Tiza Y Agua

FLAMENCO is music and culture which evolved from the rural co-existence in Andalusia; from the vitality and spontaneity of the gypsies, their rhythm, their inspiration and improvisation. Because of all those components the flamenco is very suitable for communication with other musicians and other styles of music.

Rafa el Tachuela combines the traditional flamenco with elements from Jazz, Afro-Cuban and South American folk in his Flamenco Nuevo compositions. The larger instrumentation with bass, double bass, percussion, flute and other instruments represent an important characteristic of this style.

The forms of the pure flamenco are remarkably extended by the enormous variety of contemporary and traditional world music used in Flamenco Nuevo. This breaks the rigid structure of the flamenco and makes it more comprehensible and adaptable for a broader audience.

This fusion of diverse musical forms and structures, compositional elements and the wider use of instrumentation resulted in Flamenco Nuevo; a completely new sound yet still close to traditional flamenco.

 

Musicians

Musicians on track 1, 3, 5:

Rafa El Tachuela - flamenco guitar, vocals

Justo Perez - flute (tracks 3 & 5)

Thomy Jordi - bass

Topo Gioia - caja, percussion, vocals

La Moraima - palmas

Ana Azules - palmas, vocals (track 3)

Recorded at Studio White Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Mixing: Niko Escher

Musicians on track 2, 4, 6, 8, 9:

Rafa El Tachuela - flamenco guitar

Domingo Patricio - flute

Juan Rectoret - electrical bass

Enric Canada - caja, percussion

Maria Rosa Jimenez - palmas, zapateado, castañuelas, jaleos

Recorded at Studio Cancojas, Barcelona, Spain
Mixing: Denis Sanz Marti
Digital sound control of the guitar by RCN Berlin

Tracks 7 and 10 recorded at the digital studio of Rafa El Tachuela.

All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Rafa El Tachuela