The book ¿Escuchaste eso? La escucha entre habilidad y estética (ISBN 978-9942-977-39-7) edited by the University of the Arts of Guayaquil by Meining Cheung Ruiz. This book contains 12 essays by different Latin American educator colleagues and where I had the good fortune to be invited with my essay, La escucha musical Latinoamericana. Formando Criterio. The physical edition of the…
The film Romulo Resiste by director Carlos Oteyza has already been released and whose music created by Álvaro Cordero I had the honor of mixing in 5.1 and stereo. The general mixing was done by Iván Gozon. In this band Álvaro was accompanied by excellent musicians such as Rafael Greco on tenor saxophone, Luis Julio Toro on flutes, Daniel Barón…
Very happy with the release of the album Itinerante by cuatro player Miguel Siso, this May 16th, an album that I had the honor of mixing and enjoying this work very much, which was not easy in times of pandemic. New colors, more mature compositions, and a lot of joy in his music. This project was marvelously recorded in large…
Very happy with the news that the album “Sotavento” by the Venezuelan group Compasses is nominated for the LatinGrammy 2020 in the category of Best Instrumental Album. Having mixed that work was an honor to which I thank the group and my colleague and friend Jean Sanchez, who was the producer of it as well as his recording and editing…
I want to present my book “THE HUMAN OF AUDIO, beyond the technical and theoretical”. It is the black and white setting of my workshop of the same name, where I share my work philosophy that I now transfer in this work with a fresh and direct language, accompanied by anecdotes and experiences throughout my 37-year career. With a foreword…
Thursday, April 23rd was released the song “Give it up for humanity” by the rock band Backhand, dedicated to the victims of the Coronavirus pandemic. Words and music composed by Phil Naro (vocals), Adrian Van Woerkom (keyboards), and Pablo Mendoza (guitars). As part of the band also are Oscar Fanega (bass) and Adolfo Herrera (drums). The material was recorded by…
In March of this year, the Venezuelan pianist based in Boston, Leo Blanco, and the Venezuelan violinist, Alexis Cardenas, who is based in Paris, invited me to mix an album of both that they have been preparing for a long time and who finally managed to make the final recordings. The repertoire is very difficult to classify, between classical, Venezuelan,…
In February I delivered the mixes of the first album by the Venezuelan contemporary folk group Compasses. A quartet formed by harp, cuatro, maracas and bass virtuosos that has revolutionized the networks with its sound and authentic proposal. Under the production of Jean Sanchez at Audioplace and the mastering by Angemyr Lezama and Eduardo Martinez of dbMix, this work makes…
Its already release the single from the album of Venezuelan Madrid residence keyboard player Jhonny Kotock “Tonto Malembe” which I had the honor to Mix. In it participate Rafa Pino on vocals, Huguette Contramaestre, Mariana Serrano, Anita Valencia, Marcial Isturiz, Alejandro Zavala and Jhonny making backing vocals, Jorge Villaroel on Percussion, José Nuñez on drums y el mismo Jhonny Kotock on…
I am completely honored for the interview Steinberg did to me on the release of Nuendo 10, hope you like it https://new.steinberg.net/nuendo/dario-penaloza/