CALABØCA: Los Delinqüentes - "Recuerdos Garrapateros de la Flama y el Carril"

Los Delinqüentes - "Recuerdos Garrapateros de la Flama y el Carril"

Sunday, 25 February 2007

When is the last time you heard an album open up with crickets and a donkey? Well, the latest record from Los Delinqüentes does! Recuerdos Garrapateros de la Flama y el Carril is a well done, spontaneous, and all-around fresh album to remind you of that crazy group of Spaniards you met by chance at that Andalusian beach town during your summer holiday. Cue up the hand-clapping rumbasticalism—the head-bopping beat, first cousins with reggae and hip-hop, yet distinctly Spanish. Take another look at the cover art…this is how the album sounds—colorful tunes in Technicolor (behind the green smoke, heh).

Miguel Benitez (“Gufi”) and Marcos Del Ojo Barroso (“el Canijo de Jerez”), who both play guitar, write the lyrics, and sing, have an interesting vocal range. What do you get when you mix a 16 year old pirate with a 80 year old gypsy and add a splash of the mischievous teenager who skips school to smoke weed and listen to old Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix albums? Answer: Miguel & Marcos singing!

“Que es mejor un polvo, un concierto o un porro? Sexo, drogas y rock’n roll, las tres cosas mucho mejor!”

^{—Taken from an online chat sponsored by Heineken}

Well, it’s been a lot of fun writing silly things about this album but you really have to hear it for yourself. It’s a fantastic album from start to finish—it’s been in “scorching-summer-sun” hot rotation for the past few weeks so considered yourself warned!

Artist: Los Delinqüentes
Album: Recuerdos Garrapateros de la Flama y el Carril
Label: EMI
Released: 2006

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