meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.meridianbrothers.com
Help the venues bringing you attention-grabbing music:
https://www.tubbyskingston.com/music-calendar
