La La La Marinero

• 1 La La La 03:11
• 2 Cruz 03:46
• 3 Lost Angel 00:26
• 4 Taquero 03:24
• 5 Dream Suite 03:54
• 6 The Mystery of Miss Mari Jane 04:01
• 7 Cha Cha Cha 00:51
• 8 Sea Changes 04:01
• 9 Cinema Lover 03:44
• 10 Die Again, Yesterday 03:52
• 11 Hollywood Ten 04:29
• 12 Pocha Pachanga 03:14
• Total Runtime 38:53

Info zu La La La

Eine oft üppig orchestrierte Mischung aus 50er und 60er Jahre Balladenschmalz mit gerne auch karibischen Anleihen, aber genauso gerne Cinema-Streichern, Wurlitzer- oder gar Spinett-Klängen und gezupften Weichzeihnergitarren, sowie einem unwiderstehlichen Yacht-Pop-Appeal, aber auch auf der anderen Seite ein paar Latin-orientierte Nummern und anspruchsvolle Popsongs der zeitlos retroesken Art, der Cumbia und Salsa der hispanischen Community, aber auch 60s-Westcoast- und Bossa-Nova-inspirierter Sunshine-Pop oder Surf-Rock. Kalifornien ist hier immer zum Greifen nah auf diesem exquisiten Fusion-Album von Jess Sylvester, Sohn mexikanischer und irisch-amerikanischer Abstammung. Mit Beiträgen von Eduardo Arenas von Chicano Batman und den Labelkollegen Chris Cohen und Shana Cleveland (La Luz).

Jess Sylvester, Gesang
Eduardo Arenas von Chicano Batman, Bass, Gitarre, Gesang
Chris Cohen, Gitarre, Gesang
Shana Cleveland, Gitarre, Gesang

Recorded at Savannah Studios in Los Angeles
Produced by Jess Sylvester and Jason Kick

Jess Sylvester
born to parents of Mexican and Irish-American descent who settled in San Francisco, has sometimes encountered preconceived notions of his sound and style that aren’t correct. On La La La, he simultaneously steps into and out of those preconceptions, singing tracks above salsa in joyous Spanish or pondering the dynamics of the Hollywood Ten and blacklists above mysterious lap steel and teasing trumpet. His identity should now be clear: He is a Californian, making music shaped by the diversity of encounters and experiences that are a central part of that state’s fabric. Never before has he presented himself so fully and unabashedly on tape as with La La La, an album Sylvester built with new inspirations to deliver new charms.

For singer-songwriter Jess Sylvester, growing up in the Bay Area and discovering Mexico has allowed him to create music that brings together diverse and seemingly disparate influences that reflect on chicanx realities. Jess grew up listening to artists such as Malo, Santana, and Trio Los Panchos, yet his musical world expanded into artists like the Beach Boys and the Beatles. He began playing in local punk and hardcore bands like Tiger Uppercut!, Violet Change, and Crisis Man. Then, Jess co-founded Francisco y Madero after meeting new friends on a destined trip to Guadalajara, which gave him new ways to articulate his own experiences, exploring chicanx and pochx perspectives with the group’s “cholo-fi” sound. His newest record, Tròpico de Càncer (on San Jose’s own Needle to the Groove Records), recorded under the solo handle, Marinero, is a further composite of all his musical influences and experiences, including a love for Brazil’s Tropicalia movement. More so, however, he says this is the first record where he turned more inward and is his first honest cry for what is going on with him.

“Before I even picked up a guitar I wanted to be a songwriter. I don’t know why, as I didn’t have [role] models or friends that were songwriters. Spending time in México really helped me grasp my own concept of identity, both musically and personally. It allowed me to make latinx music and pull from influences that I grew up hearing in my home.”

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