It was released in April Decca label in 2010 Synthesis, the new album by Raul Midón, American guitarist and singer of Mexican descent. Blind from birth, for having spent time in an incubator without adequate eye protection, Raul has a talent like few others. His rhythm blues / Latin are a delight to the ear. Item to be perfect Soulman, was very much influenced by past greats like Donny Hathaway, to whom he dedicated a song in State of Mind, one of his previous album. The album was produced by Larry Klein , also bassist in the disk. The very title of the album makes us understand what the mission of Raul. To summarize all his musical background, consisting of soul, jazz, Latin music and neo-soul, in a single album. And it does so in a masterly way, recording the entire album through a voice-controlled software that allowed him to perfect all his work. An album that flows nicely from start to finish for this artist who arrived at his 5th album, the third for a major, surprising more and more.
Synthesis is an album that when you are done you will be sorry to hear it because it lasts only 40 minutes. You can always start over! The disc begins with Do not Be a Silly Man, from the sounds of blues, which recounts the amazement and sense of devotion in a meeting with one of his musical idols. «…We talked about our virtues and our crimes, we talked about the nature of these tenuous times and how our constant search for immortality will always be denied…». Dettaglio tecnico: è registrata in 7/8 ... Chi fa musica sa cosa significa!
The Making of "Synthesis"
tracklist
1. Don't Be a Silly Man
2. Bonnie's Song
3. These Wheels
4. Next Generation
5. Everyone Deserves a Second Chance
6. Don't Take It That Way
7. When You Call My Name
8. Invisible Chains
9. About You
10. Blackbird
11. Why Am I Feeling So Bad
12. Moment to Moment (bonus track)
significant pieces, such as Next Generation, which speaks of "Twitter Generation" as a generation that can do everything, for the media that has no limits compared to the previous generation. Song accompanied by a dry but nice beat. An invitation to young people not to waste their youth for petty things, but to give our best to have a better future. In mid-album we are catapulted into South America, Latin rhythms of the bossa nova exciting Everyone Deserves a Second Chance .
When I said "synthesis" of different kinds mean really different. It also passes by the rhythms of reggae as Invisible Chains , alle contagiose sonorità pop di Don't Take It That Way . Fino alla commuovente Bonnie's Song , e all'altrettanto toccante When You Call My Name , che parla del come, essendo non vedente, sia riuscito ad apprezzare il mondo che lo circonda con gli altri sensi e, come dice lui stesso, non c'è niente di meglio di sentire una voce affettuosa che chiama il tuo nome.
L'album si conclude con All About You che spiega il perché del Parental Advisory sulla copertina, e con la cover di John Lennon, Blackbird . Una reinterpretazione di una bellezza sconvolgente! Fino a chiudersi a ritmo blues acustico con Why Am I Feeling So Bad?
Raul Midón è un talento unico, dotato di una voce calda e coinvolgente. È dotato di un'espressività che cattura chi ascolta. I testi sono tutti scritti da lui stesso (tranne Blackbird ovviamente) e sono tutti molto profondi e significativi. Raul parla spesso del suo "vedere" il mondo in modo diverso e lo fa con il suo talento cristallino, con la sua chitarra latina che suona in modo pulito e docile senza la minima sbavatura. A tratti sentirete una tromba che accompagna i soli di chitarra acustica ma come leggerete nei credits dell’album, non c'è nessun trombettista! Ecco il genio dell'artista: è lo stesso Raul CON LA SUA VOCE che imita in modo sorprendentemente perfetto una tromba jazz che accompagna la sua chitarra just so unique!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
article by Yayo
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